Just stated playing and all im doing is floating atround

when the fuck do i do something? or betetr yet how the fuck do i do something?

That is the concept of a sandbox. EVE Online has tons of tools that you can use to play the game in your own way.

Want to be a con man and scam people or infiltrate corporations and pull off heists that might earn you fame? Go ahead.

Want to just PvE and eventually do the hardest missions and complexes in EVE and feel proud of it? Go ahead.

Want to PvP and blow up enemy ships? Go ahead.

Want to be a pirate and yell 'YARR' in local as you kill someone and then eventually stop killing him and demand some ISK to let him go free? Go ahead.

Want to be a miner and get minerals? Go ahead (but it's the most boring profession ever.... although the easiest to get into)

Want to be a trader and work with margins, buy orders, sell orders, etc? Go ahead.

Want to be a manufacturer and create ships that almost everyone uses in the game? Go ahead.

the possibilities are endless... but don't get me wrong - all of them create ISK, require ISK, and most of all require your effort. It is my advice that you choose something you want to do.



p.s. best noob profession to get into that learns a lot about aggression mechanics and perhaps some pvp is canflipping. best results if done in caldari space. google 'eve online canflipping' . this is how i started out in eve.

This post was edited by Gimpness on May 19 2010 08:37pm

Follow the tut, and go from there

There's one important factor that seems to have been left out in this thread....

Patience.... patience.......... patience.............

As you probably have already noticed, skill training happens in real time -- which means it can be a very slow process.

It's not uncommon for people to play for 6 months before they are really able to do anything effective, and sometimes longer.

This is how CCP keeps the nubs out and the pros in, patience

These Guys are all Correct!

back in 07 I tried EVE, and that was when things were more difficult to get into, there wasnt even the training que back then.

I dont even want to begin describing how hard it was for an 03 or 04 player to start!

I tried the game for like 2 weeks and didnt get into it. then in 08 i gave it another whirl. Now, i'm playing alot and i'm doing really well. Co-Ceo of 150+ man corp, An alliance leader of 1300members, etc. It takes time to get far. Its like real life but with space ships

Like the guy above I tried eve on a trial. I played for 14days and was very proud of my minmatar destroyer... At the end I flew it out into lowsec and bashed it out vs a megathron. I was oneshotted haha.
I didn't play the game until a year later... Now I regret all the millions of SP I cud have had and all the fights I cud have had!

Just set your eyes on a goal and reach for it. Having a purpose is the most important factor in Eve!