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Been Playing EVE for about a month or 2, and Boy I'm I bored
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Oraac Ensor
#21 - 2013-04-29 01:36:36 UTC
Fractal Muse wrote:
J'Poll wrote:

Bold part is incorrect.

Ships don't drop 50% of the items.

Every item on the ship has a 50% chance of being dropped.

Those things are NOT the same. I have seen kills where only 1 thing dropped from a long list of cargo, and others were almost all items dropped.

Okay, on average 50% of stuff will drop over the long term depending on the loot faerie.

Better? ;)

Nope.
Rachel Starchaser
Perkone
Caldari State
#22 - 2013-04-29 03:01:51 UTC
Get out and do some pvp that or join a pirate corp. Large scale engagements are always laggy fun.
Nyla Skin
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#23 - 2013-04-29 11:23:41 UTC
Rachel Starchaser wrote:
Get out and do some pvp that or join a pirate corp. Large scale engagements are always laggy fun.


False.

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Saren Aposis
Doomheim
#24 - 2013-04-29 20:25:07 UTC
Is anybody here willing to take me on? I've Sold my ship, and I'm looking for a suitable ship to fly in.
Commissar Akiga
Perkone
Caldari State
#25 - 2013-04-29 21:19:52 UTC
Mine, mine and then mine some more. Establish a solid income platform so that when you lose ships doing what you want to do, you have the means to earn enough to replace it with relative ease.

Once you've established that I'd go ahead and join Red Versus Blue and get some PvP training, many would suggest that as well. You could even meet some allies there... or future targets.

When you think you're ready to move out into open space on your lonesome, find some decent destroyer, frigate or cruiser fits, buy a few of them and fit them and then have some fun.

The worst possible thing you could do is drop everything and jump into it, most likely lose everything you have and then find yourself back in a Venture trying to make ISK so you can get back out there.
Give it another month, train up so you can get Tech II Mining Laser Upgrades etc, buy a Retriever and get those MLU's on it with some Strip Miners and then mine for a few weeks to give yourself a nice little pot to work with, dock your mining ship up for future use and then go for it.

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
Aralyn Cormallen
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#26 - 2013-04-30 10:27:02 UTC
Commissar Akiga wrote:
Mine, mine and then mine some more. Establish a solid income platform so that when you lose ships doing what you want to do, you have the means to earn enough to replace it with relative ease.

Once you've established that I'd go ahead and join Red Versus Blue and get some PvP training, many would suggest that as well. You could even meet some allies there... or future targets.

When you think you're ready to move out into open space on your lonesome, find some decent destroyer, frigate or cruiser fits, buy a few of them and fit them and then have some fun.

The worst possible thing you could do is drop everything and jump into it, most likely lose everything you have and then find yourself back in a Venture trying to make ISK so you can get back out there.
Give it another month, train up so you can get Tech II Mining Laser Upgrades etc, buy a Retriever and get those MLU's on it with some Strip Miners and then mine for a few weeks to give yourself a nice little pot to work with, dock your mining ship up for future use and then go for it.


You are bad and should feel bad. The only comment you had right was telling him not to lose everything he owns in one shot, but otherwise this is the most toxic advice you can give a newbie who wants to PvP. Train T2 mining lasers and buy a retriever? You should be ashamed of yourself.
Zak Breen
Breen Enterprises
#27 - 2013-04-30 12:46:07 UTC
You can join my corp (Beagle Expeditions) if you'd like. We mostly explore and dive into WHs to run Sleeper sites and anomalies. We'll provide you with a ship and skill books if you need them, too. Seriously, though, if you don't get involved with a corp or do SOMETHING with other people then EVE isn't going to be any fun.

Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of not knowing. http://www.di.fm/spacemusic
Sheena Tzash
Doomheim
#28 - 2013-04-30 13:10:02 UTC
EVE is a big place filled with a lot of stuff you can do:

http://swiftandbitter.com/eve/wtd/

While PvP is fun I think most players would admit that it doesn't pay very well and you may find it hard to pay for your losses early on because you don't have the income stream.

Finding a good corp is probably just first option - one that speaks to what you want to do with your time but equally be able to support you starting out and teach you how to PvP.

Even with that said its good to have some backup plans and think of some other activities that you like to do in EVE as it may not always be possible to have someone help you out all the time and being self sufficiant is always a good thing.

Factional Warfare is usually a good start for young PvP players as you can control your engagement size with the 'rookie' sites (so you don't get ganked by larger ships) and gets you a feel for FW without dropping you in the deep end.

Other than that missions are still a good (if a really repetitive) alternative for making ISK or simply give you some training targets so that you get a better understanding of EVE combat.

Mining is still good fun with friends and the mining frig Venture is fairly reasonable ship at a tiny ISK cost and you can take it into low sec without caring much if it gets blown up :P

EVE is all about choice and finding the right activities that you enjoy and a corp that you can enjoy them with who will support you, but finding the right corp can be hard so don't feel bad if you have to take your time and pick or jump around a few till you find a good fit.

Good luck!
Dallas Jaxon
Frankenstuff
#29 - 2013-04-30 13:33:43 UTC
I'm a bit new at this also, and the one thing I have learned is that having an income stream to tap into will support whatever direction you choose to go. If you can make sufficient ISK doing what you enjoy then by all means do it.

Thankfully there are many ways to make (and loose) ISK so you're not stuck doing the same thing for days on end.

There are even ways to generate ISK while you're out turning ships into salvage.

Have fun, try it all.
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