EVE New Citizens Q&A

Hello there, i and a friend are looking to start a small POS in a C1 and this is one question that has been bugging me for a while. Is creating a corp required for both of us to use the POS?

I hoped to avoid it if i could, but i can't see any way a POS would recognize an ally and give them shared access without using a corp to give them some status. Thanks.

Well, let me explain:



A control tower is "Launched for corporation"

AND

A control tower is considered a "corporate asset" not personal asset

AND

You need certain corporate roles to be able to use the POS


Now, you use a little power of deduction...you should be able to answer it yourself.



Now if both of you want to access everything in the POS, you both need to be in the same corp and have the relevant access rights (if it is a TRUE friend in RL, CEO + Director combo will do).

If it is just access to the forcefield, a POS can be set up to let friendlies in. And of course anybody with the forcefield password can enter it.

Ooh, you are one of those guys, who are being spoon fed by NPC hiding cry babies that feed you the incorrect info that every new small corp is instantly wardecced.


Heads up...it isn't.

I know more then 20 new(-ish) corps aswel as several that are 4+ year old corps with NO war history at all.

Corps that get wardecced, made a target of themself in one way or another.

This. War decs serve no purpose in wormhole space. Anyone that sees you will shoot you anyway.

The only effect that wardecs have on wormholers would be if you do a lot of running around in highsec for logistics. If you are in a 2 man corp living in a wormhole, it's extremely unlikely that anyone would ever bother to wardec you anyway, unless you really go out of your way to act like assholes.

Uhm the great thing about wormholes is that wardeccers would actually have to find you first, and there's no such thing as non-legal agression in wormhole space itself. You sit in your bubble castle raking in salvage while the peasants scream for your blood in Jita. Solution: don't go to Jita. Heck even I feel too leet to enter that cesspool to illiterate spam, and I'm hardly an examplar on good behaviour. Carefully (cloaky) export your goods and let some couriers take care of your logistics, don't be a cheapskate and your stuff will move across New Eden relatively fast. Just pack sandwiches for a week and you will be fine. Don't forget to fuel the POS!

Starting a 2-man corp with a friend is a great experience, especially if you can make it grow and prosper. Don't be fooled by the naysayers but do make sure you know everything there is to know about corp management. Consult the wiki's and be conservative with handing out rights. Good luck!

There's 2 sides to a coin and everyone here is only posting 1 side.

Despite what others have posted, you're correct in being very cautious about setting up a POS.

I know quite a few newly formed 1 or 2 member player corps that were quickly WarDec'd by larger player corps, purely done for Griefing and Kill Mail whoring. If the newly formed small player corp had a POS, that quickly became the first and usually the only casualty of the WarDec.

This happens a lot in high sec and if anyone says otherwise, they're lying. Sure there's small player corps that are 'Under The Radar' and never get WarDec'd but that's a small group.

Anyway, since you're planning on anchoring a POS in a W-hole, you can expect 'Open Season' on it without being WarDec'd. However since it is a W-hole, the POS won't be easily found and more importantly, it won't be easily accessible.

Good luck to you.



DMC

Here is a tip on how to not get wardecced: be respectfull in all communications and don't get baited into a fountain of tears when you lose. In other words, respect the guy that comes to kill your POS eventually and embrace the experience. You end up knowing all about POS reinforcement cycles with firsthand experience, and that will serve you better then any SP investment. With some luck and a little discipline you make a return on your investments, if you get hammered before that time you simply weren't ready. Try again later, and wisen up in the meantime. It's a complex game, give yourself time to get good.

I have had control over whole systems' tax and moongoo taken away from me. Two or three times... and there will be a time when I will have lost count. It's just a game and I like the part where you have to scheme and plot and bleed ISK, because that's what makes your victories mean something. And if you really really want something, you'll find a way. Just get damn well aquianted with roles and titles. Corps can take a beating from the outside, but are a house of cards from within sometimes.