EVE Online is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game, or MMORPG, that takes place in a region of space known as EVE. Humans from Earth were stranded in EVE when the wormhole they came through unexpectedly collapsed. With no way to return to Earth for supplies, the civilization of EVE collapsed, too, only to be rebuilt over thousands of years into what it is in the game world today. Learn more about the EVE Online backstory.
Your character in EVE Online is a recent graduate of one of EVE's many institutes of higher education, and is ready to seek fame, fortune, and adventure in the world of EVE.
If you have ever wanted your own spaceship, join EVE Online to get one. You can buy better ships and customize the one you have, and you can even get blueprints and ore from asteroid belts to manufacture your own ship.
If you have ever wanted to have pew-pew laser battles with other spaceships, EVE Online gives you plenty of opportunities to do so. There are NPC enemies in asteroid belts to fight, and there are agents of the various corporations of EVE who will hire you to take out some bad guys, there are player characters who might challenge you to battle, and there are wars between the factions of EVE that you can join.
If you have ever wondered how to climb the corporate ladder, you can in EVE Online with the many NPC corporations of EVE. Do missions for agents, increase your standing, and get noticed by your superiors. Your opportunities will grow with your reputation.
If you have ever wondered how to work the market and make huge profits, EVE Online will help you learn how. Sell in the marketplace and learn how to set competitive prices, how to find the best stations from which to sell, and how to choose the best items that you can sell.
Don't forget to always train skills as you play. If you want to improve beyond the beginner level, training your skills is essential. Start by training the Learning skills, and saving up money to buy the advanced Learning skills. They are expensive, but the effort you spend on getting those skills will save time for you in the future because it will take less time to train other types of skills later on.