EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi,
i'd like to develop my character to develop all skills related to stealth, ship speed and agility.... such things.

What career should I then go into that will make use of these skills, knowing that:

- I like to play solo
- I prefer player interaction instead of NPC fights

I like to use stealth to avoid fighting.
Is there any "spy" like jobs for me ? Not only from agents, but form players ?
Please advise

First: There are no predefined careers, you can do what you like.

Second:

I can think of 4 stealth options

1. Stealth bomber. And go null-sec and bomb people though you are limited on what you can engage due to being solo and SB being paper thin tanked.

2. Cloaky scanner. Probe out people covert and have a fleet warp to you when you find them. But this is not really solo.

3. Cloaky hauler. Move stuff while cloaked.

4. Cloaky Camping. Usually used in nullsec. Sit in safespot cloaked up to prevent people from making money.


As for spy, yes its possible but not with this character anymore after posting it here. But it involves being in one corp and then spy on another. It is far from a solo game. As it involve joining a corp.

Word Change - ISD Athechu

Oh. Totally forgot about that one.

So, you are saying that even someone skilled and equipped for cloaking can be detected and pinpointed at any time? That doesn't make since...



One might not play well with others.

I was just reading more about this. I see that the "local" is the only dead give away. From what I can tell...and that isn't much mind you...If one has the skills and the equipment in the right bird, they can move through the world space virtually unchallenged.

I can see with the right piloting techniques it could prove quite profitable.


I am still quite new to all of this. Even to MMOs. I come directly from SP RPGs. The only reason I started looking onto this is from playing Mass Effect. Even that game peeked my interest, due to story and not action.

The characters I create in games are not in any way a reflection of myself. I will create them with their own personalities and play them as such. I see no reason why this game will be any different. Then again...maybe EVE is not for me but it's new and shiny. Different people play games for different reasons.

Why can't the OP be a Bounty Hunter or something? IDK...Is there a place for that kind of character. To me that is a solo type of thing.

EDIT :

Oh...about the Corps. What makes them such the recommendation? Isn't it no more than joining a..gang? I'm not sure I fit in to social gaming.

Oraac, you do have very good points about not joining a player corp.

But besides the downsides you named, some of which can be negated:

Friendly fire, yes very possible, but never happened to me during my stay in EVE. Mainly cause common sense and proper corp recruitment can take away a large portion of friendly fire. I know one guy who got killed by a new recruit in one of my corps I've been in, the corp reimbursed everything lost, cause they were at fault by letting him in.

Wardecs, not really much you can do about it. Though a long time since I've seen on against me that really matter. The last one wardecced my alliance and the 4 guys in that corp never logged in during that time. Also, usually people wardec you for 1 of 3 main reasons:

1.) You are in a more powerful corp/alliance, and they want to disturb your ability to do stuff in high-sec (usually done to null-sec alliances to make shipping in new stuff from high-sec harder).

2.) You pissed of the wrong guy and he wardecced you or hired someone to do it to get even.

3.) You or your corp/alliance have something that attracts the wrong kind of people (for instance a corp with lots of shiny fitted ships running missions can attract gankers cause if they catch one they get a juicy kill).

Stealing. Very easy to negate. Just don't give people your stuff if you don't trust them. Period. And if you give them stuff, just expect it to be lost, so don't give them all you have.

There are also some positive sites on joining a player corp, though that's my personal opinion.

1.) You get people to hang around with. With the right corp, those people like to play EVE in the same way you do, so you can help each other or band together to get to certain goals.

2.) Help, specially for a new player. I know even NPC corps have corp-chat (I have couple of alts in NPC corps for mixed reasons) and you have the normal help channel. But if you are in a corp that teaches new players and at the same time does what you (would) like to do, they can help you more directly towards your own goals.

As for the part that you are forced into doing something you don't like to do. Usually this just means you are not in the right corporation. I know our corporation would never force people to do stuff they don't want to do, the only minor exception is when our home space in null-sec is under attack. At that point we do ask everybody that is ABLE too, to help defend it. Why, because without our own space, they can't play the game they would like too.

But if we have a PvP roam and you don't want to join, you just don't. If you can't be on for 'x' hours a week, fine, EVE is a game not a 2nd job. So basically, if a corp forces you to do stuff, they are likely not the corp you want to be in.

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Bounty hunter is possible, but at current stage the bounty system isn't really well worked out. You get the bounty if you are the final blow on the pod of someone with a bounty.

But then again, if a person has a bounty high enough he will just roll an alt and kill himself for the money. Or just put bounty on himself for the wanted stamp. Though CCP is working on it as we speak...

Eve was advertised to me as being an MMO-RPG that could be played just "doing your own thing". That fits into my playstyle. Well, the playstyle of my characters. If I make a character that is specialized in one thing. They don't do other things. That is the basic element of an RPG. I just look at the other players in the game trying to kill me as a very smart AI.

People get mad and petition for getting attacked by other players for no reason...but that is like complaining to Bioware for your character getting jumped by a hit squad of Krogan. The enemy is the enemy. No matter if it is an AI controlled NPC or another player.

Playing as an Explore is an attractive field for a Solo character. One that may interest me, actually. I rather enjoy playing the Sneaky Sniper / Assassin characters in games like Fall Out and Skyrim. I get a rush when being in the wake of a potential death trap and eluding direct combat.

I also play all of my games Dead Is Dead (or as know as "Iron Man" for the old folk). I started a DID thread in the Skyrim forum on release day and it is still running. Eve has that same type of feel, in that you loose all your stuff and your character takes a skill hit. I like that.

I really didn't know what "role playing" was until I adopted the DID playstyle. Seeing RPG in EVE is what got me here. I may create a character that ventures into a Corp. But...for now, this guy is running Lone Wolf.

That sounds great JP. I hope they can implement something creative and interesting for the system.

I thought there was a "contract kill" system in play. Kind of like a hired gun. I guess I was mistaken. Like a Mercenary thing, maybe?

There is something in the plans, but that's more the link between EVE Online and Dust514 on the PS3. EVE players can hire Dust players to fight on the planet for them (or at least that's what was planned).

In EVE there are also Mercs. But they work a bit different, usually it is a corporation you can hire to do wardec someone so they can't mission/mine, so they loose ships etc etc.

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Also, being killed doesn't have to mean you loose skillpoints. You loose skillpoints if you get killed and your clone was not up-to-date (your clone size was smaller then your actual skillpoints).

Role-playing is very possible in EVE, though not very large. CVA (one of the bigger alliances) used to be a pure RP alliance, same with Ushra Kahn (don't know if they still exist though).

CVA was Amarr RP people, Ushra Kahn was Minmatar.

But it's really possible to stay in character etc.

What ever you choose, where ever your journey leads you, have fun and welcome to EVE, the worlds 2nd biggest sandbox (only the Sahara dessert is reported to be bigger).

For fighting on a planet there is only one option, buy a Playstation3 and use Dust514.

There use to be big plans with walking in stations though. But CCP neglected the whole spaceships part of the game for it and people revolted (tip go to youtube and search for: EVE Online summer protest, that should give you some vids about it). After the revolt CCP focused back on spaceships for EVE but a small team is still working in the walking in stations (WiS) part. Though a very long time ago since I've heard anything about that.

Also, its mainly you attitude that gets you great feedback from others.
Be friendly, be open to advice and accept critisism and you will find lots of people that are friendly and willing to help players.
Start whining and raging at people and you will find that most people have a darker side and it usually opens the door to trolls.

I can't quote whatever I do in eve but I play mainly to my own rules with myself or a few people in small fleets, none of them I know in real life and we all have fun...

I think you will find a lot of players are of your age group, me I am over 50 (perhaps a mental age of 14 though), play with a lot of people around my age but still hang around with the youngsters... They aren't too bad if you can put up with f@ck every other word...

As for corps, yes most are a pain in the ass. Finding a good corp with mature players is very much trial and error, remember you need to do what you enjoy..

Clones, do update your medical clone regardless of play type. If your medical clone does not cover the level of skill points you have and you make a mistake and get podded (happens in hi-sec) you WILL LOSE skill points...