These forums have been archived and are now read-only.

The new forums are live and can be found at https://forums.eveonline.com/

EVE General Discussion

 
  • Topic is locked indefinitely.
Previous page123Next page
 

What Now ? - Stuck in a rut

Author
Previous Topic Next Topic
Prophet Avater
Imperium Technologies
Sigma Grindset
#21 - 2012-04-26 12:02:31 UTC
Join a null sec alliance, very simple and you can rat and do sites as-well as blow ships up:)
Mark Androcius
#22 - 2012-04-26 12:04:52 UTC
Avern wrote:
I guess finding a large active corp is step 1 then...

I had started to train for exploring, is it a fun thing to get involved in at all ?

If it is not I'll start from scratch along the Amarr line but go as high as frigates then drop to low/null sec pvp.


There's not a lot of "fun" to be had in low/null sec pvp, if you're riding solo.
A large corp is not always the answer, small corporations have their advantages too.
If you do decide to join a large alliance to do pvp, take a look at Goonswarm, people will fear you just for being a member ( a lot of people will at least ).

Exploring is not very beneficial for the wallet at the lower levels, it takes a lot of time and skill training, before you can get in the "nice" exploration zones, scanning out for hours on end, just to find gravimetric, ladar and radar sites all the time, kinda gets on your nerves.

The way i see it, you can have fun in EVE in 2 ways
1) by enjoying the game itself ( either solo or with "freinds" )
2) Raking up a lot of "friends" and go and do stuff together, which should tickle your social senses.

https://androcius.wordpress.com
flapie 2
Malevelon Roe Industries
Convocation of Empyreans
#23 - 2012-04-26 12:12:04 UTC
Am i missing something here ? it shows as a topic with a blue tag, tho nothing in here to reflect that blue tag .....

Did i finally smoke to much ?? Evil
Eternus8lux8lucis
Guardians of the Gate
RAZOR Alliance
#24 - 2012-04-26 12:22:33 UTC
Avern wrote:
Hello

I have just come back to eve after almost half a year to give it a second go and still finding myself stuck in doing the same thing.

I fly Caldari Navy level 4 missions solo and that's about it, they are not difficult to do in a well fitted CNR so it just feels like grinding. I'm looking for something else to do but mining and industry really are not my thing.

I was thinking some form of exploration for isk and a change of pace although there are so many different kinda and it would have to be a all in one kinda thing, swapping ships is not a fun thing.

If anyone has any ideas of what and where to get started.

Thanks in Advance

Easiest way to start exploration is a tengu in high sec to get a feel for it as you build your skills. You can carry most of what you need in your cargo hold and you have the slots/configuration abilities to shoehorn a lot on a tengu. Then later on add a covert sub to it and head into low sec......OR....skip both and head into null and do it there in an alliance. Exploration is a fun and easy change from L4s.

But yeah it sup to you to provide what you call fun. CCP gives you a world its up to you to live in it, kinda like life.

Have you heard anything I've said?

You said it's all circling the drain, the whole universe. Right?

That's right.

Had to end sometime.
Lenore Leelu
Obsidian Dynamics
#25 - 2012-04-26 13:03:45 UTC
epic arcs maybe, the corp faction grinding you will do will at least have purpose.
St Mio
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#26 - 2012-04-26 13:39:08 UTC
Do things with other players :P

Whether it's blitzing missions with other mission runners (In game chat "HelpMyMission"), or bragging about your exploration spoils (In game chat "Exploration"). If you're gonna do stuff solo (especially missions) you will get burn out and want to unsub from boredom. Even if it's just loafing and lurking in chat channels, if you're not making friends/enemies in EVE or interacting with other players, it's not gonna be fun.
Tanya Powers
Doomheim
#27 - 2012-04-26 17:34:20 UTC
Avern wrote:
Tanya Powers wrote:
You're at the point you're disgusted about the game because you'll find out in a few weeks you're still doing the same boring thing.

The best advice I can give you, and believe me you'll find a whole new game, is to move on to more exciting lands and this means WH's - Null sec - Low sec

You know alliances are the result of several corporations working together right? -find one where you feel you'll be fine with people in, move there with something you can afford to loose in your way to, keep your assets in high sec and restart building everything from 0 out there in those exciting places that are the retail version of the game.

Meet awesome people, enjoy the fun around the protection of what you build, go spank guys somewhere to get their crap and get yourself ass kicked, it's a hell of a game. You're just doing it wrong my friend.

Stop playing Eve online beta version 1.1 witch is hella boring. DL Eve online retail version and go there where fun IS about Lol


I like this answer the best so far, so order of the day would be say.

Step 1 - Pick another faction (I've been using missiles and shield's forever), so say... Amarr
Step 2 - Get those frigate skills up for racing, pvp and the like, living in null/low.

How to find the right corp though ?



I will advice you to start looking at some alliances and please don't look after "reputation" blablah crap before you pick a choose.
Look at tab "members" of those alliances you might be interested in and take a close look to each and every one of them, activity, focus, membership eventually take a look at their private forum.

Once you think you've found one who fits your interests, apply. Remember that giving a full API might be required and don't be afraid of this, no one can do crap with that but have detailed information on your Eve life. If your apply is not good to that corp then change your API and restart.

Never keep an apply to whatever corp asking you isk or assets, never ship your stuff in to that corp place until you become a full member. There are far too many scamer corps out there, and those are there to learn you the hard way to be careful.

Pick a clone without implants and a decent pvp fit bc/cruiser/frigate, join them (if your apply is ok), start everything from the scratch out there but keep your previous assets in high sec as an isk safety somehow. With time you'll probably bring them all to your new place but if things go wrong at some point then you know you haven't lost it all Blink
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#28 - 2012-04-26 17:42:32 UTC
Posting in stealth blue tag thread.

OP, missions (and mining, trading, etc) are a means to an end, not an end in and of themselves. If you never lose gear/ISK, what's the point of getting more gear/ISK? Find a corp to play with and to work towards a common objective with. Far more fun that way, and the user-generated content is what Eve is all about.

Accidentally The Whole Frigate - For-newbies blog (currently on pause)
Avern
Doomheim
#29 - 2012-04-26 21:30:42 UTC
Hi Guys

I would just like to thank everyone for their input.

I am going to be corp looking for sure and get out of the normal linear outlook of things and think of what my character would like to be and make it like that, treat eve like the sandbox it is. Missions will be filler for cash and while training skill but no longer the primary thing to do.

Fly safe.
D3F4ULT
#30 - 2012-04-26 21:38:46 UTC
Confirming conspiracy that OP is CCP alt. o.0

"Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve"
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#31 - 2012-04-26 21:59:12 UTC
Sunviking wrote:
Came here expecting to find a dev post, can't see it anywhere!


It's the OP



Yo Soundwave hit me up in game if you need a PvP corp vouch

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Sirinda
Ekchuah's Shrine Comporium
#32 - 2012-04-26 22:01:59 UTC
Clicked on a blue-tagged thread, left confused.
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#33 - 2012-04-26 22:05:43 UTC
404 --- can't read second page.

Edit: Now it works, after posting the message ...
Miilla
Hulkageddon Orphanage
#34 - 2012-04-26 22:07:23 UTC
Jita, Saturday.. plenty to do.
Ai Shun
#35 - 2012-04-26 22:13:30 UTC
Sunviking wrote:
Came here expecting to find a dev post, can't see it anywhere!


Same. Maybe one of the ISD removed it for trolling?
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#36 - 2012-04-26 22:55:31 UTC
The devs are watching....

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#37 - 2012-04-27 00:52:04 UTC
Avern wrote:
I had started to train for exploring, is it a fun thing to get involved in at all ?


Exploration is fun, even in hisec. In hisec you will make a small income compared to mission running, but the variety of activities will more than make up for that :)

Exploration in lowsec is a great way for hisec folks to get a heck of an adrenaline rush Lol

Day 0 Advice for New Players
Malice Redeemer
Kenshin.
Fraternity.
#38 - 2012-04-27 01:12:02 UTC
What is up with this post, for over a day now it has been tagged with a dev post but there is none. and Now page 2 is giving me a 404 error.
Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
#39 - 2012-04-27 02:11:43 UTC
Malice Redeemer wrote:
What is up with this post, for over a day now it has been tagged with a dev post but there is none. and Now page 2 is giving me a 404 error.


EVERYBODY RUN! THIS POST IS HAUNTED AND SOMETHING HORRIBLE WILL EAT YOU ALIVE IF YOU DON'T FLEE!!!

"Tomahawks?"

"----in' A, right?"

"Trouble is, those things cost like a million and a half each."

"----, you pay me half that and I'll hump in some c4 and blow the ---- out of it my own damn self."
Post Post Post
LOUDER THAN GOD
#40 - 2012-04-27 02:39:13 UTC
Sobaan Tali wrote:
Malice Redeemer wrote:
What is up with this post, for over a day now it has been tagged with a dev post but there is none. and Now page 2 is giving me a 404 error.


EVERYBODY RUN! THIS POST IS HAUNTED AND SOMETHING HORRIBLE WILL EAT YOU ALIVE IF YOU DON'T FLEE!!!


Oh god are we all doomed?
Previous page123Next page