I have a lot of fun toying with the market and writing apps to leverage APIs to make me money in game. If I'm station trading (Which I have been a lot- this is similar to playing the stock market in that you sit in one place and buy low sell high) your orders cannot be updated more than once every 5 minutes. I'll usually have EVE up on a monitor but I'm not paying much attention to it. I'll pop over to the game every 20-30 minutes and quickly update orders then head back to my coding project / a blog / etc.
I also have swings of near obsession where I'm really excited to play with something new to me. When I was learning about exploring I spent probably 6-7 hours in a row flying around and tracking down litle exploration sites.
I log in maybe 3-4 days a week, but only get a nice block (more than a half hour or so) of time maybe once a week. I'd say the game is up on a monitor and accessable to me probably 15 hours a week. I'm probably actually spending more like 5 hours a week actively engaged. Honestly I have probably spent the same time coding applications around the game as I have playing.
I started the game solo but have since realized that a couple friends also play but weren't vocal about it. Occasionally we'll play together but I don't have the time or desire to join a permanent group ("Corporation") yet so I've been playing lone wolf for the most part.
I believe you can start the game for free with a 14 day trial. There are also 21 day trials that are available if a current player reffers you. I've never done it so I'm not sure on the details on that though. Either way, you should get a good taste of what EVE can offer you after that period.
I have a lot of fun toying with the market and writing apps to leverage APIs to make me money in game. If I'm station trading (Which I have been a lot- this is similar to playing the stock market in that you sit in one place and buy low sell high) your orders cannot be updated more than once every 5 minutes. I'll usually have EVE up on a monitor but I'm not paying much attention to it. I'll pop over to the game every 20-30 minutes and quickly update orders then head back to my coding project / a blog / etc.
I also have swings of near obsession where I'm really excited to play with something new to me. When I was learning about exploring I spent probably 6-7 hours in a row flying around and tracking down litle exploration sites.
I log in maybe 3-4 days a week, but only get a nice block (more than a half hour or so) of time maybe once a week. I'd say the game is up on a monitor and accessable to me probably 15 hours a week. I'm probably actually spending more like 5 hours a week actively engaged. Honestly I have probably spent the same time coding applications around the game as I have playing.
I started the game solo but have since realized that a couple friends also play but weren't vocal about it. Occasionally we'll play together but I don't have the time or desire to join a permanent group ("Corporation") yet so I've been playing lone wolf for the most part.
I believe you can start the game for free with a 14 day trial. There are also 21 day trials that are available if a current player reffers you. I've never done it so I'm not sure on the details on that though. Either way, you should get a good taste of what EVE can offer you after that period.