Today's update is actually a simple mail exchange with a corp member, but I felt it is something that wouldn't hurt from some more exposure. New players can easily get overwhelmed and discouraged by EVE's vastness and the ease with which an unprepared player can lose everything. The following is some simple perspective that will hopefully make EVE a bit easier to handle for our newbro's.
Re: Planetary Interaction tutorial
From: [Corpmate]
Sent: 2013.01.06 17:45
To: [Ymir]
Thanks for this Ymir! I've been wondering how Planetary Interaction works. :)
As you've been playing longer than me... did you ever get frustrated with losing ships and not knowing how to make money on your own?
Something I spoke with Sec about when my friend, [Scruffy McGee], and I joined the corp, was the issue of mentoring. I'm one of those players that learns by doing so reading manuals and watching videos doesn't do much for me. I'm hoping the corp will start that program back up soon.
- [corpmate]
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De nada amigo, EVE is huge, so a simple little explanation covering basics can help get people started, decide if they want to go down that avenue and such. When I noticed most newbro's not even knowing what PI is I figured this would be the best start ;)
At first, yes. But there are certain fundamental things to consider in EVE. First and foremost is the simple 'don't fly what you can't afford to lose'. Basically try to have at least enough ISK to replace your ship and fitting twice. If what you fly is more expensive than that, losing it will be a huge setback. If you have that buffer, you can recover easily enough.
As for making money, there are more ways to make money in EVE than you realize. It's vital to remember that EVE is a sandbox, you make your own game. There are people who make money ingame doing anything you can imagine, from hosting TS3 servers to setting up pre-made corporations to resell, to setting up coloured overviews... You name it and it can make money. While some things take a starting investment, many things can be done with only a minor cash infusion. The trick is finding something you enjoy, and extracting as much ISK from that as you can ;)
Example being PI, you can build a basic PI installation for under 10 million isk, and that will generate almost completely passive income for you. The investment repays itself in a matter of days.
Another thing is a secondary account for anything from factional warfare to incursions to exploration to wormholes. I honestly believe EVE becomes better with a second account, as you can train a complete second set of specialised skills.
Also, something I still have to tell myself at times: EVE is a long-term game. Don't look at your daily earning of 10 million and think that is nothing, look at it as 300 million in a month which will let you invest into bigger things. Your earning power increases exponentially with not only your available skills, but also your available investment.
Lastly, in EVE more so than any other game, knowledge is power. The more you know, the more you can do and do well. Researching your chosen path and learning as much as you can about it lets you become alot more efficient and by extension, wealthy.
Remember, EVE is a cold harsh unforgiving universe. Mistakes will hurt you, but that makes the successes all the sweeter. Don't get discouraged whatever happens, everything is a lesson, everything will let you grow as a player.
And at the end of the day, it's also just a game so nothing worth getting discouraged over ;) Just learn what you can from fuckups and carry on wiser.
Oh and lastly, I have been looking at that mentoring program too, I will be looking at starting it up for industry in the coming days now that I am the indy director so keep your eyes peeled. In the meantime, I am always available for questions :)
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