# My experience of progressing in PvE **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 19, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782 "2026-05-19T02:15:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chad\_Frostpacker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/chad_frostpacker/32/504356_2.png) [@Chad\_Frostpacker](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Chad_Frostpacker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/21 "2026-05-19T12:07:47Z")
I’m at 60 million sp and don’t know what to train. ---
**Author:** ![Gerard\_Amatin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gerard_amatin/32/481361_2.png) [@Gerard\_Amatin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gerard_Amatin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/22 "2026-05-19T12:07:50Z")
> [@John\_Rochard](#): > > Anyone telling you they only pay for omega to _go the distance_, is lying to themselves. **They obviously need to buy more than monthly omega subscription to progress in Eve Online.** If you choose play within your means, then the game is not so tough. One only needs to learn their limitations. About that bolded part… Has anyone told you you get to keep the skills you train as Omega? You do not need to buy all the required skills now on top of a subscription to fly an Omega ship well. You could also be subscribed for multiple months while training those skills. I’ve progressed a whole lot from an ongoing subscription alone! ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Frostpacker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/chad_frostpacker/32/504356_2.png) [@Chad\_Frostpacker](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Chad_Frostpacker)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/23 "2026-05-19T12:11:27Z")
New pilots need a path to find their footing otherwise they might slip through the cracks and then even with Exordium won’t get them through / Side note that exercise has me almost completely finished my daily! ![IMG1798](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/4X/4/8/0/4802d5a932cdcd265e7c29ace194381c4227aa39.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Kestrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kestrix/32/420684_2.png) [@Kestrix](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kestrix)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/24 "2026-05-19T12:43:12Z")
If you need advise or help I run missions all the time and will help you learn and progress. ---
**Author:** ![Inxentas\_Ultramar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/inxentas_ultramar/32/385922_2.png) [@Inxentas\_Ultramar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Inxentas_Ultramar)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/25 "2026-05-19T14:19:22Z")
I had the same experience 20 years ago. PVE sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Namdor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/namdor/32/396179_2.png) [@Namdor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Namdor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/26 "2026-05-19T14:37:05Z")
OP is basically 3 skill issues in a trench coat. ---
**Author:** ![somegirlsarehot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/somegirlsarehot/32/497212_2.png) [@somegirlsarehot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/somegirlsarehot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/27 "2026-05-19T18:25:33Z")
“Run these sites/missions in a cruiser” not really possible when the previous and current sites/missions do not pay enough to afford a cruiser. ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/28 "2026-05-19T18:27:06Z")
> [@somegirlsarehot](#): > > not really possible when the previous and current sites/missions do not pay enough to afford a cruiser. If you can’t afford a cruiser then you’re doing something wrong. They’re really not that expensive… ---
**Author:** ![somegirlsarehot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/somegirlsarehot/32/497212_2.png) [@somegirlsarehot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/somegirlsarehot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/29 "2026-05-19T18:28:38Z")
High sec combat anomalies and Level 1 security missions do not pay enough to afford a 15 mil Cruiser, and thats not including the modules or fitting ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/30 "2026-05-19T18:30:01Z")
You can earn over 100 PLEX this event. That’s not sufficient? I think you’re going out of your way to look for difficulties where none really exist here… ---
**Author:** ![Namdor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/namdor/32/396179_2.png) [@Namdor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Namdor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/31 "2026-05-19T18:34:31Z")
> [@somegirlsarehot](#): > > not really possible when the previous and current sites/missions do not pay enough to afford a cruiser. I suppose it is possible that a progression path used by thousands upon thousands of characters over the last 20+ years is actually “impossible”, but it seems a lot more likely that you are just playing poorly, making bad decisions, and not listening to advice. ---
**Author:** ![somegirlsarehot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/somegirlsarehot/32/497212_2.png) [@somegirlsarehot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/somegirlsarehot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/32 "2026-05-19T18:39:02Z")
I dont do the events, and in my opinion, players should not have to rely on limited-time events in order to play the game. The game itself should be enough and capable of giving enough ISK to the player to go further in the game. If the game is designed in such a way that people need to do limited-time events just to make enough money to get by, i dont think thats good game design. Though everyone here thinks its perfectly acceptable to have to grind 6 hours a day for 6 days in order to make back your ship cost, and only after those 6 days you actually start making a profit, so the negative feedback i am getting is understandable when considering how these people think. ---
**Author:** ![Namdor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/namdor/32/396179_2.png) [@Namdor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Namdor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/33 "2026-05-19T18:42:08Z")
Doubt it would take me longer than a few hours to have a brand new alpha char sitting in a cruiser. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Malak\_Starfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malak_starfire/32/501915_2.png) [@Malak\_Starfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malak_Starfire)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/34 "2026-05-19T18:44:20Z")
No one is saying you must the the events, just that it’s easy to get the isk now, but even with out the event, it is easy to get the ISK for a cruiser. There are tons of ways to make ISK that didn’t exist before when missions were first introduced. ---
**Author:** ![somegirlsarehot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/somegirlsarehot/32/497212_2.png) [@somegirlsarehot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/somegirlsarehot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/35 "2026-05-19T18:44:58Z")
Level 1 security mission → Frigate/destroyer Level 2 → Cruiser Level 1 and even Level 2 do not pay enough to get the money to afford a Cruiser. would take days. Same problem with the DED 3. Serpentis Hideaways and Refuges and other beginner pve content do not pay enough to afford a Cruiser to do the escalations. ---
**Author:** ![somegirlsarehot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/somegirlsarehot/32/497212_2.png) [@somegirlsarehot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/somegirlsarehot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/36 "2026-05-19T18:53:13Z")
Also, im not asking for advice on how to work around this. I am posting here so the developers of eve online can read this and consider modifying the game so you can actually progress in the game doing just PvE, without having to do low sec faction warfare, wormhole gas mining, or high sec exploration, which is often cherry-picked and empty ---
**Author:** ![Arthur\_Aihaken](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arthur_aihaken/32/504104_2.png) [@Arthur\_Aihaken](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arthur_Aihaken)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/37 "2026-05-19T18:53:41Z")
> [@somegirlsarehot](#): > > I am posting here so the developers of eve online I think that’s entirely too optimistic… ---
**Author:** ![Namdor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/namdor/32/396179_2.png) [@Namdor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Namdor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/38 "2026-05-19T18:54:11Z")
> [@somegirlsarehot](#): > > I am posting here so the developers of eve online can read this and consider modifying the game so you can actually progress in the game doing just PvE, without having to do low sec faction warfare, wormhole gas mining, or high sec exploration, which is often cherry-picked and empty They’re not going to rebalance around incompetent play. Things generally need to be scaled in a way that assumes a capable player. ---
**Author:** ![somegirlsarehot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/somegirlsarehot/32/497212_2.png) [@somegirlsarehot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/somegirlsarehot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/39 "2026-05-19T19:20:20Z")
So being competent means grinding Level 1 security missions or Serpentis hideaways / refuges for 5-10 days in order to afford a Cruiser? ---
**Author:** ![Namdor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/namdor/32/396179_2.png) [@Namdor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Namdor)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782/40 "2026-05-19T19:22:05Z")
Being competent means being able to figure out how to make it take less time than that. 🤷‍♂️ If it takes you 5-10 days of grinding to afford a ship that, to most players, is _basically free_, that’s very specifically a _you_ problem. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/my-experience-of-progressing-in-pve/511782.md?page=3)