A player-driven MMORPG by CCP Games set in a science fiction space setting. Players pilot customisable ships through a universe comprising over 7,500 star systems.
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What is “Burn Jita”, and how will it destroy the economy? [closed]
In a recent Kotaku article, they described an impending (or current) player-driven plan to "destroy the game's economy" in Eve Online.
The plan is called "Burn Jita", and apparently involves a ...
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Solo Player Corp Hisec Invention/Research POS - Feasible or Not?
I'm currently a fairly high skilled mission runner / carebear type that has rarely ventured out of hisec space. On top of typical amarr skills for running a very well fitted paladin and legion, with ...
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What happens to your ship when you log off?
In Eve online one can quit whenever one likes, just click quit.
But what does that mean for your ship when you've already left the game?
What would happen if you quit while in warp?
What would ...
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Does Material Efficiency Research transfer to invention bpcs?
If one attempts invention on a Blueprint Copy (BPC) that has production efficiency or material efficiency research, does that efficiency research transfer to the resulting tech II BPC?
Example: Say I ...
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What are the standings requirements (if any) to anchor a POS in low sec?
I'm looking to anchor a POS in a low security system in EVE, but I can't seem to find a conclusive answer to the question above. Some guides seem to indicate that standings aren't required to anchor ...
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How can I get a list of ships I own and their location?
As I'm getting older it's getting harder to remember where I parked all my ships. I tend to leave some in systems that are likely to see action in the near future, to be able to quickly reship if the ...
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Where is the P_Drive in the Macintosh EVE-Online Client?
The P_Drive used to be in ~user/Preferences/EVE Online Preferences/
It's been moved since sometime in 2011. Where is the new one?
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What ship would complement a Rattlesnake in level 4 missions?
I dual box in missions. Recently, due to a fit of sobriety, I lost my Abby and so now I need to replace it.
My main missioner flies a Rattlesnake with good drone skills, a complement of two types of ...
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How do you identify “Manipulated markets”
In EvE I am always reading about people who look at the market and can tell when the market is being manipulated/worth manipulating. I have looked at all the graphs but do not have a degree in ...
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When do new faction warfare plexes spawn?
With the recent Crucible expansion CCP changed the spawning mechanics of the faction warfare plexes, allowing them to spawn more often. Capturing as many plexes as possible is essential for switching ...
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How much standing do I lose for declining a mission from an agent?
I'm running faction warfare missions, which are distributed all over the enemy low-sec. To optimize the mission running I'm trying to get missions that are close together, but I can only decline ...
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Eve Online can't switch to GeForce gt555
I have laptop with two graphic cards: one is an Intel integrated chipset, and the other is a GeForce GT555M.
When I watch the settings window in Eve Online, I see that it uses the Intel chip, but I ...
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Will destroying the default Interbus Customs Office in low-sec, reduce standing with Interbus?
Recently Eve added Player owned Customs Offices (POCOs) outside of high-sec.
By default, Interbus owns the Customs Offices outside of High-sec until a player comes along and destroys it, and then ...
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What happens when a mission offer expires in EVE Online?
I just started out in EVE Online, and finished the beginner tutorial. Next, I got sent to another station with lots of agents to teach me more about combat, mining, etc.
I clicked on several of the ...
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What is the optimal Tech I sub-capital ship and fit to defeat an Amarr Interceptor?
Recently, my two-person corp has been war-deced by a one man corp run by xManBearPiggx who often attacks with either of the Amarr Interceptors (or occasionally with a Catalyst).
To my great shame ...
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Do Friend-Or-Foe Missiles target neutrals or npcs?
If I fire a bunch of Friend-or-Foe missiles when I'm leaving a station will they target npcs and neutrals, or only available hostiles?
If there are no valid targets, what happens with the missile?
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Do damage rig effects stack with non-rig damage modules without penalty?
The description for Hybrid Rig Collision Accelerator I, a rig slot damage increaser, warns that:
Penalty: Using more than one type of this module or similar modules
that affect the same ...
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How Do I Train the Industry Skill?
For the quest Making Mountains out of Molehills, part 3 I need to build a type of ship. However, when I try to build it it says I need Industry level 1. How do I train this? I don't see any book in my ...
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What are some of the most profitable loyalty store items?
In EVE, one can accumulate large amounts of loyalty points by running missions for various NPC corporations. These loyalty points combined with cash and sometimes other items can produce expensive ...
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How does one dodge or survive gate camps without stealth?
In Eve, gate camps can be one of the biggest drags in low/null-sec. A gate camp is where one or more pirates wait around a stargate trying to catch pilots as they warp away (and also incoming ...
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How does one hide or protect a low-sec moon base from pirates?
In Eve, Moon bases are one of the top tier production facilities of the eve universe. They can pretty much do almost anything in the eve universe, outside of producing planetary resources. The only ...
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What are the most lucrative planetary materials to produce?
There are a wide range of planetary materials to produce, each material is produced on two of many different planet types.
Each planetary material can further be refined and combined with other ...
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How does one find open invention slots in Eve?
In Eve, open invention slots are perhaps the rarest production style slot that a player can utilize. This is because invention gives players access to far more powerful, and profitable tech level 2 ...
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What does “ship spinning” mean in EVE?
According to an article from CCP, they are bringing ship spinning back because of user requests.
What does this expression "ship spinning" mean?
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Optimal probe configuration and strategy for scanning?
I read that recently the scanning mechanics changed and that now more than four probes count for calculating the signal strength. Before, the optimal configuration for probes was obviously a ...
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Do the free 30 day period and the 14/21 day trial add up in EVE Online?
I'm looking at EVE Online: Incarna at Steam right now. It says I get 30 days free (well, included in the game's price, really) and then I'll have to pay. It also says, that the product key won't work ...
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Solo Interceptor PvP - Afterburners vs. MWDs
Interceptors provide bonuses for microwarpdrives. However, I'm worried about using them for solo PvP because they can be scrambled. Should I downgrade to an afterburner and play it safe, or is the ...
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Transitioning to PvP in EVE
Incarna has dragged me back into EVE from a long hiatus. When I played before, I was a total carebear miner. I want to start fresh and get into the world of PvP, but I'm unsure of where to start.
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Being a Lone Wolf in EVE
Is it viable to be a "lone wolf" PvP player? In other words, roaming around without any corporate affiliations doing whatever you want, while still engaging in PvP.
Every PvPer I've seen has been a ...
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Is it realistic to completely avoid PvP in EVE Online?
Lately, I've been thinking about starting to play EVE Online, but looking at various sources, it seems like PvP is a pretty big part of the game.
That's a problem for me, because I hate PvP. If I get ...
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How does Eve Online's Planetary Interaction system work, at a social level?
Eve Online's Planetary Interaction has been available for a while, but I haven't really paid attention to it. Now I'm wondering how it works - specifically in social terms (player-versus-player, etc), ...
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Is there really a black hole in Eve Online?
I've heard some people mention a black hole existing in Eve (not a wormhole). Does it really exist or is it some unfounded rumor? Where is it?
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What corporations can I run missions for and avoid losing standings with the major factions?
What factions are there in EVE that you can run agent missions for that either don't lose you faction with the four major nations, or at least bring up such missions infrequently?
Since I last played ...
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EVE Online Gunnery Simulator?
I'm interested in doing some theorycraft around signature radius, transversal velocity, and mismatched-class PvP in EVE Online. I'm sure someone's built tools to show the effects on damage from ...
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I've done the University. What now?
I'm quite new to EvE; I played the trial about month ago and just yesterday decided to have another go, so I bought a month.
I've finished all the intro-y missions at the University I was part of and ...
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Better combat logs?
Is there any way to customise/change the way that combat logs in eve are displayed?
At the moment, I tend to miss all of the details of combat in large battles.. eg, when I'm fighting a group of 10 ...
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Advanced blueprint usage
Throughout my time in Eve I've aquired many blueprints; at first it has only been for simple things (ammo, drones, etc), but more recently I've started purchasing rig and ship blueprints.
As these ...
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How to manage loot when doing missions in fleet?
I started doing L4 missions yesterday with a friend of mine.
We were in a fleet and thus, ISKs, loyalty points and faction standings were correctly split between the two of us, but we didn't find a ...
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What happens if I get into debt?
I've been working on my trading skills in Eve, and one of the skills entices, worries, and puzzles me greatly: Margin Trading.
Here's an excerpt from the description:
"Each level of skill reduces ...
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Where can I obtain a Typhoon Fleet Issue
Where can you obtain this ship? I checked the Republic's LP store and I can only find a Tempest Republic Fleet issue.
Are there different loyalty stores or is this ship discontinued?
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What does the armor compensation skill do?
EM Armor Compensation
To active armor hardeners: 3% bonus
per skill level to Armor EM resistance
when the modules are not active To
passive armor hardeners: 5% bonus per
skill level to ...
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Does the stack penalty only count on the same item?
Will using a thermal hardener and a kinetic hardener at the same time cause one of them to be penalized?
What if I use a thermal hardener, thermal resistance plating, and thermal energized plating?
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Can a player kill CONCORD?
Can a player kill CONCORD on his own?
Are their any Corporations/Fleets that have done an assault on CONCORD?
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Is being a factions enemy hard?
I'm a gallentean flying for the minmatar. So both doing missions with my friends (gallente) and on my own (minmatar, for LP) get me in bad books with the amar.
The wiki recomended doing missions for ...
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Assault ships v. Interceptors
What are the benefits of an assault ship over an interceptor?
I played some significant time ago, and was working towards an assault ship for my solo agent missions and general 0.6 ratting (NPC ...
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Should I try to have positive standing with all four major factions?
This is a simple question, but I can't find a decent answer.
I have recently started to play Eve Online as a Caldari capsuleer, and I am currently doing lvl 3 missions in a Drake.
As I didn't pay ...
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Is a ship's Tier level an official term?
Ships have a tech level, tech one being normal ships. tech 2 the specialist ships and tech 3 being even more expensive.
but looking on the wiki, certain ships have a tier level.
for example the ...
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Creating deep-safe bookmarks in Eve Online?
It used to be possible to create 'deep-safe' bookmarks, that were farther than 10 AU outside a system. As of the Tyrannis patch, that's no longer possible. So what is possible, and how? Can you make a ...
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Are the strategic cruisers worth their price?
Among all the EvE players, everyone knows the Tech3 Strategic Cruisers... but most of them doesn't want to even think of flying those, so it's pretty hard to find some relevant information.
For ...
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How to best raise your sec status in Eve?
So I'm getting back into Eve-Online after a hiatus. My sec status is low as a result of my previous activities, so entering high-sec gets me shot at by the NPCs. I'd like to raise my sec status, as ...
