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First impressions of EVE

Last night was my first time playing EVE Online. I had in fact intended on posting my first impressions of EVE last night, intending to play for just 2-3 hours last night. But, well, I logged on about 5, and the next thing I knew it was 3 o’clock in the morning and despite my exhaustion I simply didn’t want to stop playing..

Last night I completed the Tutorial and Career missions for my region in space, which give you a decent impression on SOME of the activities available in EVE.  I LOVED the industrial missions. Scouting for minerals needed to create schematics which full knowledge that hulkageddon is on, and some random pirate may just kill me for ‘lols’, then using those resources to create modules to sell, while it may sound simple is highly satisfying. I am generally excited to start purchasing schematics which are profitable and reasonably priced, once I have some initial capital.

Last night, I made an easy 3 million ISK, which may not sound like much, but for a complete newbie, it seems like a fortune. Enough to buy all necessary skills books for the near future with plenty left over.

I have quickly discovered that goals are very important in EVE, necessary even, to fully enjoy the game. So currently my goals are:

Short Term:

-Buy a schematic for manufacturing for a t1 frigate, module or ammunition that is profitable. (Time to get the excel running for this one ;) )
-Make 10 million ISK in a single night
-Start P.I for materials.. (i’ll need to subscribe for this one)

Long Term:
-Join an Aussie Worm-hole corp
-Make 100million ISK in total
-Start manufacturing Cruisers/Medium sized Modules

PS. A GM sent me a message asking how i’m enjoying EVE, and offered to answer any questions I have. I was quite impressed.

PPS. If you have any constructive criticism, please send me an email at toastman68@gmail.com =)

Introductions

Hello, I'm Toastman. Thanks to the newbie blogger initiative, I'm going to try out blogging! Woo!

My generic name comes from when I first started playing WoW, when I was just a young teenager and i wanted to give my Shaman a really 'cool' name, the name has stuck with me and I still, oddly enough, like it.

I've been playing MMO for about 6 years, and started with Runescape, which I played as a youngish kid. I played for a few years before I got into WoW  which I played for the entire Lich King Expansion and some of Cataclysm. Since then I've become an MMO tourist, unable to find an enjoyable enough MMO, and since 2010 I've played, in no particular order:

-SWTOR (About 3 months)
-Darkfall (About 6 Months)
-STO (About 2 Months)
-Aion (about 1 Month)

+ Many more that may have lasted just hours.

Recently i have become very interested in EVE online, especially reading about recent events. I'm going to be focusing on Manufacturing, although, it is very likely that i will create a 2nd Combat Pilot account, if I enjoy EVE enough.

While i will largely be focusing on EVE online, I also plan to write about other MMOs such as Guild Wars 2, Single Player video games, books I've recently read and enjoyed, and more.

This week, I plan to write about my first impressions on EVE, Impressions on TF2 (A team-based FPS bby Valve which i recommend to anyone with an interest in shooter games. (Plus its free! 100% free!), as well as Glitch, which is a casual MMO made by Tiny Speck. Which I'm enjoying and has just had a huge update released.