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Using Skill Extraction and Injection, it's quite possible--for a price--for a new-appearing character to have a surprisingly high number of skill points.

== Bigger ships don't always win fights ==

EVE is not a game of "biggest ship wins". The [[weapons]] on bigger ships may have the ability to deal more damage, but their weapons are large and cumbersome, and are often unable to track small, fast targets. In fact, some of the largest ships in EVE are almost completely incapable of dealing with small ships on their own, and require support from a fleet of smaller escorts to be effective.

EVE is a game of math, balancing distance, size, and speed. If you're big, you may not be able to outrun a smaller ship, but you might be able to destroy them before they can even get close enough to damage you. If you're small, you don't necessarily have much firepower, but larger ships will have a hard time pinning you down if you're fast and get into orbit under their guns.

== Learning to look around ==

A lot of information in EVE is given via the UI, and not the actual game view. There are a few important systems for basic looking around and navigation in space:

* [[Directional scanning]]

* [[Bookmark]]

* [[Overview]]

== Tips for moving your stuff ==

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Using Autopilot will also land you 15 km from your destination station, and you'll slow-boat into the docking ring and then dock up. Again, this is potentially very dangerous.

The only time to use Autopilot is when you have set up an [[~~Bookmarks~~#Instadock | insta-docking bookmark]] for the station that's your destination or a waypoint on your route. Once you're in your destination system you'll want to select warp-to to your insta-dock bookmark. Once you begin warping then turn on your Autopilot. You'll land at your insta-dock point and the Autopilot will then dock you automatically.

The only time to use Autopilot is when you have set up an [[Bookmark#Instadock | insta-docking bookmark]] for the station that's your destination or a waypoint on your route. Once you're in your destination system you'll want to select warp-to to your insta-dock bookmark. Once you begin warping then turn on your Autopilot. You'll land at your insta-dock point and the Autopilot will then dock you automatically.

=== Do use your autopilot avoid list ===

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 Using Skill Extraction and Injection, it's quite possible--for a price--for a new-appearing character to have a surprisingly high number of skill points.
+== Bigger ships don't always win fights ==
+EVE is not a game of "biggest ship wins". The [[weapons]] on bigger ships may have the ability to deal more damage, but their weapons are large and cumbersome, and are often unable to track small, fast targets. In fact, some of the largest ships in EVE are almost completely incapable of dealing with small ships on their own, and require support from a fleet of smaller escorts to be effective.
+EVE is a game of math, balancing distance, size, and speed. If you're big, you may not be able to outrun a smaller ship, but you might be able to destroy them before they can even get close enough to damage you. If you're small, you don't necessarily have much firepower, but larger ships will have a hard time pinning you down if you're fast and get into orbit under their guns.
+== Learning to look around ==
+A lot of information in EVE is given via the UI, and not the actual game view. There are a few important systems for basic looking around and navigation in space:
+* [[Directional scanning]]
+* [[Bookmark]]
+* [[Overview]]
 == Tips for moving your stuff ==
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 Using Autopilot will also land you 15 km from your destination station, and you'll slow-boat into the docking ring and then dock up. Again, this is potentially very dangerous.
-The only time to use Autopilot is when you have set up an [[Bookmarks#Instadock | insta-docking bookmark]] for the station that's your destination or a waypoint on your route.  Once you're in your destination system you'll want to select warp-to to your insta-dock bookmark.  Once you begin warping then turn on your Autopilot.  You'll land at your insta-dock point and the Autopilot will then dock you automatically.
+The only time to use Autopilot is when you have set up an [[Bookmark#Instadock | insta-docking bookmark]] for the station that's your destination or a waypoint on your route.  Once you're in your destination system you'll want to select warp-to to your insta-dock bookmark.  Once you begin warping then turn on your Autopilot.  You'll land at your insta-dock point and the Autopilot will then dock you automatically.
 === Do use your autopilot avoid list ===