EVE New Citizens Q&A

Didn't know much about the buddy-invite system and was approached by someone offering a 21-day trial plus one-hundred's of millions, in ISK. Thought what an ace-deal. I was going to sub any but this way I could start-off with a noice pile-of-loot.
Made 21-day trial, subbed within minutes, sent email to this random-goof. Never heard from him since. Hopefully, at least CCP will remove the reward from the this...person. Why should he benefit from my RL-$ using trial-accounts to hide his identity?

Question is. This sub is good until the New-Year but the toon is only a couple of weeks old. Would it be better (for me ) to send a buddy-invite to myself, get the plex for this toon and prolly just transfer everything over to a new-account. I'd keep both accounts but the thought of paying for two but only being able to one at a time isn't cuttin-it

Done before? Allowable ("rewarding myself")?

yes, it's allowable ... but it's pretty, well, daft.

yeah, the other guy lied about the ISK (CCP *MIGHT* be a bit touchy about this, since this affects account subscriptions ... but for the most part, anything goes with scamming).

Your best bet at this point in time is just play through the new toon and don't bother with the buddy invite to yourself until you have a need for an alt (it'll happen sooner or later). you've now got about 51 days of playtime before you have to pay again, so go have fun.

if you REALLY want a few hundred million ISK (and $35 isn't "too much") go buy a GTC from shattered crystal or battleclinic, convert to 2x PLEX, and sell said plex for ~350 million each or so.

Confirming this. There have been a couple attempts of late to scam people using buddy invites, and the GMs have stepped in to enforce the rules. Petition a GM, and they will get your payment.

He's been reported. The email he used was prolly a fake/for trial.
Yeah, after reading about the of just converting time codes or buying plex-direct, the invite-myself idea isn't what I want, atm.

Quick question about the Commissioned Officer Edition. Would "that" be worth starting a new-account for?



Could this be used with a buddy-invite?



Thanks for the welcome. Been mulling aboot teh door, for a while and decided to step-on through

The Officer edition cannot be used with a buddy invite. As far as taking a buddy invite, or opting for the Accelerator, both options have advantages and disadvantages.

If you take the Accelerator, you get an automatic +3 to all stats to help learning times, as well as a +25% damage and rate of fire bonus. For the first 35 days, this speeds up skill training, as well as making PvE combat missions a breeze. The downside is that after the 35 days, the bonuses are gone. This means your training times come down, obviously, but it can also mean that if you've learned to rely on your boosted combat stats, you may see some ship losses in the near future when the boosts are gone and you damage output drops.

If you take a buddy invite, most players will pay out around 300 million ISK. Some will simply contract you the Plex which is currently selling for around 415 million ISK. If you go this route, you can afford a full set of permanent +3 implants, or possibly a combination of +3s and +4s. The advantage of this route is that you can, in some areas, get even faster training times than with the accelerator (wherever you plugged in 4s), and those bonuses are permanent (as long as you don't get podded). The disadvantages are that you lose out on the damage bonus from the accelerator, and that having that much money in your pocket can lead you to be unconcerned with ship losses, or to buy and lose ships you aren't ready to fly.

Ultimately, the "best" option is to do both. Get some cash for permanent implants, and tack the accelerator on top of those. You'll get +6 or +7 stats for 35 days, making those initial skill hurdles easier to overcome. This takes two accounts, obviously, but most people in EVE run multiple accounts. I started out intent on just one account. I just activated my third. The important thing is to decide what you want an alt for before you just activate another account. I have my mission character, as well as a science and industry character, for example. In either case, don't let the bonuses to the new character experience spoil you. EVE is a harsh place, and requires learning, diligence, and toughening up. Don't rely on any crutches, they will cripple you in the long run. If you have 400 million ISK in your wallet, remember you are broke and can't afford to lose your ship. Learn about your encouters before you charge in, guns blazing, letting boosted damage plow you a path.

Also, if you do find someone who will just contract you a Plex, be careful how you go about claiming it. Ask them to redeem the Plex in a major trade hub (Jita, Rens, Dodixie) and contract it to you there. If they contract it to you in some random station and you try to cart it to a trade hub in a noob ship, you will get suicided and go home with nothing. =) Welcome to EVE!

No, this isn't allowed. Anything that interferes with new player subscriptions is a petitionable offense.



I can find you more links on this if you want, but trust me. However, if your Buddy Invitee did pay you, then you're the one being the trolling offending griefer.





Welcome to EVE, you'll fit right in.

The instructions were to send me an e-mail after you subscribed telling me your new character name. I am looking at the e-mail address I provided you, and there is no mail from you.



I could just as easily do these transactions from my main... but then I would risk having my reputation tarnished by fools. This thread is a good example of that.



Three things:
1) Trail accounts cannot send Buddy Invites.
2) You didn't actually publish any of my character names in this thread. And even if you did, if it was a disposable trial account, why would I care?
3) Perhaps if you'd followed my instructions, you wouldn't have had to make a thread in the first place, no?



"These"? So far you're the only one who's had a problem. Something to think about.

Thanks for slandering you? Such a victim! This game is going to eat you alive and spit out your bones.

Look broski, I told you to e-mail me, not message me in game. You didn't e-mail me, and it was only days later when I was looking through my account manager that I was able to trace everything back to you and send payment.

The fault lies with you, and if you plan to make it very far in EVE, you're going to have to be willing to let go of that ego of yours and admit when you're wrong.

/thread

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Yes, I'm trying to save the reputation of my anonymous, disposable alt.





Note how I ask him to let me know as soon as he's subscribed. Note how he never does?

Thanks.

Quick question in regards to the buddy-invite system. If I were to buy a 60-day and convert half to a plex...would be the same if I were to buddy-invite myself and sub with that plex to receive a free-plex. I have a friend whos interested and Id like to provide an opportunity for them to try Eve