Here are a few things that weren’t so obvious to me during the first few sessions of playing EVE Online. I’m still a total noob so these tips aren’t hidden secrets. Hopefully someone out there will find them useful. I’ll be adding more as I learn more about the game.
The Notepad
Skill training is very intricate, often requiring the completion of many other prerequisite skills. I keep up with what I need to do, and the order in which I need to do it, by using the in-game Notepad. I also use the pad to keep track of what I want to buy, how much it costs and what skills will be needed for operation. The Notepad is located on the left-side toolbar.
Finding Active Quests
Your Journal contains several tabs of information. One of the tabs lists the Agents and any active missions. You can double-click the mission to quickly view the objectives, current status and requirements. Use the location links in the mission to set your destination points, then set your ship to Auto-Pilot and away you go.
Using Ammunition
Before you can use your ship's weaponry, you must equip each weapon with the appropriate ammunition. From the Ship Fitting window, right-click your weapon and choose Information. The description tab will tell you what kind of ammo is required, which you'll need to buy on the open market. After you've purchased ammo place it into your Cargo Hold. Drag the ammo from your cargo hold to the weapon to fill the cartridge.
Make sure to watch how much ammo you have equipped before engaging an enemy. You can load more ammo during flight but there is a short delay. Right-click the weapon and select "load" to add ammo to the cartridge.
Finding Rats
You can earn good money and NPC reputation by killing "rats" - game controlled bad guys. I like hunting rats as an alternative to completing missions or mining. Trolling the asteroid belts is a good way to find them. While in space, right click and choose Asteroid Belts. You can use this menu to zip back and forth looking for rats, or choose "Add Asteroid Belt to the Overview". I like adding the belt to the overview, and then I can use "Warp to..." and cycle through the areas.
Rats will show up as red entities in the Overview. Their names are usually preceded by a faction identifier like Blood, Serpentis, etc. When selected, the Overview pane will show you how much ISK you will be awarded for the kill.
Help Killing Rats
If you like hunting alone, you might appreciate a little help. Get yourself a Scout drone for some low-level damage output. You'll need to have a Drone Bay in your ship; check using the ship's Fitting view, and Scout Drone Operation Level 1 skill. Launch your drone a safe distance from your target. Instruct the drone to attack your locked target. While the rat focuses on attacking your drone, you attack the rat, and kill it as quickly as you can.
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