EVE New Citizens Q&A

Join RvB for that sort of stuff.

Yes.

No matter what age you are in game you can ALWAYS PvP. Okay, you might be limited in the ships you can fly, you might not be doing a hell of a lot DPS etc etc. But as long as you have fun with the others, you can PvP.

A 2 day old character can perfectly fit a frigate with a warp disruptor / warp scrambler and play the Hero-tackle role. Just in your first days expect to die quite often.

As for that minimum SP limit. That comes down to 3 basics:

1.) That corporation flies a certain kind of fleet (or fleets) and those require some amount of skillpoints at minimum to join in on it. They are flying those cause they work well and they aren't a new-player friendly PvP corporation.

2.) They kind of protect against spy alts. Usually (but not always) a spy alt is created and dumped into another corp/alliance to gather intel. These low SP spy alts can be sorted out from recruitment by having an SP limit.

3.) Self sustain ability. Usually you will see that minimum SP required in a lot of null-sec corporations, this is for own protection (see point 2) but also for the protection of the recruit. In a frigate and with only a couple of days in EVE you will have a hard time living in null-sec (harder rats, not really understanding game mechanics, not a really good seeded market - specially for the amount of skillbooks you need)

As suggested, RvB would suit your needs quite well as far as I can see now.

RvB are 2 alliances (How obvious it's Red Federation and Blue Republic) that are in constant war with each other (and others of course) just to provide the ability to shoot people in high-sec. And with the war against each other (so not the 3rd party wars) there are also rules that prevent you from having to watch your back every single second in EVE.

They are all about PvP for fun and doing a great job at it. Just keep in mind, RvB are NOT a training corps, they will help you with PvP but they aren't specially designed as a training corporation.

Take a look at them here: http://rvbeve.com/forums/

Put an add in the Recruitment subforum

specify that you are
a) a new player
b) looking for a pvp focused corp
c) prepared to explode a lot

someone will either reply in your thread, or msg you ingame
reset your CPSA charge to 0


nb
corps might have xSP specified, although it isn't always a neccesity.

A lot of them, but far from all. Example: The one I'm in.



Good PVPers tend to lose a lot of ships. Relentlessly avoiding any fight that you have a hope of losing won't make you good, and I would strongly hesitate to call any organization that seriously cares about kill/death ratio "good".

That's why in RvB you can also only do the arranged 1v1 (or 2v2 etc)

Doing that with someone who is also willing to show you how you could have done better after the fight etc will make you learn PvP.

Blob warfare isn't PvP, it's who brings most wins.

That is not my experience of RvB at all. But yes, it is not the same as "normal" PVP. For example podding and ECM modules are not allowed because they are no fun. It is not "victory at any costs", but to ensure fun is had by both sides, winner and loser. You will learn PVP but if you move on to "normal" PVP you might find it quite different.

There is usually communication between red and blue FC's. Sometimes it is to arranged a very structured fight, such as meet in system X at planet Y with A frigates, B destroyers and C cruisers. Sometimes it is just to say we are going to roam and run into each other, if you want to know fleet comp then get a scout. Usually it is somewhere in between, where fleet size and comp are roughly balanced... if one side has 30 and the other has 20, the undermanned fleet will up-ship to cruisers, or the larger fleet will down-ship to frigs, and then we will hunt each other. This means it is not a case of biggest blob wins, but rather who target calls better, has the most coordinated fire, reships fastest, controls range best... ie. tactics.

I would say the biggest obstacle to new players doing PVP is money. A cheap fitted frig costs about half a mil, and you might lose 6 in an hour. To an older player that is nothing, but a new player might find that too expensive. I would recommend getting at least a lump sum of cash or a steady income stream together, before embarking on PVP. Either that or make another character... one to earn ISK, the other to blow it on PVP.

Love the attitude, come to Hevrice and I'll teach you a few tricks.

Also keep an eye open for our next frigfest free for all, free ships and a massive four hour fight, Its fun.