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I learned that joining a player corp for its own sake is a bad idea.
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Lilianna Star
Vagrant Empress
#21 - 2014-03-11 22:18:45 UTC
Yeah, I have no idea what that means. As long as people aren't going to start shooting me for no reason, I probably don't care much.

If it means I can't join any more corps, good riddance.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#22 - 2014-03-11 22:24:06 UTC
Lilianna Star wrote:
Yeah, I have no idea what that means. As long as people aren't going to start shooting me for no reason, I probably don't care much.

If it means I can't join any more corps, good riddance.


Yep, that's what it means.

By posting carebear sentiments here, and obviously on your main, you open yourself up to being watchlisted as an easy target and tracked down with locator agents. Which I highly recommend learning up on.

Granted, being in a solo corp means that you can have no problem with disbanding and reforming corp once such a thing happens (barring suicide ganking anyway), so learning how to do that would be highly advantageous on your part as it basically makes the entire wardec concept utterly pointless.

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Pix Severus
Empty You
#23 - 2014-03-11 22:28:08 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
most notably when you post on the forums and people find your lack of corp disturbing.


Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
I mentioned the whole forum thing about the lack of corp and its disturbing nature right?...because that a big one.


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Lilianna Star
Vagrant Empress
#24 - 2014-03-11 22:34:41 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Lilianna Star wrote:
Yeah, I have no idea what that means. As long as people aren't going to start shooting me for no reason, I probably don't care much.

If it means I can't join any more corps, good riddance.


Yep, that's what it means.

By posting carebear sentiments here, and obviously on your main, you open yourself up to being watchlisted as an easy target and tracked down with locator agents. Which I highly recommend learning up on.

Granted, being in a solo corp means that you can have no problem with disbanding and reforming corp once such a thing happens (barring suicide ganking anyway), so learning how to do that would be highly advantageous on your part as it basically makes the entire wardec concept utterly pointless.


Alright.

If a suicide squad comes my way, I'll say this: Goooood luuuuck ;D
Good Posting
Doomheim
#25 - 2014-03-11 22:40:55 UTC
Welcome to the wonderful world of solo man corps.

After being in null sec blocks for years, i made my own corp too, 8 months back. I was really bored and tired of eve at that time and i almost quit the game, but decided to keep playing on my own and i'm a happy man.

My only advice is this: don't do only pve or you will end bored, probably. Do some pvp, create and run your own content and for others that you will meet in your way. In null sec sov warfare, i was running content planned by others, but here i'm free and i do what i please: no corp rules, no diplos, no CTAs, no fleet pings, nothing. Just log in and have fun.

I wish you good luck.
Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
#26 - 2014-03-11 22:42:34 UTC
Lilianna Star wrote:
I remember one of the silver rules of EVE is to join a player corp as soon as possible.

Bad idea imo. I got stung hard doing this because veterans said it was a good idea. Turns out that there's a pretty nasty disadvantage to that. War decs are fun Sad.

I'm not saying never join a corp, but if you want to join a corp have a reason first. It doesn't have to be a great reason, but it has to be a reason. Don't just join for its own sake.

Needless to say I'm such a carebear I never leave station without a covops cloaking device.


You didn't get stung because you joined a player corp.

You got stung because you don't know how to handle being wardecced. Now, this is perhaps indicative that the player corp you joined wasn't a good choice either.
Lilianna Star
Vagrant Empress
#27 - 2014-03-11 22:45:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Lilianna Star
Good Posting wrote:
Welcome to the wonderful world of solo man corps.

After being in null sec blocks for years, i made my own corp too, 8 months back. I was really bored and tired of eve at that time and i almost quit the game, but decided to keep playing on my own and i'm a happy man.

My only advice is this: don't do only pve or you will end bored, probably. Do some pvp, create and run your own content and for others that you will meet in your way. In null sec sov warfare, i was running content planned by others, but here i'm free and i do what i please: no corp rules, no diplos, no CTAs, no fleet pings, nothing. Just log in and have fun.

I wish you good luck.


One thing I used to do back in the day before I was in any corp whatsoever was to go up into sov space, cloak up in random space and sit there. Then go and watch Youtube videos or watch TV or something. Occasionally I would "accidentally" type things in local chat like "Just tell me when you're ready to come in."

Most of the enemies I've made were because of that.
Silvetica Dian
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#28 - 2014-03-11 23:24:58 UTC
Lilianna Star wrote:
I remember one of the silver rules of EVE is to join a player corp as soon as possible.

Bad idea imo. I got stung hard doing this because veterans said it was a good idea. Turns out that there's a pretty nasty disadvantage to that. War decs are fun Sad.

I'm not saying never join a corp, but if you want to join a corp have a reason first. It doesn't have to be a great reason, but it has to be a reason. Don't just join for its own sake.

Needless to say I'm such a carebear I never leave station without a covops cloaking device.



The rule isn't join a player corp as soon as possible.
It is join a GOOD player corp as soon as possible.
This is actually quite hard and requires research.
Almost all high sec corps are worthless or actually detrimental

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Shrewd Tsero
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#29 - 2014-03-11 23:30:57 UTC
Lilianna Star wrote:
One thing I used to do back in the day before I was in any corp whatsoever was to go up into sov space, cloak up in random space and sit there. Then go and watch Youtube videos or watch TV or something. Occasionally I would "accidentally" type things in local chat like "Just tell me when you're ready to come in."

Most of the enemies I've made were because of that.


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Eram Fidard
Doomheim
#30 - 2014-03-11 23:35:11 UTC
Sounds like you've only joined bad corps. Do some research.

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Tyberius Franklin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#31 - 2014-03-12 00:38:53 UTC
Eram Fidard wrote:
Sounds like you've only joined bad corps. Do some research.

I see this a lot, but almost never any advice on what to actually look for, or even what the basic definition of a good corp is most of the time.
Klymer
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#32 - 2014-03-12 00:52:24 UTC  |  Edited by: Klymer
Tyberius Franklin wrote:
Eram Fidard wrote:
Sounds like you've only joined bad corps. Do some research.

I see this a lot, but almost never any advice on what to actually look for, or even what the basic definition of a good corp is most of the time.



From the resources sticky in New Player Q&A

How to find the corp that is right for you By NightCrawler 85


...edited for moar links so even an npc corp alt can do it Big smile
Barbara Nichole
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#33 - 2014-03-12 02:17:15 UTC
I spent three weeks on my own in an NPC corp to learn the ropes before I got sucked up into my husbands corp and dragged to null sec. That null sec experience was like drinking from a fire hydrant. I learned a ton but, as with most things in null sec, it ended badly. I find now that I look back fondly at the time I spent in the NPC corp.. where I met people who were not yet jaded and who perhaps trusted too easily and honestly.

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Tyberius Franklin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#34 - 2014-03-12 02:20:53 UTC
Klymer wrote:
Tyberius Franklin wrote:
Eram Fidard wrote:
Sounds like you've only joined bad corps. Do some research.

I see this a lot, but almost never any advice on what to actually look for, or even what the basic definition of a good corp is most of the time.



From the resources sticky in New Player Q&A

How to find the corp that is right for you By NightCrawler 85


...edited for moar links so even an npc corp alt can do it Big smile

A fine example of a useful "do research post"
Chopper Rollins
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#35 - 2014-03-12 02:25:07 UTC
Shrewd Tsero wrote:
... From my (limited) experience, if you're in a high sec corp, you're going to get decced at somepoint. Either because someone legitimately has a specific grudge against your corp and wants to play, or because there are just corps (one man or more) out there who's sole existence is based on deccing....


Or because the corp is terrible and after years still hasn't managed to move more than 12 jumps from Jita, thinks lowsec is certain death, null is impossible and wh only for complete autards.
Smug, smart-mouth mission runners can attract awful violence as well.
Most of all though, looking like a soft target with no combat experience or willingness, yeah, that really brings the heroes.

Disclaimer: i have solo wardecced corps for a single member being insubordinate in local, hit their weakest, least vigilant members and contracted cans full of newb corpses to the ceos after their surrender.
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Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#36 - 2014-03-12 04:12:17 UTC
Tyberius Franklin wrote:
Eram Fidard wrote:
Sounds like you've only joined bad corps. Do some research.

I see this a lot, but almost never any advice on what to actually look for, or even what the basic definition of a good corp is most of the time.


I think before you even start you need ... speak the same language you do, are active, and are in more or less the same time zone :D
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#37 - 2014-03-12 04:23:03 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Other less notable NPC corp features would be higher taxes,

Or rather taxes that don't have any benefit to you.
Many player corps worth a damn have higher taxes than NPC corps but their members get something out of it as a result.

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SB Rico
Sumo Wrestlers
#38 - 2014-03-12 04:54:41 UTC
The main reason for not being in an npc corp or solo corp is the expanded content imho

In particular fleet activities and advise...

and yes war decs are part of that.

Unfortunately there are bad corps out there but a set of basic rule of thumb stuff I do look for tends to help me find out whether a corp is worth joining:

1. Check the size of the corp - small corps are fun, but since really you want a corp where there are people to play the game with try to go for a medium/bigger corp at first.

2. Check the age of the ceo - I try to avoid corps where the ceo is a newer player as you want to ensure there is someone who understands the game in charge, now ofc the ceo could be a new toon who is simply a ceo alt which is why the next point is worth doing...

3. Join their public channel and check the players in there on forums and employment history. Chat to those guys and see if they are people you want to spend your free time with.

4. CHECK THEIR KILLBOARD HISTORY - this has saved me a few times before I joined ganker corps - same corp kills should ring alarm bells.

5. Chat with the recruiter, do they seem generally friendly or do they seem like they see you as another body? Do they seem more interested in how much shiny stuff you have?

6. Ask them about war decs and check their war history - do they seem to have large numbers of decs where they lost lots of ships? Do they have decs where they killed lots of ships? Do they have a lot of brief decs where they had 0 kills or losses?

At the end of the day the game is not as rewarding solo, having said that I don't think you should be obliged to interact, if you are paying CCP money you should be able to play your way and continue funding them to create content for the rest of us :)

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Bagrat Skalski
Koinuun Kotei
#39 - 2014-03-12 07:36:40 UTC
Just trick them few times into wardeccing your one player corp and then disband it, like a sneaky carebear should.

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Kaerf Arkanghel
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#40 - 2014-03-12 09:28:09 UTC
this boggles my mind...why the heck would play an MMORPG if you want to solo?

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