EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi there,

I've been playing the game for a few months, mainly trying things out to see what I want to do and I feel I want head in the direction of running an industrial corp mainly building ships.

but I am unsure how to go about this, I know I want to do this with other new players with same path as me but I'm not sure what is the best way to start this up.

I'm thinking that mining my own resources with other corp members and then using said resources to produce ships, I want to start off small first and gradually work up.

my main issue is how to go about sorting out who mines resources, who stores the resources and where,with out someone taking them for them selves and how to dish out payments to corp members.

also if I'm starting out small to begin with how many members would be a good start.

keeping in mind I'm a player who does not spend many hours on the computer but I do keep a good balance between work, social life and my own gaming time.

any help would be grateful :) many thanks for taking the time to read this

What kind of space are you living in? The kind of corp you've described seldom survives in highsec. There is no incentive for your miners to hand you the resources. They will either be selling it to you for less than market price or you'll be buying it from them for more than market price. Who would do either of those? You need to be in nullsec to make this worth anyone's while.

If you have to ask these sorts of questions though you should not be starting a corp that is looking to recruit other players. Knowledge and experience are needed in sticky situations. For example, how do you plan to react if a group of veterans wardec you for a month, or if roaming pirates start grinding your towers? The CEO needs to be well versed in all aspects of the game to keep the corp alive.

At this stage in your EVE life you are best off finding an already established and successful corp instead of trying to start your own.

Confirming what the guys above me posted.

Running a corp is not something new players should be doing, for the benefit of everyone involved.

I've been there, done that and learned from it.


Find yourself and your buddies a good, well established corp out in null space if you're looking to do indy.

First of all, 2 small things:


I. Keep in mind that running a corporation with more then a handful of people, can be a big PitA. Only do this when you love it, if not, join another corporation (and maybe in time, grow into the ranks of the corp to take on "leadership" roles).

II. Announcing you are going to make a: Mining/Industry corporation AND fill it with new(ish) players, is a great way to attract unwanted attention.



So, now that that is out, some more things:


A. Keep in mind that other then VERY large scale production, most industry is tend to be able to be done solo (or with just a handful of alts).

B. Paying out your members isn't actually that hard. You just have to love to use MS Excel (or similar program) to keep some record on who joins, for how long, with what ship etc. etc. But as explained above; If you pay your miners less then market value, what stops them to sell it on the market for more profit (which they will). If you pay your miners above market value, you will most likely end up producing products ABOVE sell price (profit margins on a lot of stuff is very very tight)...so again, Excel it all to see if it is even viable to build "x" when you pay your miners "y" for their ores / minerals.

C. As for safe storage of minerals / blueprints / products: Corporation hangars AND properly set up permissions to those who: really need it + deserve it + can be trusted.



p.s.

If you have (very) limited time in game, my personal opinion, don't set up a new corp and run it. Specially when you are a new corp, you as a CEO need to do a lot of the stuff yourself. With time, you can delegate stuff to your "officers" when you found people that can fill certain positions. But as trust is the most expensive and valuable commodity in EVE, that will take some time for you get to that point (unless you start the corp with RL friends, and even then...be aware, people might not be the same in RL as in game).

My suggestion, go for a more settled corp for now (together with the first point, that Industry can be done solo pretty easily) so you can learn from more experienced people. From there, you can always decide to make your own corp (and maybe poach some friends you made in that corp to join you) or that you are fine where you are (and if so, maybe want to grow in "rank" in that corp).

While nullsec does have the best refining available, you can still come out ahead on the ISK value of ore vs. minerals in highsec if you have high skills and a tower with a reprocessing array. Adding in a reprocessing implant is a huge help, as well.

Jump freighters