# How to play this game when i cant earn ISK?

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**Created:** [October 22, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-to-play-this-game-when-i-cant-earn-isk/333694 "2021-10-22T19:49:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jin\_Endares](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jin_endares/32/413291_2.png) [@Jin\_Endares](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jin_Endares)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-to-play-this-game-when-i-cant-earn-isk/333694/24 "2021-10-22T21:32:50Z")

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> [@Destiny\_Corrupted](#):
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> One of CCP’s biggest historical failures is not putting new players into actual corporations run by paid staff members. Most new players quit because they have no sense of purpose, and never manage to get to the stage where they find a group with which they identify

I think the expectation was new players would do the agent missions to get a taste of what the game offers, then pick something to focus on. Maybe do epic arch stories too for some hands-on experience. EVE is a **VERY** experience based game.

> [@Destiny\_Corrupted](#):
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> One of the main reasons why I tell fresh newbs to join groups like EVE University

Keep pushing that PVP stuff…

> [@Destiny\_Corrupted](#):
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> The very first thing you should do when vetting them is to look them up on kill boards, and if it’s all losses and no kills, discard them.

Jeez. Not everyone in the game is into the kill-Kill-KILL.

I would modify your comment to say if they have lots of losses very often. Anyone can have a spurt of bad luck. And a few losses every couple of weeks/months is no biggie.

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