EVE General Discussion

Id join faction warfare, find a corp and learn some basic pvp and fleet mechanics, once you have a steady foot in low you can then branch out to nullsec.

You WILL lose alot of ships, its normal so dont be put off by it

Definitely join a FW corp. They pretty much live and breath low sec. I've lived in lowsec for the last two years and has been some of the most enjoyable content I've experienced. But now I'm more worried about high sec. Jumping into systems and seeing activity on gates... I need to stop from either messing myself or locking everything up.

Cheers... And really, just jump in and enjoy the first time jitters. You'll look back with much fondness.

One question about the FW option...

Is it not the best way to damage faction with the main kingdoms?

So if I fight Minmatar (for example) I won't be allowed in their space afterwards...


how bad is that?

I heard it's good to talk to people in local in low sec. They know you're there, after all, so being quiet isn't fooling anyone. Speak about your intentions. You'll probably get a corp invite pretty quickly. If somebody saying something about some James guy or trying to speak in CODE happens to put pixels in your face, wash your eyes out with a very caustic substance and bemoan the inability to unsee.

Dont really learn fleet pvp and mechanics doing solo or with a friend, and friends are a good thing to have in low/null, and thats a funny thing to say being a goon ;)

I hear that Brave Newbies is recruiting again. They're doing FW with occasional roams into null ATM.

A few years back I was at the same point you seem to be at now. I decided to go it solo (I'd had bad past experiences with corps who required more activity than my RL allowed) and move out on my own, in my own solo corp with pretty much just a hauling alt to bring stuff in and out for me. I found a nice little quiet system not too far from Rens (back then it was a decent trade hub I swear) and just started doing 'stuff'. At that point in time I wanted to keep my sec status and generally not be the aggressor, but liked the idea of kind of 'flying under the radar', being able to support myself in hostile space.

It actually worked alright. I mainly few battlecruisers for running sites as I had no idea about meta fittings and they seemed to be a good balance between being cheap enough to lose, powerful enough to run most sites, and not so slow that I couldn't gtfo if someone arrived in local. Basically I was a bear in low sec, which wasnt a terrible thing. Every now and then I'd go out roaming in a cov-ops doing exploration and practicing using dscan etc to see what other people are doing. Kind of fun, but it wasn't making me much money. I also ran a little bit of PI on the side.

Eventually I burnt out. Playing solo I had no real reason to keep logging on. I could make more money, but what for? Running sites and belt ratting for the sake of running sites got boring. I didn't have the confidence to go out and pvp on my own. After a while I kind of just stopped playing.


Then I came back to eve a year or so later. I decided to join a corp, but that I'd be honest as hell in my advert. I said I didn't really want to be part of one of the big blocks, I wanted to get out of HS, but I also probably would only be on once or twice a week. If that. I got recruited by a great bunch of people who have no activity requirements, no CTAs, no drama, just a bunch of guys who like playing the game and would love to have more chill people to play with. I moved out to NPC null, which isn't so different from low sec (we just have bubbles) and having been loving the game for the past year. They taught me how to pvp, taught me to not care about losses or killboards or isk/h. I've found it a much freer way to play the game.

So what's the point of my big wall of text? If I could go back would I do anything differently? I don't know really, it's just been my journey in eve. I'm proud that I went out and braved low sec on my own, but with the experience I have now I wouldn't do it again. Having other people to play with and learn from is just too good in this game. It's what keeps me interested and logging in. So both are good. And there's nothing stopping me from being part of my current corp but still roaming around and doing things solo, in fact I probably spend more of my game time solo than in a fleet, but I have the luxury of both.


If you do decide to join a corp my recommendation for looking for a corp is this: Be up-front about your commitment to the game, don't worry if you can only play once or twice a week because there are corps out there that are fine with this. Ask to come along on a fleet or a roam first before deciding to join. This way you get a good feel for the general culture within the corp you are joining. Are they casual or serious, does their language bother you (some people hate terms like 'jewing' etc, some people thrive on memes), do they have angry FCs, are they happy to take the time to help out new players?

Anyway, sorry for the wall of text, good luck in low sec and I hope it all work out in the end.


tl;dr I went to low solo. Got bored and left game. Came back and joined a corp. Loving the game again.

why is it broken if you cant enter space of the people you are at war with?

Always wipe your feet on the way out after stepping in Low.

He knows what he is talking about. Fixing faction standings is a nightmare.

Having said that, FW is so good that for many of us it is worth it.