Quick Tip - Two For One

Today's Quick Tip is a two for one special. I recently looked into some of the EVE podcasts available and one in particular stood out to me. The "Ransoms and Roams" podcast, hosted by  Marc Scaurus, Tek Avellos and Professor Terror, is tailored for the scoundrels and swashbuckers of New Eden. The following tip comes from episode four, which is a perfect jumping on point for new and aspiring pirates.

As a pirate roaming thru low sec, you might come across a system with a few too many people in local chat. A quick way to see who might be working together is to pick a few names and add their corporations to your contact list. Now, a quick scroll thru the local chat list will show if those corporations have any more members roaming in the system.

Quick Tip - Wormholes

Unstable wormholes are not majestic natural wonders, they are ship eating maelstroms of death!  Don't jump into a wormhole without a plan of escape.

Quick Tip #6

You can enable time stamps in the chat window by right-clicking on the text in chat. The option to enable time stamps only shows when you right click on what has been said, not on any of the member's names in chat.

Quick Tip #5

You do not need skills to use rigs on your ships, you only need skills to fit rigs. You can have someone else fit a rig for you if you lack the skill to fit it yourself.

Quick Tip #4

Safe Spots are location bookmarks you create in the remote places of a system to warp to later when you are in a pinch or to hide secure containers. Safe spots can also be created far off of stargates or stations to preview if an area is safe to enter. To create a random spot deep in space takes only a few easy steps. When you warp between two locations you can bookmark a location in space as you warp through. After you create the first bookmark in this manner warp to a new location in a different direction from your bookmark. While you are warping to this new location create another bookmark. Now warp back to your first bookmark. From your first bookmark warp to your second bookmark this time bookmarking a new location en route. This third bookmark will be a very remote safe spot. The best safe spots are at least 15au from any celestial bodies.

Quick Tip #3

If you find yourself in a losing battle with another player this tip can help save you from being podded and losing all of your expensive implants. Before your ship is destroyed, choose a planet or stargate and use the align command on your selected item toolbar. This will line you up with your target so that you can warp away as soon as your ship is destroyed. The trick is to be mashing that warp command to improve your chances, if you are quick enough you just may live to fight another day.

Quick Tip #2

You can re-customize your avatar and profile picture without limit, using the button on the Service Station window while in the captain's quarters. If you have the station environment enabled you can access this using the mirror on the wall as well. You can adjust the frame on the profile picture by right clicking and dragging, this was not something I found the first time when I created my avatar.

Quick Tip #1

This is a very simple tip that may be obvious the first time you get blown up; however, during my first few days of playing I did not figure this out. As a capsuleer pilot you can warp around space in your pod by leaving your ship in the hanger. The benefit of podding around space for example would be if you purchased a new ship in another system, you can pod over to it and not have to leave your old ship in its place, thereby splitting your assets. As I mentioned, this is a pretty simple idea but easily missed because your capsule does not show under your hanger unless you leave your current ship.