Out of Pod Experience

I'm trying to find people either closer in time zone or closer in play schedules in order to work on an eve project. Need willing solo pilots who don't mind occasional group play. I'm not trying to recruit anyone here either.
I'm just testing the waters for possibilities.

I'd rather not hand out too many details publicly. Basically an idea for a new type of alliance using existing game mechanics while allowing for enhanced security among all parties.
It is also something that will take a bit of time to really get off the ground...I have a lot of ideas though and haven't really begun playing with economic interests yet.
Being new means I don't have much of a reputation yet and my word has no inherent value, I'm looking to change that a bit while livening up my game play.

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OP i'm not sure what you have in mind, but the security bit makes me think it's defense/offense related. and i'm curious if you've experienced what happens to a player organization when steady pressure is applied, through a wardec and/or PVP--it begins to hemorrhage members. and with looser ties, they'll be more prone to leave. I'm curious to know details, but specifically how your organizational model addresses this pressure response. also, at some point you have to let people in on it, and after that all it takes is a spy to learn what you're doing. if not me, and not here, it would be worth talking it over with a few people who have corporation leadership experience. is the player born date of your character when you began playing EVE?

there are also informal ties between players and player organizations. I'm also curious if it's basically "space friends" that you have in mind, which is how quite a bit of business is done in EVE... it starts with random encounters and takes a bit of cultivation of those contacts, but it happens on its own over the years

what's your irl background, in terms of profession? I'm wondering what personal, job skills you're looking to apply in EVE with this plan.

k gotcha. your plan sounds very structured, and it turns out it comes from a very logical thinker

it sounds like you have a sense of the idea that it's not always about associating with players of the same type as yourself. Associating with people with different playstyles from mine made EVE more interesting than anything. I also wonder if what you have in mind is already alive and well, right here in Out of Pod Experience.

I don't want to sound too shrewd about it, because that's not the case at all ( i don't think ), but my contacts came and went based on what you mentioned: mutual benefit. say I have shoot-y characters but I need some industry capability so I'll align with mining groups. I also joined a wormhole corporation for six months to learn the game mechanics, and that yielded player contacts as well.

yeah, the two biggest moves I've made were the wormhole corp and my mining contacts. and with that experience and those contacts, I still have my hands full. the mining thing started when I used battleships to mine ore with drones. lol a trio of rattlesnakes in a belt, yeah i've done that. some people ran, but a few people started conversations.

my point is, it sounds like you're looking to secure your current activity, but I think you should also consider changing the activity itself, and look for activities that have teamwork built in. perhaps wrangle the groups into a chain of some sort--there's always room for people to contribute.

either way, there's no shortage of people looking for safety in numbers.

I'm getting a tingle up my spine from thinking about what happens when a motivated mining/industry player works with a player with PVP capability. orcas full of materials being moved under escort, and turning the tables on griefer wardecs... good times. miners and the thought of mining is dismissed a lot, but I can't think of a player relationship that is more mutually beneficial than miner/industry + pvp'er.

lastly, I've found the longest-running and easiest ties to maintain here on the forums. forum banter is fun and easy, and certainly low-pressure. our locations in-game might be impractically far, and in the case of some players who come to mind, they have an infrastructure that would be impossible to move. but. it's a network like any other--hell, better than most for its diversity--that is good for calling for favors when things come up. the great thing is it doesn't have to be -for- ISK or any benefit except the activity itself. you could say forum participation is a good indication that a player is looking for interaction in their EVE.

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a little more about me: I spent my twenties in the military, and I'm currently a full-time pre engineering student. I thought it was going to be ME, but lately my interest has turned to EE. I run 8 clients, with characters ranging from godly to young-and-specialized. I enjoy the forums and especially OOPE very much.

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did i just... kill another thread

looking over your plan again, I think it would be worth comparing your model to OOPE for these points:
there are little espionage losses because everyone's independent,
everyone is ISK self-sufficient,
there's only self-management,
experience in lots of different areas (like this, which miners probably wouldn't have, but need for high sec POSes),
and the payoff is the activity itself if their contribution is what they've been happy doing while lurking.

OOPE's space lurkers are exceptional for their self-direction, compared to players who lack the direction or ability.

moving a group of individuals in your case could start with a clearly defined end-goal such as needing a POS tower and parts moved from Jita to wherever. a bigger temporary commitment would be allies in a wardec... and more advanced would be setting up in a small wormhole and also creating the industry backbone for mining ice to fuel it. not all players scan, or know how to run a POS, or do PI, or mine, or PVP but they're all needed....

lastly, I think what you might want to consider is alliance leadership skills. sMegacorp Management V Empire Control V

speaking of location, time zone diversity is a good thing

gang support, reconnaissance. from very early on, and being introduced to EVE by far more skilled players, I made up my mind to be a complementary role to players who are primarily DPS (and cba to scout, tackle, cyno, etc).


yes, and there are little things i think can be different but nothing big and glaring.


not too much. I play with myself

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