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There are a lot of EVE game guides on the market that claim to make you great at pvp, a trillionaire in isk and various other things. There are many game guides for eve that are good guides and free but there are also many that cost real world money to buy. I wanted to buy some guides that costed real world money and while I looked for one, I had a hard time finding good honest reviews for the game guides. I've bought and tried a lot of them now and some are great, some aren't great. I wanted to make this for anyone who may be intrested just as a review of the guide and a reccommendation of the guide.  
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There are a lot of EVE game guides on the market that claim to make you great at PvP, a Trillionaire in ISK, and various other things. There are both free and purchasable guides available and finding good honest reviews of these guides can be difficult. Below is a list of guides & reviews from EVE Uni members who have used these guides. Please note, however, that this is not an exhaustive list and reflects the views of the individual users, not the Uni as a whole.
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It must also be noted that EVE University is in no way affiliated with these guides & the views expressed below are from individual users.
  
I am not in any way affiliated with any of the guides other than a customer. This is just my personal opinion and I would not go off of any of this as fact but rather just suggestions. I am not attempting to advertise any guide but I will link to the guides in case anyone is intrested in their official website.
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== Guides & walkthroughs==
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=== The Alpha's Guide to the Galaxy ===
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[https://www.thealphasguide.com/ The Alpha’s Guide to the Galaxy]
  
In case you want to know if these guides are legit or not without spending your money on it, I can give you my thoughts.
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{{Banner|border=yellow|Fits provided in this guide, while adequate for the first hours of play, are not adequate as you progress. Use other reference pages such as [[Fitting ships]] and consult with experienced players for more information.}}
  
==Why would I pay real money for a guide==
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The guide is intended to take a new player from the end of the tutorial through their first week of play, and help them go from following along blindly with listed steps to setting their own goals and, well, getting comfortable playing EVE.
  
Again I am not an advertiser but I will give some reasons I had about buying. There are some free guides out there and while they are useful, the top quality guides I have found require you to pay money. It is almost always a one time, relatively quick fee, and if you are the type of person who spends real money on plex to sell on the EVE market, this might be something that is more worth your money. I am not saying to buy or not to buy these guides but it is something to consider.
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This guide isn’t comprehensive. There are many other excellent resources out there that provide broader knowledge about EVE Online, and parts of this guide may link to them as well. However, this guide in particular aims to address the specific needs of alpha clone capsuleers.
  
Without furter ado, here are the guides:
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You can also browse the final section of this guide (Reference Material) for individual tips and information that didn’t fit into the “walkthrough” portion of the guide.
  
===EVE Billionaire===
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<!-- 5 September 2024 doc is marked "OUTDATED, PLEASE IGNORE"=== EVE overviews ===
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Tdd0xXAeOJ9spPwUYB_ixhXNvjheCwa0I0uM3j_LI-Y/edit#gid=1685380464 EVE overviews Google Sheet]
  
[http://www.evebillionaire.com/]
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It lists all proper overview packs and attempts to rank them objectively. A good overview can greatly help you orient on grid and achieve what you need. A bad overview on the other hand can get you killed.  
  
EVE billionaire was one of the first guides I bought. I was immediatly sucked in to the promises of becoming rich in isk. Everything about the guide seemed great, except it wasn't true. This guide is way outdated, nobody responds to your email, the website barely works. I couldn't even access the guide because of technical problems with the website. Nobody responded to my emails and so I have to figure this is an inactive guide if it was ever active. There was a 60 day moneyback gurantee through clickbank so I did get my money back but I wouldn't recommend this guide at all.
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Fortunately, there are overview packs that can help you get good overview setups without having to deal with overcomplicated overview settings and hoping you set it up right so you don't confuse your corpmate with an NPC pirate.
  
===Isk the guide===
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Not all overview packs are made equal - which to use will greatly depend on your play style and preferences. Try them all and find the one you like.
  
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Finds common and not so-common traits among all good overviews, to find the best overview pack for the average player. Tries to be as open, impartial, scientific, and objective as possible.
  
[http://www.isktheguide.com/]
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Available in-game in the "'''EVE Overviews'''" channel. -->
  
This is the official eve online guide. The guide is available online for free but I figured I would give my thoughts for somebody that bought the 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 but It won't turn you from a noob to a pro. I would give this middle rating, a good guide with great references and tools but not much else. Nothing in this guide that you couldn't find on the EvE University or official EVE online wiki.
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=== Novice Frigates Yearbook 2023 ===
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[https://www.patreon.com/posts/eve-online-2023-92274894 Novice Frigate Yearbook 2023][https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17nnlwh/eve_online_frigates_yearbook_2023/ reddit post]
  
===EVE MMO Game Guide===
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An in-depth review of frigate solo PvP meta in Factional Warfare that was published from 2015 to 2023. It covers roles, fits, strategies, and stats for all non-unique 28 combat frigates that can enter novice complexes in FW.
  
[http://www.mmogameguide.com/eveonline/]
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Note: Patreon site requires registering.
  
This is similar to isk the guide in that it has a lot of references to eve but nothing drastic. Most of the strategies in it are fairly well known. Unfortunately it is also similar to EVE billionaire in that it is inactive. The guide seems abandoned and I couldn't get a response from the   creator of the guide. I wouldn't reccommend this guide.
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=== A Comprehensive Eve Online Guide === <!-- Do not change to EVE, this is the way the name of the guide is written at its source -->
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[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OY7zBEigOcUdV-ke1tSizXAma3v-U4iAf_HR3mB-07s/edit A Comprehensive Eve Online Guide]
  
===EVE is EASY===
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{{Banner|border=yellow|This guide holds strong, albeit widely accepted, opinions. Discretion is advised and it should not be used as a rulebook on how EVE should be played}}
  
[http://eve-is-easy.com/]
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"Terminology, abbreviations, politics, Jita local, different modules, industry, what you can do, what you should do, and what you can't do". This guide by Vladimir Memento is meant to provide new and returning players with one guide to get the basic information to do the activities they want to try and help motivate them to learn more.
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=== Wiki Circa Kismeteer's Guide aka WCKG.net ===
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[https://www.wckg.net/ Wiki Circa Kismeteer's Guide]
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{{Banner|border=yellow|This guide may have tips and advice that are corporation specific. Discretion is advised.}}
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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.
  
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== Why would I pay real money for a guide? ==
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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.
  
This is the first guide I really liked and would reccommend. This guide is made by some of the best pvpers in the game and has some really useful videos. There are free videos to try out as well as a forum to talk to pro pvpers and ask questions. You can actually go and pvp with the creators of this guide where they will give you tips in the field. There are a few things I don't like about this guide however, First off it does require a subscription fee while all the others are a one time price. Also there is some sort of scandal and fight with this company. Apparently one of the creators left because another was stealing real world money. The player denies it and I have only heard rumors. I really have no idea what happened in there and haven't had any problems myself but just buy it at your own risk.
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Most of these guides have free content to try out so if you are interested in purchasing a guide it would be advisable to try looking at that and deciding for yourself.
  
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''{{Co|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.}}''
  
===EVE PRO Guides===
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<!-- 5 September 2024 Domain expired === ISK the guide ===
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[http://www.isktheguide.com/ ISK the guide]
  
[http://www.eveproguides.com/]
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{{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.}}
  
Having bought all the guides, I can say that personally this is far and away my favorite. This guide is made by a pro pvper 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 but I have noticed since applying his strategies that I have done much better in pvp. 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, personally I like the content breif and to the point but there isn't a ton of it. Overall I really like the strategies in this guide and I can't really recommend it enough. Really far and away the best guide in my opinion.
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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. -->
  
==Summary==
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<!-- === EVE is EASY ===
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[http://eve-is-easy.com/]
  
Rating the guides 0-10, 0 being it was terrible/inactive and 10 being perfect I would give them:
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This guide is made by some of the best PvP-ers in the game and has some really useful videos. There are free videos to try out as well as a forum to talk to pro PvP-ers and ask questions. You can actually go and PvP with the creators of this guide where they will give you tips in the field. However it does require a subscription fee while all the others are a onetime price. -->
  
*EVE Billionaire - 0
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=== EVE PRO Guides ===
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[http://www.eveproguides.com EVE Pro Guides]
  
*ISK the guide - 6
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{{Banner|color=#c04400|border=red|This guide may be outdated in tactics, ship choices and specific fits.}}
  
*EVE MMO Game Guide - 4
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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.
  
*EVE is EASY - 8
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=== Torpedo Delivery ===
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[https://www.torpedodelivery.com/new-products/torpedo-delivery-guide-wingspantt Torpedo Delivery: The Stealth Bomber Handbook For Enterprising Pilots]
  
*EVE PRO Guides - 9.5
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Written by Chance Ravine of ''WiNGSPAN Delivery Services'' [https://evemaps.dotlan.net/corp/WiNGSPAN_Delivery_Services (DOTLAN)], this is a comprehensive guide on piloting a [[Stealth Bombers|stealth bomber]]. The guide serves to both teach the in-game and real-life skills necessary to succeed as a bomber pilot while also inspiring pilots to learn a difficult role and pursue a [[Careers|career]] as a bomber. ''Torpedo Delivery'' holistically explains the entire bomber ecosystem using easy-to-understand charts, quick reference sheets, checklists, and rules. For the aspiring bomber, it also provides benchmarks to track your growth as a pilot and tips on making bombing a career.
  
Again I mean this guide as a reference and a personal opinion. I am in no way affiliated with any of these guides, other than as a customer. Most of these guides have free content to try out so I would suggest looking at that and deciding for yourself. I hope this helped you and I hope you find the right guide for you.
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== See also ==
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* [[Third-party tools]]
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* [https://steamcommunity.com/app/8500/guides/ Steam Community guides for EVE Online]
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* EVE forum: [https://forums.eveonline.com/t/full-list-of-eve-guides-in-one-place/225331/92 Full list of EVE Guides in one place]
  
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Latest revision as of 10:39, 5 September 2024

There are a lot of EVE game guides on the market that claim to make you great at PvP, a Trillionaire in ISK, and various other things. There are both free and purchasable guides available and finding good honest reviews of these guides can be difficult. Below is a list of guides & reviews from EVE Uni members who have used these guides. Please note, however, that this is not an exhaustive list and reflects the views of the individual users, not the Uni as a whole. It must also be noted that EVE University is in no way affiliated with these guides & the views expressed below are from individual users.

Guides & walkthroughs

The Alpha's Guide to the Galaxy

The Alpha’s Guide to the Galaxy

Fits provided in this guide, while adequate for the first hours of play, are not adequate as you progress. Use other reference pages such as Fitting ships and consult with experienced players for more information.


The guide is intended to take a new player from the end of the tutorial through their first week of play, and help them go from following along blindly with listed steps to setting their own goals and, well, getting comfortable playing EVE.

This guide isn’t comprehensive. There are many other excellent resources out there that provide broader knowledge about EVE Online, and parts of this guide may link to them as well. However, this guide in particular aims to address the specific needs of alpha clone capsuleers.

You can also browse the final section of this guide (Reference Material) for individual tips and information that didn’t fit into the “walkthrough” portion of the guide.


Novice Frigates Yearbook 2023

Novice Frigate Yearbook 2023reddit post

An in-depth review of frigate solo PvP meta in Factional Warfare that was published from 2015 to 2023. It covers roles, fits, strategies, and stats for all non-unique 28 combat frigates that can enter novice complexes in FW.

Note: Patreon site requires registering.

A Comprehensive Eve Online Guide

A Comprehensive Eve Online Guide

This guide holds strong, albeit widely accepted, opinions. Discretion is advised and it should not be used as a rulebook on how EVE should be played


"Terminology, abbreviations, politics, Jita local, different modules, industry, what you can do, what you should do, and what you can't do". This guide by Vladimir Memento is meant to provide new and returning players with one guide to get the basic information to do the activities they want to try and help motivate them to learn more.

Wiki Circa Kismeteer's Guide aka WCKG.net

Wiki Circa Kismeteer's Guide

This guide may have tips and advice that are corporation specific. Discretion is advised.


This guide created by 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 EVE Online Discord in the #new-player-questions channel for more details.

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.

Most of these guides have free content to try out so if you are interested in purchasing a guide it would be advisable to try looking at that and deciding for yourself.

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.


EVE PRO Guides

EVE Pro Guides

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.

Torpedo Delivery

Torpedo Delivery: The Stealth Bomber Handbook For Enterprising Pilots

Written by Chance Ravine of WiNGSPAN Delivery Services (DOTLAN), this is a comprehensive guide on piloting a stealth bomber. The guide serves to both teach the in-game and real-life skills necessary to succeed as a bomber pilot while also inspiring pilots to learn a difficult role and pursue a career as a bomber. Torpedo Delivery holistically explains the entire bomber ecosystem using easy-to-understand charts, quick reference sheets, checklists, and rules. For the aspiring bomber, it also provides benchmarks to track your growth as a pilot and tips on making bombing a career.

See also