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But it is very intimidating. I don't know if I want to even play one toon let alone 5. So this thread is for all the eve players to change my mind. The game looks very interesting and I want to play but I am not a player with a lot of extra time so what do all of you suggest?
One of the neat things about EVE is that you can still play when you're not playing.
If you don't have a lot of time, one thing you do have time to do is set up which skills your character should be training, and it does this whether you're playing or not. This is obviously beneficial as then your character has improved in certain ways that might get you ahead where previously you failed. If you have time to play on weekends for example, you can still gain a bunch of skills (until the times are much longer at higher levels of skills, of course) during the week with only a few minutes of effort to set up your training queue.
I'm not a current EVE player and I know almost nothing about the game compared to real EVE players, but from someone else with little time at the moment, there's something for you ;)
Your right when you say eve is very intimidating, and yes the learning curve is very steep.
My number one recommendation for someone just starting out, is finding a good corporation (guild/clan) that is noob friendly. This will allow you to ask people questions, also the rookie help channel can be very useful, although there can be spam at times. Other than that I would spend your first couple of days finding out what you want to do in the game, there are a ton of different things you can do in eve. Definitely do the tutorial missions as they will give you money, skill books, and equipment. As far as time consumption what Lax says is true, skills train 24/7 regardless of whether or not your logged in, this means the only real grinding in the game is for money.
Here's another nice thing about EVE. As said above, set up your alts to train skills. Then go do the story arc and other missions to gain faction with whoever you decide to work for. Then later on, you can go accept the mission on your main and have the alts fly the mission with you and split the faction rewards with everyone on the team. Or at least it worked that way the last time I played. Very handy.
Playing devils advocate here, the way the skill training system is excellent but unfortunately as you get more into the game you start buying more and more accounts so that you can set up each account as a different specialty :)
I guess having many many accounts isn't an issue for a lot of the regulars here though haha
It's a very interesting game, a lot of games inside the game. All have a lot of depth.
While the game itself is potentially endless as far as it's depth, as I've told MANY people as of late (RL friends getting burned out on wow, looking for something with a little more intellectual stimulation, etc) - it's unique in that it's only as complicated as you want it to be.
If you want minimal risk and just want something that'll burn up time, you can mine in hi-sec.
If you want to make money with minimal risk, you can buy low, sell high in hi-sec.
If you want to make money with a higher level if risk, you can buy low sell high in low sec.
Ratting
Banking
PVPing
Lo-sec/null-sec mining
Run a corp (EXPONENTIALLY more involved than the mind numbing leadership required in other games, you don't have to keep track of how much fuel your POS has in wow)
Run an alliance (Talk about herding cats)
Be an FC
Learn to be a good, Scout, Logistics, Triage Carrier, Bomber, Tackler - hell just learning to fly with a fleet has a learning curve to it.
... or you can just mine in Hi-sec. :)
It's like the local public pool. You can stay in the shallow end if you want, but going in deeper only takes 1 step.
It's a big universe out there, but it's only as complicated as you want it to be.
Personally, I don't think you should just jump in and MultiBox Eve.
I'd say play the game for a month, or two, or three, trying out different things, learning *some* of the quirks and then see if MBing fits into what you want to do.
I've played the game on and off since 2006 and only started MBing after knocking WoW on the head 18m ago.
I now run a 6-box PVE team running anomolies / scan sites in null and a 9-box mining team in null.
I don't PVP at all - it just doesn't interest me - so I consider myself very lucky to be in the Indy Wing of a Corp in a nice big Alliance.
Best tips I can give:
- don't assume that you're safe in HiSec
- don't fly anything you can't afford to replace
- your default position should be that everyone is out to scam and/or gank you - as they probably are!
- turn off the Local channel when you're in Jita :)