EVE New Citizens Q&A

I'm hoping to one day run my own corporation, but I'm a bit confused as to some of the minutia.

1. The Master Wallet: All corp taxes and ISK donations from outside the corp go here, correct? Is there anything else inherently unique about it?


2. Hangar Divisions: Am I correct that all of these appear at all corp offices and the corp HQ, even if that particular division is empty?


3. Again with Hangar Divisions: Are all 7 of them created immediately upon corp creation/renting your first office?


4. Member Bases (the ones pertinent to "Based At" roles): do these have to be set individually for every single person if you use them, or can they be assigned en masse like with titles?


5. Audit Log Containers: On this site I read that audit log containers only track who adds stuff to them, not those who take them. However this site says that they "log various actions such as taking stuff, adding stuff and messing with the settings." Additionally, in EVE University's Corp Hangar Rules they say that members must re-lock stacks in their audit log containers so that no one can "take the entire stack and it will appear as if you stole it all." So can someone clarify once and for all what these things do?


6. Lockdown Assets : Am I correct that this is essentially a stronger version of locking down something like in a container, with the key difference being that it requires a shareholder vote? Also, does this only apply to blueprints?


7. Blueprints in Corp Hangars: the impression I got from this article (third and fourth paragraphs) and this dev forum post is that theoretically if you place a BPO in an audit log container, perhaps even lock it, and allow the container to be opened without requiring a password, then anyone in your corp with the appropriate skills and query (not take) access the container's hangar can use that BPO for research and manufacturing but can't remove it from its container. Can anyone verify this?

Thank you in advance to anyone who takes the time to answer these questions!

Some answers:

1. This is correct. All outside donations and corp tax revenues deposit into the Master Wallet by default. Other than that it works as any other wallet division.

2. All Hangar Divisions appear at all corp office locations.

3. Yes. All corps have seven hangar divisions (and wallet divisions).

4. For "Member Based at" this is a role where you can assign a member to one of your office locations to assign roles to them for that specific location. You could assign them en masse via the Titles system where you assign the roles needed to the title, then assign the title to the members in question. Using the role query system you can assign various roles and titles in bulk. This can be complex but if you've ever used any form of query system you should be able to figure out how this works.

5. By having items lock in a container the audit log will show who and when the stack is unlocked and how much is removed when the stack remains unlocked. If the stack is then again locked it would create a new audit entry the next time the stack is unlocked. If Pilot A unlocks a particular stack and removes some of it and doesn't lock the stack, then when Pilot B comes along and removes items from the unlocked stack then it will appear as if Pilot A removed those as well.

6. Lockdown assets applies to anything in corp assets and it does require a vote to unlock them. Not all shareholders need vote and the decision will be applied after the vote closes based on all those who voted.

7. Industry went through a lot of changes with the Crius update from August 2014. I think what you're describing still works, but the thing to do is simply set up the scenario and have a corp-mate (such as an alt of yours...) see if this works as you describe. There are most likely others with much more knowledge than I with this. I may give it a try just to test it out myself.

Yeah, I'll second this. Keep all the shares, but make sure someone else also has the ability to do basic stuff like invite/kick, etc. Manage permissions directly, don't use the silly in-game system.

Generally you shouldn't trust anyone you don't know further than you can thrown them. Actually, if your real friends willingly play this game with you, trust _them_ only about half as much as that. As with launching a ship from a hanger, if something goes into corporate assets let it go emotionally, man, it's gone.

EVElopedia is not as well maintained or as current as the EVE Uni wiki.

1. Junior Accountant only allows viewing of the balances of the wallet divisions. The Accountant role allows viewing of the wallet journals, transactions, bills, etc. Accounting (Divisional) is a group of roles that tie into a specific wallet division and is not the same as Accountant. The Trader role would be needed if the pilot was to be able to use the division to buy items from the market using that wallet division.

Roles are grouped into different categories so for example Accountant and Junior Accountant are considered "General" roles. Trader falls under "Station Services" which then can be tied to specific divisions.

2. In this case the Accountant role allow them to view the corporate assets from the "Assets" tab in the Corporation UI window. They do not have "take" access. They would need the query and take roles found in Hangar Access groupings. They do get take access for corporate deliveries hangar.

3. Accountants I believe would also need the Accounting (Divisional) roles to be able to take from wallet divisions so they don't automatically gain access to take from the wallet.

Will do. Already have an alt character from when CCP did the whole "Get 20 days of free multi-character training" or however many it was. Unfortunately I'll have to wait a while to test everything, since this is isn't a short-term goal of mine but a long-term one. Might try using Sisi in the meanwhile, though, if I have the time.

Atechu to the rescue.

A lot of good answers here.

I'm just going to add this;

There is a HUGE difference between "managing" a corp and "leading" one.


Almost anyone can effectively "manage" a corporation full of people. But leading them... that's a whole ofher story.
If you want your coporation to be successful... either you or someone you can rely on/trust/control/manipulate has to "lead."

I posted a rather "colorful" way of doing this in a rather "colorful" thread some time back. :D