EVE New Citizens Q&A

Is there such thing?

Ask yourself these questions...

- what bad things can happen if I create my own corporation?

- what solutions do I have to counter said bad things?

- why do I need a corporation?


If you can't find at least 2 things [each] for the first two points then it is probably not a good idea to create your own corp. if you don't have a specific answer for the last point then it is definitely not a good idea to create your own corp.

If you have to ask when it's too early chances are that you are not ready.

This could be true for a regular (average) MMO game. But I think, EVE is a little bit different. You'll never become a master of this multiverse like in RL. Of course there are tons of gurus in RL and EVE, but almost all of them won't survive in an unexpected chaos. But I agree with you about the lack of knowledge on EVE mechanics (anything could be fit into this category skill planning, ship modifications or something hard to understand for a newbie) could be disastrous.

Not sure what you're on about here -- it's far more true in EVE that "newbies banding together without experienced people to help is bad" than in a regular MMO.

Regular MMO Newbie Corp:
- hey, what's that red flag mean?
- oh, he's turned on his PVP flag. Just ignore him, you'll be fine.

Eve Newbie Corp:
- That red flashy guy (read: War Target) must have his PVP flag on, if I ignore him I'll be fine...
- hey where did my shield go!? [boom]
- [rage quit]

edit to be less bitter --> I'm making gross generalizations about both EVE and other MMOs ...

Velicitia, I meant new corp as a non-combat corporation mostly focus on finance and investment. I don't know if there is such thing on EVE. I don't mean non-combat corp as a friendly peaceful corp but a corp uses other ways to destroy or weaken other corporations.

Well, you can try it ... but that doesn't stop someone else from curb-stomping you.

Eve has absolutely no "I don't want to get into combat at all, ever" option.

If you're not absolutely positive that:
A) your level of experience can be drawn on by most of your corp, or you have another rock-solid means of otherwise enriching your corpmates with added expertise to draw on,
B) you possess the ability to invest the requisite time to properly organize, lead, and create content for your corpmates,
C) you can avoid the pitfalls of managing a corp among other hostile corps,
D) you believe that you're prepared to handle or avoid disasters that tend to happen to corps, such as schisms, thefts, awoxing, burnouts, etc.

There's more points I could come up with, but the takeaway is this - unless you've experienced how an experienced, competent corp is run, and believe you can keep up with that, then don't start a corp.

The reason I believe the demands are so high is because peoples' Eve experience is very much tied to the performance of their corp, and it's leadership. A sub-par corp makes Eve sub-par.

I don't know about you guys, but I'd like to see people stick around in Eve, especially new blood. And there are plenty, PLENTY of old, experienced corps out there to join, who have had time to go around the block, iterate on their structure, experience all the ups and downs, and have lived through it all. In general these corps are better, just better, than new corps with inexperienced leadership.

If you want to be a leader, here's a better path - join a longstanding corp, be active, seek duties and responsibilities(believe me there's plenty to go around), gain experience, and you will get on the short-list for leadership positions. Once you've proven your abilities, you may inherit a large, experienced, organized, competent group, with all the human infrastructure in place. And if the mobility isn't actually there, at least you will have been taught how it's done right.

Being in a one-person corp has its advantages. Mostly the corp chatter in the NPC Corp has been eliminated.

Question back:

If you do not want to hear very valid advice from a player with way more experience about the game and its mechanics, why come here to ask?

Just because the answer is not the one you want to hear/read, doesnt make it a wrong answer.

Your reply is actually the complete oposite.
In other games you are shielded by game mechanics from certain levels of harm that are totally legal en even encouraged in EVE.

You can easily master EVE if you specialize in something. A person who has played for a year or so and specialized in a single thing can easily be called a master of it and knowing the ins and outs about said profession.