Welcome to blog banter #61. For more entries head over to Ninveah’s blog.
TurAmarth asks this question: “What would we encourage ALL new players to do in their first month to get them to subscribe long term, if we had to give out one set of advice for everyone (which we do if we’re giving general advice) ?”
My first reaction was to respond with ‘do a bit of everything and see what you like !’. But I think the new tutorials already do that, though of course somewhat superficial. One month is not enough to scratch the surface. After a month you get a somewhat basic understanding of the game, if I remember well. The best advice would be to join a corp like Eve Uni that is focused on learning things.
As far as other advice, all the usual things apply: Don’t afk autopilot through low sec. If a deal is too good to be true, it’s usually a scam. Actually assume everything is a scam, unless you have determined, it’s not 
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Don’t fly what you can’t afford to lose. Don’t sell you battle cruiser to get that battleship, have a ship to fall back on, in case things don’t go according to plan. Save a little longer, be patient. And I think that last point is important in Eve. It’s a different state of mind that the current, I WANT IT ALL AND I WANT IT NOW trend in society. Be patient, do your research and figuring things out is, for me at least, the most fun about Eve. It’s very rewarding that way. In case that’s not your cup of tea, Eve might not be your thing, things aren’t handed over on a silver platter.
Also “Hang in there when things go sour’’ would be good advice as well, come to think about it . That’s probably the best thing I can come up with as a 9 year old vet, haha.
“Hang in there when things go sour’’
This. So much this. We (note that I’m included in ‘we’) are a bit spoiled when it comes to failing in games. I guess it’s also a question of the failure being brought upon you due to no fault of your own, being ganked or what-not by other players.
But yeah, what we older players should perhaps do more is help out when the new players do get ganked. Just saying “You got ganked? Nice, here’s 2 million, go buy another Atron.” Goes a long way.