EVE New Citizens Q&A

Removed a post dealing with this.

Generally speaking, if your corp is demanding that you dock up and do nothing in response to a war-dec, then you should find another corp to join.

Yes, I'm sure they're nice people and all, but the purpose of a corporation is asset-sharing and mutual protection, essentially responding to external threats exactly like war-decs is the vast majority of the reason corps are a thing to begin with, and if they aren't even trying to do so they're the very definition of a bad corp.

So either convince your corp to do something about it (fighting back in an orderly fashion would be my vote, but relocating or simply shifting your income-stream or paying another corp for protection are legitimate as well) or leave, join an NPC corp or a different player corp, and just make a restricted chat channel in which to talk to your old corp-mates. After all, a chat channel was apparently all you were really getting out of the corporation to begin with.

This game is full of people who have this lazy and catatonic reaction to anything that comes along their way, actively choosing to not learn, not advance and not taking responsibility. Effectively they're cattle because they choose to be victims, but if you're tired of being a victim (or simply refuse to become one) then all you have to do is to stop being passive, stop thinking like cattle.

The second you become active and start looking for solutions to a problem or ways to avoid the problem in the first place is the second people will stop being able to take advantage of you. The problem is that, most people being cattle, most corporations are terrible traps where lazy/dumb people stick around and drag everyone in their group down to their level, even the ones who might be able to do better/more. So if your CEO and/or the majority of the corp start whining and telling everyone to dock up for the week then you're obviously in the wrong corp as it's filled with clueless cattle who will only hold you back.

Leave them, they can't be helped. Learn to how not to be a target and find a better group of people.

Just wanted to add that you want the insta-undock warp to be over 150+ km. Any lower than that and you won't be able to initiate warp. I recommend flying until you're 300 km out from the station. It's worked well for me.

We began this month with another wardec.

What I did:
* Prepared for war.
* Researched my opponents.
* Modified my gameplay to reduce unnecessary risks (be more paranoid than usual).

Otherwise it was business as usual.

This has been stated above in various posts, but just to summarize for new players reading ... There are a couple of options for dealing with War Decs as a newer player. The first step is to understand how the War Dec works mechanic wise. The corp War Decing you is utilizing a valid in game mechanic. While war is declared, the players of the corporation declaring war on your corporation can attack you anywhere (ie High Sec) without consequence from Concord / Gate Guns / Etc. It does cost money to declare war in game, but the price is not really that high. If you want more details on the war declaration mechanics read this https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Wars.

Now that the mechanics are covered, understand how War Decs are often utilized in High Sec. There are some corporations that specialize in declaring war on various High Sec corporations. These War Decs corporations typically fly higher end / expensive ships with set ups geared to fighting ships caught in High Sec. The War Dec pilots know they are engaging in a controlled PvP setting as they can pick their target while being safe from everyone else in the High Sec system. In other words the War Dec pilots can engage their war targets in High Sec, but if someone not at war with the War Dec pilots attacks the War Dec pilots in High Sec that someone will die to Concord. This is compounded by the perception that a lot of High Sec pilots dont like / understand PvP and therefore are easier targets. Some of these War Dec corporations like to take this a step further and declare war on relatively weak / new corporations. The idea for the new corporation war is to run up the kill stats without really risking anything.

With this understood, you can start looking at ways to deal with the War Dec. Fighting back is always an option I would encourage. Cheap frigates / cruisers can take down shiny ships with some numbers. If that is a no go due to small numbers, moving to low sec is also a good idea. Particularly Faction Warfare low sec. In low sec anyone can attack anyone. The only consequences are gate guns (a cruiser can tank these for a bit, easily with logi) and hits to your sec status. This means that if a War Declaration corp wants to follow you in low sec, they have to protect their shiny ships from everyone else in the area in addition to hunting you. This good news is compounded by the reality that T1 frigates & cruisers can do just fine in FW low sec.

Finally, the approach I recommended the most for a new player is to join a new player friendly large group. EvE Uni, Brave Newbies, Red vs Blue. All of these corporations are friendly to new players, can teach you how to deal with War Decs as well as a lot of other aspects of EvE, and ensure you have a lot of friends to fly with. Hope this gives some ideas on how to deal with a War Dec.

The problem with wardecs is that they are so easy to avoid.

That's about 2 year old information. For some time now the Uni has been letting students do what they please during wars. It is still not the greatest place to learn about wardecs, though, mainly because of a prevailing attitude among the leadership that they feel wardecs are just a broken mechanic and not worthy of being taught. It's a shame because wars are actually pretty awesome, in my opinion.

I will admit that I'm probably no judge but there are a lot of ways of avoiding war dec (though not if they're effecting the null sec supply line) but for those saying new players should fight back, remember this.

Most professional war decers I've seen use t3 and other high tier ships. Do you really expect a bunch of new players with subpar (both in terms of dps and tank) T1 cruisers and perhaps battlecruisers to be able to fight against a squad of t3 ships and win? Apart from ewar there really isn't anything the new players can do.

Yes if know people say every player is viable in pvp from day 1 but usually that assisting a more experience/skilled player. That new player isn't going to do anything on his own.

T3 ships aren't invincible. Other "high tier ships" aren't either. Eventually, your opponent will make a mistake, and when they do, their single loss will more than cover the cost of all of yours up until that point if you're using T1 frigates/cruisers/battlecruisers. In any event, the point isn't even about the ISK, it's about the experience you'll get from the fight.

Also, "professional war decers" lol. Most of them only use pricey ships when they believe they have nothing to fear. And, even then, they make mistakes and lose those pricey ships, too.

As a new player, I assisted an older player in establishing a point on an enemy flying a Dramiel (a pirate frigate) long enough for my fleet to warp to me, get scrams and webs on the target, and destroy them. I was flying a Rifter, and had very few skill points. Yes, it was mostly luck on my part, but it's still possible. Don't discount the newbies out there.

My Rifter?

150mm AC I (x3)
1MN MWD
Warp Disruptor I
Medium Shield Extender
Overdrive
Damage Control
Power Diagnostic System

On paper, it shouldn't have even been a contest, but I had friends backing me up (in T1 ships, btw), and the Dramiel pilot only wanted to get away (which he couldn't do). End result? We lost a couple of T1 frigates, and he lost a pirate frigate. I gained some experience, and some confidence, both of which are worth more than the 1m my Rifter cost me.