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This guide created by [[user:Kismeteer|Kismeteer]] was designed to give an opinionated wiki for EVE Online for new players and vets, in a modern web format. Focuses more on words rather than videos, not 100 page word docs that are hard to paste to discord. Talk to the [https://eveonline.com/discord EVE Online Discord] in the #new-player-questions channel for more details.

== Why would I pay real money for a guide ==

== Why would I pay real money for a guide? ==

As with most mainstream games, players want to maximize their potential, be it through making in game currency to improving performance and EVE is no exception. People will often turn to guides as a way of learning these techniques to get further faster. As a result of this, the creation of guides both free and paid are plentiful. Deciding whether to purchase a guide can be tricky as there are often outdated guides still for sale and weeding out these can be difficult~~, so without further ado here are the reviews:~~

As with most mainstream games, players want to maximize their potential, be it through making in game currency to improving performance and EVE is no exception. People will often turn to guides as a way of learning these techniques to get further faster. As a result of this, the creation of guides both free and paid are plentiful. Deciding whether to purchase a guide can be tricky as there are often outdated guides still for sale and weeding out these can be difficult.

~~However, do bear in mind that many~~ corporations~~, official resources such as the EVE Discord or EVE Forums~~ and ~~plenty of other~~ online ~~avenues~~ will ~~freely~~ provide ~~expert~~ advice on ~~almost every aspect of~~ EVE~~, especially aspects that a new player would want to ask about~~. ~~Therefore~~, ~~purchasing a guide is generally not necessary in the vast majority of circumstances~~, and ~~the purchased guide may offer no better advice than advice from other players provided at no charge~~.

Note: Many corporations and online resources will provide advice on EVE gameplay at no charge. Paid guides also do not guarantee accurate, recent or impartial information, and are NOT official EVE Online resources.

=== ISK the guide ===

[http://www.isktheguide.com/ ISK the guide]

{{Banner|color=#c04400|border=red|This guide is extremely outdated in UI and graphics icons, and may contain wildly inaccurate information about ships and other data~~. It is advised to find a more recent guide~~.}}

{{Banner|color=#c04400|border=red|This guide is extremely outdated in UI and graphics icons, and may contain wildly inaccurate information about ships and other data.}}

This is the official eve online guide. The guide is available online for free but Is also available to purchase as a hard copy version. The guide looks great first of all and is huge with helpful information. The thing about this guide is that it is a very useful reference guide and gives some good tips. Overall a good guide with great references and tools. However there is nothing in this guide that you couldn't find on the EVE University or official EVE online wiki.

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[http://www.eveproguides.com EVE Pro Guides]

{{Banner|color=#c04400|border=red|This guide may be outdated in tactics, ship choices and specific fits~~. Additionally, consider that many corporations, players and other online avenues such as the official EVE Discord or Forums will provide advice on PVP and many other aspects of EVE at no charge~~.}}

{{Banner|color=#c04400|border=red|This guide may be outdated in tactics, ship choices and specific fits.}}

This guide is made by a pro PvP-er who has some absolutely incredible tricks and tips. He has instructional PvP videos that are the fastest way to get good at PvP. The videos are brief and to the point. The price is cheap, this guide is probably worth a lot more and the creator actively responds to questions and requests. It isn't too easy to find bad things about this guide but things that could be improved upon is the amount of content, whilst what is available is useful and to the point, there isn’t a lot of it. Overall the strategies in this guide are very useful and is highly rated.

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 This guide created by [[user:Kismeteer|Kismeteer]] was designed to give an opinionated wiki for EVE Online for new players and vets, in a modern web format.  Focuses more on words rather than videos, not 100 page word docs that are hard to paste to discord.  Talk to the [https://eveonline.com/discord EVE Online Discord] in the #new-player-questions channel for more details.
-== Why would I pay real money for a guide ==
+== Why would I pay real money for a guide? ==
-As with most mainstream games, players want to maximize their potential, be it through making in game currency to improving performance and EVE is no exception. People will often turn to guides as a way of learning these techniques to get further faster. As a result of this, the creation of guides both free and paid are plentiful. Deciding whether to purchase a guide can be tricky as there are often outdated guides still for sale and weeding out these can be difficult, so without further ado here are the reviews:
+As with most mainstream games, players want to maximize their potential, be it through making in game currency to improving performance and EVE is no exception. People will often turn to guides as a way of learning these techniques to get further faster. As a result of this, the creation of guides both free and paid are plentiful. Deciding whether to purchase a guide can be tricky as there are often outdated guides still for sale and weeding out these can be difficult.
-<i> However, do bear in mind that many corporations, official resources such as the EVE Discord or EVE Forums and plenty of other online avenues will freely provide expert advice on almost every aspect of EVE, especially aspects that a new player would want to ask about. Therefore, purchasing a guide is generally not necessary in the vast majority of circumstances, and the purchased guide may offer no better advice than advice from other players provided at no charge.</i>
+<i> <span style=color:yellow> Note: Many corporations and online resources will provide advice on EVE gameplay at no charge. Paid guides also do not guarantee accurate, recent or impartial information, and are NOT official EVE Online resources. </span></i>
 === ISK the guide ===
 [http://www.isktheguide.com/ ISK the guide]
-{{Banner|color=#c04400|border=red|This guide is extremely outdated in UI and graphics icons, and may contain wildly inaccurate information about ships and other data. It is advised to find a more recent guide.}}
+{{Banner|color=#c04400|border=red|This guide is extremely outdated in UI and graphics icons, and may contain wildly inaccurate information about ships and other data.}}
 This is the official eve online guide. The guide is available online for free but Is also available to purchase as a hard copy version. The guide looks great first of all and is huge with helpful information. The thing about this guide is that it is a very useful reference guide and gives some good tips. Overall a good guide with great references and tools. However there is nothing in this guide that you couldn't find on the EVE University or official EVE online wiki.
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 [http://www.eveproguides.com EVE Pro Guides]
-{{Banner|color=#c04400|border=red|This guide may be outdated in tactics, ship choices and specific fits. Additionally, consider that many corporations, players and other online avenues such as the official EVE Discord or Forums will provide advice on PVP and many other aspects of EVE at no charge.}}
+{{Banner|color=#c04400|border=red|This guide may be outdated in tactics, ship choices and specific fits.}}
 This guide is made by a pro PvP-er who has some absolutely incredible tricks and tips. He has instructional PvP videos that are the fastest way to get good at PvP. The videos are brief and to the point. The price is cheap, this guide is probably worth a lot more and the creator actively responds to questions and requests. It isn't too easy to find bad things about this guide but things that could be improved upon is the amount of content, whilst what is available is useful and to the point, there isn’t a lot of it. Overall the strategies in this guide are very useful and is highly rated.