EVE New Citizens Q&A

so ive been playing eve for a while and so far flying in a corp has not been fun at all for me, ive always been a loner when i play mmos, so im starting all over since thry told me to train up in skill i didnt want, and now i want to be a solo bounty hunter. i want to be a bunty hunter mostly because while i was playing i got scammed a few times and didnt like it so i wanna help get rid of these scammers, they are so annoying... so what dose it take to be a bounty hunter? what type of gallente ships should i get? and how should i fitt them for this job? i would like to do this job in a nemisis, but i think i should start off small and easy first then work my way up to the nemisis.
tell me if i need to insert more info... i tend to leave things out by accident...

It's all fine to play solo if you enjoy it.
i just wanted to tell you that you've been in the wrong corpo for you (me too i hate corpos where they tell you what to do), but it doesn't mean that all corpos are like that. In fact the big majority are not. So while choosing your own way, i would suggest that you keep open the door to one day join a corporation which would suit you, because even as loner you'll certainly be happy to have friends and share some adventures sometimes. Also as in most MMOs there is content which is simply impossible to solo of course.
I'm afraid that you become bored and quit if you always stay alone You'd not be the first one.
For the profession of bounty hunting, as you seem to be a new player, you understand that you will mostly hunt players which are much more experienced than you. I don't say it's impossible, but at start you'll lose much more often than you'll win. Of course you'll learn at each fight, but you could learn even more at the contact of nice experienced pvpers.
So i would suggest that you join RvB for some time to train your PVP up.
RvB is an alliance made of two corpos, Red and Blue, who fight each others in cheap frigates/cruisers for the fun, for training, and no one will tell you what to do, but everyone will be happy to answer your questions. I feel it would be a great start for you, and you could make some good contacts for later when you'll run your own business
Good luck, and don't forget ! There are tons of nice people around with whom you can interact, and not only by fighting them
I'm not a bounty hunter nor a PvP specialist, but i'd be glad to show you around and answer your questions if i can, so don't hesitate to poke me in game !

Edit : RvB : http://rvbeve.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10-rvb-rules-and-guidelines-please-read-first/

Oh and i forgot to tell you about money (in game money hehe) : Let's be realistic, at start, you'll most certainly not be able to get enough income by bounty hunting to cover your expenses. Take it as a long-term investment. You'll need a side activity to cover your expenses and finance your project. As PvE basically needs the same skills as PvP, i would suggest something like missioning or ratting, or exploration, or a bit of evrything together to not get bored. Once again, don't hesitate to contact me.

This.

I will recommend RvB too by reading your OP. Why:

* RvB is new player friendly
* RvB is all about shooting other players
* You will never get rid of scammers, most of them don't even undock.
* RvB will NEVER tell you what to train
* RvB welcomes people no matter what the ships they fly (under a minor rule though, if the fleet is Cruiser down, yeah they won't accept you bring a Battleship)
* Though RvB isn't a real training alliance, they are more then happy to help you with questions etc.

To Tao, RvB is actually 2 alliances.

Red Federation + Red holding corp = Red alliance
Blue Republic + Blue holding corp = Blue alliance

Though 99.9% of the community in EVE does refer to RvB as 1 entity.

Well in general RvB members either leave on occasion to make money again or have another way to make money (likely an alt).

In the end you are responsible for your own losses in RvB, though I've heard they have a limited SRP in place for really new players

Also keep in mind that in MOST corporation and alliance you will have to pay for your own losses. There aren't many corps/alliance that have a full SRP, most run limited SRPs (only certain ships or on certain operations).

I hate to say it because it does sound fun, but bounty hunting isn't really "A thing" in eve. The closest you get is mercenary.

No-one really knows till the new mechanics are in effect tbh.

My alt's in RvB, here's some basic info:
-There's an informal frigate replacement program new players. People will periodically just donate a big load of pre-fit T1 frigs for you to take as needed.
-If there aren't free frigs around, there are always cheap ones to be had via Contracts. Usually at below market price.
-Some players use alts to earn income for their RvB toon. Some who don't have an alt do missions with their RvB toon to earn income. There are designated "safe missioning" areas, where RvB members aren't supposed to attack each other.
-If you want to solo, you can pretty much always find fights. The Blue home base and Red home base are just a few jumps from each other, near Jita. You'll find enemy ships roaming the corridor or systems between the two bases. But, there may be more than one of them in the system. They might not be fleeted up. But if you take on one guy, the other guy might come in and make it 2 against your one.
-There are always one or two group fleets up. Anybody can join. The fleets roam around the usual systems looking for fights, of course. You have to use EVE Voice in fleets. You don't have to talk, you just have to listen for voice commands from the fleet commander.
-Every few weeks somebody will do a training class on how to be a fleet member, follow voice comms, etc.
-I haven't found that RvB is like being in a corp, i.e. with the social aspect of chatting with corp mates. Corp chat is pretty quiet. It's kind of like a lot of solo players hanging out looking for fights. If you want to do everything solo, nobody will object or even notice.

I'm pretty new to RvB, so those are just my initial impressions. Veteran RvB people, feel free to comment or correct.

Join the club...

Got an alt in Blue myself, love them. And when things go great on my main characters I'm not overly annoyed by donating stuff to the good cause.

Only want to add something to your third point about safe places to mission:

Yes, RvB fights are fixed to the Forge only, the issue is that with in game map + open policy one of the 142 wardecs RvB has, they can easily enter RvB and use the in game map to see where people are in space (e.g. mission running/mining) and move their War Target character there.

On the chat, RvB aren't really 2 alliance (well technically they are) but a community, there is a shared channel where both Red and Blue are in. You can talk IF you want, same with fleets, you can join them IF you want. Nothing is forced upon in RvB, just have a good time and obey the rules they have and nobody will bother that you roam solo all the time.