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ElQuirko
Jester Syndicate S0UTHERN C0MF0RT
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Posted - 2013.05.02 18:51:00 -
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What exactly is the point of the gratuity gift of one tritanium given in the cargo of rookie ships? Save the Domi model! Spacewhales should be preserved. |
baltec1
Bat Country
6182
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Posted - 2013.05.02 18:52:00 -
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You can trade it for something else. |
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
1572
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Posted - 2013.05.02 18:54:00 -
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Why not?
The insurance company just had to fork out for a new frigate because your dumb butt got blown off. Again. They're out tens of millions of ISK every day for replacement n00b frigates. You think this doens't just chap their hides in some place tender? Of course it does. So they flip you the bird, but in a way where they can pretend they're being solicitous: The single unit of trit.
It's like tipping a waiter a nickel because they pissed you off. Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
Didn't vote? Then you voted for NulBloc |
Lina Alar
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
4121
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Posted - 2013.05.02 18:57:00 -
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Tradition.
In the past it was for can dueling (I'm making this up) but now it's the tradition of the thing. An explanation of Eve socialization: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTbgvYPVdXE Lick with your mainGäó |
LHA Tarawa
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
599
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Posted - 2013.05.02 19:10:00 -
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If you are a truly newb, totally broke player, you actually get more than just 1. When I was newb and lost my only rookie ship, and had like zip for isk and assets, I remember getting like 2000 trit, or some such.
So, I think the 1 is just the minimum for non-total newb, not totally broke toons. |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
3409
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Posted - 2013.05.02 19:12:00 -
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Dont look a gift Ibis in the mouth. Take your single trit and be happy that you got a gratuity gift at all.
They give you a free ship, with a free ammo-free weapon and a free mining laser..and the free trit. Be happy, because in most games all you get is a free loincloth. Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings? |
Fredfredbug4
Eve Defence Force Tribal Band
853
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Posted - 2013.05.02 19:20:00 -
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Hmm, I wonder if anybody has traded up to 1 billion ISK starting just with one little trit. Watch Fred Fred Frederation and stop cryptozoologist! Fight against the brutal genocide of fictional creatures across New Eden! Is that a metaphor? Probably not, but the fru-fru- people will sure love it! |
Caerfinon
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
61
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Posted - 2013.05.02 19:22:00 -
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ElQuirko wrote:What exactly is the point of the gratuity gift of one tritanium given in the cargo of rookie ships?
So enterprising players can try to trade up for something better until they obtain a Titan...
Cheers C.
@caerfinon-á |
Kyt Thrace
Lightspeed Enterprises Fidelas Constans
134
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Posted - 2013.05.02 19:26:00 -
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I go to every station in highsec in my pod once a month & get a free rookie ship. Been doing that for years.
I now have 27,456 units of Trit. for free.
I call that WINNING! R.I.P. Vile Rat |
Gargep Farrow
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
2
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Posted - 2013.05.02 20:34:00 -
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Kyt Thrace wrote:I go to every station in highsec in my pod once a month & get a free rookie ship. Been doing that for years.
I now have 27,456 units of Trit. for free.
I call that WINNING!
I call that insane. It would have been much more effective timewise to fit a civilian miner on an Itteron and hit the belts.
insanity that it is, thats still an impressive accomplishment if true. Poor Pend for having to fork over the 27k rookie ships though. |
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Drunken Bum
265
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Posted - 2013.05.02 21:41:00 -
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Its so you can "quit the game" and sell that one trit to some poor ******* for millions. Spare some change?-á |
Vincent Athena
V.I.C.E.
1803
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Posted - 2013.05.02 21:54:00 -
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Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:Dont look a gift Ibis in the mouth. Take your single trit and be happy that you got a gratuity gift at all.
They give you a free ship, with a free ammo-free weapon and a free mining laser..and the free trit. Be happy, because in most games all you get is a free loincloth. Can I have free loincloth? In the character re-customization? http://vincentoneve.wordpress.com/ |
silens vesica
Corsair Cartel
1573
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Posted - 2013.05.02 22:00:00 -
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Vincent Athena wrote:Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:Dont look a gift Ibis in the mouth. Take your single trit and be happy that you got a gratuity gift at all.
They give you a free ship, with a free ammo-free weapon and a free mining laser..and the free trit. Be happy, because in most games all you get is a free loincloth. Can I have free loincloth? In the character re-customization? Considering that the CQ doors are welded shut... So sure. Knock yerself out. Tell someone you love them today, because life is short. But scream it at them in Esperanto, because life is also terrifying and confusing.
Didn't vote? Then you voted for NulBloc |
Liang Nuren
Heretic Army Atrocitas
3394
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Posted - 2013.05.02 22:05:00 -
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Fredfredbug4 wrote:Hmm, I wonder if anybody has traded up to 1 billion ISK starting just with one little trit.
Yeah I saw a couple of threads in MD a couple of years ago where someone did exactly that. A few months later someone did it again. I'm pretty sure they both had a rule of not being able to take things for free (including donations) or undock. It was an interesting series of threads.
-Liang Normally on 5:00 -> 9-10:00 Eve (Aus TZ?) Blog: http://liangnuren.wordpress.com PVP Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/LiangNuren/videos Twitter: http://twitter.com/LiangNuren
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Sheriff Jones
Clinical Experiment
3
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Posted - 2013.05.02 22:05:00 -
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Still have my tritanium(or atleast a very convincing copy of it) from 2003, sitting in my first mission hub for interbus.
Ah itnerbus, nothing like popping rats in the name of fast and reliable deliveries. |
Jarod Garamonde
Action Bastards
78
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Posted - 2013.05.02 22:34:00 -
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Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:Dont look a gift Ibis in the mouth. Take your single trit and be happy that you got a gratuity gift at all.
They give you a free ship, with a free ammo-free weapon and a free mining laser..and the free trit. Be happy, because in most games all you get is a free loincloth.
The rookie ship is pretty much the equivalent of a loincloth. "you can identify eve players by looking at their cars. Since they don't drive what they can't afford to lose."-á --áBienator II |
Arkenai Wyrnspire
Turalyon Plus
1572
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Posted - 2013.05.02 22:36:00 -
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Well, if I get the tritanium out of the velator, then blow it up, then dock again for another unit, and do that a few dozen million times, then I might have enough tritanium to sell for a Vindicator! \o/ Sig'd.-áGallente FW best FW. |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
3414
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Posted - 2013.05.02 22:46:00 -
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Jarod Garamonde wrote:Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:Dont look a gift Ibis in the mouth. Take your single trit and be happy that you got a gratuity gift at all.
They give you a free ship, with a free ammo-free weapon and a free mining laser..and the free trit. Be happy, because in most games all you get is a free loincloth. The rookie ship is pretty much the equivalent of a loincloth.
I will not stand for the besmerchment of the Noobship name good sir!
The Noobship is the ship of choice for both fresh from the clonebay capsuleers and the uber-elite pilots of New Eden. Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings? |
NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises Project Wildfire
468
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Posted - 2013.05.02 23:05:00 -
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Never actually thought about it to be honest... My guess would be that its simply a "joke" CCP came up with at some point, and as someone mentioned, it just became tradition. Sort of like Scotty... Annoyed me so many times but now i miss being able to sit and swear at him when he is telling me i cant undock because he is being slow
CCP has many small things like that in the game that are just "humorous" but does not really affect anything, like the warning signs, and numerous error messages like these; It's generally not a good idea to trade with yourself. You're pretty sure that you'll end up stealing all your stuff Just stepping out to find a bush. Please wait.Depending on the location of the bush this might take up to 14 seconds. Physics says no! You can not put an item inside it self. Phoibe Enterprises official recruitment thread The Eve Reader - -áAudio Recordings of Eve Chronicles
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Michael Stabb
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
27
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Posted - 2013.05.02 23:09:00 -
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Gargep Farrow wrote:Kyt Thrace wrote:I go to every station in highsec in my pod once a month & get a free rookie ship. Been doing that for years.
I now have 27,456 units of Trit. for free.
I call that WINNING! I call that insane. It would have been much more effective timewise to fit a civilian miner on an Itteron and hit the belts. insanity that it is, thats still an impressive accomplishment if true. Poor Pend for having to fork over the 27k rookie ships though.
Still insane but less so than the original plan: dock, get trit, trash rookie ship, undock, dock.. etc. |
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AraniFyr
Decimation. Tribal Band
115
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Posted - 2013.05.02 23:20:00 -
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The reason for the noob ship and 1 unit of trit is so you can never "not" progress. |
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors Late Night Alliance
2368
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Posted - 2013.05.02 23:30:00 -
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Knowing CCP's history of trolling players...
It's there to add insult to injury. Change isn't bad, but it isn't always good. Sometimes, the oldest and most simple of things can be the most elegant and effective. |
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