EVE General Discussion

Hi all,

I'm currently working on an EVE related project, and If anyone could answer any of the following questions I would appreciate it, thanks!

• Are there any Non Profit Entities that benefit new Eve players not specifically related to them? For example: they run free events, donate isk to causes, offers free training (or training materials)


• In general, what age would you class a player before they are no-longer "new"?


• What was the most boring thing you remember from when you started EVE?


• What was the most fun thing you remember from when you started EVE?

What corps and alliances specifically welcome new players and help train them, and are not listed below.
If you know the specific corp in the alliance I would welcome their name!

• 0.0 Axis Fleet & Stealth Syndicate
• Academia Hispana de Pilotos (Spanish speaking only)
• Agony Unleashed
• Black Sun Brethren
• Blood And Sand (Italian only)
• Center for Advanced Espionage
• Cha Ching LtD (german speaking / deutschsprachig)
• Cobalt Academy
• Delta Academy (Italian only)
• DoubleDutchClan
• EVE Flight School (Russian only)
• Eve University
• EveTech Navy
• Flying Dangerous
• Fweddit
• Hard Rock University
• Insurgent New Eden Tribe Academy (Italian only)
• Legion Of Patriots
• Noir. Academy
• Noob Mercs
• Occultum Associates
• Open University of Celestial Hardship
• Pax Emunio
• Project Halibut
• PWNED Factor
• Rangers of the One
• Red Frog Freight
• REFORD (Ukrainians only)
• Republic Exploration and Defense
• Revolutionary Front
• Scorpion Tail Mercenary Group [STMG]
• Smiling Friends Social Club & Hearts And Minds Alliance
• Solarise Flares
• Srs Bzns Podcast
• Test Alliance Please Ignore
• The Brotherhood Of New Eden
• The Righteous Indignation AKA GUNKY
• Thee Almitee Ones
• Unseen Academy (Polish only)
• World Domination Inc
[*] Goonswarm

Are there any Non Profit Entities that benefit new Eve players not specifically related to them? For example: they run free events, donate isk to causes, offers free training (or training materials)

Corps do usually look out for their own, and sometimes provide free materiel for corp members. Passively training people (teaching each other, etc) is always free, and some corps even dedicate themselves to being teaching hubs.

Some people do run events from time to time, like how Heretic Army ran the Frigfest events in Amamake, or the yearly Hulkageddon (with its various sponsors). Stuff like this is fairly rare, though.

I am not aware of any "ISK donor" entities in Eve, unfortunately.

In general, what age would you class a player before they are no-longer "new"?

That's hard to define. Some people play for a few months and become more well versed in their topics of interest than others who haev been playing for years. Alternatively, someone who's been playing for years could try a new activity and find himself in a newbie's shoes again.

So, it depends on what the person is "new" at, how good/dedicated they are at mastering it, and other things.

What was the most boring thing you remember from when you started EVE?

Nothing particularly boring comes to mind. In a sandbox game like EVE, when you're bored, you always have the option of finding something else to do that is fun.

What was the most fun thing you remember from when you started EVE?

Hitting the "Observe" button on everything since everything looked so cool.

What corps and alliances specifically welcome new players and help train them, and are not listed below.
Can't help there, but I'm sure the other thread responders will oblige.

Good luck on your project!

Test alliance best alliance

RvB isn't that good for true newbs. While it can allow low entry fights, it isn't really the best place for pilots to learn the game.

That's a long list Dear.

You have just surmised EvE University in a nutshell. Look 'em up

No RvB who are new player friendly.

Yet you list Red Frog. Where you cant enter unless you are a proper skilled creighter and yet they dont teach amything. You join, pick up freight and haul. No teaching at all.

RvB Ganked nights are fun free events that welcome all players
Agony Unleashed offers PvP classes that are not free, but once you have completed a course you can join later classes for the roam at no cost.
Sindel offers ISK/resources to new players that need it in the form of the angel project (http://www.sindelsuniverse.com/?page_id=455)


this is a loaded question...I would say after logging 94.6 hours, but there is a strong camp that will argue with me and say its after 102.2 hours.


Sitting in station during a war dec and not being allowed to undock because that overbearing mother that is Eve University doesn't allow its members to undock without someone holding their hand. Needless to say, I didn't stay long.


First time in Null Sec, then first time living in null sec.


I would take Red Frog off the list, they are a hauling corp and have nothing to do with new player training. I would also take Agony Unleashed off the list. They do offer classes to non-members and I would recommend these to any new player, but they are not a new player training corp. They require experience if you want to join them.

Finally, I would add my own corp Pod or be Podded to the list. We are still fairly small and new, but welcome all experience levels and will support new players.

I've heard a lot of not-so-great things about them, from alumni.

My first corporation was EVE-U. Right after joining, they were wardecced by a mercenary corp who held a grudge on EVE-U, and so alumns where told to stay docked to not provide easy kills, or go to a shelter corp and play alone. 4 wardecs in a row teached me more about EVE and CCP than i wanted to know and so i quit EVE-U without ever attending a single lesson nor a fleet flight nor learning ****, all THX to EVE working as intended.