Wormholes

Well if you advertise it properly and take everyone in, you can be sure someone will clear the ship hangar right after everyone has moved in. This is no MMORPG, this is eve and it is real.

Go for a middle tower and start the corp with 2-4 'friends'. Only after that start recruiting. Focus on security, background checks and forget bringing in shiny ships until you trust each other enough.

Get yourself into an WH Alliance and maybe even share a WH with them ^_^

Recruiting for WH corps is notoriously difficult due to the reasons listed above. Go for quality over quantity and manage roles very strictly.

Thanks everyone for the advice, I will take the issues noted above into consideration. One thing I notice in many corps, lack of consistent leadership. I play. I do so every day from 00:00 to 05:00 Eve Time it’s just my thing. I have several friends that would jump into this with me, including a fine security officer. Also understand there in no bad blood between me and my current corp or alliance, so I will get tons of support from them. I agree with open corp invites creating massive problems in the hanger. If the permissions were set up properly could you not use two hangers, one for high value corp boats and the other for un-vetted members? Looks like roles should be able to accomplish this. I really feel the need to start fresh here. There are tons of corps that are just kind of “there” they have no goals, no real purpose. This is a game but I must be honest I take it damn seriously, I like to succeed. I want to gather more people who thrive on doing something as well as it can be done.

[quote=Maker Atavuli If the permissions were set up properly could you not use two hangers, one for high value corp boats and the other for un-vetted members? Looks like roles should be able to accomplish this.[/quote]

There are a few way to reduce risk.

1) Roles and separate hangers/maintaince arrays. Also look at the take container role as it's a handy way to store sleep loot in a shared hanger.

2) Reduce your risk. If you are in a C1-3 you don't need T3s, battleships, and faction gear/ships to run the sites. In general you'll make more than enough your site running fleet.

3) Multiple corps in an alliance are a pain but is very good for keeping newer members out of your stuff.

4) Orcas I personally try to store my valuable ships, loot, and gear in an Orca with a cloak and probe launcher. Unless someone hacks my account it's safe. Heck if someone sieges the POS I can just log out, and wait a week or so. (This works great if you have a HS static.)


That said remember that even vetted players will eventually steal from you. That with the risk of being sieged means you should never keep anything you can afford to lose in a WH.

Honestly: dont start a corp all by yourself.

I helped founding a WH corp and we started with about 8 people and still had a rough time.
You absolutely need people that you can trust.
If you start the corp on your own, you'll probably burn out before the corp gets to the point where you can distribute critical work to other people and get some redundancy.

Also one thing: it can be tempting to invest a lot of money into a WH corp to get it running.
Dont do this, set a fixed limit for the money you will invest and dont break it.
Yes large towers and caps are nice, but if the corp cant sustain them they will do more damage to you than anybody else.

If i were you i would set the corp up as a HS mission running, mining and exploration corp. You can still do WH stuff from HS and it will be easier to recruit. Then after a few months you should have a good bunch of trusted member to join you on the real move to W-space.

Also, I recommend that you live in a C4 or a wormhole with a static C4/C5. It will be much better for mining and farming sites if you do.

Disagree. First WH I moved into was just me and a buddy, into a C2/C2/Lowsec. Made a few billion and convinced some buddies to join us before moving to a better one.

My advice? If you've got a group a mates that are willing to go with you, just do it. Seriously, we started with a small tower and two Drakes. What's the worst that can happen? You get podded out and lose some assets. Meh, learn from it, come back better.