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Turning points in your EVE Career...
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Arec Bardwin
#21 - 2013-11-04 11:52:18 UTC
The first time I felt a salty discharge trickle from my eyes.
ElQuirko
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2013-11-04 12:42:50 UTC
The first time I put "o/" in Dodixie local and got about 16 responses from people I realised I had met and befriended over 3 years of EVE. Was pretty humbling to realise that not everyone is just a bunch of pixels on a screen.

Would still rob them though. Twisted

Dodixie > Hek
Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#23 - 2013-11-04 13:19:48 UTC
SalubriousSky Rinah wrote:
I would say that a few turning points in an EVE career would be...

(a) obtaining the ability to warp cloaked

(b) the eventual grind to a capital

(c) first PVP kill

What else?


EVe has so many turning points, it should be called "TuriningPoints Online" lol.

Soo many, like crossing that income barrier after saving up enoough isk to but my 1st Navy Raven (back in later early 2008, nowadays I know it's not much, but back then it was like "this damn ship makes isk rain from the sky!" lol).

My 1st pvp death (rifter vs Brutix in low sec, brutix pilot gave me enough isk for a new rifter lol, the brutix looked so big and scary, i went and trained for it.)

My 1st pvp roam (with a corp mate and some BoB friends of his, my 1st null sec death was in a bruitx killed by an IRC fleet that had a carrier, it was also my 1st time seeing a capital ship lol). I gort on like 4 kill mails and though I was the BOSS for the next few hours lol till someone explained to me how easy it was to get on a kill mail....

And on and on. If I had to name THE turning point, it woudl be Faction Warfare. I was there on day one and it was pretty much pvp on demand. No SP required, no handing someone your API, cheap ships welcomed etc. it really lowered the barrier into pvp and null sec, null groups back then would recruit straight out of FW.
Vera Algaert
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#24 - 2013-11-04 15:19:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Vera Algaert
Lugalbandak wrote:
Vera Algaert wrote:
First time "quitting for real" and giving away all your stuff.

First time biomassing all your characters (and writing petitions to get them restored 2 months later).


did you succseed? i biomassed some accounts , also to come back wihtin 2 months but never tried to get my first 3 back online

yes

(was no problem at all, I simply wrote a petition asking very politely if my characters could be restored and they were restored after <48h)

.
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#25 - 2013-11-05 03:31:07 UTC
SalubriousSky Rinah wrote:
Turning points in your EVE Career...

When CCP started dumbing down the game..... or if you prefer - 'Instant Gratification / Easy Mode Mechanics'.

Evil



DMC

'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
Jarod Garamonde
Jolly Codgers
Get Off My Lawn
#26 - 2013-11-05 03:48:27 UTC
The major turning point in my EVE life came when I returned from my Iraq deployment in late 2006. I could not recover my old toon, so I made Garamonde, and returned to EVE.
Not wanting to go back to my former carebear ways, I sought to become a PvP toon. I got used to throwing my ship at hostile players with M3 Corp (Darth Ninjabadger and Exphexis, FTW!), and Njalli showed me the hard way, that bigger isn't always better. Then I met Gamertrav and HandofSatan, who taught me how to properly fit a ship and not get dead... brought me into my first nullsec PvP experiences, and I learned a lot from them.
When I decided that I needed to stop depending on them, I broke away, and forged my own path. Now, I feel like I'm finally actually on my way.

One day, I am going to become "the new Kil2". I promise it.

That moment when you realize the crazy lady with all the cats was right...

    [#savethelance]
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#27 - 2013-11-05 09:00:12 UTC
"I wonder what would happen if I shield fit this mega"

That was three years agoShocked
Galadriel Vasquez
Project Omega Industries
#28 - 2013-11-05 09:16:05 UTC
Awesome.

I have tin foil hat trained to 5.
Skeln Thargensen
Doomheim
#29 - 2013-11-05 09:26:50 UTC
+1 cloakies.

forums.  serious business.
Zimmy Zeta
Perkone
Caldari State
#30 - 2013-11-05 09:26:57 UTC
When our highsec indi corp got wardecced and our CEO ordered us to stay docked and play a different game for a week until the war is over.

I'd like to apologize for the poor quality of the post above and sincerely hope you didn't waste your time reading it. Yes, I do feel bad about it.
Taal Khurin
Acorn Harvesting
#31 - 2013-11-05 09:30:53 UTC
When i figured out that 0.4 or below systems were not full of people wanting to be my friend
Sheldor Amouh
#32 - 2013-11-05 11:17:35 UTC
When I realized how many alts Erotica 1 had.

Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.
Abraham Nalelmir
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#33 - 2013-11-05 11:41:15 UTC
- Meeting the dude who helped me love this game.

That was the only turning point I can ever imagine, everything after it happened because of it!

In Go.. ECM I trust
Charlie Firpol
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#34 - 2013-11-05 13:55:04 UTC
- joining a random corp that searched for members in the local channel near the Lvl 1 epic arc
- attending a frig free-for-all tournament that this corp planned
- upgrading my trial account to a proper one (after I tried EVE out 3 times before)

That corp doesnt exist anymore, but I guess the moment where you learn that EVE is no fun unless you get into a fun corp is the biggest turning point

The Butcher of Black Rise - eve-radio.com
Dudley Schwartz
Magic Hamsters
Miners Inn University
#35 - 2013-11-05 14:22:48 UTC
Ernest Erkannen wrote:
being able to say "well I can now play free if I want"




Yep, this was my first goal, to play for free. It feels good knowing that I'm doing something right =)

Other turning points were:

my first bil (seemed the hardest one to make, all those years ago)

Alts, alts alts and more alts =)

Jita 4/4, the heart and soul of New Eden.
Vol Arm'OOO
Central Co-Prosperity Union
#36 - 2013-11-05 14:38:17 UTC
Having can flipping nerfed by CCP forcing me into a lowsec lifestyle. I still miss can flipping, but thanks ccp for leading me to lowsec. Big smile

I don't play, I just fourm warrior.
Renegade Heart
Doomheim
#37 - 2013-11-05 14:54:20 UTC
The main turning point for me was when I realised that flying around high sec carelessly in a shiny Tengu was dangerous stuff. A few tornadoes warped in on me while I was running a 4/10. It made me reconsider my goals, and I sold my Tengu and moved to low sec instead lol.
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