EVE New Citizens Q&A

So are you saying those that use API are just being lazy?

api's are also good to show what you can actually do and some corps make some pretty cool websites which use api's to show stats for pretty much everything, fleet-up can use apis to show fc's and other members who can fly whatever doctrine.

you tell corp you can fly capitals, api will show if you can and if you actually have one available. i personally see no issue with giving out my api, a corp can troll my mails, see how much isk i dont have and they can drool over my assets list if they wish :)

But if you dont want to give api then dont expect to get on comms, most corp sites have validation now which require api to grant access to teamspeak etc

they cant use your api for anything which interferes with your actual account, its like a potential employer looking at your facebook page, because, you know everyone posts there whole life on facebook

The API just lets people with the key and id view some details about your characters. No one can make any changes to your account with it so I wouldn't worry, that warning is probably only there to cover someones arse.

Just because I can force your door open doesn't mean locking the damn thing is stupid.

Api checking is a good thing,
not the best thing but good regardless and its absence is quite frankly akin to leaving your front door open.

Though one thing is obvious from this thread (as I said in comment #4) plenty of fail Corps willing to let anyone in without checking the most obvious things.

Op should avoid these corps unless it's with the intention to shinaniganise said Corp.

Oh you can certainly make the considered decision to ignore this advice,
feel free by all means but it would be disingenuous of me to advise anything other than avoiding a Corp that doesn't even do the minimum amount of screening as I would have massive reservations about joining such a Corp myself.

I value my assets, I worked for them and as such they are valuable to me.

But can't you just keep your assets in your hanger, you don't have to put them in a corp hanger surely.

Not just thieves, think about wars, how easy it would be to maul a Corp if you had an alt in it and knew where everyone was , what they're doing and flying where their poses are,

never mind if you manage to get some roles in the Corp.

Worst case scenario:

* gets director roles
* flicks aggression switch to the off position
* has up to 23 hours (46 if another director or CEO isn't online) to have a good old-fashioned safari I.e.
gets to hunt the rest of the Corp with impunity

For high sec carebear corps a common practice is for war decers to make an alt and not even train that alt and apply to corp and upon acceptance have his main's corp war dec the carebear corp. Since a quick look at war dec history and employment history would be a dead give away those players have to biomass the spy alts frequently.

A simple API check to make sure the character has enough skill points to make sure someone had to pay money or isk to train that alt makes it a bit less throw away. Doing that one simple API check will eliminate probably 90% of those.

Just because you can't find much use for API checks does not mean that they are not important. I would say any new player should be looking for a corp that does API checks as well as any vet but for different reasons.

If you have a playstyle that makes it not that big of a deal fine but for a new player just coming to the game looking for a corp that does API checks is good advice. Once he learns more about the game he can make the decision if he wants to or not. However until you find a reason that giving out an API impinges upon your playstyle look for a corp that does them.

I repeat to the OP as a new player it is in your best interests to look for a corp that does API checks.

It's not that simple Avvy. Yes in the beginning when you are not involved in much it is pretty simple to keep to yourself. Once you learn more about the game and amass more assets and broaden your interests you almost inevitably start getting involved in group efforts which means mixing each other's "stuff" together to accomplish common goals.

It's not something that you need to worry about until you need to worry about it and even when you do what you need to be aware of will be very situational. So for now just don't worry about it and know that it is a thing.

Certainly however corp hangars are not the only issue PoSes are another but those are far from the only two.