As a long-term EVE player (been playing since 2005) I like the video, both from a content point of view as well as from a presentation point of view. Keep up the good work. You should definitely listen to this guy, especially when it comes to trying to "buy your way to success" and thinking that "bigger is better" in EVE. Nothing will screw you up more then those two points. I have close to 400mil SP on my main and can fly every ship in the game with perfect skills but I still spend 98% of my time flying small ships that you could train into within a few days (and fly with perfect skills within 6-8 months, depending on just how "perfect" you want your skills to be of course). Bigger ships are usually slow, cumbersome and require the support of other people to successfully use (especially if you're a newbie). Small ships on the other hand are fast, dynamic, fun and very cheap to buy, fly and lose. I honestly have the most fun flying small ships and taking risks that I'd never take in a super expensive or slow-ass battleship. A further tip to newbies is that I would *not* recommend you to try and grind in-game money to buy Omega ( = subscription). As a beginner, this will be a massive grind and will make the game feel like a job in no time. At first you can simply stick to Alpha (Free-to-Play) until you reach the 5mil SP limit and have learnt the basics and after that I'd recommend simply biting the bullet and paying the 15-20 bucks a month to enjoy EVE to the fullest. It's easily worth the money. When you have a lot of experience and a healthy ISK-balance you can start thinking about saving the RL-money and switch to paying with in-game money but that's more of a long-term goal, at least if you live in a western country and work a normal job. Just drink tap water 5x a month during lunch break instead of buying a coke and you basically have your subscription paid for. Give the game a try. It's totally worth it.
Been playing for 10 years. There are ups and downs but EVE is in a great dynamic since a few years with lots of great updates such as factional warfare. Come and join us, this is one of the best video game adventures you can live
A new player here.. I would suggest EveUni as newbie friendly. Their entire mission is to teach and then send you out to a corp to gain practical experience. I must have started at least five or more characters before I finally got a handle on what I want to do. Also you are right it is not a game for everyone and while you can buy your way up to that fancy Tier 3 ship. Have all the relevant skills. But if, as you have pointed out, do not know how to fight in that ship. Someone is going to have a big payday. Maybe that will be me. I enjoy mining and have started ratting as a way to gain practical experience for fighting in different ships. Plus a little exploration on the side. PVP is inevitable. We just finished a war. The one time I was on and was in fleet. I sat there for a good two hours waiting for the enemy to show up. LOL they never did.. But I was prepared to fight it out in the destroyer that I was flying and then go up in a fireball. I had no illusions of actually surviving that fight as new as I am. Though those that do quit all seem to have the same general complaint. The learning curve, the time sink, or the big one. I lost yet another ship, I quit. That last one gets zero sympathy from me. The other two I understand. This is a game and the learning curve can be daunting for some. All games are time sinks. How you want to spend those hours is a matter of choice. If one is not willing to put in the time for it. Then it is time to do something else. In the end I intend to be that 75+ old guy still flying and kicking ass. As long as the game exists. I will be flying.
EVE is not a game that is designed to **look** like a cold, harsh, dark and dangerous place. EVE is designed to **be** a cold, harsh, dark and dangerous place. If it wasn't then the game wouldn't be interesting in my opinion. Success in a game is only worthwhile and only gives me a feeling of accomplishment if there is a real risk of failure. Why play a game when all you can do is "win" or "win a bit faster"? Seems totally boring and pointless to me. So yes, you can absolutely be ganked if you don't take proper precautions and do stupid shit like packing millions in loot into a shitty ship that will pop when someone farts in your general direction (which is what 99% of the people who complain about ganking in EVE do). In real life you wouldn't carry around your entire life savings in a brown paper bag when you go on a dangerous jungle-trek, would you? That's why it's important that you either join a competent player group to help you learn the game or invest a significant amount of time, effort and research into learning the many and complex game mechanics yourself.
Eve is okay, but it's a multi boxing mess. I met people playing 20+ accounts at once. It's not really mmo as you might think it's a lot of characters controlled by few people
The state of the game is good? Lol..not really. Since scarcity in 2020 the population has pretty much halved, and that's a sad fact. Not to mention the constant nerfing to pve activities (mining, nullsec, and more) to drive the sale of plex. Again, these are facts.
As a long-term EVE player (been playing since 2005) I like the video, both from a content point of view as well as from a presentation point of view. Keep up the good work.
You should definitely listen to this guy, especially when it comes to trying to "buy your way to success" and thinking that "bigger is better" in EVE. Nothing will screw you up more then those two points. I have close to 400mil SP on my main and can fly every ship in the game with perfect skills but I still spend 98% of my time flying small ships that you could train into within a few days (and fly with perfect skills within 6-8 months, depending on just how "perfect" you want your skills to be of course). Bigger ships are usually slow, cumbersome and require the support of other people to successfully use (especially if you're a newbie). Small ships on the other hand are fast, dynamic, fun and very cheap to buy, fly and lose. I honestly have the most fun flying small ships and taking risks that I'd never take in a super expensive or slow-ass battleship.
A further tip to newbies is that I would *not* recommend you to try and grind in-game money to buy Omega ( = subscription). As a beginner, this will be a massive grind and will make the game feel like a job in no time. At first you can simply stick to Alpha (Free-to-Play) until you reach the 5mil SP limit and have learnt the basics and after that I'd recommend simply biting the bullet and paying the 15-20 bucks a month to enjoy EVE to the fullest. It's easily worth the money. When you have a lot of experience and a healthy ISK-balance you can start thinking about saving the RL-money and switch to paying with in-game money but that's more of a long-term goal, at least if you live in a western country and work a normal job. Just drink tap water 5x a month during lunch break instead of buying a coke and you basically have your subscription paid for.
Give the game a try. It's totally worth it.
Nice explanation of eve online & yes its worth playing it in 2024 :)
Been playing for 10 years. There are ups and downs but EVE is in a great dynamic since a few years with lots of great updates such as factional warfare. Come and join us, this is one of the best video game adventures you can live
lol you left out alternate account to make use of bots to mine
A new player here.. I would suggest EveUni as newbie friendly. Their entire mission is to teach and then send you out to a corp to gain practical experience. I must have started at least five or more characters before I finally got a handle on what I want to do.
Also you are right it is not a game for everyone and while you can buy your way up to that fancy Tier 3 ship. Have all the relevant skills. But if, as you have pointed out, do not know how to fight in that ship. Someone is going to have a big payday. Maybe that will be me.
I enjoy mining and have started ratting as a way to gain practical experience for fighting in different ships. Plus a little exploration on the side.
PVP is inevitable. We just finished a war. The one time I was on and was in fleet. I sat there for a good two hours waiting for the enemy to show up. LOL they never did.. But I was prepared to fight it out in the destroyer that I was flying and then go up in a fireball. I had no illusions of actually surviving that fight as new as I am.
Though those that do quit all seem to have the same general complaint. The learning curve, the time sink, or the big one. I lost yet another ship, I quit. That last one gets zero sympathy from me. The other two I understand. This is a game and the learning curve can be daunting for some.
All games are time sinks. How you want to spend those hours is a matter of choice. If one is not willing to put in the time for it. Then it is time to do something else.
In the end I intend to be that 75+ old guy still flying and kicking ass. As long as the game exists. I will be flying.
That’s great to hear! Love hearing stories of EVE!
I love EVE!
Been playing off and on for 20 years.
The saying goes, you never fully quit EVE, just extended breaks. ❤
Once an EVE player, always an EVE player…
EVE is great
It is a gankers paradise, where people will joyfully destroy the ship you worked hard for to get.
EVE is not a game that is designed to **look** like a cold, harsh, dark and dangerous place. EVE is designed to **be** a cold, harsh, dark and dangerous place. If it wasn't then the game wouldn't be interesting in my opinion. Success in a game is only worthwhile and only gives me a feeling of accomplishment if there is a real risk of failure. Why play a game when all you can do is "win" or "win a bit faster"? Seems totally boring and pointless to me.
So yes, you can absolutely be ganked if you don't take proper precautions and do stupid shit like packing millions in loot into a shitty ship that will pop when someone farts in your general direction (which is what 99% of the people who complain about ganking in EVE do). In real life you wouldn't carry around your entire life savings in a brown paper bag when you go on a dangerous jungle-trek, would you? That's why it's important that you either join a competent player group to help you learn the game or invest a significant amount of time, effort and research into learning the many and complex game mechanics yourself.
Would be nice to play the game like I see in this video from the start (0:29). But ... just to tease me in?
Eve is forever
No, not worth it. Don't waste your time guys.
Eve is okay, but it's a multi boxing mess. I met people playing 20+ accounts at once. It's not really mmo as you might think it's a lot of characters controlled by few people
The state of the game is good? Lol..not really. Since scarcity in 2020 the population has pretty much halved, and that's a sad fact. Not to mention the constant nerfing to pve activities (mining, nullsec, and more) to drive the sale of plex. Again, these are facts.