EVE General Discussion

what would you look for?

my question is centralised around a start up corp. What I'm thinking is to take a new corp fresh from the oven, throw some newbs in it and then gradually progress outwards towards lowsec.

alternatively how do we Incentivise players coming to low that might not have wanted to before? advertising on the forums is one thing but I was thinking of something a little more proactive

I would say that you advertise yourselves as a corp that does EVERYTHING (missions, mining, manufacturing, PvP, WHs, roams, etc). If it exists in the game your corp does it!

Don't try to focus your members to do any one particular thing, or follow a particular goal or direction. That would potentially turn off one of random applicants you accepted, and cause them to leave. And the last thing you would want to do is lose a member who is not buying into your dreams for the corp. Membership numbers are the most important attribute of a corp. Whether or not members log in or contribute is immaterial. It's the fact that you have alot of them!

Furthermore, as CEO, do not communicate any of your goals for the corp. Again you don't want to pressure or lose corp members. And the mystery aspect of "just wtf are we doing anyway?" would probably hopefully maybe keep players interested enough to stick around. Also trust is important. So trust your new random applicants implicitly by giving them any roles they desire. After all, they might leave if they don't get what they want right now.

And finally the move to low or null should be done as a spur of the moment decision. Ideally as a knee-jerk reaction to corp drama, member loss, or general disinterest. And as a sudden decision, there should be no real preparation or research into the area you will be moving to. That's part of the surprise! Maybe 15-minutes max of looking at EvEmaps, Dotlan, or even just reading something on EvE-O forums.

You are now on the path to becoming a legendary EvE CEO!
(Just like 90% of all other CEOs that have followed this same exact plan.)

No, I think he meant exactly what he wrote. The goals of his Corp really benefit from your Corp using that as a guide.

most of these thing you listed are something that every player should know.

I wonder how many corps actually started out in highsec, and then slowly moved to lowsec. Lowsec isn't hard - Just move there. If you want your members to be into the whole lowsec thing, you better make sure they know that, otherwise you'll end up with a corp of miners, missioners and want-to-be pvpers.
This is basically the vast majority of Shitcorps.

You mean like you have, Miss NPC Corp?

You need to understand that starting a corporation isn't so you have your own little army of minions to boss around. A corporation is a responsibility where you as the CEO exist to give content to your members. They do not exist to serve you. If you are not prepared for the responsibility of managing tons of people with different desires and trying to ensure they all are happy and entertain, then you will likely lose your wallet, assets, and everything else to a disgruntled member who decides he doesn't like it there anymore.

Something large and active, where I would quickly fade into the horde.

Trusting CEO so I could get directorship quickly

Loose security

Lots of items in Corp Hangars

Fat Wallet

Multiple Orca pilots


because I just care about the newbies so damn much!

There are two ways to do lowsec. Pirate or FW. Pirates make money gate camping and looting. FW pilots make money from LP.

Both activities contribute to the pilots wallet, while still fulfilling their original purpose (pirates = griefing, fw duders = fighting WTs).

Recommend you pick FW for a new corp, as you will benefit from the veteran FW groups in your area. Pirate corps don't really collaborate very much.

Just tell me if they're house-trained and will they do windows?