Getting Started in EVE Online: Difference between revisions

As soon as you complete your character and when your character first enters the game you presented with a pop-up from Aura who tells you that she can show some of the Opportunities New Eden has to offer. Aura will simply introduce you to accept (or decline) the Opportunities map. The Opportunities map is an open-ended, non-linear, set of tasks that you can take any path, and any amount of time to complete. There will be some short instructions with each Opportunity and it's sub-steps. Other than some personal knowledge on how things work in EVE Online you gain nothing nor lose anything of consequence for completing or not completing these. It's just an open ended interactive guide. If you find yourself rather lost be sure to look at the chat window in the lower left corner of your screen. You will see the names of three channels: {{co|wheat|Local}}, {{co|wheat|Corp}}, and {{co|wheat|Rookie Help}}. Below that are several symbols. Click on the speech bubble. You will see a number of folders. Click on "{{co|wheat|Help [6]}}" and look for the channel named {{co|wheat|EVE University (E-UNI)}}. Click "Join". You are now in the public E-UNI channel where every possible question you might have will be answered!  Also under the Help category of channels there are localized Help channels for the supported languages (English, French, German, Japanese, and Russian). Feel free to ask for help in these channels. You probably won't find much response in Local or Corp, though it can't hurt. {{co|wheat|Rookie Help}} is often very "busy", meaning that the channel scrolls quite quickly with all the chat activity.  Also once your character reaches 30 days you will be removed from Rookie Help. Most players find that {{co|wheat|English Help (Help)}}, for example, and {{co|wheat|EVE University (E-UNI)}} are far more responsive and helpful than just Rookie Help.

Many new players find that the [[Tutorials_-_Opportunities_and_Career_Agents_in_EVE_Online|career agents]] are very beneficial to run. These are 5 agent types (offering Industry, Business, Exploration, Military, Advanced Military) that will introduce you to mainly the more basic PvE archetypes of things you can do in EVE Online. They will teach you some good basics to help you get started in EVE Online, but keep in mind that they only cover some aspects and virtually nothing for PvP. You can do these in any order you wish, but it is recommended that you complete the Military chain prior to taking on the Advanced Military chain. There is far more to get involved in other than what these agents will initially expose you to. They will also provide a generous amount of ships, modules, skill books and ISK. In addition by completing an complete mission chain for a given agent you will earn a good boost in standings with the faction that the agent is part of. Each Empire faction (Amarr, Caldari, Gallente, and Minmatar) will have 3 sets of 5 agents available. Once you complete an agent's chain of missions that agent will no longer be available to you, however, you can go to another agent that offers the same chain with any faction.  This means you can complete each chain 12 times (3 agents offering per faction, 4 factions). Should you run into problems where you are mid-chain such as declining the agent (which will prevent you from progressing further with that agent) or any technical glitches you can open a support ticket and usually a GM will reset the mission or even the agent for you.

As you complete these you will find that you will complete many of the Opportunities.

To access and locate these Career Agents simply open your Help menu in-game (F12, or click on the "?" icon in your NeoCom) and look for the section called "Career Advancement" on the Support tab. Click on the button "Show Career Agents".  This will open another window which will present you with the 5 closest Career agents to your current location.  You will see at the bottom right of each agent's box, a button labeled "Set Destination" and this will plot and give you a route to follow to get to the system and station where that agent is at.  If you've just started out then this location is most likely within 2 jumps from your current location.  The Career Agents are grouped in their sets of 5 in one station in the same system.

As a side note, you can always right-click on an NPC agent's name (as a link), solar system name (as a link), and station's name (as a link) to bring up an contextual menu with a option to "Set Destination" to.  You can recognize the names as being a link as long as they are either bold white or orange, and you can click on them.  As you mouse over these there will be an arrow-like icon appear to the lower right of your cursor.