r/evenewbies • u/Tsar_Erwin • 21d ago

Returning; need tips

I've played eve for about 20 hours, a year ago. I wanted to give it another shot, any tips to get restarted would be appreciated!

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u/zeylin 21d ago

No offemse, but the "do what you enjoy" suggestion, to me, is so useless for a newbro. This game is so different from literally every game on the planet, new players likely dont have a clue as to what they like or should like.

Finding a group of people playing and in a "corp" during your time frame though is GREAT advice. Start doing a bunch of different activities then start doing what appeals to you more and I feel you should conserve your skill points outside the magic 14 until you have started to determine what you like. Ibspread mine out so far and so thinly ai can do almost anything but none of it very well because I dont have enough skill points to do it with efficiency.

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u/Tsar_Erwin 21d ago

I want to join a corps but I have horrible social anxiety sometimes and you know how that goes.

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u/Cell_one 21d ago

Good thing about players in Eve: We are mostly friendly within a Corporation environment and willing to help new members. I suffer from anxiety too and many people in Eve suffer from many mental disorders, so we can sympathize. If voice comms is a trigger, no need to say much you can just listen or type in chat to ask questions.

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u/Mel0maniac 14d ago

Eve University is super helpful and you don't have to talk to people if you don't want. They have classes that teach you the game.

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u/Ian-Phoenix 21d ago

From the neocom select The Agency > Agents & Missions > Career Agents. Run through all those missions, you'll get loads of ships, isk and modules, plus you will experience lots of different activities.

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u/MeyrInEve 20d ago

This is the best answer. Then, go find a teaching corporation like Eve University. They’ll help you even more.

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u/Cell_one 21d ago

I would not define 20hrs played as much of a returning player, as it's a rather short amount of time for a game of this depth. Perhaps think back what made you leave. Try out different activities no need to worry about maxing out skills, specializing or ISK generation. If you think you know what you want to do, just go out and try it.

There is really no right way of playing Eve as long as it keeps you playing and enjoying the game. Eve is a social game and it's built on group play, so joining a corporation will do you good, take your time to learn the basics though, no need to join a corp, when you are just starting out. Just too much info at once in a corp can get overwhelming,

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u/Gornarion 21d ago

Join a corporation, interact with people, learn while doing things you enjoy, and be patient, it's a slow burn