EVE General Discussion

(Some) Pirate corps do recruit newer players, but I think you'll find that if you want to do heavy industry you'll want an alt to do it, if you're going to do piracy or anything that restricts your movements (at the very least, you'll want a bestower alt).

FW is paranoid of NPC Corp FW because they're basically all spies.

Black Rebel Rifter Club. They fly Frigates.

I would suggest 'Industrialist with teeth'.

What I mean by this, is be an industrialist, especially one that makes stuff for a combat corp such as Faction war. Make what the corp needs, sell some of the other stuff you make. but this...

Train yourself to fly a combat frigate as well as a battle industrial ship, such as a 'battle badger'.

So if you are war decced, you have the option of

1) Docking in the station, making stuff, shipping and deliveries through courier, and doing station trading for a week, or
2) Undocking during a war-dec, and engaging the enemy in a battle in a frigate and/or a bait ship like the 'battle badger'.

Think of option 2 as self-defense, like Jiu-Jitsu.

An industrialist isn't going to put the smack-down on combat pilots, but should be able to defend his mining operations with a security frigate force. They don't have to kill the enemy, just engage long enough to let the miners escape.

Then, if you are allied with a loyalist FW corp as their ships and mods manufacturer you could hopefully enlist their help in your corp war.

It seems as though permanent Hulkageddon has been declared, so miners and haulers will have to retain high security even in high-sec.

Oh yes, and of course building ships for either/ both sides of Red vs. Blue would be fun and profitable too! It only takes about three days to train to be a tackle frigate.

They would have to, if anyone was still even mildly interested/participating in it.

To thrive in lowsec, you need a corp 99% of the time. To thrive in nullsec, you need a corp/alliance 100% of the time. There is very little you do out there that doesn't depend on others helping out.

My corp lives in lowsec. For our members, we haul stuff around, import minerals and manufacture ships, import fittings, organize fleets, manage relations with allies for better cooperation, and other stuff. As a solo player, it is nigh-impossible to do all that. In nullsec the situation is even more severe, as hisec space and its market hubs can be tens of jumps away, and the power that your enemies have to ruin your day is even bigger.

If that is what pleases you, there is plenty of industry, exploration, ratting , ISK grinding, etc. going on in low/null sec, but you almost definitely need a corp supporting you. If you go full lowsec pirate but still want to do industry, you will need a second character to haul stuff from hisec for you, and you may need to train T2 haulers.

As a last thought, don't give too much thought to the profession templates that CCP advertises. "Loyalist" and "Freedom Fighter" are functionally identical, many of the other options simply aren't sensical, and some things that exist in game simply aren't advertised. Try this, instead: http://swiftandbitter.com/eve/wtd/

Oh, and if you want help with newbie questions, pro tip: ask in New Players Q&A, not in General Discussion. In GD you will get trolls.