Although it has significant PvE elements, EVE Online has always at its core been a heavily PvP-oriented game. Players wanting to get into PvP are often advised to train months’ worth of skills and build up significant ISK reserves before even trying it, but this is something I strongly discourage. As I’ve said in several previous articles, a new player can be a useful and effective part of a PvP squad with very little training time. This is something I personally put to the test when a few real life friends and I started completely new characters and started engaging in PvP with less than 12 hours of skills trained.
Although we had significant PvP experience under our belts, the exercise proved to me that skill training and ISK weren’t the absolute minimum requirement they were thought to be. I firmly believe that all it takes to successfully PvP from the outset is some patient direction from older players and perhaps a little generosity to help you afford some early ship losses. In my experience with introducing new players to EVE, I’ve always found the EVE community to be more than willing to provide both of these in abundance. I’d say that not only is it possible to try out PvP within the 14-day trial period, it’s highly recommended.
In this opinion piece, I explain some key things you can do as a new player to get into PvP right from day one of the EVE free trial.
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