EVE New Citizens Q&A

Howdy everyone,

So I have been playing on this my trial and have decided after doing a ton of reading that I would like to join a 0.0 Alliance. I know that I am a newbie who cant fly much more than a rifter or thrasher, but I have a lot of enthusiasm for the game and want to go straight into 0.0 warfare. Empire space just seems to constraining for me, I want to get out to the wild west.

I have been looking around on the Recruitment forum but havent really seen any alliances that are recruiting newbies in 0.0. I heard that TEST and Goons both are really newbie friendly but I am not a member of SA or Reddit so I guess those arent options. Anyone have any suggestions on what I can do or where I could go?

Thanks In Advance!

2 reasons why not many null-sec want to recruit new players:

1.) almost all null-sec alliances are paranoid and see every new player as a spy.
2.) most new pilots need to much attention (learn how to play EVE) and also can't really defend themself yet against the harsh world of EVE (null-sec rats are harder then high-sec rats etc. etc.)

That's why you won't see many null-sec corps willing to take you in. I do love your attitude, but I do suggest to start in high-sec to learn the basics of the game, grind some ISK to back you up to start your null-sec live and mostly skill up skills you need to live in null-sec.

J'poll

I really wouldn't step into nullsec yet. The lack of proper combat skills at an early level will spell doom. It's not that corps won't want you, believe me they do (so they can shape you into the person they need) it's just that for a few months will be very ineffective and you simply won't be ready for what lies ahead.

I would suggest getting your skills up to the point you can fly a decent tackle ship. This way you will have a decent set of skills and you will actually be useful in combat.

Get outta my pager, *******.

*Ahem*. Hi. Apparently Kahega paged me because I went to 0.0 before my trial period was even up. The story goes as follows:


I join Eve, run tutorials, start doing lvl 1 missions, decide they're horrible, go to FW, decide they're horrible (being part of the TLF; it's an utter mess of organization in there), then join Ushra'Khan and move to Catch with them.

By that point, I could fly a rudimentary ratting Hurricane with a T1 fit that hardly worked. In PvP, I was advised to stick to T1 frigates and maybe T1 cruisers... you know, the whole "don't fly what you can't afford to lose". Well, it turns out that T1-fit Rifters are really cheap and really versatile, so over the next year or so I flew and lost maybe 200 of them. Sometimes I got solo kills, sometimes I flew with gangs as their tackle, and other times I just died in a fire.

Most importantly though, I had fun. Flying Rifters over and over is a blast, and I kept doing it even after I could fly bigger and "better" ships. For some time I even had a bit of fame/infamy in Providence as being the a "crazy Rifter dude".

I have since left Ushra'Khan (the small gang PvP in their region of nullsec mostly dried up) and joined the Minmatar militia again with my own corp, Rifterlings, which focuses on frigate and cruiser PvP, and accepts people of all skill levels who fly those ships.

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Storytime aside, the most important part in the whole thing is the fact that the corp I joined in Ushra'Khan, Minmatar Ship Construction Services, had a few members who were dedicated to showing me (and other newbies) the ropes. Eve is not a "solo" game, and it's not something you can just learn by reading the whole internet, nor something you can really holistically comprehend immediately after you start playing. You need to focus on something and become good at that, while collaborating with others around you. In newbies' case, this means a master-apprentice sort of relationship.

The region of space you play in determines your "style" of play, and various nuances to what you will be doing. In hisec, PvP is likely to be minimal, while you will be more exposed to industry and markets ("carebearing"). In lowsec, you will keep being exposed to hisec markets and such, but will also have to deal with lowsec piracy, counterpiracy, and in the case of facion warfare, a much more lively war scene. In nullsec, it really depends which group you join and where in nullsec you are. You may find dead PvE boredom, exciting roaming small gangs, giant blobby fleets, epic-sized war/siege fleets, or any combination thereof.

Provided the alliance you join is willing to teach you how to play and show you around, you really need no more than the skills you already have. Be able to use a warp scrambler, a stasis web, a microwarpdrive/web and some form of T1 frigate with its guns and tank, and you're good. As you're a Rifter pilot, I can also point you to my favorite fit (blog entry).

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I don't know what the situation in Ushra'Khan is, but you could try joining Minmatar Ship Construction Services. Join the "MSCSPUB" channel. I can introduce you to people.

Anyway, if you need more info, you can privmsg me. Welcome to Eve!

P.S. don't listen to horrible people who try to tell you that you shouldn't play Eve the way you want to.

If you want to shoot folk, you'll find a home in 0.0 sooner rather than later.

Check recruitment forums and the like, wander out into their space pew and strike up conversation.

The first corp you land in might not fit just right, but it won't take long to find a group who will work with you if you keep x'ing up and trying to pew on your own.

best of luck in your search.

The most important 0.0 lesson is that if you died it was most likely because you ****** up. After every death, everyone needs to ask themselves "what went wrong?" or "what could I have done to prevent that?" If self-questioning doesn't yield a satisfactory answer (e.g. "I shouldn't have engaged those two Dramiels in my Rifter.") ask corpmates and others until you do get a satisfactory answer.

Using this as the only way of learning can be expensive and painful, though, so having someone who is willing to answer miscellaneous questions, to give "tutorials", and to lead training ops is very useful.

24/7 babysitting is not the answer. Initiative from both sides (pupil and teacher) to do something about it is.

(Edit: True story about the Dramiels and the Rifter, by the way. I wanted to see if I could put even one of them into armor. I couldn't.)