I chose to go for a Amarr character which I have never played before, in my previous plays with EVE Online I have played mostly Gallente or Calardri. So a new fresh start with a new fresh race seemed a logical thing for me to do.

The largest of the empires in the world of EVE, Amarr spans 40% of the inhabited solar systems. The Amarr Emperor is the head of a ritualistic, authoritarian imperial state, and below him are the Five Heirs, the heads of the five royal families from which a new Emperor is chosen. The Emperor’s authority is unquestioned and absolute, but the archaic and bureaucratic system of government makes it difficult for him to exert his rule unless directly in person. Otherwise, the Five Heirs rule in his name, dividing the huge empire between them.

Downloaded the required and essential tools that I need to play which is basically something called EVEMon, I suggest that if you are new to the game then you need to go and get EVEMon, it essentially allows you to monitor your character whilst not logged into the game but the most useful tool is it allows you to create a training plan based on a skill or ship you want. So you select your dream ship and the app will show you all the skills you need and in the order you need to learn them to reach your goal.

I am currently part of a default Corporation called Hedion University I am looking to join another Corp but in no rush as I am still not sure of the direction I want to go with this Char.

So far I have done all the tutorial agent missions which I recommend to anyone that they should do as you get some nice new items and new ships, but it will also give you an idea of the structure missions take and gets you used to the controls and environment.

Once I completed these I moved onto the Career Agent missions, which I am currently working through the business ones. If you ever need to find your career agents then just press F12 and they will be on this help page. Again these help you just to get familiar with the game. I have also been doing my first Epic Arc mission The Blood-Stained Stars this is a good missions as it feels it starts to get hard pretty quickly so it makes you adjust to the ways you need to load out your ship.

Last night I purchased my Destroyer which is a Amarr Coercer, I am currently looking at finding a good loadout for this ship that gives me good firepower for missions but also good for Salvaging which is the path I am currently taking. In the past when I have played EVE Online I go for mining and spend hours mining, which is good for making money and good for training skills and getting larger ships but boring. So far I have managed to do no mining at all other than a small 10 minute effort for a mission.

So in short here is where I am and here is what I suggest you do if you are new to EVE Online:

• Play the Tutorial Missions
• Download EVEMon
• Do the Career Missions from the Career Agent (F12 to find them)
• Start your first Epic Arc.

More to come…

I have been in and out of this game a lot. Something keeps drawing me back to the Universe of EVE Online and I think I may know what it is.

I am a big fan of Elite and a very big fan of Frontier: Elite II and Frontier First Encounters, probably the most hours of life investment have gone into those three games alone. I believe EVE Online captures that magic that for example I felt when playing Frontier: Elite II.

It is that feeling of freedom, that feeling of making ends meet and trading my wares.

I have decided that I am going to blog about a Newbies Journey into EVE Online and beyond. Yes I still call myself a Noob when it comes to EVE, I have been playing EVE on and off since it was released back in May of 2003, yes it really has been out since 2003!! Even though I have played this game for a long time, I have never really got into the detail of this game as normally something else or life will tend to get in the way.

So over the next 6 months when I play the game I am going to share my experiences here on this blog. Hopefully new players can read this and learn from my mistakes and I would also hope that seasoned players may stumble upon this blog and share their wisdom with me.

I hope to take lots of screenshots and share my experience with you all.