Planetary Resources

If you are getting excited about Planetary Interaction, check out:

4WARD Inc.

These awesome pilots have built a website that will be very helpful when you are planning what planets to set up your PI on. The website allows you to search for "perfect" systems that can produce every PI product. You can also see exactly what can be produced from the planet mix in your system of choice. This works in the IGB.

These same pilots also produce the definitive PI spreadsheet!

Given the idiosyncrasies of setting up PI installations, I highly recommend setting your stuff up on the Sisi test server first. This way you can add and subtract to optimize things without dropping too much cash.

Please share any other awesome PI sites or resources in the comments and I'll add them to the list.

How to cheat at EVE Online

EVE Online is probably the most challenging, deep, complex MMO game on earth. Developing a pilot in EVE takes careful consideration and years of planning and attention. Getting into true hardcore PVP can take months of skill training and establishing an ISK source is critical to cover the inevitable losses. This requires grinding up factions to access high paying mission agents or training skills for mining or industry to make ISK. All of these activities take significant time and attention.

However, there is a way to rapidly get access to the endgame content if you have deep pockets and don't mind jumping into the hidden markets of New Eden.


EVE Cheating 101:

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Start training up a scanning or cyno alt, which will be useful later.

Go to the EVE Online forums and browse through the available Pilots for sale. You should find a good selection of PVP specialists, Industrialists, Traders and Jacks-of-all-trades. Choose your poison and move on to the next step.

Buy PLEX to cover the ISK cost of your character and to purchase any ships or mods you like.

If you have trouble figuring out the ropes after the tutorials, join EVE University, take an Agony Unleashed class, or buy more PLEX and hire a mercenary corp to train you in PVP basics.

Please note, CCP officially sanctions this behavior. This procedure utilizes legal mechanics within the EVE Online TOS.

In fair warning, many pilots would be offended if they knew you achieved your power in EVE through such means. More importantly, having things in EVE does not equate to knowing how to use them. Should you get yourself blown up feel free to buy more ISK, and keep buying things from my market orders!

While you may be able to cheat your way to a Titan in EVE, keeping that ship alive will be a real challenge. In the meantime, by buying PLEX you are allowing established pilots to play EVE for free. Losing ships that you don't know how to fly benefits miners and industrialists who produce goods and work the markets. When you buy PLEX, CCP gets paid for making a great game. We all win!

Jorshan rocks the Industry

If you have ever wondered about getting into production or research, you should check out Jorshan's Very Quick Guide to Production and Invention. He breaks the process down to simple steps, and provides tons of experienced tips. Knowing this stuff up front will save a newcomer to production some time and help you maximize your ISK, training, and time.

Amar T1

If you haven't checked out the awesome Battleclinic Amar Frigate Guide, here it is:

BattleClinic's Guide to EVE Online Amarr Tech 1 Frigates from BattleClinic on Vimeo.

EVE NEWB info

This post will be a resource for any brave souls who wish to venture into the world of New Eden. Having spent many hours reading up on EVE, I want to create a repository of helpful information to smooth out the steep learning curve that an MMO of EVE's complexity presents.

The first stop in EVE education is the official EVE Online Player Guide. This is a good introduction to game concepts in EVE, but it does not go into specific enough depth to be more than a starter orientation guide.

The next step is to download BattleClinic's EVE New Player Guide.

BattleClinic is a great resource for players with discussions on ship loadouts, and a level 1 mission guide.

While at Battleclinic, be sure and download EVE Mon, an essential tool for planning and managing skill training.  (If only CCP would allow a skill queue...)

Everything you needed to know about skills but were afraid to ask!

Tanking 101

Zev'Nar - Bits of EvE Knowledge

Check out EVE-Wiki.net for great overviews of ships and modules plus helpful guides.

Manasi's Overview Guide

My goal is to keep updating this post as I find new information.  Please comment on any other essentials I have missed.

Overview love

For any EVE newbs out there that missed it, Manasi at A Mule in EVE has posted the best guide to the EVE overview that I have seen!

For non-EVE players, the Overview is the targeting and filtering system used to select actions in EVE. As there can be hundreds of objects, ship wrecks, and asteroids in a system, it is critical to be able to filter out extraneous info and focus on mission critical data!

Thanks to Manasi for making a great guide to a complicated and somewhat clunky game system.