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POE #1: Things all players should know

Published on 15. May, 2009 ... written by Jacob Mei, Tags: Articles, Proverbs of EVE

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Race, bloodline and sex are purely aesthetic in nature as players are not bound to their races ship types and there is no lock in to any profession. You may start as a miner and turn out to be a professional hit man.

While EVE forces you to select a gender , unlike other MMOs, it means nothing in game. Male or Female means nothing beyond the look of your avatar within the game and until CCP finishes its “walkable” stations your avatar is a mere mugshot. Players do not get a bonus or penalty to their skills or attributes based upon the gender of their avatar. Also, one should not expect to receive isk for ./dancing around public areas such as Jita 4-4. If you make such an attempt, it is my sincere hopes that you get suicide ganked.

EVE also lets you select an Empire from which your avatar is from and gives you their frigate skill at level 2-3 on average. Beyond this initial ship skill you are not bound by any rules or regulations as to which ships you can train and eventually fly. A player may start as an Amarrian with “Amarr Frigate” at level 3 but with a little isk to buy a skill book that character can be cruising around New Eden in a Rifter, all within a day. The same is true with weapons, as long as you have the isk for the skill books and are willing to dedicate the time to train , you can make use of any weapon system you desire.

Within each Empire there are several “bloodlines” and “careers” one can select from which seems interesting. It can be interesting and useful when it comes to creating a character that fills the role you wish them to fill seemlessly. Unfortunately most players have no clue as to what they want to do within EVE by merely looking at the log in screen as well as character generation screens. To be honest you can easily find EVE junkies of 2 or more years that have no clue as to what they want to become within EVE. It is a curse as well as a great game feature. Just like in Real Life you can decide what you want to do but if you cannot figure that out chances are you will be set adrift. Eventually everyone finds their way in RL as well as in EVE. No one should ever feel as though they must stick to their starter “package”. EVE is about exploring, blowing stuff up and building your own “Empire”.

Go out there and find new and interesting things to try and train for. But most of all, find what makes EVE fun for you and push it to the limit leaving your starting skill set behind you if you must. EVE was designed to be about “choice”, not choices you made at the character generation screen! In EVE, the only boundaries,limitations and handicaps are the ones you create in your mind.

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