These forums have been archived and are now read-only.

The new forums are live and can be found at https://forums.eveonline.com/

EVE General Discussion

 
  • Topic is locked indefinitely.
12Next page
 

Why?
Author
Previous Topic Next Topic
ElQuirko
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-05-02 18:51:08 UTC
What exactly is the point of the gratuity gift of one tritanium given in the cargo of rookie ships?

Dodixie > Hek
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#2 - 2013-05-02 18:52:25 UTC
You can trade it for something else.
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#3 - 2013-05-02 18:54:34 UTC
Why not?

The insurance company just had to fork out for a new frigate because your dumb butt got blown off. Again. They're out tens of millions of ISK every day for replacement n00b frigates. You think this doens't just chap their hides in some place tender? Of course it does. So they flip you the bird, but in a way where they can pretend they're being solicitous: The single unit of trit.

It's like tipping a waiter a nickel because they pissed you off.

Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.

Didn't vote? Then you voted for NulBloc
Lina Alar
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2013-05-02 18:57:00 UTC
Tradition.

In the past it was for can dueling (I'm making this up) but now it's the tradition of the thing.

An explanation of Eve socialization: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTbgvYPVdXE

Lick with your main™
LHA Tarawa
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2013-05-02 19:10:20 UTC
If you are a truly newb, totally broke player, you actually get more than just 1. When I was newb and lost my only rookie ship, and had like zip for isk and assets, I remember getting like 2000 trit, or some such.


So, I think the 1 is just the minimum for non-total newb, not totally broke toons.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#6 - 2013-05-02 19:12:20 UTC
Dont look a gift Ibis in the mouth. Take your single trit and be happy that you got a gratuity gift at all.

They give you a free ship, with a free ammo-free weapon and a free mining laser..and the free trit. Be happy, because in most games all you get is a free loincloth.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Fredfredbug4
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2013-05-02 19:20:12 UTC
Hmm, I wonder if anybody has traded up to 1 billion ISK starting just with one little trit.

Watch_ Fred Fred Frederation_ and stop [u]cryptozoologist[/u]! Fight against the brutal genocide of fictional creatures across New Eden! Is that a metaphor? Probably not, but the fru-fru- people will sure love it!
Caerfinon
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#8 - 2013-05-02 19:22:19 UTC
ElQuirko wrote:
What exactly is the point of the gratuity gift of one tritanium given in the cargo of rookie ships?


So enterprising players can try to trade up for something better until they obtain a Titan...

Cheers C.

@Caerfinon - Twitter
Kyt Thrace
Lightspeed Enterprises
Goonswarm Federation
#9 - 2013-05-02 19:26:53 UTC
I go to every station in highsec in my pod once a month & get a free rookie ship. Been doing that for years.

I now have 27,456 units of Trit. for free.

I call that WINNING!

R.I.P. Vile Rat
Gargep Farrow
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2013-05-02 20:34:29 UTC
Kyt Thrace wrote:
I go to every station in highsec in my pod once a month & get a free rookie ship. Been doing that for years.

I now have 27,456 units of Trit. for free.

I call that WINNING!


I call that insane. P It would have been much more effective timewise to fit a civilian miner on an Itteron and hit the belts.

insanity that it is, thats still an impressive accomplishment if true. Poor Pend for having to fork over the 27k rookie ships though.
Drunken Bum
#11 - 2013-05-02 21:41:55 UTC
Its so you can "quit the game" and sell that one trit to some poor schmuck for millions.

After the patch we're giving the market some gentle supply restriction, like tying one wrist to the bedpost loosely with soft silk rope. Just enough to make things a bit more exciting for the market, not enough to make a safeword necessary.  -Fozzie
Vincent Athena
Photosynth
#12 - 2013-05-02 21:54:25 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Dont look a gift Ibis in the mouth. Take your single trit and be happy that you got a gratuity gift at all.

They give you a free ship, with a free ammo-free weapon and a free mining laser..and the free trit. Be happy, because in most games all you get is a free loincloth.

Can I have free loincloth? In the character re-customization?

Know a Frozen fan? Check this out

Frozen fanfiction
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
#13 - 2013-05-02 22:00:18 UTC
Vincent Athena wrote:
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Dont look a gift Ibis in the mouth. Take your single trit and be happy that you got a gratuity gift at all.

They give you a free ship, with a free ammo-free weapon and a free mining laser..and the free trit. Be happy, because in most games all you get is a free loincloth.

Can I have free loincloth? In the character re-customization?
Considering that the CQ doors are welded shut... So sure. Knock yerself out.

Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.

Didn't vote? Then you voted for NulBloc
Liang Nuren
No Salvation
Divine Damnation
#14 - 2013-05-02 22:05:11 UTC
Fredfredbug4 wrote:
Hmm, I wonder if anybody has traded up to 1 billion ISK starting just with one little trit.


Yeah I saw a couple of threads in MD a couple of years ago where someone did exactly that. A few months later someone did it again. I'm pretty sure they both had a rule of not being able to take things for free (including donations) or undock. It was an interesting series of threads.

-Liang

I'm an idiot, don't mind me.
Sheriff Jones
Clinical Experiment
#15 - 2013-05-02 22:05:23 UTC
Still have my tritanium(or atleast a very convincing copy of it) from 2003, sitting in my first mission hub for interbus.

Ah itnerbus, nothing like popping rats in the name of fast and reliable deliveries.
Jarod Garamonde
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2013-05-02 22:34:44 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Dont look a gift Ibis in the mouth. Take your single trit and be happy that you got a gratuity gift at all.

They give you a free ship, with a free ammo-free weapon and a free mining laser..and the free trit. Be happy, because in most games all you get is a free loincloth.


The rookie ship is pretty much the equivalent of a loincloth.

That moment when you realize the crazy lady with all the cats was right...

    [#savethelance]
Arkenai Wyrnspire
Incorruptibles
#17 - 2013-05-02 22:36:47 UTC
Well, if I get the tritanium out of the velator, then blow it up, then dock again for another unit, and do that a few dozen million times, then I might have enough tritanium to sell for a Vindicator! \o/

Someone.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#18 - 2013-05-02 22:46:19 UTC
Jarod Garamonde wrote:
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Dont look a gift Ibis in the mouth. Take your single trit and be happy that you got a gratuity gift at all.

They give you a free ship, with a free ammo-free weapon and a free mining laser..and the free trit. Be happy, because in most games all you get is a free loincloth.


The rookie ship is pretty much the equivalent of a loincloth.


I will not stand for the besmerchment of the Noobship name good sir!

The Noobship is the ship of choice for both fresh from the clonebay capsuleers and the uber-elite pilots of New Eden.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises
#19 - 2013-05-02 23:05:22 UTC
Never actually thought about it to be honest...
My guess would be that its simply a "joke" CCP came up with at some point, and as someone mentioned, it just became tradition. Sort of like Scotty... Annoyed me so many times but now i miss being able to sit and swear at him when he is telling me i cant undock because he is being slow Lol

CCP has many small things like that in the game that are just "humorous" but does not really affect anything, like the warning signs, and numerous error messages like these;
It's generally not a good idea to trade with yourself. You're pretty sure that you'll end up stealing all your stuff
Just stepping out to find a bush. Please wait.Depending on the location of the bush this might take up to 14 seconds.
Physics says no! You can not put an item inside it self.

Phoibe Enterprises

The Eve Reader -  Audio Recordings of Eve Chronicles
Michael Stabb
Doomheim
#20 - 2013-05-02 23:09:16 UTC
Gargep Farrow wrote:
Kyt Thrace wrote:
I go to every station in highsec in my pod once a month & get a free rookie ship. Been doing that for years.

I now have 27,456 units of Trit. for free.

I call that WINNING!


I call that insane. P It would have been much more effective timewise to fit a civilian miner on an Itteron and hit the belts.

insanity that it is, thats still an impressive accomplishment if true. Poor Pend for having to fork over the 27k rookie ships though.


Still insane but less so than the original plan: dock, get trit, trash rookie ship, undock, dock.. etc.
12Next page