EVE Online

Antagonist_sl

shitlord
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I was into Eve for about 6 months in 2006 while I was living in NZ with some other expat friends. Since then, I've tried numerous times to get back into the game, but with no friends it's EXTREMELY hard to break in.

Can you folks give me a recommendation on where to start? I can't answer questions like: "what do you wanna do?" without knowing/experiencing what kind of operations there are. From memory, I liked the scouting ahead of a pirating party a bit, exploring and 1v1 PVP, but I don't remember very much.

If anyone has a crew or corp recommendation I'd really appreciate it. I don't remember how many SP my chars have, but it can't be a lot (probably what you'd expect in a 6-12months char).

Thanks in advance.
brave newbies sounds like they are getting a lot of love lately. From what I've read they are mostly pvpers but they are friendly to the uninitiated at least. I've only ever run small time mining ops in low sec space so I think I might look into them when I resub.
 

Noshitdude

Lord Nagafen Raider
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-1
I was into Eve for about 6 months in 2006 while I was living in NZ with some other expat friends. Since then, I've tried numerous times to get back into the game, but with no friends it's EXTREMELY hard to break in.

Can you folks give me a recommendation on where to start? I can't answer questions like: "what do you wanna do?" without knowing/experiencing what kind of operations there are. From memory, I liked the scouting ahead of a pirating party a bit, exploring and 1v1 PVP, but I don't remember very much.

If anyone has a crew or corp recommendation I'd really appreciate it. I don't remember how many SP my chars have, but it can't be a lot (probably what you'd expect in a 6-12months char).

Thanks in advance.
If you want to solo.
If you have an alt, i'd say go low sec, around black rise, guristas space. Do some exploration for isks and some pirating for fun. Skill your alt for cov ops then for probing falcon, use it as salvager too, those tech II and tech III wrecks around factionnal warfare fights can be juicy isks. Though, it's harder and harder to get decent 1v1 pvp, it is still doable.

Exploration in low sec was very rewarding, complex invul fields were selling like candies. Dunno with rubicon, since they added lower tier sites in low sec, but 4/10 guri complex is doable with a pvp enyo, 5/10 requires some time and a better ship but is easy, same for 6/10. 4/10 used to drop gila bpc and c-typ stuff, i was selling the c-type invuln field for 800 m. I was focusing on combat sites, hacking and salvaging sites for slow days only, dunno how it is now. You can get some escalation missions from exploration, they can lead you to 0.0 on final mission, quite cool. Plus, when you know what you're doing, you can have some pvp in exploration sites, wait for the carebear to enter said complex, wait for him to almost complete it, kill him and loot his wreck, then finish site. Often, they come back for a revenge, quite amusing.

For pvp roam black rise, always some people in those factionnal warfare sites, just equip some cheap fregates or destroyers and go have fun.
 

Sythe_sl

shitlord
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brave newbies sounds like they are getting a lot of love lately. From what I've read they are mostly pvpers but they are friendly to the uninitiated at least. I've only ever run small time mining ops in low sec space so I think I might look into them when I resub.
I am second in command in diplomacy in brave newbies, i have blast flying with them! Some times comms are terrible but it is usually fun!
 

Antagonist_sl

shitlord
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I am second in command in diplomacy in brave newbies, i have blast flying with them! Some times comms are terrible but it is usually fun!
yeah I really want to try doing something other than flashing at space rocks, even though I found it oddly enjoyable. I originally started playing years ago with some friends intending to PVP, but they just started training ship and piloting skills so they could get into the biggest ships as fast as possible. This naturally lead to them losing a ton of isk getting killed and rage quitting fairly early. I hear the FCs in newbies do a pretty good job of wrangling their noobs and making the experience decently fun.
 

Sythe_sl

shitlord
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- BNI Penetrates the CFC - YouTube(I was FC of this big blue balls fleet but it turned out hilarious)[BRAVE] Battleship Roam - YouTubei was a carrier pilot in this drop.Lowsec, because we do not know any better.here is our subreddit it show alot of what were about. We usually just want to have fun and take having fun fairly seriously
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Arakkis

N00b
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You don't need a CD key to play the game, just a paid account, which that starter pack does not provide. So, no. It is basically a $1 to CCP.
 

Antagonist_sl

shitlord
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No the starter packs do come with 30 days of game time when you upgrade a trial, which I was planning on doing anyway for an alt account. I just wondered if the skill implants were worth anything either as isk or an implant in general
 

Arakkis

N00b
690
10
All accounts get 30 days free game time when you upgrade a referral. It's literally the same deal. Stop trying to spend money stupidly.

... Actually, no you know what, I think EVE is a great game for you. Want me to introduce you to a recruitment specialist from a major 0.0 alliance that will help you move all of your assets? They can probably even give you 50% off the recruit deposit with my endorsement.
 

Antagonist_sl

shitlord
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All accounts get 30 days free game time when you upgrade a referral. It's literally the same deal. Stop trying to spend money stupidly.

... Actually, no you know what, I think EVE is a great game for you. Want me to introduce you to a recruitment specialist from a major 0.0 alliance that will help you move all of your assets? They can probably even give you 50% off the recruit deposit with my endorsement.
so how much does it cost to upgrade a trial to a subscription? $15 for thirty days? $5 for 30 days on steam? $1 for thirty days in amazon? I don't really understand how you aren't getting this. I'll be more specific I guess: $0 for 14 day trial + $1 upgrade of said trial into a subscribed account < $4.98 copy eve on steam + $0 14 day trial. That still looks a little tough to process, I can simplify it more if you need me to. Feel free to pm me if you have any more trouble with math, like how many quarters you need to put in the tampon machine to stem the flow of that excruciating period you must be having today.
 

Antagonist_sl

shitlord
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Also, in case your reading comprehension is your root problem:

Caldari Explorer Starter Pack includes:


The fast and reliable Heron frigate
A scanner probe launcher and analyzer modules to help you find riches among the stars
Complete basic frigate equipment and weaponry set to kit out your ship
Archaeology, Hacking and a dozen other critical skillbooks
Prototype Cerebral Accelerator (skill booster)
30 days of game time
 

Noshitdude

Lord Nagafen Raider
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-1
Mobile depot is a nice addition, was not convinced before testing and changed my mind. Any recon/techIII using a plated setup is again viable for long roams or deep 0.0. Also, lol stratios ... 720 dps on agile cloaked cruiser
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zombiewizardhawk

Potato del Grande
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11,908
Broke down and resubbed my account heheh. Wonder how fucked i'm going to be tho from not finishing the BC skills and whatnot before they made racials mandatory. Any changes to Legions in the last year or so?
 

Achtung

Bronze Knight of the Realm
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Broke down and resubbed my account heheh. Wonder how fucked i'm going to be tho from not finishing the BC skills and whatnot before they made racials mandatory. Any changes to Legions in the last year or so?
You can now refit subsystems in space, which is fantastic if you live in a wormhole! They also changed the reqs for all T2 guns to make them easier to access, although if you're already in a Legion, I doubt that's an issue.
 

zombiewizardhawk

Potato del Grande
9,328
11,908
Yeah I have t2 guns on but most people would probably say I shouldn't be flying a legion with my skills where they are heheh.