Aethrwolf
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.09.21 18:44:00 -
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I'm undecided as to how this will affect EVE, but I do have an opinion about some of the "reasons" stated for ppl who stay in NPC corps.
:et me start out by saying that yes, I did spend some time in one during a forced break from EVE (couldn't get internet for a while while I was unemployed) I also stayed in one for a while after I started playing again because I didn't have a RELIABLE connection and felt it unfair to a player corp to join them when I would only be playing intermittently. So, yes there ARE reasons to stay in an NPC corp, but most of what I've seen are not much more than excuses, IMHO.
1. You got scammed by a corp member/ceo... well scams can happen anywhere in EVE.
2. You got blown up by a corpmate.. you can still get blown up, its just not as safe for them.
3. Greedy CEO... it happens.. find a better ceo. Better yet, find a corp that will wardec the one who took advantage of you.  I don't actively recruit, but I've spent more on helping newer players in AND out of my corp than my current (10%) corp tax will likely ever net me, since I don't try to make ppl stay if they want to try something else.
4. "but I want to help new players" From experience, the ones who are willing to look for help will find it. Make yourself available by putting a line in your bio or something. Just answering questions in local helps a lot. Get the ones who are smart enough to look for help into your corp or point them to a corp that fits what they want to do.. its a LOT easier to help someone when you dont have to compete against spam and/or smacktalk in the channel you're talking to them in.
5. War decs.. a SEMI-legit reason, but suicide ganking still happens folks.
6. sandbox arguments... well, tbh.. get IN the stupid sandbox you chicken! Don't just sit on the edge and dig your toes in the sand.. GET DIRTY!
and for most of those arguments.. here is a correlation: By hiding in an NPC corp to avoid actions of any other players that have or might affect you, the other player has won. you have LET them win.
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