EVE General Discussion

I think you are totally right and believe me I am not trying to do that. I am more just looking for neat things different corps have done that members have enjoyed. Learn from successes persay. That could be anything for an OP to initiatives to shoot fun ways to use the medal system. Not talking about over thinking events and structuring everything :)

I like training teh newbs.

My corp just recently held a small fitting op, work out of an orca. Pick a ship, fit it as best you can with whats given, 1v1 against other corpmate in t1 frig from orca, share fits/advice, next match.

Its amazing how many people, even some oldies, just dont know the detractors of fitting a dual tank. I like communicating my experience(s) along with know-how and common sense fitting on a small scale to build up confidence and utility knowledge for corpmates. Starting small and getting good skills, whilst learning how to use the equipment and skills necessary, provides invaluable insight to future skills and fits in a way that builds that knowledge into a natural feeling about what they have to do on a ship to ship basis for a fit. Im proud to say that some I've helped evolved their characters from pure miners into well-skilled and smart fitting pilots, one in particular from a pure miner, coached into an assault frig, impressed me recently with his well rounded tengu fit. Another good method that i havent done in awhile, is getting newer guys into stealth bombers and takign them on roams. Teaches risk, adrenaline, fast obedience to orders, and tactics for evading capture. And this extends beyond PVP and PVE skills too, ive helped combat guys learn into mining and manufacturing.

Teaching is kind of a thing I like to do, definently more useful when I have other knowledgable people to help me teach, since you get to pit each others knowledge against each other.


I think at base, I just like helping others get to the level I am now. When I see a newer player join, I dont need weeks to trust that person to get my help, I just take the leap and give them what I feel might help them ease their way into the game. I talk to them about things they need early to maximize their potential like core skills and implants (the latter of which I never KNEW about until my 4th month.) The importance of specialization skills, gunnery 5 may get you guns, but motion prediction will help you hit.

And I dont jsut talk about the stuff they need, I share my personal wealth to a small degree and provide skillbooks with the advice they read them thoroughly to udnerstand what helps and where. Throw in the occasional t1 frig with a cheap, but effective fit geared towards either PVP or PVE, situational to what theyre interested in, with the knowledge of what the frig was built to do and what it wasnt.


Everyone needs a starting point, with eves learning curve i try my best to lessen the hell.

As a member, I enjoyed planned ops. Playing with other people is always better, even mining becomes interesting. Taking young players and running lvl 3 or 4's is a good way of showing them various possibilities. Providing free ships is a great way to get their feet wet in pvp. Suicide roams are good too, if everyone expects to loose their ship, then there's no hard feelings.

Once an industrial corp I was in got dec'ed. We put 10 tech1 fitted frigs in the corp hangar, and encouraged people to roam around together and hunt the war targets. We even managed to kill a few, and the guys had a great time, many of them getting their first kills. That 5 mil we spent on ships+fittings was worth every isk.

Mining ops are good, where you put a % towards the corp, and a % paid out immediately (no one likes waiting for isk). Having a goal that you're working towards as a group makes people feel more involved. For example, saving up corp isk for a POS, or corp Orca. Something that everyone will benefit, either directly or indirectly from.

Another way of getting people involved is having ongoing projects/investments. As the CEO, there was stuff I knew I could make money off of, but needed more ISK than I personally had. So I made it into a corp opportunity, explaining what I wanted to do, and getting people involved, then repaying + interest once it was done. Everyone made ISK, and many were interested in doing it again.

The trick, as a director, is balancing member entertainment with your own personal burn-out. Yes, try to be active, plan events, and run programs to make life for your members easier (everyone loves a free freighter service). But get other people to help you. Promoting regular members to leadership positions to help with areas of the corp they enjoy boosts moral, and makes your life a little easier.

I believe "New players experience" is proper section for questions like this.

Because after few years of EVE I've tried and failed to imagine any corporation related activity which could be worthy enough to join it.

- iron socks and undies
- brew tea
- keep chocolate biscuits topped up
- entertain the troops with my singing
- mail every member fresh tinfoil hats
- review correspondence sent out by CEOs and inject typos so they look more legit vein popping rants than simple requests people don't die in silly fits
- haul the ABC minerals out of worm holes and jet them info other worm holes to mess with reports oh how many minerals are leaving wormholes for high sec
- polish drones for logistic ships
- rename things (just to cause panic when everybody jumps into their ships, only to find the fit is differmet!
- randomly anchoring bubbles (but never camping them)
- stuff I can't even admit to as it involves other games

I may or may not do the above.

But hey, I really enjoy everything I do do

half have your corp burn the universe to ashes and the other half rebuild it.


Everyone will be happy

Stopping miner bumpers.