# Economics of EVE

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**Category:** New Citizens Q&A\
**Tags:** pve, low-sec, pvp\
**Created:** [May 9, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/economics-of-eve/239663 "2020-05-09T00:34:48Z")\
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> [@Rumata\_Estrotskiy](#):
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> hence I can see no other reason to fly anything in between frigate and bs.

😬 😢 Yikes.  
To gain some experience so you don’t always lose that battleship immediately. Then you don’t stick yourself into a grind-lose in one day-grind cycle.

You don’t want to be like the many who make the mistake of rushing to fly bigger ships before they can handle them:

> **[ALOD: GO BACK TO WOW - INN](https://imperium.news/alod-go-back-wow/)**
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> Editors Note: This was originally written for TheMittani.com by Angry Mustache Ever since the dawn of time…

> **[ALOD: Pay-to-Win? - INN](https://imperium.news/alod-pay-to-win/)**
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> \[Editor’s Note: A few kills on zKillboard came up during a recent discussion on ALOD’s (Awful Loss…

You _really_ need to turn your focus in this _game_ from making ISK to your own enjoyment. Players in EvE enjoy many different things, but whatever you do, do because you will enjoy it not just to watch a number in a virtual wallet get bigger.

Many in EvE choose to fly mostly smaller ships such as frigates even though they have been playing for years and could fly other things easily simply because _ **they find it fun for them** _. A ship is nothing more than a tool for a purpose. A player could decide their purpose they want to do is best done with a titan or a frigate, but enjoyment is the purpose.

Join a group. Learn the game. Then you can decide what you want to do having armed yourself with how to play and you will perhaps give yourself time to see the many things that can be done in this game.

> [@How to find the corp that is right for you](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-to-find-the-corp-that-is-right-for-you/4451):
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> One of the most frequent questions I see on the Eve forums is “How do you know if a corporation is good or not?” To help each person come to their own answer, I have written a “step by step guide” on how you can make your search for the right corporation (“corp”) easier. Ideally this will help you avoid a long employment history filled with corps you joined and left because you only found out that they didn’t “fit” you after you joined them. I will be the first to admit that I do not have much …

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