EVE General Discussion

I agressed a friend's BC in an enyo. Was losing the fight, and when I hit hull he stopped attacking. That was very kind of him. I have a pretty kill mail now.

I said GF once...and meant it.

Mr Epeen

To be fair, I have never experience random kindness. So I have that going for me. Which is nice.

I used to buy pirate ships just to see what they were like, fly them a couple of times in highsec then give them to friends or random people in my NPC corp. The reaction of some people when they realised I was serious about giving them away was priceless and very rewarding.

I tried to think of an act of kindness that was visited upon me in game but... I couldn't think of a single thing.

This is the post I was considering writing. I treat noobs in lowsec well. Why scare them off?

I still blow them up, obviously. But I will convo, share fits, give them the 'you shouldn't get podded in lowsec' lecture, maybe send a little isk.

It was my first time in a wormhole, i pretended to hack relic and data sites in a probe withouth knowing those sites were escorted by sleepers, in the middle of my probing (the old probing, while you must move a probe one by one), a Loki appeared and crushed my ship, i escaped in my pod to high sec, then docked, the player talked to me and reimbursed my loss with 5M, also he gave me tips and that the same happened to him when he first entered in a wormhole.

Same. I've tried to repay it by spending time in rookie chat and answering queries where possible (forums/channels etc). Someone gave me 5m early on for answering questions there, but being recruited by someone watching channel was more useful. Advice seems way more helpful than raw ISK, although I sometimes give stuff to newer industrialists if they poke certain alts with queries.

Sometimes I refund random ppl stuff they've bought (usually around Christmas). Even vets seem quite pleased by that, it doesn't just have to be about helping new players.

People I pop are often too busy squawking in local to stop and give advice to so I usually just pod them to stop the racket. Although I've invited a couple to ingame channels to chat to people if they weren't too rabid. Reading some of the comments here I'll pay a bit more attention to the age of the character. There are still players and corps who frown on piracy/ganking or attacking rookie ships/haulers because they had bad experiences when they started.

People who are friendly and have a good sense of humour will get help from unexpected players. The 'harsh universe' thing is in part a myth and I'm not sure the flipside is advertised properly. Strong corps and alliances survive because they look after their members and form close ties. Even solo players can form ties if they don't take things too seriously.

I once decided to go dunking indies in my stealth bomber and got my prober lol'd by some wh residents while I wasn't paying attention. Turned out my main had left is probes at home like a fookin legend on gin alley, so I convo'd the gents to see if they'd sell me an exit since they'd closed the door behind me. Pretty much expected them to boosh my ransome and have me warp to the sun for an honourable send-off in my pod, but after 15 mins of witty banter they told me I was a chillbro and gave me a free pass.

Couple months later I ended up back in the same hole, with my probes this time and not welping my scanner. Passed on the opportunity to suprisesex two of their innocent little newbros tryharding a site in two drakes. Started chit chatting them again when another day-tripping snoop showed up and had a go at the drakes. I warped in just in time to save one of them and helped him dunk the offending bastard back to his clone station. At this point they've sort of smitten with me, all kinds of thanks and highfive in chat. Feeling that the debt was repaid, I made my way out.

Not sure if I won't violence them next time I happen by, but having some random newbros like pet goldfish is pretty neat.

Great thread. I was mining with a buddy and an orca showed up in the same belt (plus mining ships).

The orca pilot convo'd us an offered his bonusus. Turned out to be a husband and wife duo who were playing the game together. Nice people. I've also been given Isk when I was new.

I hope someday to pay it forward.

There are so many sad and lonely people around,
who simply try to be nice and happy to have friends somehow ...

... it's quite saddening.

Not a single day in the last weeks went by,
when I haven't met a new person that's actually only looking for
a friend to share thoughts and feelings with.

Kindness isn't enough. What's needed is dedication.