EVE New Citizens Q&A

Few use voice chat. Example, my small corp used Skype. Larger corps use Ventrillo, Teamspeak, or Mumble.

You have to enable voice for the channel you are in. Been a long time, but I seem to remember an orange megaphone icon when it was active (of course, I could just be senile and imagining things). Check the chat window options.

There are some options in the general settings (ESC) for it. I think to make it auto-join fleet / corp channels, but I've not really paid attention to it. This is also where you pick things like the push-to-talk button.

Old instructions:
http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/EVE_voice

Support:
http://community.eveonline.com/support/knowledge-base/browse.aspx?categoryID=78&languageId=EN

Well, I was hoping to be able to use the in-game chat, seeing as it'll be easier to manage it if it's integrated into the game, but if no one uses it then there's really no point.

TS is Teamspeak right? I remember using them for a flight sim but that was ages ago. I think it was pay-to-use though, but I'm not sure. If it is proprietary then it'll depend on how much it is... I'm not completely adverse to investing money into a game but I am a college student so... well, you know. (All your monies are belong to student loans, lol)

To be fair I abstain from playing MMO's that require a monthly subscription, for that reason, I only made an exception for EVE because of the PLEX program, which when you think about it is a really good idea as far as enticing players to stick around (I mean after all it does take SOME in-game effort to afford dropping 600+ million ISK every 30 days). I plan on making a long-term career as an EVE player, true I'm a noob but I have big dreams in this game, maybe even starting a corp. I want to be like my two favorite anime characters, Lelouch from Code Geass and Izaya Orihara from DRRR!; a Chessmaster and/or Magnificent Bastard who fights with their mind, is always a step ahead of the opposition, has their hand in everyone's dirty laundry, and manipulates people like so many little chess pieces

But back to the topic at hand, I want to be able to use the most common methods of communication, so if TS is what everyone uses then I'll go with that too, regardless of price. A little RL financial investment won't go amiss as far as my plans to dominate this fantasy galaxy.

Voice program clients like TeamSpeak, Ventrilo, and Mumble can be downloaded and used free of charge by individual players.Your player corporation or guild is then usually charged a small monthly fee to to rent space on a server.

Typically, player corporations or guilds simply ask for donations to pay for things like voice server fees, and a few generous souls foot the bill for everyone else.

Iceland time is gmt...so yes...that one. You can post all that stuff into your signature if you wish but most of us use that space for either bragging or complaining. Lol. Perusing the corp recruitment section is absolutely suggested. It's better than the in game choice but even corp recruitment is wrought with scams in new eden so read the stickies at the top of that section before you dive in. Welcome to eve

Social > Fleet > My Fleet

The top right 5 buttons are right clickable, their only context option is Join of Leave channel. You can add voice to other chat panels by clicking on the cogwheel at the top of the panel, then click Join Audio. It's all embedded in the game and you don't have to install anything. We often use Eve Voice with new recruits or people that haven't setup TS yet. Once we form an Alliance fleet people hop on TS, while certain people will keep their Eve channels open, using the same talk key for both applications.

There isn't a general EVE Teamspeak server.

Each corp / alliance has their own voice comms (Teamspeak, Mumble, Ventrillo, Skype, EVE Voice) and each has their own server. Usually with registration on it too, to prevent anybody who shouldn't be on it to join / hear stuff etc.

I personally have all of the above stuff installed, though main comms so far has always been TS3.

Also, if you do not want to to spend real life money on TS3. Individuals rent out entire servers or partial servers for isk.

E.G. I rent partial servers for isk in which i am logged in nearly 24/7 to provide support/answer questions edit permissions. I started eve in college as well, so i feel your pain money wise. If your account is brand new, and you really do plan on sticking around at least 6 months. I would recommend doing a longer than 1 month subscription so as to say about a dollar on each plex. That might seem like little, but 6 bucks saved meant i had another 3-4 meals from taco bell.

As it is VERY time consuming to earn 550 million your first 21 days. It is possible, but very time consuming. Only to have to do it the next month.

Welcome, and GL.

Yeah, figured as much. However, I do have a question about PLEX, I heard people can resell it so is it basically like a voucher for an extension? Like, you buy it but you don't have to use it right away?

If so, then I figure I may go ahead with a 6 month subscription and then gradually stockpile PLEX so that way I'll have them when I need them.

Also, is PLEX account-based or character-based? Like, if you buy PLEX with 1 char and use it, does the extension apply to alts as well?

Sorry I know I have a lot of noob questions but this game is seriously interesting from what I've learned so far, I want to learn everything I can about it since I plan to be in it for the long haul.

So basically, PLEX is bought using RL money, and can be either redeemed for game time or sold to other players for ISK. That makes sense, thank you.

Do you have eve voice in your esc menu, and are the people you are trying to communicate useing it as well. Also I'm pretty sure not all channels have the ability to use it.