EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hi,
My name is Anna and I just started this game couple of days ago. I'm from Czech republic so grammar nazzi's - please proceed to lick an eyeball with a cactus
I heard about big titan fight recently and decided to give it a try. I was told to learn about the game basics first because it can be overwhelming experience, they said. So my basic knowledge is theoretical, but I kinda liked the whole ratting thing. Is there any corporation in Amarr space open for recruitment of newbie with lack of skill, but eager to learn and play some ratting?

Update: "Based on this useful thread I'd like to add some more information about me.
Timezone: Basicly the same as server one -1 so server restart is occured during my noon
Further career plan: First of all - I'd like to have fun. Less profit in low security space ratting with cool group of people seems like more fun than Level 5 missions with a blob of individuals (I had to google blob first ). That's it.

Welcome

Finding a good corporation in EVE is a very different experience then finding a guild/cabal/clan in other games.
I would suggest that you read over this guide to help you get an idea of what to look for and what to avoid, and also the different ways of finding the kind of corporation you are looking for.

Good luck

Just don't wander over into General Discussion

Just don't go in there asking for help, try and stick to the more specific forums when you can, ships & modules, skill discussions etc... GD is full of trolls.

Hi and welcome to EVE, Anna :) If you are starting up, I gather the best corporation to join with are either EVE University (of IVY league alliance, no other mind you - as I saw few corporations with very similar names to EVE-Uni), or Brave Newbies.

Welcome Anna, I hope you will enjoy your stay,

So as others suggested you should look in recruitment forums. You wanna start off with ratting which I guess is fine. To make it profitable enough in my opinion you should rat in null sec. You can start off with missioning since it has mutual sides with ratting.

Second, despite it is fun for some, missioning and ratting kinda burn you out when you do the same thing over and over again. After a while you might be bored of doing same stuff. Just saying...In this case, joining a corporation may be helpful to extend the duration of fun you are having in game. Finding a good corp for your needs is to be honest a huge drama. NightCrawler's guide will help you to get through most of that hassle.

Have you considered doing PvP? As you gave a reference to the big fight, you might be better off with starting your carreer in a PvP Corp. Learn the basics of fleet and how to coordinate. Also if you want to participate in huge fleet battles, I suggest you finding a Null Sec Corp, some of them are really eager to teach you the basics about everything you need to know in Nullsec. Besides when you are in a Nullsec corp you can also rat when there is no action going on. It's a win-win situation in my opinion.

I do fully agree to the above but like to add that friends dont always have to be in your corp. Plenty of public channels where you can meet new people and make friends.

I will. Thanks.
It's kinda hard, to know what exactly I'll be doing "when I grow up". Is corporation switching considered as a unloyal behaviour?

That depends.

Hopping from a corp to another if they dont work out...perfectly normal and in future if you explain it most recrukters will understand.

Leaving a corp they get a wardec everytime might get you flagged as someone who doesnt want to standntheir ground together with the group.

Have 20 corps in your history after 22 days (ergo hop corp almost everyday) will get you flagged as not even worth the time as (s)he will leave anyway.


Basically it comes down to the next recruiter, their opinion and most of all how you present yourself and how you explain you employment history.

Quick update:
I just realized, that asking what can corporations do for me is a completely bad attitude.
I have nothing I can offer to any corporation yet. My skills are funny ATM and my real skills are close to zero. I have a lot of fun, but thinking that corporations will be fighting for having me invited was a bad attitude. I'm not a celebrity or something. I'm just another trial user who TRIES. So first of all, I will work on myself, then I will find a suitable corporation to which I can be good and helpful member. Meanwhile I will have some fun with friends I made and who knows, maybe I'll join their corps later on :)
Thank you all for very helpful advices - I learned a lot thank to your hints.