What can you do in Eve?

[Allie Rin]

Hello, I'm curious what you can do in Eve Online. I know you can pilot ships, join large groups, and farm/fight like crazy, what else is there? I remember hearing stories about players who would wait years to overthrow large companies/corporations and gain lots of $, is there ship designing? Walking around and shooting? Planetary landing? Mining? Building? Etc. Any info would be awesome.

[Scragman]

Here's a handy dandy flow chart that might help you:

https://eve-guides.fr/images/wtd.jpg

[Kodokuro]

Originally posted by Aerekplus:

is there ship designing? Walking around and shooting? Planetary landing? Mining? Building? Etc. Any info would be awesome.

Sadly no to all that. You can walk inside the station only in "your room" and has a nice couch to sit and wach the space TV. You cant leave the room. :(

You can put factories and refineries on planets to create goods and sell them. Is a very simple interface but has his trick to max efficiency...

This one is not cheap and is dangerous. You can mine moons to get elements and make reaction whit them to create compounds that are use to create advanced ships. In the winter will look something like this: https://updates.eveonline.com/coming/winter/

Also you can also have you own station and factory. Citadeks and enginering complexes
(not cheap)

The market and the industry is one of the most complex and rich you will ever see.

Basically this game is you in the space. You need a lot of time to learn how this universe works, train skills and accomplish something.

Copy/paste of my review (google translate)
Basically the crafting or the industry in eve is like this: Blueprint (Construction plans) + materials + Installation where they accept industry + ISK + time = you get what you want.
The great wealth of the industry lies in the MASSIVE variety of materials (raw, refined, processed, specialized and advanced) and secondary, tertiary and even quaternary processes you may need, as well as plans and materials. In addition is added the origin of these same. Only raw materials can come from hack sites, asteroids, moons, planets, recycled ships, gas clouds and blocks of ice. At the stations they charge a tax that is determined by the number of active jobs + a% of the base cost aprox of what you want to build.

[Allie Rin]

@Scragman Thank you, and holy cow. Is it hard for a player by themselves,? I hear horror stories about people losing everything in this game.

@Kodokuro Can you explain all this corporate stuff a bit more?

[Kodokuro]

Originally posted by Aerekplus:

@Kodokuro Can you explain all this corporate stuff a bit more?

is like a guild in any other mmo but to bee honest the level of administration here is carzy if you own systems, Offices in npc station, citadels, soverinity estrcutures, medalls, ranks, permits to enter hangars, wallet corps and their divisions, pay bills, set taxes to pleople who kills npcs, declare friendly fire legal or ilegal, etc. etc. etc...

In a few words if you need something really specific to be administrate in your corp you can do it.

[Allie Rin]

So you can own hangars and stuff? As a new player would I ever get permissions like that in a corporation etc?

[Kodokuro]

Sure, you can even put passwords in station containers of coprative hangars. You need ask to get the permitions from the CEO (leader) of the corp to use this hangars.

If you can dock in a npc or player station you have your own unlimited (m3 of space) and private hangar. Shared hangars is to facilitate the share of things. CEOs administrate who can see inside, take or drop stuff.

Trust is vital if you drop stuff inside corp hangar. Leaders and others who can access to this hangars can do wherever they want whit the stuff inside them. So the stories you have read about people stealing stuff they gained the trust of the leaders and asked for access to this hangars... so they can stealed everything.

[Allie Rin]

Ah that makes sense, Is smuggling a thing? Classic hansolo charmer gameplay? Is mining profitable? Normal space trading? If I park my ship and leave for a few months will it be destroyed after I come back?

[Harrison]

What are corporations like?

http://cad-comic.com/comic/one-of-us/

It is hyperbole, for the most part. I've never been submerged in butter for days on end.

[Harrison]

Originally posted by Aerekplus:

Ah that makes sense, Is smuggling a thing? Classic hansolo charmer gameplay? Is mining profitable? Normal space trading? If I park my ship and leave for a few months will it be destroyed after I come back?

In order:
Yes, but from people who want your stuff not cops.
No, they won't stop to ask first.
Yes, you can buy and sell market items to make money.
Yes or No; if you leave a ship unpiloted in space it'll get stolen, if you leave you char logged in and in space someone may decide they don't like your name and blow it up, chances are you're looking at a time frame of hours or days not months.

[Allie Rin]

What would you suggest a new player do or look at to get a decent start?

Edit: LOL that comic

[Harrison]

Originally posted by Aerekplus:

What would you suggest a new player do or look at to get a decent start?

Edit: LOL that comic

Ratting, killing NPC pirates, is the easiest way to make money. There are some videos on YouTube that recommend fits and strategies for Alpha (f2p) accounts.

If you aren't interested in combat, there are some videos that talk about trading as an alpha with tips and strategies on how to work the markets.

[Allie Rin]

Thank you I appreciate the info. I'm at least interested i being able to defend myself or get away if the time comes. Downloading in progress atm.

[Scragman]

Originally posted by Aerekplus:

@Scragman Thank you, and holy cow. Is it hard for a player by themselves,? I hear horror stories about people losing everything in this game.

@Kodokuro Can you explain all this corporate stuff a bit more?

You can play by yourself, but it's more fun with others. Losing everything is a thing that can happen, but if you're careful you can avoid it.

There are plenty of newbro groups out there that would love to take you in a show you the ropes (Pandemic Horde, Brave Newbies, Eve University, plus many more).