EVE General Discussion

Well, I guess I'll get straight to the point.

As a 2 month old noob in Eve Online I'm finding right now that I'm a little disappointed .

Please let me elaborate. Before I purchased my first subscription to Eve Online, I read about all the interesting stories about wars, politics and piracy throughout New Edens history. I must admit, reading all of these stories is what actually caught my attention about Eve Online, not only that but all the various career paths one could pursue.

What actually interested me the most about Eve Online was the Piracy Career. In particular, I loved the idea of being able to steal other players resources (otherwise known as can flipping) and just generally causing mayhem. To be quiet honest, I thought this was right up my alley considering I'm very much interested in solo work and it made sense to start here as a new Pilot.

Well, I guess I didn't read that much of the content I was reading had been out dated. I apologize if I'm misinformed here, but is High Sec Piracy now dead? Is it still a viable activity in the game?

The only reason I'm specifically asking about High Sec Piracy in general is because it seems like it's my only viable option to solo pvp considering how new my char is.

I know that Blob vs Blob isn't my cup of tea. Small gang roams I don't mind, but I subscribed into this game thinking I could harass industrialists, strategically plan out how I would ransom/hijack other pilots and generally cause mayhem very much all on my own.

Ladies and Gents, I ask you. What can I do as a 2 month old pilot in New Eden to satisfy my solo and/or piracy taste buds?

I very much live in Low Sec space now and I just cannot seem to find any solo fights there either, due to the amounts of pilots who either;

1. Try to gank me.

or

2. Are so much older then me it would be stupid to even engage them due to their much higher SP.

I have even gone though the effort of doing a daily roam throughout my region marking other pilots around the same SP as myself with a bad standing. Picking out potential targets where I believe there could be some potential good fights. But it seems many of those pilots literally do not leave high sec space.


I guess this is more of a rant then anything and I apologize if I have come off the wrong way. But it feels as though I'm very much limited in what I can do in terms of PvP unless I decide to join a Blob fleet.

Maybe I just got the wrong impression of how I pictured this game before I decided to play it. Don't get me wrong, I still love the game.... but just disappointed atm.

I too 'greive' people aswell Alice

Well, yeah, you're disappointed. Get over it.
You first have to start small and only then you can get bigger.

You could, at first, accept a job as my scanner/looter.
Lot of stuff to learn doing that, until your skills get better to gank anything.

I even promise you there's no sitting around like all the wannabee ganking noobs do it
with their neutral alts.




Otoh ... i'm not in the mood now.

I had bacon wrapped sausages and french fries for lunch. ^_^

Wish i had 10kg more, tbh. :)

I TOTALLY didn't see this coming. xD

Honestly, it sounds like you would enjoy infiltration and ganking. Killing your corp mates basically.

Join a corp, pretending to be a good guy and interested etc etc.... Select a target you know you can kill (one of your corp mates). Select relevant ship to kill with and voila kill it!

I suggest this because if you enjoy can flipping then you enjoy griefing :) No problem with that but take it a step further, it will be fun.

Your new to the game so solo PvP is not the best course of action yet. Better getting into a corp that does the type of PvP your interested in and start learning the ropes from them and learning how to be a usful fleet member. Once you have the skills and ability then start going off alone.

Basically, yes. I feel this is the only solo pvp I can do right now where I actually have a chance to kill other pilots and earn some isk at the same time. I'm sure many high sec miners have alts/corpies 1 - 3 jumps away from them, so I'm sure there is still some risk involved. But pvp'ing in low sec with a 2 month old char seems like suicide considering how hard it is to find 1 v 1 fights.

Is there something else better that you can suggest?

Just another question as well, do most pilots who live in High sec expect to be invulnerable whilst going about their daily activites?

As I seem to be reading more about this game, seems like high sec mechanics have dramatically changed over the past few years.

If you believe what the gankers say all do but in reality only some do the rest either don't care or like myself consider getting ganked in hisec to be little more than an annoyance that is part of eve.

As for pvp'ing with a young pilot you are going to lose ships alot until you get to grips with it but from what I have read even young pilots have a place in pvp corps however if you insist on soloing pvp you are going to have a tough time.

Ever read a book above elementary grade ?

Hey, dude. I have a bit of work you can do as young as a single day old that will allow you to kill some excellent ****.

I wrote a guide about it.

Also well within your grasp as a relatively new player is ninja salvaging/mission invasion and suicide ganking. I love helping newbros get into the life, so don't hesitate for a second to contact me in game.

Some of the people in this thread have told you that you need to wait until you have more SP or that you need to start small. Don't be shackled down by their lies. You can find a way to get involved in almost every aspect of the life at incredibly low SP.