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Girlfriend starting eve, what should we do?
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Scatim Helicon
State War Academy
Caldari State
#21 - 2013-10-05 08:27:22 UTC
Start up a for-profit lottery: in return CCP will shower you in unique ships, all-expenses paid trips to fanfest, and probably T2 BPOs as well.

Every time you post a WiS thread, Hilmar strangles a kitten.
Gnadolin
Space Pioneers
#22 - 2013-10-05 08:44:25 UTC
I did this like six months ago now. I insisted on her playing EVERY Tutorial, so she gets Tod know as many aspects of Eve as possible. I also gave her fitting advice and went Tod the Testserver with her to explain and practise some basic mechanics.( I multiboxed her toon in a mass test so she could actually try stuff on Sisi)
I also advised her in skilling, after the tutorials revealed she likes shooting red crosses. From time to time, when my sec and empire wars allowed, i came to Highsec and did lvl 2-3 missions with her. When she was able to fly a proper fit BC, i got her into my Corporation and into nullsec. The first attempt to Pvp Endes in RL tears and hours of psychic advise. So we went to the Testserver again and practised Pvp, a couple of Corpmates assisted me with that lessons. A month later she had 17 Killmails and 90%efficiency. She still prefers ratting, but if wie Fall for a gang she jumps into her Rupture or Omen and comes along.
Most important is, that you make sure she is independent from you and can do stuff while you are not online or doing stuff she cant. Then she will develop her own way.
Jada Maroo
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#23 - 2013-10-05 09:07:44 UTC
The first thing you need to do is make sure she doesn't have a penAttentions.
Mr Pragmatic
#24 - 2013-10-05 09:13:55 UTC
When I play eve with my significant other we like troll people with scams.

Super cali hella yolo swaga dopeness.  -Yoloswaggins, in the fellowship of the bling.
Azami Nevinyrall
172.0.0.1
#25 - 2013-10-05 09:28:00 UTC
You have a bed right?

Various stable pieces of furniture?

If you answered yes to either of those, why are you playing a videogame?

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Gnadolin
Space Pioneers
#26 - 2013-10-05 09:35:40 UTC
Because a relationship only build upon all day sexual interaction will not hold for long, while common interests do.
As you would know obviously if you ever had a serious relationship.
Azami Nevinyrall
172.0.0.1
#27 - 2013-10-05 09:42:19 UTC
Last time I checked, sex is a common interest.

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Silvetica Dian
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#28 - 2013-10-05 09:50:50 UTC
As she will have lower SP than you i suggest you teach her about tackle. Shocked
innuendos out of the way i would suggest finding a PVP corp that accepts low SP players so you both have others to play with. I almost sent you a mail to try and recruit you both but i had a think about the people in my corp and how they might troll /letch /make sexist comments and i thought.....hmmm this isn't going to end well so i didn't.
You should totally buy her some faction frigs though. The firetail is pretty.

Money at its root is a form of rationing. When the richest 85 people have as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion (50% of humanity) it is clear where the source of poverty is. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/20/trickle-down-economics-broken-promise-richest-85
Lugalbandak
Doomheim
#29 - 2013-10-05 10:22:11 UTC
Sell her , so you can be on your own in the game

The police horse is the only animal in the world that haz his male genitals on his back
Whim Aqayn
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#30 - 2013-10-05 10:28:39 UTC
PANIC!
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#31 - 2013-10-05 10:31:12 UTC
You should "gank" her really hard.
"Blow" all your "load" right into her,
to make her "explode".

Remember to share the "loot" ...
Grey Stormshadow
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#32 - 2013-10-05 10:32:31 UTC
Undock in a romantic spaceship and go watch stars

Get classic forum style - custom videos to captains quarters screen

Play with the best - die like the rest
Seven Koskanaiken
Shadow Legions.
SONS of BANE
#33 - 2013-10-05 10:32:46 UTC
Corp theft
Bonnie and Clyde in space
Othran
Route One
#34 - 2013-10-05 10:43:35 UTC
Napoleon Baleine wrote:
I'm 50 mil sp in mostly combat. My girlfriend wants to start playing eve, what are some good activities we could do in game that require us to work together in a joint enterprise? Prefer lowsec lifestyle, and no manufacturing (except maybe drugs)


Find another girlfriend who doesn't play Eve is my advice....
Kalishka Askulf
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#35 - 2013-10-05 11:28:10 UTC
Lady Areola Fappington wrote:
I'd recommend asking her what she wants to do, and going from there. Just a thought....


This! Oddly enough, OP, she may want to make up her own mind on what she'd like to do....Just sayin' Roll

Betty White knows it
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#36 - 2013-10-05 11:42:28 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
Gank her.

See if she likes it. Cool




Completely unironically, this is totally what I did to my wife to introduce her to the game properly. I had given her a bunch of money so she bought a ship she couldn't really fly, and had a bunch of implants in her head, so I took her pod too. She's still vigilant as a result, and a good solid player to boot.

She's often the one that reminds me now, not to fly what I cannot afford to lose. She also rather enjoys reading some of the more hilarious mishaps on the forums and on TMC, although from what I understand she's not much of a poster.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Renegade Heart
Doomheim
#37 - 2013-10-05 11:44:45 UTC
Take her to some low sec belt and use her as bait Big smile

Then you can be the knight in shining armor when she gets attacked and save her Cool
Napoleon Baleine
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#38 - 2013-10-05 11:45:54 UTC
NightCrawler 85 wrote:
Lady Areola Fappington wrote:
I'd recommend asking her what she wants to do, and going from there. Just a thought....


This.

EVE is not a game that you really "play together" when your a couple. Im sure that some are lucky and have the exact same interests, but in many cases one likes to do one thing, and the other likes something completely different.

Your gf is going to start playing, which means that she has not yet had time to actually try the different activities (and you saying something like "industry is boring because ******" dosent mean that she wouldent like it.

So here is my advice. First off dont think that you have to play together. For all you know you might end up in a different corp because you have a completely different play style in EVE. Give her time to decide what she wants to do, and then (if possible) meet each other half way.

As an example...
You enjoy living in low sec and PVP, she enjoys industry and mining.
Set your self up so you can protect her while she is doing the mining, and she can help get you ships and things you need by building them.

And if she simply decides that she does not want to live in low sec.. Well you can still go on a roam together once in a while (if she enjoys PVP), or do exploration together, or she can help haul stuff from empire to your area if needed..

But keep in mind... EVE is not the kind of game that you "play together" like WOW as an example. You dont have to follow a quest line where the end goal is to get to level 85 (or whatever it is now), there is no end goal of getting into the raids and getting the best gear.
Wanting her to follow your play style (while understandable) is a good way to wreck her interest and will to even try EVE so go into it with the idea that at most you might fleet up together once in a while, but in the long run you will most likely be doing your own thing separate of each other.

Be there to assist her when needed, ask her to do the tutorial missions, explore the options provided to her, and then if she wants to, introduce her to your own play style, but make sure she knows that if its not for her you wont object if she does something else.


Relax, I'm just asking for ideas that I can present to her. I've already talked to her about what is in the game to gauge her interests, and manufacturing wasn't one of them.
Jove Death
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#39 - 2013-10-05 11:47:27 UTC
Buy Yourself a Phobos

Buy her a Cynabal

Make lots of lil Vigilants

Big smile

Quoting "you will die" in EvE is fail Chars dont die in EvE. Unless you have a heart attack eek.
Johan Civire
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#40 - 2013-10-05 12:12:52 UTC
Napoleon Baleine wrote:
I'm 50 mil sp in mostly combat. My girlfriend wants to start playing eve, what are some good activities we could do in game that require us to work together in a joint enterprise? Prefer lowsec lifestyle, and no manufacturing (except maybe drugs)


I wish my wife can play this game.... If she see this 3D here head is going crazy.... She have no feeling how to play 3D art games. Only those boring patience games and zylom games she can play... Or apps..... I wish I had to a wife that found also my passion about eve online... But like many people say you can not get always what you want.... I hope you got a great start with allot of stress at the beginning. Keep us progress. I like to know. Lol
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