EVE New Citizens Q&A

/me nods...


Yep. And friendship is the best ship in EVE.



EVE's golden rules:


1. Don't fly what you can't afford to lose (this includes: Ship, fitted modules, anything in the cargohold). It also doesn't only mean in monetary system, but also emotionally.

2. Don't trust anybody. Scamming, theft, extorsion etc. are all legal in EVE. Be smart, fly smart and never put all your eggs into 1 basket. Sure, you can put limited trust into someone or corp, but ALWAYS keep a fail safe option open in case things do go south.

3a. NEVER ever pay anybody to get into a corp.
3b. NEVER ever give your assets to anybody to have them shipped for free (Always use a collateral on a courier contract).

*3a and 3b are known recruitment scams that are both perfectly legal, in both cases you lost your ISK or assets*

4. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. (if it ain't obvious why, it's a good scam that you haven't figured out yet).

5. NEVER use the trade window function, unless it is with your alts (or somoene you can walk over to and kick in the private region). For all other direct player to player trading, use the contract system.

Once again... this is not really a corp. It is an NPC Corp. Filled by Idiots most of the time.

Moderating it 24/7 is just not feasible. You can petition people posting inappropriate stuff but that is as far as it will go.

Welcome to Eve. Now I am new so I am not going to pretend that I know alot about EVE, but you will always be a "career student". You will always be learning something. There will always be a bigger fish.

You forgot anonymous forum alts for comedy purposes, trolling and shitposting, or any combination thereof.

Alright, I'm also a new player, let me tell you, the tutorials are not that bad, they give you a good amount of ISKs to get started (5 - 10 mil range) and you get in touch with the fundamentals of eve gameplay. Everything you learned during the tutorial will be useful later on.

You will soon realize that they barely grazed the surface with the tutorials, the game is infinitely more complex than what is shown during the tutorials, but they're definitely very good basics.




I'd tend to agree with that, but the forum has proven to be very helpful



This is a corporation of immature people, don't hang out with people like that, in game or in real life.

And..there you go Sophie, your first like.


OP, after reading your post again, I agree with Sophie on a lot of things.


Mainly:

A. You are trying to run the 100m faster than Bolt can, while you hardly know how to crawl.

B. Your attitude (I don't need the tutorials, I know it - guess what, after 5 years, I still have to look up things or learn how some things work) will most likely be the reason you get rejected by corps

A proper attitude will do more for you then just SP. It can open doors you wouldn't imagined to be able to open at all (this does NOT include "THE door").

A bad attitude will on the other hand close and bolt-lock a door that you would have though would be open.

I'm gonna throw my 2 cents in here OP, as I think we have experienced similar things.

I have been playing Eve since 2006/2007. The longest span of time I played during those 9 years was 4-6 months. I have been in about 20 Corps total since that time, and each time I come back to the game I find a different Corp who is doing something different within the game.

Here's the problem, there are thousands and thousands and thousands.........thousands of Corps out there. The average # of Members in all of those Corps is less than 10. You have the established Corps and you have the new Corps. Basically, if I had to guess, I would say 7/8 out of 10 Corps that are created either fail, or are private Corps.

Finding a good Corp in this game is extremely difficult, but not impossible. It takes time, and it takes effort. This game is not for the feint of heart, it's brutal, and completely and utterly unforgiving.

Go look at Reddit, or search Google for Eve Scams, people have lost thousands and thousands of RL $ worth of items in game, because "spies" come into their Corp and reek havoc. People come up with scams, and ponzi schemes, etc.

As a New player, you're better off(in my opinion), figuring out a general idea of WHAT you want to do in Eve. Once you identify what you want to try, use the Forums, and/or "Recruitment" channel, and find a Corp that has been around for at least a few months, has a decent amount of Members, and are "New-Pilot Friendly".

Almost all of the Corps out there will tell you whether or not they are "New-Pilot Friendly", and almost all Corps will require an API/Voice Chat interview.

Plain and simple, this game isn't going to be like WoW, or other fairy-tale MMO's where you can just join guilds at random and be happy. You have to put effort, and commitment into this game. Also patience.

You may be better off going somewhere like Eve-University to get some more learning, but it won't be 1 on 1. Also use the "Help" channel.

This game will never be nice to you, and most times will be the opposite. If you cannot handle being trolled, picked on, sworn at, etc. This game is not for you. This game shows what society would be like without real laws. People are assholes, and love making others unhappy and cry.

For me, with most things in Eve, you get what you put in, as a reward. I have spent weeks or even months looking for the right Corp before. You just have to try, instead of expecting everything to be catered to you. Unfortunately, I don't think CCP cares about New Players. 2/3 out of 10 New Players last more than a week in Eve.

Coming into Eve expecting ANYTHING to be even remotely similar to other games, especially MMO's, is a huge mistake. This game is an entirely different animal. That being said, with the time, patience, and effort mentioned above, this game can be the greatest thing you've ever experienced. There's a reason so many Pilots come back every 3-8 months. The game gives an itch to a lot of us that nothing can ever replace. The game is fantastic, it has it's flaws like everything else. You just have to be patient.

TL;DR: Eve is not a nice place, but with effort, patience, and developing a "thicker skin", it can become your new home.

^ Winning eve

Never read rookie help

Some people just rename their ship, leave a humorous bookmark in the cargo, eject, and self-destruct their pod, leaving the ship as treasure to be found. You don't get the insurance this way though.

I self-destructed a Rorqual when we moved out of a C2.