Getting Started in EVE Online: Difference between revisions

The School you choose will only determine which [[Career Agents#Tutorial Systems in EVE|starter solar system]] you begin in, and which [[NPC corporations#NPC Starter Corporations|Starter Corporation]] you will be part of. There are absolutely no differences between any of them. They will give your character a permanent list of stations spread across all of New Eden belonging to that school where you can set your [[Home Station]] independently from any corporation you might have joined and independently of the location you are setting your clone from. Normaly you are only allowed to change your homestation remotely once per year, but you can always set it back to the station you started the game in.<ref group=Note>This effectively gives you the ability to set your homestation to your 'birthstation' and self-destructing to respawn there. This bypasses any cooldown from using [[Jump_clones#Clone_activation|Jump Clones]] </ref>

{{Main|AIR New Player Experience}}

When you first start the game as a new character, you can go through the tutorial (called the "New Player Experience"), a story-driven experience that gives you step-by-step instructions on the basic mechanics of playing EVE. Unless you've already played the game, it's highly recommended that you follow the tutorial, as there are many particular mechanics which you may not be used to.

After the tutorial, you can learn more about EVE by visiting the career agents and doing the missions they offer. Their missions introduce you to some of the main [[PvE]] activities in EVE Online. Keep in mind that Career agents offer little training in [[PvP]], which makes up a substantial part of the game. Additionally, EVE is a sandbox game, and much of its attraction is forging your own path as opposed to following a pre-set path.

If you followed the tutorial, you will have flown to the station housing the nearest career agents. If you skipped the tutorial, you can [[Career_Agents#Finding_the_Career_Agents|locate the closest set of career agents]] (there are three sets of agents per faction, but they all offer the same missions).

You can do the agents in any order you like (although you should do the Explorer agent before you do the Soldier of Fortune one).

Completing the career agents missions will reward some ships and skillbooks.

This is a reward program for reaching certain goals. These goals are reached more or less automatically while doing stuff in EVE. Rewards come in the form of ISK, skillbooks, skill points, [[Expert Systems]] and ships. Some example goals are completing career agent missions, buying stuff on the market and gaining standings with a corporation things you are doing anyway.

For example: There are 4 [[AIR Career Program#Standings|gaining standings]] goals Which will get you the {{Sk|Social}} (for the first) and {{Sk|Connections}} (for the third) skillbooks and a total of 200,000 ISK just by doing what you are doing anyway.

 

This is a continuous rewards program for reaching goals on a daily base. Reaching a goal rewards ISK and [[EverMark]]s. Reaching 2 goals a day rewards skillpoints. The program gives additional ISK and skillpoints for a monthly 12 step progress track.  

You start the game with a [[Starting skills|number of skills]] already trained. To train additional skills, you must first acquire the appropriate skillbook. While you will receive a number of skillbooks as rewards from the [[#Career Agents|career agents]] and the [[#AIR Career Program|AIR Career Program]], the others must be bought on the [[trading|market]]; most of the basic skillbooks are reasonably cheap. EVE University provides certain [[Skillbook Program|skillbooks for free]] to its members.

You can speed up your training time by installing [[implants]] in your character, specifically the basic attribute-enhancing implants, which add between +1 and +5 points to your character's attributes. While the better implants are extremely expensive, +1 implants are affordable<ref group=Note>+1 implants also come as reward for the [[Storyline mission]], [[Materials For War Preparation]]</ref> even for new players. Members of EVE University can also buy [[The +3 Implants Program|+3 implants at a discount]].

Additionally, there is a [[Fitting Modules and Rigs Guide|complete list]] of all modules and rigs, and what they do. EVE University members can also ask for fitting advice in the <code>#fitting-chat</code> [[Discord]] channel.

* EVE University's ''<span style="color: #7389DA">#work-fair</span>'' Discord channel