Originally posted by: lozina
Originally posted by: Dimmu
Originally posted by: lozina
did they recently reset the EVE world? I think I heard something about that here on this forum but couldnt get verification. I think the only way I'd get back into EVE was if the servers were reset.
No they did not reset it, and most definitely never will. That would piss off absolutely everyone that plays the game since you train skills on a real-time system.
it's sort of a Catch 22. Its because of that skill system I don't want to start playing and be perma-gimp with no hope of ever being equal skill to the people that have merely had an active account for a longer time.
Pick one ship and learn to fly it well. If you go all out and start training multiply ship types without the proper skills you are going screw yourself over. The more advance a ship you decided to train for the more advance skills you need to field it properly. So the best thing to do is to select a ship that fits your current skills and time frame. As you max out your skills for that ship then train the next level of support skills for the next class of ship you want to fly, etc. Hence this is why you don't go nuts with training all sorts of ships. Your support skills are more essential and allow you to do more with one class of ship then training a whole bunch of ships and having crappy skills for them.
The great thing about EVE is that it rewards those who plan ahead. You don't need a capital ship or battleship to do well in pvp. Anyone that tells you this is full of crap IMHO. As for vets the only real advantage they have is that they can fly more types of ships properly fitted for more roles then your average player and they can generate ISK using more then one method. Of course just because they can fly a frigate, cruiser, battle cruiser, battleship, etc...fully loaded out for whatever role they like to fulfill out does not mean they'll do so or that they are invincible. For every ship load out there is a counter in game and you can only do so much with your limited module fittings on a ship.
Also having the means to generate ISK is a must. Whether you mine, rat, do exploration complexes, salvage wrecks, trade/haul, refine, gank/ransom people, etc...it doesn't matter what you do as long as you have a means to keep the ISK rolling in if you need to. Build a nice support system for yourself to compensate for those rainy days and you can engage in pvp with no problem. IMHO some ISK generating ventures are more inline with PvP then others. If your main goal is ship to ship PvP in the game then ratting, mission running, ransoming, etc... are better tailored toward this aspect of the game. Mining, trading, refining, production, etc... require more effort to train in skills that are not PvP related and they are not necessarily better when in comes to generating money fast for a new player.
To sum it up.....
* Specialize with one ship type and max out your support skills for that ship and the role you are going to play in a gang/fleet.
* Specialize with one ISK generating method that is inline with your current goals. Once you've maxed out in your areas of specialization then move on to another area you are interested in and do the same.
You don't need ub3r huge ships to contribute in PvP fights. Besides very rarely will you ever face a 1 on 1 scenarios in EVE. Most fights are usually lopsided ganks or fleet ops.