EVE New Citizens Q&A

Yes.

You could also contact the other side and work as a spy for them. Turn that frown upside down!

The latter.

Yes.

Also keep in mind for future notice...IN corp combat is also something that CONCORD does allow

You should still join a corp.

EVE is a social game and if you play by yourself in NPC corp it will get very boring.

Also PvP can be fun and challenging.

Most corps don't worry much on play time unless the corp sucks, as for jack of all trades that isn't a problem, it hinders a bit at first because its hard to do things well initially but you have to branch out at some point anyway.

No fair! I was busy posting in another post

Yeah, the war dec'ing, and getting blasted outside trade hubs during a cargo runs is what keeps me from joining a corp too. So I figured I'd make me a pile of isk trading and train basic skills (4-5 months), before I bothered joining a corp and getting heavy into PVP and exploration.

Many say the socialization part is the most fun, so that would probably be the main reason to join....it would be for me.


Happy trails....

Most highsec corps are tax farms, the CEO sets taxes a bit below the NPC level and skims the corp wallet for isk whenever he needs it. These parasite corps suck and are one of the things that makes it tough for new players to get into the game.

The other model you see a lot is a corp started by a 5 month noob grad; these guys mean well but they start the corp because they need people to help them with some hair brained scheme; building a POS or grinding faction for jump clones or starting a new Eve business are all common memes. These things typically run for 3 or 4 months and then fall apart as the grind takes its toll and it becomes apparent that the hair brained scheme is never going to be realized.

Another downside is that corp members can freely attack you, so you may be joining an outfit that is set up for the sole purpose of padding ones kill board with blue kills. This is pretty uncommon though.

Despite all the bad ones you will eventually find a good corp, and when that happens New Eden really opens up, so it is important to keep looking until you do find one. Don't hesitate to join and drop 20 or 30 during your first couple of years here. Even if you like a corp, spend some time there and then let them know that you like it but want to try a few more things before settling in permanently. If their not happy with this then they are scammers of some sort or other.

Make sure the CEO or PvP director has at least 50 kills. Even if you don't want to fight they need this experience to teach you how to avoid fights. Evasion is much easier than combat, and is in fact the reason that null sec / PvP corps just don't understand the "combat as optional" crowd. Combat is optional, as Battlestar said you just have to learn a few simple procedures and wardecs become irrelevant, and soon after downright fun.

And don't worry about the sporadic playtime, I often have the kids while I'm playing. I get 15 minutes or sometimes an hour with big gaps in between. There is always something to do in Eve regardless of your RL time allotment.

Best of luck with your search.