EVE New Citizens Q&A

This post was originally made in a different thread to answer a question regarding this subject. The post however does not really belong there thus im moving it to a new thread,which also will allow others to add things that can be helpful when someone is looking to join a corp.

Someone asked how you find a good corp and i have not seen a post that actually covers this yet. Everyone will have different ways and opinions on how to find the right corp for them,so please dont take what i say as the only,or even correct way.

I was extremely lucky and have been in my first and only corp since day one,but after years of recruiting i have gotten a rather good idea on what people look for,what a recruiter will be looking for,and how the information can be found.

Since this is aimed towards new players i will do my best to cover what you want can do to make sure a corp is a good fit for you.

How do i find a corp?

There are several ways to find a corp,some are luck,some rely on you actually searching.

1. The recruitment channel. Personally i avoid the recruitment channel like the plague. Its very good for new corps but its also very messy,to much smack talk,and you have to put up with hours of spam.
But if you decide to give it a try this is my advice. First off block anyone who spams their ads several times in a row,or within a short amount of time (a decent spammer waits 10-15 minutes between each ad atleast).
Look for people who are sitting small chatting. Dont be afraid to join in on the conversation they are having.
Do NOT advertise your self. Your asking to get spammed by convo invites.

2. The forums. This is the one i prefer to use. You will still have to spend hours reading trough posts that seems the same,but you have to learn to read trough the lines. Is it written in a humoristic way? Does it look like its careless? Does it sound to good to be true? (If the last one occurs thats most likely the case). Bump your own post several times during the next couple of days (but remember to follow the forum rules) and make sure as many recruits as possible can see it.
Try to include something about your self,make your post more personal. Im not saying go all out like "I like to read Harry Potter and i have a collie named Lassie" just to make that clear. But dont make it to shallow either.

As an example "2 mill sp caldari pilot,looking for low sec or 0.0,post here"

An ad like that makes me (personally just close the thread and move on.
Now lets try to ad in something that tells the recruiter more about the person.

"Im a 2 mill sp caldari player. Im interested in exploring low sec or potentially 0.0 but i would appriciate some guidance since i am still new. I am however capable of doing my own research,i just want to know that if i have a question,someone will try to help me if they can. Im in my mid 20's,got plenty of time to play due to working from home so i have no problem meeting any requierments regarding online time and operations. Thank you for your interest"

This is the kind of attitude i would be looking for in an ad and this would get a reply from me,even if im fairly sure he would not be interested,but he deserved a free bump,which will help him out.

3. Loosing your first ship. Believe it or not but even if someone just blew up your ship it does not mean that they are a bad person. Start off by looking at their corp info,then do a google search and see if you can find their recruitment ads,posts they have made on the forums,or even their KB.If it looks like something you could be interested in,contact the person who blew up your ship. Make it clear that you are not looking to whine but explain to him that you are new and that you are interested in learning the game.
In most cases you will be asked to come back when you have more sp,or you will just get laughed at and convo closed,but in some cases you might end up finding a really good corp this way.

4. Random person mining in a belt,talking in local,in a WH,or even just flying a cool looking ship. Follow the steps listed above. Find information about them,then contact their official recruiter or CEO.

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Hey, thanks for the great post. As a new player currently looking for a good corp, I appreciate the advice.

Now hopefully I can put some of these tips to good use :)

Usually corps that practice these tactics are in an alliance that start with the following 5 letters: G O O N S

But on OP, indeed a very good post on how to find a corp. If only it was there when I started. Would have saved me some shifting corps.

BTW as a corp recruiter I do find some stuff that I can reflect too / do without noticing it.

J'Poll

Good guide.

One more tip:

Get on comms with them and run some ops before joining. I make that a policy before I join any corp and require it of any people coming into a corp in which I am the recruiter.

If there's any douchery it'll come out on comms very quickly.

Very nice.

One tool you may want to discuss is the in-game corp search tool. Understanding it and how it works is very good for players as well as for recruiters.

It allows for searching across a few different criteria such as 0.0, wormholes, highsec - size of corporation, times you play, so on and so forth.

Understanding how the weighted results work can make it easier to understand as well.

Example: A recruiter that specifies all time-zones is going to have their results lower on the list than an advert with the specific search times listed -- each time allotment counts as a separate criteria so the player would need to check more of them to more closely match the advert. This kind of thing for both applicants and recruiters to know about.

On SiSi (test server) - the next version also includes another option - "Roleplay" to help roleplayers find corporations more readily. (some recruiters are going to need to do up new advertisements for this change...)

Also - in the advertisement - it is usually best for you to specify what times you play instead of leaving that up as an open-grab bag deal. A common way of abbreviating is AU vs EU vs US style but using EVE time references are often best all around.

Example: "I'm generally on evenings AU" or "I live in the US but tend to play more EU times" - so on and so forth. EVE times are pretty much universal so always fairly safe to reference - not so much your local times "afternoons PST" - can work but not so good.

Again - a very nice guide.

When going to 0.0 the first time, do not move your whole pile of assets there.

Always leave what is needed for carebearing in empire into empire, plus any assets you do not need in 0.0. Never take a massive pile of blueprints into 0.0 - keep them in empire.

I still have my old L4 mission gear in an empire station, gathering dust since 2008 but I still keep it there, knowing that even if one day I lose all the assets I have and all my ISK, I can just fly to that station, board an old rusty Dominix and do some L4 missions to get back up on my feet. The tiny sum of ISK that you'll leave "stuck" on such assets is the best insurance you can buy when heading out to the wild world of 0.0. If you can't afford that, you are not ready.

Excellent post. This should be a must read for anyone looking for a corp and must be read...not skimmed....but read carefully.

My favourite point is:

6. If you are homosexual,deaf/mute,speak english as your second language or similar ask the recruiter how the corp feels about it. You do not want to place your self in a situation where you feel uncomfterbale or unfairly treated because of something along these lines. Most will not have any issues with any of these,but if your deaf you might have some trouble finding a serius PVP corp due to the high requirements for voice.


Can't tell you the number of guilds in other games I have been where people who are gay are really harassed. Or even worse are people whose first language isn't English...I have been in a couple guilds (I left when the harassment started) where people whose first language was not English were openly mocked and harassed until they left.

The public channel is a really good idea and will let everyone get to know if it will be a good fit.

Also the part about not joining the first corp who asks....definitely not something you should do. I did that and then found out I wasn't really ready to be in a corps. I had no idea what I wanted to do, where I wanted to go or anything. The public channels are a much better idea.

Again, excellent post.

Great guide, could do with a sticky.

Having been round the block a bit, whatever career path you choose in Eve it's very important when choosing a corp that you actually like the people who are members. It sounds obvious I know but quite often newer players do not question what the spirit of the corp is.

You will be spending a lot of time with your prospective corpmates and a large part of that time will probably be using voice comms, so if you don't like the way they behave or their attitude you're not going to enjoy Eve very much if you join. If you're a grumpy old git like me you'll probably not feel at home flying with a bunch of kids, the same the other way round, though bear in mind that it's not physical age that's important.

Above all take your time choosing, don't rush to join something just because you got an offer, check them out to make sure that fit with the way you're happy to play.

Eve's a game to be enjoyed, get the choice of corp right and you'll have some great times and memories to look back on.

Not a problem being picky as such, its a game not a job so spending time with people you like is important.

Basically if you are the sort of person a corp is looking for they will welcome you even if you do not necessarily meet all their recruitment criteria. It works the other way round, corps do things in different ways, if you find one that suits your personality chances are your enthusiam will show through and they'll pick you up even if fairly new.

The really hard part is the matching, the churn of posts in the recruitment forum is very high so it's easy to miss corps that might interest you, and recruiters may miss your own posts so you need to be persistant.

For new ppl; don't overlook corp/alliance culture you want to join.