EVE New Citizens Q&A

Any corp that would refuse you entry just because your k/d ratio is terrible wouldn't be worth joining anyway. If you die a lot that means that you are out there a lot and going into fights a lot. That's probably the best you can do being relatively new and/or inexperienced. So I wouldn't worry too much about that as long as your kb shows proper fits. If you die a lot while stabbed up to your neck, well that's kind of your own fault and it's time to start flying proper fits instead of gimping yourself in order to just farm iskies from plexes.

Nobody will also blame you if you leave FW and join RvB for a while. A lot vets do that pretty much on regular basis when they feel bored or burned out in whatever they currently engage in. I would try it and see if you can get sth out of it. If not look for corps that do what you are interested in, a lot of those out there eager to take newbies and train them into killing machines.

But no matter what you do remember that nobody will hold your hand and whether you will get better or not depends on your own ability to learn. Frigate pvp is hard because it's so fast paced that it's hard to keep up to notice pivot points where you could do sth differently and get advantage. But it's also a thing we all had to do and sooner or later there will be your "aha!" moment when pieces will fall into place and you start noticing patterns and understand what and why matters in fights.

I would say keep trying and see how it goes. And whether it's FW or RvB or anything else is really irrelevant since in the end it all comes to you.

1 thing:

RvB is newb friendly....not a teaching community.

So if you join RvB expecting classes or people explaining stuff. Look at Agony BASIC classes for that.
RvB is just about PvP not more, not less....

Those are not your only options. For instance, I've heard good things about Brave Newbies. Might want to have a look at what they're offering.

Mr Epeen

RvB isn't a teaching environment per se, but you can still learn a lot there. Rather than filling up corp chat with endless questions about basic stuff, ask if anyone is willing to answer some noob questions in a private channel. I absolutely guarantee you that someone will. If no one does, Eve-mail me and I will. If nothing else, we try to be a helpful environment. After all, more than anything we want our members to have fun.

It's also quick and easy to join with the Blues or Reds. No need to take a class with Agony (although they are really good at what they do), no need to deal with Brave Newbie nullsec stuff.

Last I checked RvB had a specific channel for new bros. It's probably on their forums somewhere, or you can ask about it in corp chat. Can't remember the name off hand.

I don't think FW really favors new pvp pilots as much as people say. If you sign up to bolster the losing side, you really can't cash in any LP even to keep yourself in frigates.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I think you have to be on the leading team if you don't plan on leaving the warzone every time you need to isk up and rearm. Granted, I've only been at this for two days, but I'm pretty sure I've been sold a bill of goods. Even if I move to the gallente front, I still get useless TLF scrip.

I think I see why people are defecting if they can't even get us ammo.

If Isk isnt a problem go Brave Newbies or RvB although you have been doing it the best way. Loosing ships is the second most fun thing in EVE.

From a newbies perspective I prefer FW as I go out hunting, make some isk and shoot stuff if it comes up.