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Posted on 2010 under EVE GUIDES |
30
Dec
The Gallente Federation may stand for freedom and democracy, but the true calling of any player of Eve Online is to engage in free trade and make as much money for himself as possible. This is the faction for people who want cool uniforms, aren’t interested in Empire building, don’t hold high ideals, and do not hold with the genetic engineering practices of the Jovian Directorate.
Caldari State: The Corporation of the People
The political scientist might debate whether or not the Caldari Mega Corporation constitutes a true government. The many corporations that make up the government ensure order in the corporate state. Eight mega corporations share power over the people, but the custom and tradition serves to moderate people, both the corporate executives and the common man.
An Eve Online pilot will serve one of the lesser corporations owned by one of the larger corporations that share the reigns of power in what passes for the government of worlds controlled by this corporation. Fictional politics interest online gamers much less than real world politics do. What a new Caldari state pilot needs to know is what kind of ship he will be flying and the skills he needs to know.
8 Corporations that Hold the Reigns of Power
The Caldari State won its independence from the Gallente Federation long ago, but they fought hard to earn their independence. Many outside observers underestimate this faction’s military might, but the technology they posses is comparable to all of the other empires, with the exception of the Jovian Directorate, as the Eve Online Wiki notes.
Kaalakiota – This Corporation may have small interest in many affairs of the state, or could even become a state itself. This state within the Caldari state earned its wealth through real estate manipulation.
Nugoeihuvi — This company makes sure the corporate drones of the Caldari are entertained and do not think too much about the occasional dictatorial demands of their government. The name is formed by combining the words for play, relax, and enjoy in the native language of its home worlds.
Ishukone – If there is an Intel of the Eve Online universe, it is the Ishukone Company that makes high tech equipment that is used on many ships throughout the worlds that were lost when the Eve wormhole collapsed.
The other corporations are Sukuuvestaa, Wiyrkomi, Hyasyoda, CBD and Lai Da.
Working with the Ibis Frigate
The Ibis frigate is the starting ship of the Caldari pilot. It is a workable ship, but one of the first goals of any pilot is to find a ship that will better prepare them for the dangers of space and allow him to earn the greatest amount of profits both for the pilot and the companies they serve. The guide linked to in this paragraph recommends that a starting pilot replace the Ibis with the Condor as soon as he has the chance.
The ship that the company provides favors the use of missiles and rail guns in their weaponry, and thus gunnery skills should be one of the first skills that a new pilot for one of the sub-corporations learns.
Important Skills for Caldari State Pilots
Any pilot in Eve Online should purchase the learning skill because it reduces the amount of time it takes to learn the other skills needed. Caldari state pilots should focus on engineering, frigate, gunnery and engineering skills to enable him to do well in the player versus environment portion of the game. A player who is serious about player versus player combat should also pick up the turret and warp skills that allow him to trap an opposing pilot. The skills listed below are what a Caldari state pilot should learn before focusing on other skills.
Caldari Frigate
Caldari Cruiser
Missile Operations
Standard Missiles
Heavy Missiles
Shield Operations
Navigation
Afterburner
Weapon Upgrades
Scout Drone Operations
How a Player Raises His Faction Standing with Caldari State
As tempting as it may be to think that this is a university that trains pilots and other professionals in Eve Online, the brass running Caldari state would not be so easily amused. Raising standing with any faction in Eve Online requires the successful completion of storyline missions. The many corporations within the mega corpration make it easy to earn Caldari state faction boosts. The basics of boosting faction standing are the same for this corporate empire as it is for any other government in the game world. For every sixteen normal missions that a player completes, he will be sent to an agent with a faction to gain storyline missions.
Doing the storyline missions result in faction boosts with the major factions of the game. The setup of the Caldari makes this easier as the many sub-factions give small boosts to the overall faction standing. In order to undertake a mission with any agent belonging to a faction, a player must have standing with the group of at least -2.0.
Posted on 2010 under EVE GUIDES |
30
Dec
The world of EVE online is a massive one, filled with possibility and opportunity for players to explore, trade, and battle. Few MMOs can compare to the unprecedented amount of freedom offered by the world of EVE online. There are no set classes or ship loadouts, players are free to customize their character and ship however they see fit and then set out into the massive galaxy before them.
To truly appreciate the scope of EVE online, players should really experience it for themselves. Fortunately, with the free EVE online trial, any interested gamer can do exactly that, free of charge.
Register for the Free EVE Online Trial
The first step on the journey into the world of EVE is to head over to the EVE Online Free Trial Page. Fill in all the relevant information and press the “Confirm” button to continue.
Download the EVE Online Game Client
After pressing the “Confirm” button on the registration page, you will be redirected to a confirmation page. Double check that you’ve entered all the information correctly and when you’re ready, press the giant “Download EVE Online Now” button at the bottom of the page to begin the download.
Choose the correct version of the client based on your operating system and press the corresponding
button. Doing so will redirect you to another page where you’ll be asked to once again confirm your operating system.
The next page offers you a choice between the original, classic graphics and the new and improved premium graphics. The premium graphics require a slightly faster processor, a minimum of 128 Megs of video memory, and more than twice as much hard drive space.
Most modern computers should have no problem with the premium requirements, so the major concern here is hard drive space. If you’re in a hurry to get into the game or have limited space available, you may want to go with the classic content. Everyone else would do well to check out the premium graphics, the extra time is well worth it.
Click the button below your choice and choose an easily-accessible save location.
Log in to EVE Online
Once the download finishes, open the installer and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation. Once you’ve reached the last step, simply check the box next to “Run EVE Online,” scroll to the bottom of the user agreement to accept it, log in with the name and password you created on the registration page, and begin creating your first character.
You are now on your way to experiencing everything the world of EVE Online has to offer. I should warn you, it’s an addicting world to step into.
Posted on 2010 under EVE GUIDES, EVE ISK Guide |
23
Dec
Trade Routes
One of the most effective way to build up your ISK in Eve online is to find and exploit profitable trade routes.
What is a Trade Route?
A trade route is where the market is in need of demand. Usually between two points, and in Eve there are specific regions and systems where every marketer sells and customers buy from.
Most Buyers will head into Jita because of how big the market is, usually the prices are the cheapest in Jita. This means you get a lot of sellers and buyers, about 600+ are in that system alone. So selling in Jita is profitable though with a lot of competition.
Other trade systems like Rens, Amarr and mission systems, especially the Level 4 agent systems. Such as Motsu, Umokka and the surround systems for Caldari space. Similarly for other races, you need to find it out. Which is easy using the agent List for each race, looking under Security, Command, and other combat agents. And start selling ammo, modules and ships there.
Using NPC stations to sell to NPCs is a good way as well. Though the best is always selling to other players. So make contacts and and deals with other corporations, especially PVP corporations. They are in need of a manufacturing branch which most normally don’t have.
Buy Low and Sell High
Another Tactic in Eve Online MMO to buy low and sell high. The stations allows you to place buy orders and you can set it to whatever you like, usually I would under cut prices from other buyers and if you have already a big capital place big orders for 7 days at a time. The market is frequently changing so you want to make sure your not getting cut off, or buying too high a price.
Items to buy for good profits
Turrets, launchers, high mineral conversion modules such as scanners, smartbombs and nos and neutralizers. Such modules with high mineral conversion allows you to get more from selling the Minerals instead.
Takes time, but once you have acquired a bigger capital you can have a bigger turnover.
Capital Ship and Module Construction
Many Eve pilots now have characters that fly Capital ships and you don’t have many manufacturers for it. Since Carriers and Dreads are in high demand due to the low productivity from the Blueprints – being a capital ship manufacturer has good profits. Though acquiring the skills takes some time. What you could do is team up with some friends who can look at making specific parts of the ships.
Profits Vs Turnover
It’s not necessarily always having the biggest profit for trading, if you have found a good and high turnover for a specific module or ship, than its always good to go with that.
For the biggest profit in Eve Online is about 0.0 (Zero point Zero) Explorations.
Explorations are one of the biggest income in Eve Online now that CCP have introduced it. Check out the You Tube video below.
Posted on 2010 under EVE GUIDES, EVE ISK Guide |
23
Dec
A Veteran Eve Online Pilot Reveals How To Make Money In Eve Online With ANY Profession!
You’ll Never Need To Purchase ISK Ever Again!
Risky as sometimes the POS Moon Miners will Hire Mercs to Defend their POS. Though with a bit of luck and scanning moons for POSes you sometimes get rogue POSes that have no guns or defense on it.
There are many ways of acquiring ISK in Eve Online. It just comes down to your imagination. Most people will have two to three alts which are in the trade and missioning skill route so that their main pvp character stays focus on pvp skills while their alts are their stable source of income.
Pirating is one of the biggest professions in Eve Online to make money. It is usually frowned upon because of the moral values involved. I frankly don’t do Pirating but I used to hunt them down
Buhhdust Princess makes a great video here to show you. I used to be in the same Alliance with him.
Posted on 2010 under EVE GUIDES, EVE ISK Guide |
23
Dec
Mining is one of the simplest activities in the game. You go out in an asteroid belt, you start your mining lasers, you launch your mining drones (if you have any), and you haul the ore you mine in a station to be used later. It’s a boring activity which appeals to some people since it leaves you with time to do something else such as chat with corpmates, make strategic plans, or anything else which requires a modicum of concentration. You will want to progress to the Hulk Mining Ship and head to 0.0 space to mine the best materials. Mining can be boring at times, but it is very rewarding.
Mission Running
There are many types of missions for mission running, which we will go into detail later on. The main missions you will find for mission running are courier, trade, kill and mining missions. To be honest the rewards in the beginning are pretty poor, but if you have a friend or someone from your corp with you, it can be a more interesting experience. As you increase your standings you wil be able to take on more rewarding missions. Generally rewards are pretty low until you hit L3 with an agent. Overall Mission running can be fun, but not as rewarding as other Isk making techniques.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is one of the best ways of making Isk in Eve Online. Eve Online players are always wanting to buy items to further themselves or there ships. And of course replacing ships lost in battle. You can be the one to supply them will these goods which in return they will supply you with their ISK. The only real problem with Industry in Eve Online is that to make items you need to get your hands on blueprints, these blueprints can cost a lot and it can be time consuming researching them.
Trading
In a nutshell, trading is buying something for a loew price in one region and then selling it for a higher price in a different region. Sounds simple enough, but in fact this is probably the hardest, yet most profitable path to go down. Technically you could try to buy and sell at the same station, but you would be lucky to see a good return in this. Isk can be lost as quickly as it is earnt in this area so make sure you are prepared before taking this path.
Ratting
Eve Isk Guide – RattingRatting is basically going around asteroid belts hunting down enemy NPCs. This can be good for new characters to start with, as generally you will only find a few of them together and they are VERY easy to kill. But if you really want to get into ratting, you will need to be prepared to go into low sec and maybe even 0.0, to reap the best rewards.
Exploration
The shipboard scanner is only able to find “encounters” (almost the same as a mission) but you have a slightly higher chance (compared to belt-ratting) to encounter faction or even commander NPC spawns dropping valuable loot. Using probes you can find various other things (including entries into wormhole “wildspace”), but this is best left to explain in much more detail in a seperate post.
PvP
Pvp can be a good way to make Isk but we do not consider it the best way. If you want to go down this road you will need to have alot of knowledge about PvP as there are alot of experienced fighters out there. Also training the right skills and coming up with the right ship setup is critical and may take some time.
Posted on 2010 under EVE GUIDES |
14
Dec
The Eve Online Game is another open-ended Massively Multiple Online Games (MMOG’s) but it is distinct from the average MMOG’s. Eve Online Player Guide will help enthusiasts go about the intricacies of the game.
MMOG’s are centered on structured play styles whose outcomes are predicted with its monotonous leveling. These games designate its players as good or bad, as heroes or villains. Its multiple servers, called shards, are only limited from 500 to 3000 players.
Eve has the key to the different players, using a single server to interact with 25,000 players at any given time and make use of one’s imagination on how to win the game. Players can play as a single space trader or endeavor to control the largest, most powerful corporation in the universe. It provides the rules, tools and players who create their own universe.
Eve Online Player Guide is created only for those who intend to play the game for more than three months. You can play solo or with friends or open at least four additional accounts so you can perform as four players.
* Mining – Using four accounts, there will be two characters in the large mining, Barge for Mining; one character in Hauler for Hauling and the other character in BS for Protection. Mine Crokite in Bisot, Arkanor or Ming. Don’t waste time on the others.
* Hunting – Using three accounts, there is one heavy Killer in BS is trying to antagonize everybody. One is transferring Shield in BS to the Killer and one guy in Hauler is picking up all the loot. Most loot is normal but some are too expensive (from 10-30 million Isk). Keep the normal and sell the expensive.
* Agent Missions – The best are the LVL 3 agent missions but do LVL4 with caution as they are Harder. Doing the same as Hunting on Missions; you get both loot and Agent. On these Hunting missions, you just put everyone into a Hauler and move the stuff.
Five Best Tips:
1. Join a good corporation and ask for their help.
2. Train all your Learning Skills and Advanced Skills to the MAXIMUM.
3. Train your Navigational Skills and learn about and use all (Bookmarks /instas).
4. Always insure the Main Ship you are currently flying.
5. Have fun, make it fly a game.
When players band to form alliances, the game is turned into a grand scale strategic drama. There will be political intrigues and corporate espionage, which are bringing dimension and depth to the game as the struggle for fame and fortune ebb and flow with each new day.
The Eve Online Player Guide opens a gate for you to participate in an out-of-the world adventure.
Posted on 2010 under EVE GUIDES |
14
Dec
If you are a new player of the game, you need to master the Eve Online Newbie Guide to keep up with others addicted to the game.
As a newbie or one who is trying to play this online game for the first time, these are important leads:
Basics:
You have to become familiar with the game’s interface mechanics and rules. The following sources are rich in information.
1. Ultimate New Player Guide Collection consists of guides, tips and tricks to help newbie. It includes everything from primers on ship weapon systems, how the contract system works, building new ships from blue prints and others.
2. Eve Dictionary contains words used by season players when they discussed Eve on forum or in-game chats. It speaks of the most common parlance. Example: eff – efficiency; Isk – interstellar credits.
3. Abbreviation Glossary expounds on the shortened version of special words about the game. Example: BOB – band of brothers; goons – goonswarm meaning troublemakers, miscreants, rascals.
4. Evelopedia is the richest source about the game which supplements Eve Online Newbie Guide.
Eve Online:
The game boosts a panoramic back story. It started with five different factions of the human race who colonized different areas of the galaxy and out of touch with each other and their original home world. The fives races are: Amarr Empire, Caldari State, The Gallente Federation, Jovian Empire, and the Minmatar Republic. All four are actively participating in the game except Jovian. Each race has its own culture and diverse powers.
In the game, you will create your own character, specifying the race, personality, education, aptitude and other qualities. The use of cybernetic implants enables your character to continue learning skills even if you are offline. The online unique graphical interface for character generations allows modifying the physical appearance, color of the hair, change of clothes and others. There are different corporations and alliances, which your character can scrutinize, then join for his own protection.
Similar to life on Mother Earth, the world of Eve gives significant attention to economy. It is much more than just trading and inventing new technology. The economy is run by players which consist of mining of raw ore, shipments, technology, stolen goods, salvaged goods and others.
Since its introduction, Eve has undergone seven major expansions. Up to this point, the game has featured 5,000 individual solar systems within a persistent single online universe.
Have fun with the game. It never hurts to ask questions in game forum for its members will be happy to help you. And with your knowledge of the Eve Online Newbie Guide, you are a Newbie no more. Now go start dominating!
Posted on 2010 under EVE GUIDES, EVE ISK Guide |
14
Dec
Hello, creative Capsuleers! It is time for another edition of the EVE Online Community team’s monthly blog celebrating the creative player. I’m your host, CCP Fallout, and together with my wonderful ever-smiling partner, CCP Zymurgist, we hope to showcase some amazing work EVE Online players have created.
Everyone seems to be completely in love with the new Character Creator, which is periodically being tested on the Singularity test server and will make its way to Tranquility with January’s release of the EVE Online: Incursion expansion. Even Kotaku is in love with it! Showcased in that article is this gorgeous video by YouTube user sarmatiko, which really shows how detailed you can get when designing your face.
sarmatiko also created a video featuring a female character in the creator back in October. Keep your hands atop your desks, gentlemen!
vexxus5 has created a four race-based videos in a series called “Raise the Flag”:
Creativity can express itself in so many different ways visually. Minecraft, which is a game that so many people (including many in the office) are addicted to, has been visited by the Gallente recently. davelantor created this amazing Gallente shuttle in the game, and gives us an inside view on what really makes that bad boy fly.
The EVE Report is a site that I recently added to my feeds list. This community blog features a lot of great news items about our favorite game and players, but also has its very own podcast. What really grabbed my attention however, was a new feature they have on their site. Last time, I mentioned Crazy Kinux’s amazing blog pack. The EVE Report does something similar, but with podcasts. For those of you who enjoy aural stimulations, check out their EVE Pod Pack page. A great resource for active podcasts, it also features podcasts of yore and new podcasts.
Speaking of podcasts, Crazy Kinux dropped me a line via Twitter recently to let me know that both he and Maeve Trinity not only have a new podcast, New Eden Chronicles, in the works, but wanted you to know that there will be two additional hosts as well. Congratulations to Memoocan and Ardwulf on their inclusion in the NEC team!
Remember, if you create something that you’d like to share with the EVE Online community, we encourage you to create a post in the My EVE channel. Until next time, fly safely!
Posted on 2010 under EVE GUIDES |
14
Dec
You’ve probably all seen or heard about the changes that hit the test server last month where you could buy a neural remap (redistribution of attributes) with a PLEX. The ensuing community discussion and a whole heap of Council of Stellar Management discussions we had, both during their visit to CCP earlier in October and, through the magic of the internet, has led us to revisit that specific change and helped us form a holistic strategy for virtual goods sales moving forward.
Phew, that was a long sentence.
There are two things we want to communicate in this blog, in response to all the discussion that’s been going on:
First, we’ve decided to shelve all the changes to neural remaps we had planned. We now have no plans to change things from the way they are currently on Tranquility. No PLEX for remaps, no ISK for remaps, nothing. All code has been reverted, no new code has been written. Nothing will change.
Second, we wanted to explain our thinking a little more. It‘s always been the intent of CCP to continue diversifying EVE Online’s business model and we‘ve been looking at various options to do so. This started with the introduction of PLEX, which was an innovative way for players to exchange in-game assets for subscription on a fully player driven marketplace. Since we introduced the PLEX item we’ve monitored its trading, price and velocity closely. It’s now time for us to take the next evolutionary step.
It‘s clear that it‘s the will of the community to keep virtual goods sales outside the spectrum of what we classify as the “merit economy”. That refers to skills gained over time or items that have a gameplay impact. So after discussions, designs, brainstorming and all sorts of processes we‘ve come up with a strategy that we‘ve already polished with the help of the CSM and would now want to present to the larger community.
Virtual goods sales in EVE Online will evolve through sales of vanity items, first in Incarna but later in-space features. The scope will be (and there‘s no design has been done around this, we‘re just talking strategy now) that anything that doesn‘t affect gameplay directly can be, potentially, sold for PLEX or other means. Ideas that have come up include Incarna clothing and furniture, logos on spaceships and swapping out portraits. This is by no means a comprehensive list, nor is it a commitment that said items will be available for sale, I mention these as an example for what type of items we‘re thinking about.
It‘s important to clarify that virtual goods sales isn‘t an arbitrary – or particularly greedy – decision. There is a constantly decreasing number of MMO‘s out there that don‘t incorporate virtual goods sales at some level. – games that aren’t responding to this trend are dying out. Diversifying the business model allows us to offer our players the services and features they desire in ways that are conducive to how they wish to spend their entertainment dollars. The result is that we provide a wider range of options to our subscribers which, in turn, leaves us better positioned to react to future seismic shifts in the market.
If we don‘t react to the wishes of the market we will simply become the dinosaurs of the industry. And everyone knows what happens to dinosaurs. God makes them disappear. Through MAGIC.
Posted on 2010 under EVE GUIDES |
14
Dec
This pack of EVE Online guides offered at MMOGameGuide.com is very much recommended for any serious EVE player. The pack, which consist of 5 guides: the ISK guide, PvP guide, mining guide, ships guide and the strategy guide, features unique strategies and expert recommendations when it comes to earning a reputation in deep space.
Anyone who have tried EVE Online just once, would understand how steep the learning curve is. Meaning, EVE Online is a very sophisticated and complicated game. Having personally gone through all the guides in this EVE Online guide pack, I would recommend it to anyone looking for a reliable one-stop source of EVE strategies. All the guides are written in layman terms, making any difficult gaming concept easy to understand for just about anyone.
If you’re just starting out, you will find the strategy guide a good place to start. As you advance further on, the other 4 guides takes your gaming experience to a whole new level. The PvP guide shows you how to easily overcome opponents with recommended PvP ship set-ups, skill training plans and much more. The ISK and mining guide is inarguable beneficial when it comes to making money in EVE Online. Offered in the guides are in-dept ISK making walkthroughs and strategies to triple your mining output.
With the vast variety of recommendations, techniques and strategies made available in these EVE guides by MMOGameGuide, both the new and experienced players will find the pack very helpful throughout their time in EVE Online.