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Is playing as an alpha really viable?
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Kathern Aurilen
#21 - 2017-03-27 08:07:01 UTC
There is nothing wrong or overly crippling about being an alpha, just can't fly T2. I've never flown a t2 or a pirate or navy ships. The only t2 stuff I ever flew was mining barges and exhumers.

I make plenty just mining in a venture to pay for what I do fly. I have plenty cruisers and frigs.

Just find a corp that goes out in mass and have fun. I've seen a video of just destroyers taking down a a undefended Titian... Took them a while but they got it, bet that was cool.

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Lord Harrowmont
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#22 - 2017-03-27 08:13:09 UTC
Na it's pretty trash tbf
Gregorius Goldstein
Queens of the Drone Age
#23 - 2017-03-27 11:01:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Gregorius Goldstein
I play both Alpha and Omega accounts. I think Omega is worth the money but Alpha are viable if you are OK with certain limits. Like lowish DPS. While Omegas can use higher DPS weapons and/or higher DPS ships an Alpha account hits a "DPS-wall" and the only way to shred certain things is to fleet up with other. Teaming up opens a lot of options for alpha accounts, even if you form an all Alpha gang.

Because EVE is a sandbox with countless possibilities playing an Alpha Account is a lot about finding creative ways to get things done. Information is very important in EVE. Spying and finding valuable easy targets for example is an good Alpha profession.
Agent 5B
Venom and Bullet Corporation
#24 - 2017-03-27 21:01:46 UTC
As a solo alpha you find yourself running away a lot because they see you and choose to come after you with a ship or group of ships that is enough to kill you.

As a solo omega you find yourself running away a lot because they see you and choose to come after you with a ship or group of ships that is enough to kill you.
Kathern Aurilen
#25 - 2017-03-28 12:58:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Kathern Aurilen
Agent 5B wrote:
As a solo alpha you find yourself running away a lot because they see you and choose to come after you with a ship or group of ships that is enough to kill you.

As a solo omega you find yourself running away a lot because they see you and choose to come after you with a ship or group of ships that is enough to kill you.

They are the same to me too more or less. I like just dinking around as an alpha, fun and don't risk too much.

When my ol lady lets me sub, I fly bigger ships... Dinking around just able to risk more and fly bigger.

I'm mainly a miner as an alpha I mine in my max yield venture about 1/4 of a low yeild tank Hulk, 1/3 of my max yeild Skiff(when I finaly get one), or 1/3 a max yeild Macknaw(not mine, mine is wonderfully VERY TANKEDCool). So I'm not crippled as an alpha but I could do much better if I sub.

Maxed skilled max yeild miners """CAN""" mine in an hour
Venture 30k
Skiff 74k
Mackinaw 78k(mine only pulled 63k a hour)
Hulk 103k

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Rotho Ataru
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#26 - 2017-03-28 13:14:33 UTC
Alphas are fine if you're okay with the ship limitation. You can still have fun in small scale PVP groups.
lost packet
Alpha Flight
#27 - 2017-03-28 13:34:46 UTC
Kaivarian Coste wrote:
As an Alpha, your cost to play is $0. You can also fly the Gnosis, a Battlecruiser that requires little skill to pilot. You can make some pretty dank isk in faction warfare or low-sec belt-ratting in the Gnosis.


Low sec belt ratting 😀

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RolandofGilead Hakaari
NC Positronics Ltd
#28 - 2017-03-28 19:17:05 UTC
Trasch Taranogas wrote:
The one thing that made me go Omega
was cloaking.


Um. This.
Raisa Molotova
Holy Cookie
#29 - 2017-03-28 19:27:30 UTC
Playing as alpha can really be fun. I must admit i am considering going omega - alpha is trying to lure you to omega after all - but i am pretty sure the fun is the same. Being omega just makes it possible to burn more isk in a shorter amount of time
Silivar Karkun
Doomheim
#30 - 2017-03-28 19:58:13 UTC
i was a seasonal Omega Clone before the F2P conversion. now that im Alpha i can stick to corp and alliance even if its only to bring a T1 tackle ship on fleets or a petty Venture for mining ops.

i dont have to worry about PLEX, or Isk, since i can still do practically any income generating operation, even Wormhole anomalies.

just yesterday spent 75 million ISK on a faction cruiser with the best fit my alpha skills could get, it basically paid itself after 3 or 4 forsaken hubs in null. and it does it faster than my "VNI alternative".

should climb to Omega soon, but what for? i practically do the same i used to do when i was subscribed, only difference was not being able to cloak or mount BC and BS class ships. no problem for me.

i wasnt even in T2 damage mods before Alpha, if you feel you dont get enough out of Meta4 try to save some money for Navy/Pirate modules.





Agent 5B
Venom and Bullet Corporation
#31 - 2017-03-29 17:05:37 UTC
T2 weapons and ammunition have a few uses where they are better than T1 mostly sniping fleets and demolition often the advantage is less than the time it takes to reload.

Weapon upgrades , damage control, scrams and disrupters, propulsion mods you can use the T2 mods as an alpha.

Your opponent might raise the ante a bit with expensive implants or mods but who is losing the most isk/day expensive ship die just as quick to a blob of muggers.

There are tactical objectives where you might need to compete with the performance of an omega but generally those objectives are not solo objectives.
Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
EDENCOM DEFENSIVE INITIATIVE
#32 - 2017-03-29 18:19:06 UTC
*activates another month of omega by activating PLEX*

My ISK fountain is always filled with fresh ISK that I make with ease using my Omega skills.
I like me some Omega time.

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xXdongbenderXx
Doomheim
#33 - 2017-03-29 20:22:29 UTC
hey guys i was gonna make my own thread but then is aw this one i am debating whetehr maybe just going omega from day one i plan on flying some frigates in nullsec or should i join fw for a while
Bjorn Tyrson
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#34 - 2017-03-29 21:50:26 UTC
xXdongbenderXx wrote:
hey guys i was gonna make my own thread but then is aw this one i am debating whetehr maybe just going omega from day one i plan on flying some frigates in nullsec or should i join fw for a while


unless you are part of a corp "flying some frigates in nullsec" is a good way to loose yourself a lot of frigates.

if you are new, and interested in small ship pvp, then yes faction warfare is probably the best place to go.

yes small ship pvp does happen out in null, but it is the exception rather than the norm.
Yebo Lakatosh
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#35 - 2017-03-30 09:17:01 UTC
xXdongbenderXx wrote:
hey guys i was gonna make my own thread but then is aw this one i am debating whetehr maybe just going omega from day one i plan on flying some frigates in nullsec or should i join fw for a while

If you are just starting and intend to learn stuff, I'd say the main difference between alpha and omega is how much the things you'll lose will cost.

Losing a lot of frigates is one of the best course of action I could suggest for this process... besides joining some newcomer-friendly and/or teaching corp who'll tell you -why- did you lose those frigates.

As a rule of thumb, if you catch yourself doing something mechanical that doesn't feel educational.. do something else.


Just my 0.02 ISK.

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CMDR-HerpyDerpy Hurishima
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#36 - 2017-03-30 10:23:45 UTC
not sure
i just do omega cuz feels better
Shelby Dusette
Division 13
#37 - 2017-03-30 11:19:47 UTC
Absolutely.

As everyone knows the forums are really EVE's endgame, and Alphas can use all forum features.


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Ryder 'ook
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#38 - 2017-03-30 12:02:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Ryder 'ook
Completely depends on what you want EvE to be for you.

Want to have quick and simple fun in fast and cheap ships? - Join FacWar, RvB, BRAVE or HORDE and off you go!

Want to become an industry tycoon, market mogul or supercarrier pilot? - Well, that requires Omega status.

But even Omega-status can be obtained by ingame means, although that will be quite tedious for most beginners.

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Kathern Aurilen
#39 - 2017-03-30 14:37:07 UTC
Silivar Karkun wrote:

should climb to Omega soon, but what for? i practically do the same i used to do when i was subscribed, only difference was not being able to cloak or mount BC and BS class ships. no problem for me.

i wasnt even in T2 damage mods before Alpha, if you feel you dont get enough out of Meta4 try to save some money for Navy/Pirate modules.

Same here, I wasn't using any t2 neither(except exumers, I miss them) and I was very happy before I came down to alpha for the time being

No cuts, no butts, no coconuts!

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Expendable Unit
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#40 - 2017-03-30 19:59:07 UTC
Kol Dovakko wrote:
So I started playing back when the game went f2p and I did enjoy it. I've been looking to get back in but I want to know if playing as an alpha clone is really viable in higher-tier content such as null sec.


Alpha clones are useless.
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