Preface
EVE Online is a popular sci-fi MMORPG with the reputation of being one of, if not the most complex and unforgiving MMO on the market. There are many players with years of experience playing EVE without ever fully understanding the game or achieving any kind of notable success.
This book differs from all the other written guides currently available, in that instead of just teaching you how to be a miner or a mission runner, this book shares with you the knowledge and experience of an EVE veteran with over nine years of experience playing EVE. With this book you will gain insider information that you would normally only gain after years of playing the game.
What this book covers
Chapter 1, I Want to Play EVE for Free!: This chapter will introduce you to the world of New Eden and EVE Online. It will give you a brief background to the major factions of EVE, with the help of a detailed guide through the character creation process.
Chapter 2, When I Grow Up I Want to be a (Wealthy) Miner: This chapter will introduce you to the mining career. You will gain knowledge and learn the tricks that only comes from years of being a miner.
Chapter 3, Mission Running: This chapter will introduce you to the career of mission running. You will learn where and how to find mission agents and more importantly, some tricks to make lots of ISK while running missions.
Chapter 4, Making ISK with Manufacturing: This chapter will introduce you to the manufacturing career. Learn the manufacturing career from start to finish, and learn the tricks that the pros use to obtain wealth unrivaled.
Chapter 5, Getting Rich Fighting Incursions: This chapter will introduce you to Sansha Incursions. Fighting Incursions is a fun and challenging way to make lots of ISK while combating a major power faction of New Eden.
Chapter 6, Playing the Market: This chapter will introduce you to the trading career. Everything in EVE is bought and sold on the market, with hundreds of thousands of transactions daily. Learn the tricks to turn these daily transactions into mountains of ISK.
Chapter 7, I Can Has Friends: This chapter will show you the benefits of joining a player corporation or alliance. You will also learn some tips for finding the best corporation or alliance to suit your needs.
Chapter 8, The Geek Stuff: This chapter will give you a single place to easily reference all the detailed information covered throughout the book.
What you need for this book
All you need to use this book is a computer with EVE Online installed and an active subscription to EVE.
Having access to a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox will allow you to access a variety of resources available on the internet. You can, for example, find the minimum requirements to run EVE Online at www.eveonline.com.
Who this book is for
This book is written for anyone who is either currently playing or plans on playing EVE Online. New players will find the information in this book extremely helpful in navigating through the world of New Eden, while experienced players will still benefit from the many tricks of the trade secrets of the most popular career choices in EVE.
Whether a novice or a pro, the information in the book will help you achieve success few have obtained in EVE.
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New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, in menus or dialog boxes for example, appear in the text like this: "You can always go back or forward a step by clicking the Back and Next button in the lower-right corner ".
Note
Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.
Tip
Tips and tricks appear like this.
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