Eve Online - free trial

[Cazbol]

I was a great fan of Elite and later of Privateer 2: The Darkening, but I couldn't find any other space sims that got to me in the same way. Now, however, I have. Last August I totally lost my heart to Eve Online.

I originally decided not to get it because the Org's Major Robert Dump had a bad experience with it. Fortunately, I was offered a free trial and this really convinced me that this was my kind of game. There are about 40 to 50 thousand accounts. In the late afternoon and evening, European time, there are usually 8 to 10 thousand players on at the same time, and all in the same world, not several different worlds. There are large regions of space which are safe for newbies and others, where other players can't attack them without being obliterated by the police, so I found the game fairly newbie friendly.

I'd like to recommend to anyone interested in the genre to give Eve a try. You can get a 7 day trial account (no credit card information required or anything like that) if a registered player sends you an invitation to try it. I'm a registered player, so if anyone here wants a trial account you can speak up here and I'll send you an email with such an account and with a link through which you can download the game.

I hope to see some of you there.

[Sir Moody]

plus theres an expansion in the works which should be out in the next month (free of course) which will add a tonne of new things to do

im a veteran of this now and will keep at it probably until matrix online comes out (im in the Beta and it rocks)

[Papewaio]

Wouldn't mind trying out EVE online... looks interesting.

[Cazbol]

I'll need an email address to be able to send you the trial account. Could you send me a PM with the address please?

[Ja'chyra]

I gave it try last night, thanks Caz, expecting to be on for about 30 minutes, 3 hours later the wife shouting at me telling me it's time I went to my bed or I'd never get up for work. :beadyeyes2:

I am not usually into space games, prefering the fantasy swords and sorcery type, but this one caught my interest. It is very in depth and I would think it will take me a while to get the hang of it but I am looking forward to doing so.

All in all I would recommend giving it a try.

[Papewaio]

I'm doing some pre-reading.

Do you suggest making a jack-of-all trades or a specialist miner/pilot/trader?

[Sir Moody]

Pape the thing about eve is for the First 2 months you HAVE to be a specialist in what you want to be for the rest of your time - for me it was training my combat skills so at the end of the 2 months when i could build a BS i could go straight into combat - once you have that you can do ANYTHING you want - ive built up mining and building skills since tho i still spend more time training combat

give Cuthrid a mail on the inside if u need a hand or if u catch me when im on just ask if u have problems (hell ill buy you all a lvl 3 frig ~D )

[Cazbol]

There are many approaches to Eve. I disagree with Sir Moody on this one. You don't HAVE to do anything. I did the exact opposite of Sir Moody. I did a little bit of everything at the start and became a specialist of nothing. I think it made it more fun for me than specialising but it also gave me a slower start.

My main advice is to do just what you feel like doing unless you're in a hurry to get somewhere.

[Sjakihata]

Im interrested in such an invite as well, if you got anymore, I'll even give you a couple of gmail invites if you need them?

[Sir Moody]

well what you say is true caz but in the long run it is better to specalise - i spent one month getting into my first BS and a month after equiping it to the level i needed after that the last 4 months have been set i can do prety much what ever i want now the BS and equipment allow me to make millions off rat loot (and im talking 9 digits here) which funds my other vices... if u spend a month or 2 taking on prof and getting it to reasonable level be it combat, mining or trading you can give yourself a big head start - once thats over you can do what ever you want with the secure knowledge you have a well developed proffession to fall back on if u need it

another good peice of advice is get in good with a corp or alliance it makes Eve tha tmuch more fun

[Ja'chyra]

Maybe we could have a Total War corp?

[Cazbol]

Im interrested in such an invite as well, if you got anymore, I'll even give you a couple of gmail invites if you need them?

Sjakihata, could you PM me your email address?