# New Player Experience Suggestion - Venture Restriction and Drones

**URL:** <https://forums.eveonline.com/t/new-player-experience-suggestion-venture-restriction-and-drones/506901>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 18, 2026, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/new-player-experience-suggestion-venture-restriction-and-drones/506901 "2026-02-18T17:54:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exhazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/exhazar/32/491619_2.png) [@Exhazar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Exhazar)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/new-player-experience-suggestion-venture-restriction-and-drones/506901/14 "2026-02-19T06:42:28Z")

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> [@Aisha\_Katalen](#):
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> That question gets asked exactly never, I can’t even recall someone asking this. Actual newbies don’t even understand or know about the concept of drones, the only ones who would be asking this are alts pretending to be new and trying to ask questions that would make them look like a newbie.

I have seen at least three variations of this question in the form of new players asking basic fitting questions that ultimately circle back to the fact that they were trying to use the Venture for combat in Rookie Chat in the last week. I don’t know why. I’m honestly only making a forum post because an ISD suggested I should instead of talking about it in Rookie Chat.

And they don’t ask about drones until the players helping them tell them they should be using drones, and then begins the process of explaining how to train for, equip, and use the drones.

You can even find forum posts about it. [Agent missions](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/agent-missions/83795) , for example.

> [@Aisha\_Katalen](#):
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> Silly restriction with no need.

It could honestly just be during the first mission of either path, and there should be a tutorial box explaining why you don’t use the Venture for combat. It doesn’t harm any existing player to institute this and only serves to help new players understand that ships have roles.

> [@Aisha\_Katalen](#):
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> Disagree, actual new players already struggle with the basic UI and ship handling/control. They’re not helped with another layer of UI and control, let them get used to basic ships first and once they got some experience with that, _then_ they can add drones.

Alright, you’re completely right about this one.

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