Getting started

Getting started in EVE can be hard so we have some simple tips for new players to help them on the way. GET THE MOST FROM EVE:     1. Try to train just one character, called your Main. Training alts (each main can have up to 2 alts) are usually a big waste of time. We normally use alts only for price checks in various markets around the universe or for hauling. If you must have a second character to train then try to buy another account or use EVE’s “two for one discounts” that show up every few months to help lower the expense.     2. Make isk (money) quickly. Focus entirely on one of the following for the first the months: mining, missions or trading to make fast isk for ships and skills.  

• a.      Mining. Get to a retriever quickly so you can do big time ore or ice mining. This can take 30 to 60 days to do it right.
• b.     Missions. Work you way up to level 4 missions quickly as possible to make big isk. This can take 3 to 6 months based on your personal skills. You can fly with others to accelerate your skill, isk and standings.
• c.      Trading. Learn the market and buy and sell to make big isk. Most of us learn from other market masters after we get a few million isk to use for buying and selling funds.

  3. Ultimately the EVE game is skill limited, not isk limited. That is it is harder to learn skills than to make isk. Try to get your learning skills up quickly to save much time in skill development and to get a jump on others. Buy the 6 basic skills and level them to lvl 3 ASAP. Then work them to lvl 4 along with your career skills. EVEmon can help you to develop the best learning skill plan and for all of your long range skill development plans.   Buying cyber imps (implant sets are from +1 *5 which is very reasonable to +5 *5 that is just way to expensive in my opinion) can make you smarter quickly and speed the whole process. Then as quickly as you can buy the remaining 5 learning skills which are much more expensive. As a guide to measure your progress you should have the first 6 skills in less than 6 months to lvl 5 and the last 5 (for a total of 11) all to level 5 by the end of one year in  EVE.