Hijacked the comp of my mother in law, so now I can enter the answering fray
Are there servers, factions etc. like in every MMO and if so which do I choose?
There are 4 races you can choose from. Most of the HoJ-noobs chose Caldari, and think that is what most ppl recommend as starter race, but for joining us lot, the consequences are minimal, as all the races can intermingle and travel everywhere.
There is something of a order/chaos parallel, as the factions caldari/ammar are at war with galente/minmatar. Joining this war is optional though, and there is no good/evil thingy involved (not one that the other side will agree on anyway
). PvP is big part of the game, but can also be played around for a fair bit, but never be steered around 100%. This is where high-sec(urity), low-sec and 0.0-space(also low-sec) come around the corner.
A lot of startertips on eve were given in this thread (
http://handsofjustice.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=389.0), long read, but worth to browse through and read (some of) the guides mentioned there.
Best tip I can give: dont be shy to ask (loads of) questions, here and ingame.