EVE General Discussion

Sounds like you're unsure of committing and losing out or getting hurt/scammed in some way. This is understandable because it's not really clear what you are committing to or how.

The best thing to do is ask yourself the questions because you can answer them and it will help you find your place in EVE.

Ask yourself what do you want to get out of the exerpience? ISK, fun, a good killboard, friends, all of this? Also ask yourself what are you willing to risk losing? How much ISK, how much time, how many ships?

Once you have answered these questions you can find an entity that can help you. Remember this is a two-way process. Null-sec alliances need you as much as you need them - I'm serious.

To help avoid a negative experience, look for alliances that will give you the foothold that you need to get yourself going according to your andswers to your own questions.

For example, you might find an alliance where you can change your med-clone to their home station and pod-express (self destruct a naked clone in hi sec) to get there. Then buy a pre-fit ship from contracts instead of having to try hauling one out there. It's fairly low risk and gets you setup with minimal hassle.

If you're having to compromise on your goals too much to join a corporation or alliance then they're probably not the one for you.

Coming from an organisation that takes our K:D ratio very seriously I recommend flying swarms of rifters into things until you welcome the sound of your pod exploding as it means you can get another rifter.

I can guarantee you with 100% certainty, that once you lose that first ship while out on a roam with friends, you'll be addicted. You mentioned asking friends, why don't you do that right now? I was in the same boat as you are, it's called burnout as others have mentioned. Surly some of your friends have experience with low and null, probably even extended an invitation to you in the past. Why not take them up on it?

As to your question, I just jumped into low-sec. After making a blank jump clone and checking the map, of course. To my surprise, I didn't die. The boogeymen and certain death, I had heard about, weren't there. So i went further, only to find that most systems were quite empty. I started exploring the systems, looking for useful resources, and before I knew it I had found a place to settle in. After that, I started watching the traffic to get a feel for the people that lived there and who was just passing through.

I ran a few sites, did some mining and moved more assets in. Pretty soon, it was home. Then I decided to take up some friends on their offer to hang out in NPC Null. I took a few things down and discovered I loved it. They offered a jump freighter service, which I took advantage of, which made things even easier. They also had a rorqual and offered jump clone services. There are sites to run, decent ratting and opportunities to mine and roam for small gang PvP.

I can participate as often or as little as I like. Living here is what I make it, it can be fun or boring. I primarily live in null now but I still like to jump clone back to my low-sec system once in a while. Once accept that you're going to lose ships, it gets a lot easier.

You can try going to Providence (http://evemaps.dotlan.net/map/Providence). It is occupied by some alliances that operate NRDS (Not Red Don't Shoot) which means neutrals are welcome. There are many groups that live out there that would probably love to have you and could help you out. But you can also fly solo out there, just might be easier to fly with others and get access to the intel channels. And if you want to shoot people, make sure to check if they are KOS (http://kos.cva-eve.org/).

Fly safe o7

Get a lot of cheap ships, fit them up in a low-sec station, get VERY drunk, and then "Leeroy" all of them against the locals. Try to make snarky comments that are actually funny.

Eventually you'll get picked up by someone and he/she will teach you about low-sec.

Rinse and repeat with 0.0 space once you are comfortable in low-sec.

It is a silly place... unless you enjoy pushing the pram alot.

If you have still not made up your mind then I will take you on. I am just about to get a new foothold in 0.0 and I need heroes!

And bombers. Lots of bombers.

Faction Warfare is where it's at.

Thank you OP for a great thread.

I've joined two "newbie friendly" null sec corps so far and I've had several issues

1- As a relatively new player (in the sense of experience, not SP count), I could not fly ships that could fit my purpose of making some isk and consequently be able to afford a lot of pvp deaths. Ratting was my only real option, but ratting in a BC or marginally BS with sub par skills meant I could bearly kill a rat before having to warp out for repairs.

2- Low activity of corp members meant I had to ship spin or solo rat (which as I just said was a challenge in itself)

3- Frequent changes in home base

4- Logistics were from my experience a nightmare. Yes I did make some isk from ratting but getting to HS Amarr / Jita etc. and actually selling them on the market in order to realize that isk profit, was a different story altogether.

I DID and still do love null sec, its emptiness, the options available and the freedom, but in between al those there were (again - in my personal experience) a significant amount of nuisances that just didn't allow me to have fun. I am now back in HS, bored to death I must admit.

I would love to find an active, newbie friendly 0.0 corp that is active, dedicated to their home, and take the time to make, from scratch, loyal supporters and good friends.

I just feel that the hands of low SP characters are tied and they HAVE TO stay in HS at least until they reach 10m SP. Mind you, a newbie like myself will make a lot of bad calls when allocating SP simply because he or she will lake the experience, which is why I say 10m SP as a minimum.

Perhaps a good idea would be for CCP to create some skill queue recommendations for new players, according to the career path they would like to follow, thereby minimizing the time required to actually have fun in null sec space.

just go!