EVE New Citizens Q&A

Not this guy hehe....not like I'd give ya any proof but if my reputation here is any good to not lie my main dude carries a 5 or 6 to 1 kill/death ratio, has a mid spot in the top 10k on battleclinic and climbing, and is well known by most people who matter in the neighborhood I reside in.

The next time someone asks ya for an API or teamspeak security check just tell them "No, I reserve the right to bone you over a barrel left, right and center if your group is a collection of shitbirds, is run by a half-wit, has FCs who act like children, etc...thanks for your time". That's MY API check and weeds out the people I wouldn't want to hang with anyway.

I very rarely use standings for the same reason. I may like certain members of different groups but not others. Because a blue mark is on their picture I'm supposed to leave them alone when they are doing dumb stuff that affects me? spooking targets away? am I supposed to bow to the mumalard FC they have and join the fleet to help them get F1 blob kills? Nah, they get a warning because they are a friend of a friend then they're getting shot. You'd be very surprised with a small tight group of friends how well it works.


(I hope that comes off with some kind of humility but if not who cares, this is zombie alt )

To the OP:

Please be aware that many of the replies to your query, and others like it, are simply alternative ways of saying: "This is my opinion of EVE and how it should be played and is therefore the only way to play and enjoy the game; also, despite knowing absolutely nothing about you, I know for a fact that your experience will be the same."

In fact, any post any player makes is ALWAYS going to have personal touch in it, no matter what you post and in which context you post it.

You complain about others telling new players they have to join a corp, but all you do is tell people to NOT join a corp. I never see you suggest to people they CAN join a corp if they want too.

The closest things are those who raid into SOV null-sec for a day / couple of days or those who base out of NPC null-sec.

The fact that some things are almost impossible solo means only that corp membership will make those aspects of EVE more enjoyable.

That has no relevance to the monotonously repeated claim that every player would enjoy the game more in a corp.

Basically, what you are saying is that the things that you can only do in a corp are only enjoyable if you're in a corp. Er . . . , eh?

I won't share them here but I read about how the corporations and alliances pretty much own the game. I read posts about how it's virtually impossible to survive in 0.0 (or beyond) as a single player

Still the vast majority of players in EVE seems to want to be in player corporations. Mainly cause the gameplay most players want to do are mostly based on group activity.

Now you really disappoint me by indulging in my other pet hate of these forums: presuming to know what "the vast majority of" or "most" players want. Not you, nor me, nor any other player can possibly know what most players want.

The only evidence available is the survey conducted a few months back which would seem to suggest that most players don't want to be in player corporations as most of the respondents said they play solo.

I don't dispute anything you say about the viability of various aspects of the game, but none of it supports the claim that every player, no matter what their aims and aspirations might be, would enjoy the game more in a player corp. It quite simply isn't true.

If you're in a player corp you are by definition not solo.

Doesn't matter what you might be doing at any given time, you always have others to call on if required.

Edit: Besides, you know full well that when talking about playing EVE solo what is meant is playing without being a member of a player corp.