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when u join the corp's public channel, you need to find out what they do, what you are expected to do, eg was in one corp where it was expected for players to mine a lot and to donate one weekend a month's mining to the good of the corp.
ships and modules at cost should be one thing if selling ores / minerals to the corp for one, it is quite easy and if the players sell at one rate and then the minerals are used to make stuff, they get charged the same rate instead of market costs.
can older players help you with your "tough" missions ?
any restrictions on low sec ? - not worried about that personally, told the guys to only use what they could afford to lose and if lost, the corp was not going to war dec the people who taught them a lesson. One guy had this great idea of mining crokite, seems he could get 1.5 mil for 5 mins work, in doing so he lost 1 or 2 drakes, 1 ferox (on loan) and 3-4 badgers, he made 4 mil and lost 45 mil (3 month old player)
he then quit corp to make his own corp, did not know how to recruit and got some guy in who with hindsight was scared of getting popped by him, looked at the chat logs he had saved and the excuses for the low sec status seemed ok, he quit and left some trial as ceo...
would not rush to join the first corp u come across, play with them for a while and see how it goes
ships and modules at cost should be one thing if selling ores / minerals to the corp for one, it is quite easy and if the players sell at one rate and then the minerals are used to make stuff, they get charged the same rate instead of market costs.
can older players help you with your "tough" missions ?
any restrictions on low sec ? - not worried about that personally, told the guys to only use what they could afford to lose and if lost, the corp was not going to war dec the people who taught them a lesson. One guy had this great idea of mining crokite, seems he could get 1.5 mil for 5 mins work, in doing so he lost 1 or 2 drakes, 1 ferox (on loan) and 3-4 badgers, he made 4 mil and lost 45 mil (3 month old player)
he then quit corp to make his own corp, did not know how to recruit and got some guy in who with hindsight was scared of getting popped by him, looked at the chat logs he had saved and the excuses for the low sec status seemed ok, he quit and left some trial as ceo...
would not rush to join the first corp u come across, play with them for a while and see how it goes
It's all about what you want to do, personally I can't stand mining, and NPC'ing and missions drive me up the wall (though some times you have to do them to replace lost ships - such is EVE). The best fun I have had in EVE is as a pirate, it is such a carefree way to play the game, you can shoot anyone (so long as they don't have positive standings and aren't in your corp or alliance).
As a pirate I have done most things (Char name Jureth22) from Gate camps which can be fun if there are loads of you (good laugh over voice comms) and you have plenty of traffic, but it is a lazy way of getting kills. I have also done large scale combat (used to be crap because of lag but it is improving now with the server upgrades).
Matt
As a pirate I have done most things (Char name Jureth22) from Gate camps which can be fun if there are loads of you (good laugh over voice comms) and you have plenty of traffic, but it is a lazy way of getting kills. I have also done large scale combat (used to be crap because of lag but it is improving now with the server upgrades).
Matt
Haven't been on Eve since last week (new exercise regime to lose the flab lol), but after reading this i'm hungry for some Eve action tonight.
Going to chase up that lead that someone posted for me earlier in the thread (Tank Slapper), and going to investigate getting into a 0.0 sec corp.
Just to give you an idea of the boring end of Eve, logged on last week for a bit. 5 members of my corp were sat in station discussing what they were going to do but nobody wanted to do anything!! Soooo boring and pointless!
So, if I have time tonight i'm going on the hunt for a 0.0 corp. I think I shall post something up on the Eve forums too about this. Heads-up all!
Going to chase up that lead that someone posted for me earlier in the thread (Tank Slapper), and going to investigate getting into a 0.0 sec corp.
Just to give you an idea of the boring end of Eve, logged on last week for a bit. 5 members of my corp were sat in station discussing what they were going to do but nobody wanted to do anything!! Soooo boring and pointless!
So, if I have time tonight i'm going on the hunt for a 0.0 corp. I think I shall post something up on the Eve forums too about this. Heads-up all!
Tonsko said:
Mining! Don't do it!
I must say I find mining more interesting than missioning... perhaps though the interesting bit about mining is whatever else it is I am doing while not watching lasers shooting asteroids.A little PvR is good for the wallet every now and again, if not as much fun as taking on a fleet of capships!!
Edited by Alfanatic on Sunday 18th January 10:39
d OP.
Havent played eve properly since my alliance got gangbanged* a couple of years back. But evey now and then i keep buying a time card and jumping back into it. and end up playing EvE:Online Ship Spinning edition.
*My old alliance was International Starbase Syndicate (ISS). The broad theory behind the alliance was that anyone could visit our space, and shoot rats (None player characters), or mine, or do whatever, as long as they didn't do piracy.
Then one of our neighbours started pushing in nearby (Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate or IAC). then we get a war warning, so we start ramping up our patrols.
We massively increase our POS presense to protect our Outpost (Player Owned Starbase, its basically a tower with a big sheild, that allows you to do interesting stuff, and provided a 30km sheild bubble to hide in, and an outpost is a Giant starbase that players can dock at)
Then somebody attacks somebody, ISS goes on the offensive against IAC (we called in another player alliance, a bunch of mercenarys) and then the tide turns the other way.
My alliance was never fighters, we tried to be apolitical pacifists, but we were forced to fight. and to be honest we did OK for a bunch of carebears. But with Goonswarm and friends against us (something like 10,000 effective combat pilots, versus ISS with something like 50 effective combatpilots, and about 2000 pressed men/women) we were pushed back, and back some more, and back even more.
But i've never had so much fun, nor had so much invested online, since those hazy days!
*My old alliance was International Starbase Syndicate (ISS). The broad theory behind the alliance was that anyone could visit our space, and shoot rats (None player characters), or mine, or do whatever, as long as they didn't do piracy.
Then one of our neighbours started pushing in nearby (Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate or IAC). then we get a war warning, so we start ramping up our patrols.
We massively increase our POS presense to protect our Outpost (Player Owned Starbase, its basically a tower with a big sheild, that allows you to do interesting stuff, and provided a 30km sheild bubble to hide in, and an outpost is a Giant starbase that players can dock at)
Then somebody attacks somebody, ISS goes on the offensive against IAC (we called in another player alliance, a bunch of mercenarys) and then the tide turns the other way.
My alliance was never fighters, we tried to be apolitical pacifists, but we were forced to fight. and to be honest we did OK for a bunch of carebears. But with Goonswarm and friends against us (something like 10,000 effective combat pilots, versus ISS with something like 50 effective combatpilots, and about 2000 pressed men/women) we were pushed back, and back some more, and back even more.
But i've never had so much fun, nor had so much invested online, since those hazy days!
Here's teh latest on the planned releases this year. There will be 3!
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So there I was, sitting on a gate on my lonesome in an enemy system, a solo stabber against whatever the enemy decided to throw against us! Fleet mates spreadout across this system and neighbouring for intel and with an objective of area denial.
A pod jumped in...I couldn't lock it, it jumped out. The pod jumped in again, and started smacking in local. Disciplined pilots ignored the goading. The pod warped off, I was too busy trying to lock it again - whether it jumped or not I'm not sure. Anyway, I wondered whether he'd be back with some mates...
A short while later, the proximity alarm went off. I ran a quick scan, it showed an enemy jumping in - there was nothing on the HUD...where was it? Please don't be cloaked... belatedly the HUD blipped. A Rapier!
"Contact! Enemy ship jumping in - he's come for me, no warp. Targetting! I've locked him! Need backup now!"
Christ, I need to get close to him - that other pilot hasn't jumped in yet - I ramped up the engines to max, and cranked the micro warp drive - not moving fast enough - what's happening? Webbed! Overheat the engines...must get in tackle range. Drone - engage target! I watched as the little hobgoblin started chipping away at his shield. Not enough - not fast enough! Tunnel vision - my eyes focussed on the distance to target - flicking between range and shield status. My single shield extender was starting to buckle as I got closer, the Rapier bringing the full weight of his armaments to bear as I hit his optimals. Shield at 10% - range to target 9K. Ok, Shield gone, armour dropping fast.
"Need backup up now! He's tackled, not going anywhere. I'm down to 10% armour. Where are you?"
In the background I could hear the FC barking orders, "BCs and cruisers, warp to Tonkso, 'dictors to outgates - no-one else gets close. Move! Move!"
I noticed a second red had jumped in - how long was he there? Don't know, no time. Open up! Full Salvo! I was in structure now, not going to survive. I noticed the HUD starting to spark as friendlies started arrving, homing in on my warp signature. Warp out! Too late... The stabber's structure finally giving out, but had survived long enough for another ship to point the rapier, followed by another. I was in pod - the important thing was to get out before I lost the implants. There were now 10 friendlies on primary, he was going down. He switched his attention to my fleet mates, his warp disruptor switching focus - a mistake he may well regret later.
Seconds later, it was all over, the FC calmly ordering everyone back to their posts. I warped out, running for home in the fragile egg...
A pod jumped in...I couldn't lock it, it jumped out. The pod jumped in again, and started smacking in local. Disciplined pilots ignored the goading. The pod warped off, I was too busy trying to lock it again - whether it jumped or not I'm not sure. Anyway, I wondered whether he'd be back with some mates...
A short while later, the proximity alarm went off. I ran a quick scan, it showed an enemy jumping in - there was nothing on the HUD...where was it? Please don't be cloaked... belatedly the HUD blipped. A Rapier!
"Contact! Enemy ship jumping in - he's come for me, no warp. Targetting! I've locked him! Need backup now!"
Christ, I need to get close to him - that other pilot hasn't jumped in yet - I ramped up the engines to max, and cranked the micro warp drive - not moving fast enough - what's happening? Webbed! Overheat the engines...must get in tackle range. Drone - engage target! I watched as the little hobgoblin started chipping away at his shield. Not enough - not fast enough! Tunnel vision - my eyes focussed on the distance to target - flicking between range and shield status. My single shield extender was starting to buckle as I got closer, the Rapier bringing the full weight of his armaments to bear as I hit his optimals. Shield at 10% - range to target 9K. Ok, Shield gone, armour dropping fast.
"Need backup up now! He's tackled, not going anywhere. I'm down to 10% armour. Where are you?"
In the background I could hear the FC barking orders, "BCs and cruisers, warp to Tonkso, 'dictors to outgates - no-one else gets close. Move! Move!"
I noticed a second red had jumped in - how long was he there? Don't know, no time. Open up! Full Salvo! I was in structure now, not going to survive. I noticed the HUD starting to spark as friendlies started arrving, homing in on my warp signature. Warp out! Too late... The stabber's structure finally giving out, but had survived long enough for another ship to point the rapier, followed by another. I was in pod - the important thing was to get out before I lost the implants. There were now 10 friendlies on primary, he was going down. He switched his attention to my fleet mates, his warp disruptor switching focus - a mistake he may well regret later.
Seconds later, it was all over, the FC calmly ordering everyone back to their posts. I warped out, running for home in the fragile egg...
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