So you want to start out in EVE Online. One hint I can give you right away: Read through this post and wait until the follow up post to this one is online. It will give you a good head start to playing EVE as a beginner, and the content and links in this post will keep you reading for a while.
Let's talk about what people starting EVE should get into. First of all, here's a very extensive guide to download, featuring almost all aspects of New Eden. It's very large, and as a beginner you might not understand everything right away, but it's a an excellent reference guide for later reading.
Next, here is a a great video by Scott Manley about 10 things to know before you start playing. It is a bit dated so some details are off, but covers the most basics. If you want to take up his offer on a buddy invite feel free to do so, but read the follow up post to this before you activate it to get ahead of others. I will also provide a link to get a buddy invite in that post.
Next, it's time to decide your fate in New Eden. Have a look at this:
(WARNING: HUGE PICTURE!)
This is a very broad picture of your possible career paths in EVE Online. They are only approximations, since you are not committed to any path per se. Because of EVEs Skill system, you can cross- train on any of these paths or go off them at any point. I've just linked this picture to show you how many possibilities there are for you to chose from. Sit back and browse through that picture again. How would you see yourself? A pirate? An industrialist? A miner?
Or maybe a Mining Pirate Corporation Leader of a huge Empire? For now, take your time thinking about this. Having a first idea of what you want to become sets the cornerstones of your future plans. Remember, you can always change your plan, but it's important to have one. We'll come back to this picture again and again over the course of the following posts.
If above picture looks complicated to you, don't worry. You can take on EVE in small steps, one at a time, and be perfectly fine. Once you understand the base mechanics, things get easier and a natural progression to more complex topics sets in.
Finally, there are some Tools you might want to download and look at:
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AURA and iClone are character organization tool for Android and iOS respectively, allowing you to look at your EVE characters skills, items and status on your mobile device. I highly recommend using one of these if you have a smartphone. Detailed setup will be covered in a future post.
All these tools use an API Key to get access to In- game information of your characters. You can get one through your Account management. Be careful when creating and sharing these keys because they can reveal a lot of information about your accounts. A proper post of API Key management will follow.
For now, this post should cover you with all the basics to get you up to speed with theory in EVE. Tomorrows post will cover actually creating an account setup and getting into your first ship.
Future posts will then start with some basic starter professions: Missions, Mining, Trading, Hauling and becoming a Pirate.
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