Anyone know of a good site where I can find more ripping yarns about the EVE universe?

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Try Eve University Corp. “Eve University” has been around, I think, since 2004 to teach the basics. EXCELLENT group of people.

About the PvP thing – truely, that is about attitude and experience far more than “just” sp…

I had a carebear attitude on my main – until i made this guy -now I just grab a Rrupture whenever the urge hits me and I go hunting. Sometimes I win (rarely!), sometimes I lose (more often) but its all fun.

Excellent read – maybe one day I’ll find a 0.0 corp who’s goals I can get behind, until then, I’ve found 5 IRL friends…

We will see…

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That was awesome. Good times :)

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Without StateCorp, I don’t know whether I would have hit 0.0. I certainly wouldn’t have hit it with as much confidence in my allies. Some truly good times were had in Syndicate, and Geminate, and everywhere we went inbetween.

I’m sad to see the Corporation go, but maybe it was time. Cheers for helping me into the 0.0 game, and cheers for teaching me to be less of a nood, and cheers for all the good experiences.

*salute*

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I think the last time I rolled up a character was a touch after Trinity launched? They were still doing old-style generation, then, and the huge spots and gaps in my skillbase was the primary headache. The problem wasn’t the difference between someone who’s got the basic training in a skill and someone who’s got advanced training; the problem was that I had no training at all and needed to spend a week raising a large handful of skills to be able to perform a basic task with anything approaching reasonable efficiency.

(I’m glad to hear I was way off about the impact of advanced skills, though. Advanced Drone Interfacing must’ve been sticking in my head.)

Otherwise, though, I do like the skill system, especially because it means I can focus on actually doing interesting things instead of grinding out advancement. It’s just that hump required for basic competency that really bugged me.

And if they’ve fixed that, then I might have to have another go after all. There are a ton of things I like about EVE, and it was very specifically that “What the hell, it’ll be weeks before I can do anything effectively” thing that drove me away.

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It’s just…
GAH

Yes, I realize you don’t have to mine, or run missions, however, a newbies choices in money making are very, very limited. You want to build stuff? Well, you don’t have the money to buy the materials, so go mine it.
There’s always piracy, but I couldn’t bring myself to that, thank you very much.

Blowing up a bad pirates, who thought my mining ass was an easy target, however, never got old

Never underestimate a Vexor. Ever.

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As said earlier, the system now is much more newbie friendly than when you seems tp have tried it. Should try it again to see if it fits you better maybe.

Also, on your equation:

Basic skill in damage often gives you 5% (sometimes less or something non damage related). Advanced skill, if any, will give you 2% per level when using the advanced modules.

Considering that even a newbie will have a lvl 4 in the basic skill (lvl from 1 to 4 is always shorter to skill up than from 4 to 5, so it’s most of the time what separate a newbie from a veteran in terms of skills), and that 95% of the time the vet will have advanced skill to 4, it’s at most a 13% difference, when using advanced weapons (which costs more, ergo an increased risk for the added efficiency).

Obviously, you have to put that on the scale of a complete template, considering ship fitting skills, navigation, etc… So having more skills definitely is a bonus, but that’s quite logical isn’t it ?
My point is that, on the matter of PvP, the difference in numbers between a 3 years veteran and a one month beginner on the piloting of a given ship is quite small compared to some other titles around.
And for the remaining number gap, you can always outwit your enemy, no such thing as “I win button” in EvE, for anyone.

On the subject of the knowledge of the game and the difficulty of access for a new players I do agree however. EvE is a darn hard game to learn, but it’s far easier now than it was when I started.
Free stat point reset and skilling speed bonus at creation is nice. It’s a rich game, expecting to master it fast isn’t gonna work, and yet the skill system you criticize isn’t bad for everyone, as it lets you level up online or not, whatever you do.
For someone who do not play much or like to do what they please instead of grinding the skill they’re leveling, it’s in fact a real asset.

Anyway, I’m not here to defend EvE and I respect your right to dislike it. I think that it’s one of those “love it or hate it” game, there’s no in between. Just wanted to get some facts straight, EvE is indeed a hard game, yet for those who sticks to it and through the first times it will lend all its potential.

I know it still does for me after three years.

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