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Belteshazzar Santiagos
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.12.05 02:15:46 -
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Trying to figure out how much time must I spend daily or weekly on EVE to be useful and effective not only for myself but also for my Alliance/Corp.
How much time do you spend in EVE daily, weekly or monthly and what do you believe is an adequate amount of time needed to become proficient fairly quick? |
Vigirr
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Posted - 2016.12.05 02:18:54 -
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Time is not a factor in becoming good, effort is. |
Lulu Lunette
Savage Moon Society
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Posted - 2016.12.05 03:00:46 -
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It's good that you worry about being a valuable part of a team, but I would only concern yourself with your own fun:hour. Let the so called content generators drum up the direction the corporation/alliance needs to go.
Eve can feel very jobby fast, just try to enjoy yourself and keep it a game.
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ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2016.12.05 03:11:06 -
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I know where you are coming from but it is a perspective that you've likely learned from other MMOs and has no place here.
Eve is a game and most groups are just looking for other like-minded people to play with.
In other MMOs where you have rigidly structured everything and infinitely escalating gear levels this is a factor. In Eve it is not.
So for example in WoW you need to grind for your daily or weekly quotas of various gear and rep items so that you get access to better gear because the raid is upped for every person that you bring in so each person has to be of a certain gearscore. PvP in that game is fixed numbers of players versus the same number on the other side of characters that are all the same level and matched up with similar gearscore or arena rating.
In Eve you can run an anomaly or mission or whatever by yourself or you can do it with 200 friends it does not matter the game has no instancing and nothing is limited. Also you could go out on a roam with 5 people or 25 people or whatever, but one more is always welcome. Another point, another set of guns, some more dps, another ship that the opposing fleet has to chew through or worry about, no matter what the fleet is probably better off with you there than having one less person.
So all of that "do you bring enough to the table" stuff is for other games. Here in Eve we only care if you are fun to play with. It is literally that simple. That is what makes Eve so great. We are all just grown-ass kids on a virtual playground looking to have fun together. |
Iria Ahrens
Space Perverts and Forum Pirates
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Posted - 2016.12.05 03:13:51 -
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If you want to be valuable to the team, that is usually enough. Yes, they might want a certain type of ship _at the moment_ but don't worry about that for now. Pick one thing you can train into quickly and you think you will enjoy. Then when you've trained up that role sufficiently, train for another role you find interesting. Eventually, you will find yourself able to fill more-and-more roles as the corp might need them.
Try to attend as many alliance/corp roams and fights as possible, especially if they have a ship reimbursement, which a great many corps do. How much time this will take of your time depends a lot on how active that corp/alliance is. But there are no generic rules, the more you blow up, the better you get. Hopefully your corp will do mock battles too to help you learn to handle your ship better.
My choice of pronouns is based on your avatar. Even if I know what is behind the avatar.
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DeMichael Crimson
Republic University Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2016.12.05 03:28:15 -
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ergherhdfgh wrote:Here in Eve we only care if you are fun to play with. It is literally that simple. That is what makes Eve so great. We are all just grown-ass kids on a virtual playground looking to have fun together. But .... But ....... But ......
In all seriousness, that statement should be CCP's new catch phrase. It's a very good description.
DMC
'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
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Hrist Harkonnen
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.12.06 14:41:21 -
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You can spend 30 minutes in the game and make a fortune.
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Lan Wang
Knights of the Posing Meat Snuffed Out
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Posted - 2016.12.06 15:16:34 -
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spend about 4+ hours a night everyday and most of the weekend, im still terrible at eve....being useful is knowing what the corp/alliance needs in fleets and having it ready and tailoring your training to fit in more
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Deck Cadelanne
CAStabouts
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Posted - 2016.12.07 21:15:00 -
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Belteshazzar Santiagos wrote:Trying to figure out how much time must I spend daily or weekly on EVE to be useful and effective not only for myself but also for my Alliance/Corp.
How much time do you spend in EVE daily, weekly or monthly and what do you believe is an adequate amount of time needed to become proficient fairly quick?
Totally subjective.
What do you *do* that is of value?
Build stuff? Mine stuff? Shoot stuff?
I know some people who are "Playing" 23/7 - because they have manufacturing and research jobs running, contracts on the market, etc. But they only log in for a few minutes or hours, and not every day.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional."
- Hunter S. Thompson
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ISD Chanisa Nemes
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
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Posted - 2016.12.07 21:58:37 -
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I think this is an extremely personal question and you will get a different answer from just about anyone you ask. I find that this game is truly what YOU make it to be. That being said, I think that the biggest determining factor will have to do with what corp or alliance you end up with. There are some that are very hardcore and demand a lot of activity and participation from their membership. Others are much more laid back. For me, the most important aspect of this game is the community of people I play with and so I feel like I am participating and being effective just by talking with my corp mates and continuing to facilitate that community even if I'm not actively shooting or mining or flying around. I also do a lot of this outside of the game using the forums or chat programs too which is another level of participating within the game.
As you get more familiar with the game and you find what you enjoy doing, the amount of time you spend will fall into a rhythm. Just don't force yourself into playing so much that it ceases to be enjoyable. It is a game after all
ISD Chanisa Nemes
Lieutenant
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department
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