EVE New Citizens Q&A

CCP should ban that behauvior...or at least give us the power to wardec NPC residents...


NO place in EVE should be safe....

Its hard to say how often the average corp gets war decced.
It depends on so many things like, are you recruiting, being in an alliance, where are you located, what ships do the members fly around in, smack talking/acting like an idiot in local or forums,how many members your corp has, previous war dec history and if it contains a lot of barge/hauler losses...

But you can not hide from wars in EVE. Of course you can join an NPC corp but that is not really hiding...more..distancing your self from a large part of the content making it more difficult to experience EVE at its full potential.

Do as other people here have suggested, go out in a cheap ship, have fun hunting down the war targets and if you die..well so what? As long as you had fun and learned something you can consider your self getting out ahead. The attitude CEO's and directors in general dont like is when someone is running around like a headless chicken and repeats the same mistakes over and over and refuse to listen to advice. But if you are out there, trying and learning you will most likely find that the CEO and directors will cheer for you and that other members will see that YOU are trying and dare to do the same them self.

If the war really drives you up the wall, and you know there is no chance and they camp you 24/7 create an alt corp. This way you and whoever wants to can join said alt corp just to "get out and stretch your legs" once in a while, without damaging your mains employment history and give the war deccing corp the morale boost of seeing the member count dropping thus encouraging them to keep the war going for even longer.

But no matter what you do, do not whine to the war targets about how bored you are or similar. This will give them exactly what they want, a proof of your frustration and "tears".

And in the long run..most wars only lasts for a week (i said most), and as you get older in EVE a week really wont seem like much and you will just use it as an excuse to play that new game you bough 6 months ago

And when we are speaking about wars..
I have not read the whole thread yet, but this might be of interest to the OP and people who are interested in this subject, since it also seems to cover different peoples opinions on what the purpose with a war dec is.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=235719

Thank you all for your replies , they made me a lot wiser.
I will stay in the NPC corp for now, see where my interests really are in the game and will look for a fitting non newby corp as soon as I shed my newbyness.I dont know when that will be but will find out I guess.

The learning curve is more steep then I thought, its not just about game mechanics.

This.

If you stay in an NPC corp you might be safe from war dec's, but it can also be a very lonely experience since you dont really get a chance to know people on the same level as when in a corp (in my opinion) and it also puts limits on (or at least makes it harder) to experience EVE to its fullest.

So look for a new corp, hang around them for a while, ask questions, look up their war history and KB stats and how they have done in previous wars, look at the age of the corp and the members. If they have been around for a while you can be pretty sure that they are used to war decs and have ways to work around them.

Choosing a corp is a significant decision in EVE. The more time you put into finding the correct corp, aside from any group that just happens to be recruiting, the better off you will be.

Yes this is true, but there are many things that are simply..easier if you are a member of a corp. If you want to join in regular mining,mission,pvp,fw,0.0 roams,wh operations and so on its much much easier if you are a member of a corp.
Being in an NPC corp its easy(ish) to get advice and help from smaller things (like killing a rat in a low level mission, or some random ISK donation to cover that lost frig), but to participate in larger operation people need more trust then you generally give a person in an NPC corp.

Of course you also have to consider that in some cases its a nightmare to bring in someone neutral because your blues/friends/allies will blow them up unless they have gotten a notice beforehand (and noticed it), and making sure that information like this is spread, accepted, and tolerated by everyone involved can be nightmarish.

Granted i can only speak for my self here, and i am sure there are corps/alliances out there that allows new players to participate in random operations and similar before joining, but i would imagine that even in these cases its a bit more restricted to what information you get access to.

But then again, im overly paranoid and most likely way more suspicious then i need to be so i might be completely off here

Hello,

Had to come in and say Hello since my name was mentioned.

It really rubs me the wrong way when people say this like its a fact.

Yes most players should at one point or another try different aspects of EVE, but not because one is "better" then the other. There is no way for anyone to say that you as a player will enjoy this and hate this. Everyone is different.

I lived in 0.0 for years, as a pet, as a normal alliance member, as a corp member, and in leadership positions. I have no been in 0.0 for...Well for a long time
I normally just tell people i retired from 0.0. It was great fun for a while, and it destroyed my will to play EVE on certain occasions.

Does this mean i will outright discourage people from going to 0.0? Of course not, they might find that 0.0 is the only way they can enjoy EVE. Just like i will never tell someone that they should not join an empire corp because that might be what they enjoy.

And honestly, if what you listed is your only experience with high sec corps...Maybe you just joined the wrong corps or maybe its just that you did not enjoy the way they did things. Claiming that all empire corps are like this is very ignorant to be honest.

Hi Folks,

Quick reminder that Corporation recruitment is not allowed in this part of the forums.

Thanks!