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Solo player after level 4s what to do?
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Egravant Alduin
Ascendance Rising
Ascendance..
#1 - 2013-12-23 16:22:16 UTC
Hello,
I tried factional warfare which is good but now that i am in a corp I don t want to leave enter then again the corp all the time to do some factional warfare

I tried low sec anomalies 6/10 and 7/10 i finished more than 15 and i only got once a ded site which it was 30 jumps away and I was bored when saw that only from the jumps and the isk was pretty low for low sec compared to high sec level 4s

I don t like incursions since you have to beg a lot to get to one and there are only few done every time

I tried manufacturing with pe etc 5 and was bored since the jumps were a lot and the profit bad and I had to watch all the time this 0.01 changes to orders everyone makes and wasn t impressed from manufacturing system general since you can t create unique items or difficult stuff

I tried to find sites to hack and after many many hours searching most of the sites i was founfing were wormholes in many different systems and jumps

I traveled 20-30 jumps in a rattlesnake in low sec and null sec and i never found someone to pvp since everybody was running away until i could lock them down

I saw a friend doing level 5s solo and the isk /hour was worse than level 4s since nothing compares to SOE level 4s isk/hour

Is there anything in this game to do ,make isk have fun and challenge except all the above which i tried and are boring?It s supposed to be a PVP game and I haven t had a one vs one battle in my one year of play .

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Miasmos
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-12-23 16:36:03 UTC
DED combat sites in nullsec.

Anyhow if you require someone to tell you how to make eve interesting, solo might not be your thing. Or eve.
Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#3 - 2013-12-23 17:07:32 UTC
nullsec combat plexes (not anomalies) are both lucrative and difficult. Also wormhole stuff. Maybe find a corp that actually does stuff.

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Cage Man
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Pandemic Horde
#4 - 2013-12-23 18:27:39 UTC
Train an alt on one of your other 2 slots for FW.. you could always join a null corp and have easy access to sites and PVP.. its not all blobby..
There are also lots of open roams going at the moment, look at the rvb ganked chat, redemption road, bombers bar, sir squeebles, and other chats and join them for the occasional blobby but fun pvp. They go to null so your sec status will not be affected.
Egravant Alduin
Ascendance Rising
Ascendance..
#5 - 2013-12-23 20:17:50 UTC
What s null sec sites and not anomalies?how id o them and what ship i need or skills?

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DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2013-12-23 22:25:59 UTC
Yeah, Cosmic Anomalies don't net much and the chance of escalation to a DED site is low. Scanning with probes in 0.0 should find the DED sites.

https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/DED_Complex_List


Could try Cosmos missions for a different type of challenge. Those missions can only be completed once, they're tough and provide a very good storyline with some great rewards.

https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/COSMOS

Last but not least, no matter what type of career path you run, try dropping down to a lower class of ship and invite a friend. I'm sure things won't be boring anymore.



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Shalashaska Adam
Snakes and Lasers
#7 - 2013-12-24 06:18:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Shalashaska Adam
Incursions in highsec can reach 200m isk + 40k lp an hour in a good fleet.

No idea what SoE L4 missions get, but theres no repeated docking and undocking or jumping system or changing hardeners or any other stuff like that to slow incursion income down.

Once your in system and in fleet you can press F1 all day long, warping directly from pocket to pocket.
Marcus Walkuris
Aww yeahhh
#8 - 2013-12-24 20:52:55 UTC
OR instead of training an alt, grind some iskies and buy one from the character bazaar forum. You can fly it on your main or replace it with its income then you can play around with what you can afford to lose.
Roel Yento
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2013-12-25 14:27:12 UTC
Not sure what you want as far as isk goes but you could do day trips to c4 wormholes with a group, join a c5 or c6 wh corp. I am sure if you sit in a lowsec faction warfare system, one of the populated systems, you will find a fleet to fight you.
IIshira
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#10 - 2013-12-25 15:24:27 UTC
Egravant Alduin wrote:
solo


That word is your problem. You're trying to play an MMO solo. I grind level 4 missions solo for ISK and it's mind numbing. Find a corp that has similar interests as you and play with them. Most corps have Teamspeak or Vent and you can go do things as a fleet. I'm not sure if you're able to socialize with other people well. Join a small corp with just a few members if this is a problem.


You mentioned you can't find a 1 vs 1 battle... Well why would someone fight you 1 vs 1 when they can kill you 10 vs 1? For most it's more exciting to watch your ship go down knowing you're mad because they tricked you. Some people do honor 1 vs 1 duals but those aren't the norm.

TLDR: You can play an MMO solo but you won't be able to access some of the content and you're going to be bored as hell. Eve is one of the more difficult MMO's to play solo because there is no "fair play" rules in Eve.
Egravant Alduin
Ascendance Rising
Ascendance..
#11 - 2013-12-25 17:29:17 UTC
IIshira wrote:
Egravant Alduin wrote:
solo


That word is your problem. You're trying to play an MMO solo. I grind level 4 missions solo for ISK and it's mind numbing. Find a corp that has similar interests as you and play with them. Most corps have Teamspeak or Vent and you can go do things as a fleet. I'm not sure if you're able to socialize with other people well. Join a small corp with just a few members if this is a problem.


You mentioned you can't find a 1 vs 1 battle... Well why would someone fight you 1 vs 1 when they can kill you 10 vs 1? For most it's more exciting to watch your ship go down knowing you're mad because they tricked you. Some people do honor 1 vs 1 duals but those aren't the norm.

TLDR: You can play an MMO solo but you won't be able to access some of the content and you're going to be bored as hell. Eve is one of the more difficult MMO's to play solo because there is no "fair play" rules in Eve.



I have played many mmos like aion, wow, runes of magic, city of heroes ,fallen earth and many many more which i have never had problems playing solo and always had best characters and had fun.So there isn t any activities in this game to do solo have fun and make isk except level 4s?Also if you say it s a pvp game it supposed to say mass pvp game and not one of the best pvp games since pvp MEANS PLAYER VS PLAYER and not PLAYERS vs player

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IIshira
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#12 - 2013-12-26 00:36:04 UTC  |  Edited by: IIshira
Egravant Alduin wrote:
IIshira wrote:
Egravant Alduin wrote:
solo


That word is your problem. You're trying to play an MMO solo. I grind level 4 missions solo for ISK and it's mind numbing. Find a corp that has similar interests as you and play with them. Most corps have Teamspeak or Vent and you can go do things as a fleet. I'm not sure if you're able to socialize with other people well. Join a small corp with just a few members if this is a problem.


You mentioned you can't find a 1 vs 1 battle... Well why would someone fight you 1 vs 1 when they can kill you 10 vs 1? For most it's more exciting to watch your ship go down knowing you're mad because they tricked you. Some people do honor 1 vs 1 duals but those aren't the norm.

TLDR: You can play an MMO solo but you won't be able to access some of the content and you're going to be bored as hell. Eve is one of the more difficult MMO's to play solo because there is no "fair play" rules in Eve.



I have played many mmos like aion, wow, runes of magic, city of heroes ,fallen earth and many many more which i have never had problems playing solo and always had best characters and had fun.So there isn t any activities in this game to do solo have fun and make isk except level 4s?Also if you say it s a pvp game it supposed to say mass pvp game and not one of the best pvp games since pvp MEANS PLAYER VS PLAYER and not PLAYERS vs player


I understand that you can play an MMO solo... It's just you won't be able to do all the things solo.

Trust me when I played WoW I was upset that the best gear required me to join groups for a dungeon or raid... I liked to run quests solo and felt it was unfair that I had to group with people if I wanted to improve my character. Even some quests required more than one player.

The nature of Eve causes it not to be "Player vs Player". It's usually "Player vs Players" or "Players vs Players". Go dual someone in Amarr and see how fast their buddies show up with logi if they start to go down. No one wants to lose especially when that loss costs you. When there are no rules that require a player to honor 1 vs 1 combat people will do whatever is needed to come out on top.

You can sometimes find 1 vs 1 PVP but it's not easy. You have to really watch your targets and be careful.

I roam in fleets that do it all the time... Bait ship goes ahead trying to lure someone to attack then once then the rest of the fleet comes in. Sometimes the ship that attacked our bait was actually bait for us. We come in then the rest of their fleet gives us a really bad day.

All I can say is you can play Eve solo but you're really cutting out a huge portion of the game experience. I strongly encourage you to find fellow Eve pilots that like to do the same things as you. Even if it's RL friends you talk into playing Eve.
Nerf Burger
Doomheim
#13 - 2013-12-31 06:36:41 UTC
As a sandbox game, CCP needs to encourage all play styles. A sandbox game should not force you to group with other players.
Egravant Alduin
Ascendance Rising
Ascendance..
#14 - 2013-12-31 08:44:06 UTC
Nerf Burger wrote:
As a sandbox game, CCP needs to encourage all play styles. A sandbox game should not force you to group with other players.


Yup that s what I m saying but probably CCP wants to encourage only players who will fleet or form teams with other players.One big reason for new players don t want to join eve.

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Oska Rus
Free Ice Cream People
#15 - 2013-12-31 09:20:21 UTC
wormholes are great place for solo player with one or two accounts.
Egravant Alduin
Ascendance Rising
Ascendance..
#16 - 2013-12-31 09:28:18 UTC
Oska Rus wrote:
wormholes are great place for solo player with one or two accounts.


Can you explain me what wormhols are what ship or skills needed ?Everyone says i should try them if i have tried eveything else

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Khadrea Shakor
Shakor Freight and Mining Service
#17 - 2013-12-31 11:36:32 UTC
Egravant Alduin wrote:
Oska Rus wrote:
wormholes are great place for solo player with one or two accounts.


Can you explain me what wormhols are what ship or skills needed ?Everyone says i should try them if i have tried eveything else


Two years old, still relevant.
Oska Rus
Free Ice Cream People
#18 - 2013-12-31 14:28:24 UTC
haulers. :-)
and something with enough tank for your desired wormhole class. (C1 lol, C2 400, C3 700, C4 1500, C5 triage carrier) and as much DPS as possible.
research eve-survival.com and any other sources. Talocan-united wideos are great too.
Egravant Alduin
Ascendance Rising
Ascendance..
#19 - 2013-12-31 15:10:19 UTC
I m already tryng to find a character to buy as many of you suggested here :

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4058791#post4058791

So my main will drop a size or two and start PVP .Skills or ships you suggest for starter PVP pilot and probably will do a lot fractional warfare since I liked the one vs one aspect I faced sometimes.

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Ginger Barbarella
#20 - 2013-12-31 19:02:08 UTC
Join a corp that's part of a large sov-holding alliance. Fly in blue space, make isk, and fight when you want or get the CTA.

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