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Becoming a pirate
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Eddy Gambino
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-12-05 04:34:17 UTC
Where would one even start if starting "fresh" in this game? Train and run missions until able to equip the t1 frigate fairly well and just ....well, just start trying to shoot people?

How did some of the game's fiercest pirates make their start? I"m curious..... and yes this would be on an alt supported by an industrial main....


Just curious, and yes, I did read the Piracy guide on evelopedia.
psycho freak
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2012-12-05 04:46:03 UTC
Hi op first let me say YARRRR

when i started first thing i done when undocked was try shoot someone and got blown up by concord didnt even know what concord was or what happened tbh just thought to myself wow i love this game fast farword 3 days i was in losec in shield tanked tristan with auto cannons i know lol right arr they were the days anyways


in todays eve id personaly recomend fw start at the bottom i.e frigs find one you like learn it live it kill die in it alot and have fun you will know when its time to try bigger ship

in fw you get war targets pluss you can pirate but you have better chance meeting new m8s in fw than going solo

rember you will die alot dont worry about this its happened to us all and its how we have learnt how to live in losec have fun

my spelling sux brb find phone number for someone who gives a fu*k

nop cant find it
loyalanon
The Conference Elite
The Conference
#3 - 2012-12-05 05:41:18 UTC
Eddy Gambino wrote:
Where would one even start if starting "fresh" in this game? Train and run missions until able to equip the t1 frigate fairly well and just ....well, just start trying to shoot people?

How did some of the game's fiercest pirates make their start? I"m curious..... and yes this would be on an alt supported by an industrial main....


Just curious, and yes, I did read the Piracy guide on evelopedia.


My first moment that I realised I wanted to be a pirate was having a 1 on 1 with someone in Rens outside station -

After I killed him, i decided to pod him for the lols as he sat there,

I went -3.2 standing, so went to a 0.5 system, and repeated.

When I was in low i just went around looking for fights, lost a ton, and joined militia.
Cannibal Kane
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2012-12-05 05:59:33 UTC
Just a question. A real pirate is below -5. That is what your aiming for right?

"Kane is the End Boss of Highsec." -Psychotic Monk
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
Goonswarm Federation
#5 - 2012-12-05 06:06:45 UTC
I got killed by "the united".

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Kalim Dabo
Perkone
Caldari State
#6 - 2012-12-05 13:16:10 UTC
Easy way:
Join a pirate corp and learn from the pros.

Harder way:
Learn to properly fit a T1 frig. Get a few friends who can do same. Roam low and null in gangs looking for fights with cruisers and battle cruisers. Fight everybody until you get a feel for which targets are easy and which are hard, and begin to understand relevant game mechanics.

Hardest way:
Go it alone. Pick a cheap ship and learn what it can and can't do by trial and error (mostly error).

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Eddy Gambino
Doomheim
#7 - 2012-12-05 14:22:51 UTC  |  Edited by: Eddy Gambino
Cannibal Kane wrote:
Just a question. A real pirate is below -5. That is what your aiming for right?


Yes, ideally -10 to really feel like a pirate, though it would be fun to join a "mafia" type of corp and extort unsuspecting folks, launder isk, put out "hits", etc...

Also, since I"m able to create a character from scratch, which race has ships and fittings that meld well with pirating? Was thinking of either Caldari or Gallente.


And you sir, Mr. Kane, have an impressive career and amount of skill points.
Liam Inkuras
Furnace
Meta Reloaded
#8 - 2012-12-05 15:32:23 UTC
To have a ship that melds with pirating, you're going to want Winmatar. They have the most versatile ships that can adapt to almost any situation. They have an awesome frigate lineup, and their cruisers are fantastic too. Plus, the Hurricane is arguably the best BC for lowsec hit and run activity, although its PG nerf may cause an issue with arty fits. I'd say go Minmatar and don't look back. You can cross train to Gallente later to gain access to Angel and Serpantis ships. Have fun! Yarrrr Pirate

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Any spelling/grammatical errors come complimentary with my typing on a phone
Eddy Gambino
Doomheim
#9 - 2012-12-05 16:42:23 UTC
Liam Inkuras wrote:
To have a ship that melds with pirating, you're going to want Winmatar. They have the most versatile ships that can adapt to almost any situation. They have an awesome frigate lineup, and their cruisers are fantastic too. Plus, the Hurricane is arguably the best BC for lowsec hit and run activity, although its PG nerf may cause an issue with arty fits. I'd say go Minmatar and don't look back. You can cross train to Gallente later to gain access to Angel and Serpantis ships. Have fun! Yarrrr Pirate


K, so Minmatar for their adaptability / versatility in ship fitting.

something else that is a bit confusing, is how do pirates make so much isk? By looting / selling loot? I know that player wrecks will have random loot based on fitting, etc... Is isk part of that loot too based on worth of ships/mods/etc.?
Ristlin Wakefield
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2012-12-05 17:00:12 UTC
I make good money by scavenging from the wrecks that pirates leave behind. Most of the time, they don't bother salvaging. From what I've seen, they can make quite a good amount of money in a busy low-sec intersection system.

Running it solo pretty much just limits the range of targets you can catch and engage, so joining a gang is very helpful to increase loot potential.

I have a lover, her name is EVE. I see her every night and all she asks in return is that I have a pilot's license.
Berendas
Ascendant Operations
#11 - 2012-12-05 17:46:37 UTC
Eddy Gambino wrote:
Liam Inkuras wrote:
To have a ship that melds with pirating, you're going to want Winmatar. They have the most versatile ships that can adapt to almost any situation. They have an awesome frigate lineup, and their cruisers are fantastic too. Plus, the Hurricane is arguably the best BC for lowsec hit and run activity, although its PG nerf may cause an issue with arty fits. I'd say go Minmatar and don't look back. You can cross train to Gallente later to gain access to Angel and Serpantis ships. Have fun! Yarrrr Pirate


K, so Minmatar for their adaptability / versatility in ship fitting.

something else that is a bit confusing, is how do pirates make so much isk? By looting / selling loot? I know that player wrecks will have random loot based on fitting, etc... Is isk part of that loot too based on worth of ships/mods/etc.?


Pirates actually don't make very much ISK at all. Unless you exclusively gatecamp a high traffic area you usually won't make very much money (excluding of course the occasional lucky loot pinata).
Xedam Praxis
Repo.
#12 - 2012-12-05 18:30:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Xedam Praxis
Eddy Gambino wrote:
[quote=Liam Inkuras]something else that is a bit confusing, is how do pirates make so much isk? By looting / selling loot? I know that player wrecks will have random loot based on fitting, etc... Is isk part of that loot too based on worth of ships/mods/etc.?


Generally speaking most pirates I know don't make their money from piracy. It's possible but difficult as ransoms aren't as easy/common as they used to be - for a multitude of reasons. The majority of pirates I know have PvE alts that they use to generate income or they buy and sell plex. Piracy isn't for everyone but IMO it's the most fun you can have in EvE and full of a very rich community (in-game and out-of-game i.e. bloggers).

REPO trains new players to become pirates, so if you're serious about it check out our blog at www.repo-corp.net where you can find links to our forum and recruitment info. There are a number of other great pirate corps out there who take on new players too, you just have to do a little searching.

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Calico Jack Daniels
Doomheim
#13 - 2012-12-06 16:51:10 UTC
Yarr..... Eddy has been biomassed... looking forward to this new career...... Cool
Msgerbs
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2012-12-06 18:25:51 UTC
Liam Inkuras wrote:
To have a ship that melds with pirating, you're going to want Winmatar. They have the most versatile ships that can adapt to almost any situation. They have an awesome frigate lineup, and their cruisers are fantastic too. Plus, the Hurricane is arguably the best BC for lowsec hit and run activity, although its PG nerf may cause an issue with arty fits. I'd say go Minmatar and don't look back. You can cross train to Gallente later to gain access to Angel and Serpantis ships. Have fun! Yarrrr Pirate

Clearly Minmatar was not nerfed hard enough if it's still the faction of choice hands down,