# So I made a new character. It was eye opening **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/so-i-made-a-new-character-it-was-eye-opening/405182 "2023-05-10T18:48:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 166
**Author:** ![Jasmin\_Acami](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jasmin_acami/32/370898_2.png) [@Jasmin\_Acami](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jasmin_Acami)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/so-i-made-a-new-character-it-was-eye-opening/405182/166 "2023-05-13T04:28:56Z")
One thing I would like to add about my new character experience - I did not give her isk from another character to start up like I typically would do. It has been a very, very long time since I have been hard pressed for small amounts of isk and I wanted to see how difficult that would make it nowadays. And, I was actually impressed with what I saw. The career agents, despite all their shortcomings and being extremely outdated, give access to some basic ships that are more specialized to do their respective tasks. And I was also very surprised at how much of a difference the isk rewards from the AIR Career Program made. 50k isk may not seem like much when you’re sitting on a few bill in the wallet. But to a newbro, that can pay for a couple t1 modules and a HSBB contract. (And you get a lot of these isk rewards.) So while, yes, I already know how to play and therefore can make more isk faster than a real newbro could, the NPE gives enough resources to stay afloat while a new player figures everything out. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/so-i-made-a-new-character-it-was-eye-opening/405182)._