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==Your first career-affecting choice: Skills and Attributes==

Few new EVE players consider the implications of their racial, bloodline and ancestry selections when establishing their first character. Generally, they select what sounds like the most interesting or fun character background to play. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, however, as no in-game career choice is blocked to any race (Amarr, Gallente, Minmatar or Caldari) or bloodline. Any character can learn any skill in the game. However, starting attributes (Charisma, Intelligence, Memory, Willpower and Perception) are slightly different, based on race, bloodline and ancestry choices, and this will affect the rate at which skills are learned. But even attributes can be remapped, so even this does not present a significant obstacle to optimizing your character for different careers.

Few new EVE players consider the implications of their racial, bloodline and ancestry selections when establishing their first character. Generally, they select what sounds like the most interesting or fun character background to play. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, however, as no in-game career choice is blocked to any race (Amarr, Gallente, Minmatar or Caldari) or bloodline. Any character can learn any skill in the game.

All new characters start with the same essential skill set:

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* Spaceship Command III

However, starting attributes (Charisma, Intelligence, Memory, Willpower and Perception) are slightly different, based on race, bloodline and ancestry choices, and this will affect the rate at which skills are learned. But even attributes can be remapped, so even this does not present a significant obstacle to optimizing your character for different careers.

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After playing EVE for a while, many players establish an alternative character (generally known as an "alt" in game parlance), either as one of the three available characters for any account, or as a new account. There are many advantages to having an alt character, or several alts, which we will explore further later.

A great ~~tool~~ for experimenting with different starting character races and bloodlines is EVEHQ, which contains a Character Creation Tool.

A great utility for experimenting with different starting character races and bloodlines is EVEHQ [http://www.evehq.net/], which contains a very useful Character Creation Tool.

==Developing a career plan: What will you be when you grow up?==

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 ==Your first career-affecting choice: Skills and Attributes==
-Few new EVE players consider the implications of their racial, bloodline and ancestry selections when establishing their first character.  Generally, they select what sounds like the most interesting or fun character background to play.  This isn't necessarily a bad thing, however, as no in-game career choice is blocked to any race (Amarr, Gallente, Minmatar or Caldari) or bloodline.  Any character can learn any skill in the game.  However, starting attributes (Charisma, Intelligence, Memory, Willpower and Perception) are slightly different, based on race, bloodline and ancestry choices, and this will affect the rate at which skills are learned.  But even attributes can be remapped, so even this does not present a significant obstacle to optimizing your character for different careers.
+Few new EVE players consider the implications of their racial, bloodline and ancestry selections when establishing their first character.  Generally, they select what sounds like the most interesting or fun character background to play.  This isn't necessarily a bad thing, however, as no in-game career choice is blocked to any race (Amarr, Gallente, Minmatar or Caldari) or bloodline.  Any character can learn any skill in the game.
 All new characters start with the same essential skill set:
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 * Spaceship Command III
+However, starting attributes (Charisma, Intelligence, Memory, Willpower and Perception) are slightly different, based on race, bloodline and ancestry choices, and this will affect the rate at which skills are learned.  But even attributes can be remapped, so even this does not present a significant obstacle to optimizing your character for different careers.
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 After playing EVE for a while, many players establish an alternative character (generally known as an "alt" in game parlance), either as one of the three available characters for any account, or as a new account.  There are many advantages to having an alt character, or several alts, which we will explore further later.
-A great tool for experimenting with different starting character races and bloodlines is EVEHQ, which contains a Character Creation Tool.
+A great utility for experimenting with different starting character races and bloodlines is EVEHQ [http://www.evehq.net/], which contains a very useful Character Creation Tool.
 ==Developing a career plan: What will you be when you grow up?==