EVE New Citizens Q&A

Actually, it's a little bit like a job interview; everybody lies to make themselves look better, and nobody will outright tell you what's wrong, so basically you can't tell how good a corp is by just asking the recruiter. Because of course his corp is the best corp in EVE.

Also, "Do they do mining, manufacturing, and researching?" is a question to ask a high-sec corp; you want them to do the same things you're interested, to ensure that they provide you with that kind of gameplay. Nullsec, in my opinion, is a bit different; personally I would ask "are you guys involved in any wars or heavy PVP?" because if ships explode, then there's a need for replacement ships / guns / ammo, and that's where YOU, as a manufacturer, can make a difference.

The backbone of the null alliances is actually their "logistics" system - people with the freighters and jump freighters who ferry all the ships to and from the various areas. Manufacturing is also important, and it's also good to do a number of PVE activities (including mining) to increase the "usage index" of the area so that the vulnerability timers are shorter.

But EVE is different that other MMO's; there's no need for any specific class (industrialist, miner, trader, etc.) to be recruited; a corp's members can just train whatever's needed, rather than recruiting you. So recruitment is a lot more about personality and whether there's trust there.

1) This is a pvp game. The devs do not protect players from other players here and they will not hold your hand. It is our sandbox and we can do as please for the most part in it. They just provide the tools. Dying to other players in null, outside of pvp fleets is mostly due to ignorance or a lack of caring on the part of the one that does the dying. Personally, it has been well over a year since ive died in null outside of a pvp fleet and i spend 99.9% of my online time in null ratting and exploring.

2) This is true in that npc null and sov null are different. Since anyone can dock in NPC stations its much more difficult to control the space effectively. NPC null tends to be free for alls.

3)Stations being stocked vary. Typically people only import/make what commonly sells. In sov space your going to see a lot of the mods and ships needed for doctrine fits, ratting ships and mods, and mining and exploring ships and mods. What your not going to see is all the useless crap that people sell in empire. If your alliance is any good it will have a JF service that will allow you to import what you need. Also its the indy people and traders responsibility to stock stations. And most alliances will have only 1 or 2 market hubs, usually their home station

4)Traveling in your sov null is definitely safer than traveling in lowsec. And in many cases safer than traveling in high sec. It just requires you to pay attention and use common sense. Once you learn to have situation awareness and how to travel in null its actually quite easy. Think of dying as a learning experience. Why did you die and what could you do to prevent it from happening again?

5) This is one of the reasons why null is safer. There is no gray area... ok there is but the gray area is bad. If its not blue its probably going to try to kill you, even if its not it better to treat it as if it is.

6) The rats are much harder but can be tanked by the right mining ships with good skills. If your still sitting in a belt when a non blue enters system and they didnt enter through a WH, then you either are not paying attention to intel or your intel channel sucks, OR you are mining in the wrong place.

7) All t1 BPOs cant be bought in empire. A good indy corp will have BPs as well. Resources arent that difficult to gather in null. I should point out that a lot of alliances with buy minerals/ore/ ices/ PI/etc because the alliance uses it. Minerals are used for SRPs and capital building, Ice is used for fuels as well as PI products.

Some things you want to know from a corp in an interview:

1) If they are an industrial corp and their requirements(activity, corp/alliance mining ops, SP requirements, any other requirements)

2) If they are newb friendly. Most indy corps are.

3) If they have a JF service, how often it runs, and how much is it( in ISK/m3)

4) Do they have a buyback program and what are the terms of it?

5) Do they have BPs that members can use? Can/are copies be made for member use?

6) You want to research the area they claim. How good are the systems? How quiet are they?( you can use eve maps for this information.

7) Do they have mining bonuses( orca/rorq) available and how often?

8) Are indy players required to participate in alliance pvp fleets?

Thanks! I'll look over that.



This is actually one of the big questions I've been hitting, I think. I keep reading about jump freighters bringing all this stuff in from Jita and taking stuff back out to Jita. It makes it sound like there's no real need to do any actual manufacturing and stuff outside of the things you can't get in Jita (like the really big ships, I guess?) I admit I got a bit discouraged at first, thinking that there wasn't any real amount of building or manufacturing or that stuff in nullsec because of that.

Best item to build in null/low will be capital sips. Doctrine ships and mods generally also do well in null areas.
moon goo reactions also provide a decent income. You will need some capital skills and a a second account.
bovril borers is a pretty good place to start

I've been in sov null for a month or two now, and it seems like a lot longer. My alliance has a NRDS policy, Bot Red Don't Shooy, and entrants are vetted and monitored to ensure compliance. In any case, everyone in the alliance is happy with this state of affairs.

I mine and rat and PI and I'm very very happy there. It's fairly safe as long as I keep an active presence in the Intel channels, and Alliance chat is very lively, friendly and generally awesome.

My corp is actually pretty quiet, and I only stay because it's got a low tax and the Alliance people are plenty to group with etc.

My advice is to find a corp in a big allance with an open policy to indys, and an NRDS policy backed up by good intel.

Sov null is far safer than hisec imo. I have lost ships, but in every case it was due to me jumping thru a gate without checking intel first, or due to attempting to rat in anoms I was underbuilt for. And I've only lost like 5 cheap ships since moving in total.

I'm not making billions or even hundreds of milliobs, but my wallet is increasing day to day, and I've never been unable to do fun things.

My recommendation is to NOT mention your interest in industry.

In my bittervet experience, discussing PvP in an interview is fine, but keep the rest to yourself.

If you find a corp that understands that industry doesn't exclude PvP participation, please drop me an EvE-mail with the name of the corp.