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Alexander Li
Ministry of War
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Posted - 2009.10.19 08:30:00 -
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Returning player - played for about two months, then kinda burned out. I'm currently at a hair over 3m SP, highly specialized to be a fully T2-fit Interceptor pilot.
When I first started, I really really enjoyed the idea of Eve. The scale and scope of the game, and the huge penalties for failure. But living in highsec, I felt cut off from that life - I did the epic mission, and some normal people missions, and tried my hand at trading - but I always felt the real game was fighting for Sovereignty out in 0.0.
So I burned out living the highsec life. Played a few other MMOs, but eve was always "in my blood" while I was away.
Now I'm determined to make a comeback to it. I'm a highly motivated person, who's been seeking to educate myself as much as possible while in highsec. I'm aware of the gaps in my understanding, and am willing to accept the advice and teaching of more experienced players.
I realize I'm still a newb. I realize I really, really need to train my "support" skills, and I'm working on that. I realize that a character can supposedly be useful in pvp from nearly the moment of creation.
But, in the real world, at what SP level can a pilot like me - with no connections or friends in game yet - expect to be worth recruiting in a 0.0 corporation? Am I doomed to spend months more training, trying to solo pvp, or (worse) living the highsec life before I could realistically expect to get into one of these corps?
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Lightningshade
Caldari
The Athiest Syndicate
Advocated Destruction
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Posted - 2009.10.19 08:32:00 -
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agony or eve uni - learn more, advance through classes.
Once you have that, maybe consider apping for a 0.0 ally.
Just an idea.
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Julius Rigel
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Posted - 2009.10.19 08:38:00 -
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Q: Originally by: Alexander Li
But, in the real world, at what SP level can a pilot like me - with no connections or friends in game yet - expect to be worth recruiting in a 0.0 corporation?
A: Originally by: Alexander Li
I realize that a character can supposedly be useful in pvp from nearly the moment of creation.
Seems like you've realized this already, you're one step ahead of yourself!
Have fun!
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Alexander Li
Ministry of War
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Posted - 2009.10.19 08:38:00 -
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Edited by: Alexander Li on 19/10/2009 08:40:02
Someone else suggested that my first time around - I tried for an Agony class, but wasn't lucky enough to get a slot in the class that happened while I was still playing.
Eve Uni had a "no missioning, mining, or anything to make isk" policy when I looked into them, which was a bit too restrictive for me. I want to pvp a lot, but I still need to buy skillbooks and ships to do that.
I guess I'll keep trying/hoping for a slot with Agony, again.
Edit to reply to Julius: Sure, but "useful" rarely seems to equate to "recruitable" - in the recruitment channel, everyone seems to throw around the 10-20m SP+ requirements rather blithly. My question is more "When will corps likely start considering me worth recruiting?" over "When would I be able to participate?"
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Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
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Posted - 2009.10.19 08:40:00 -
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Edited by: Malcanis on 19/10/2009 08:40:58
It's more about your player experiece than your character skills, tbh. Many corps will gladly accept you with a lot less than their "minimum" SP requirement if you can demonstrate that you know what the hell you're doing.
EDIT: try Red vs Blue for some combat experience. But there's more to 0.0 that knowing how to fight.
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Julius Rigel
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Posted - 2009.10.19 08:44:00 -
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I think Uni's policy involves you making money off the PVP. It's really not that hard if you think about it: Fly a cheap ship, pop an expensive ship, grab the loot.
The loot from popping ships should keep you going as long as you only fly what you can afford to lose. As you make more money you can afford to lose more expensive ships, and hopefully also have the skills to lose slightly fewer ships. (Note the underlined part here - you will still explode lots as long as you're PVPing!)
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Darius Talon
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Posted - 2009.10.19 08:56:00 -
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Dude, if you got burned out in just 2 months when starting then I wouldnt want you in my corp.
Who's to say you wont get burned out quickly again.
The one's who "burn out quickly" are the ones who leave the game all the time just to come back a few months later.
That makes for poor game play style. AND makes for a worse corpie.
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Alexander Li
Ministry of War
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Posted - 2009.10.19 08:59:00 -
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Understandable sentiment.
But, honestly, it wasn't eve or other players that burned me out - it was mission running/trying to solo pvp.
I did, however, just check out the red vs blue channel based on the above suggestion - and it sounds like a great opportunity. So hopefully I'll be able to get in some combat there while waiting for "enough" SP to be 0.0 worthy :)
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Erick Odin
Amarr
UNIX ALLSTARS
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Posted - 2009.10.19 17:57:00 -
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See the "Invitation to 0.0" thread!
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Furb Killer
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.10.19 18:03:00 -
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Eve uni afaik only has that when wardecced. When they arent you can do everything you want. It is just that they dont want their opponents to get easy kills, it isnt because they think you should only pvp.
While your SP will restrict the ammount of corps wanting you, and that you want to be in, still there should be 0.0 corporatiosn that are interested in you consiering you can fly t2 intie.
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Jarna
Amarr
Eternal Frontier
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Posted - 2009.10.19 19:23:00 -
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Originally by: Alexander Li
Edited by: Alexander Li on 19/10/2009 08:40:02
Someone else suggested that my first time around - I tried for an Agony class, but wasn't lucky enough to get a slot in the class that happened while I was still playing.
Eve Uni had a "no missioning, mining, or anything to make isk" policy when I looked into them, which was a bit too restrictive for me. I want to pvp a lot, but I still need to buy skillbooks and ships to do that.
I guess I'll keep trying/hoping for a slot with Agony, again.
Edit to reply to Julius: Sure, but "useful" rarely seems to equate to "recruitable" - in the recruitment channel, everyone seems to throw around the 10-20m SP+ requirements rather blithly. My question is more "When will corps likely start considering me worth recruiting?" over "When would I be able to participate?"
Then it seems you misunderstood the rules.
Eve Uni does not always put in a 100% tax.
This is only enacted during wartime (unfortunately which is a lot of the time, so it seems like a perpetual 100% tax)
The reason behind this rule is that it helps to alert administration when the rules are being broken. Any income that is taxed will drop into the corp wallet and they will know who wasn't obeying the rules.
EU rules state that during war, no one is to be running missions, mining, ratting, or running haulers.
Since EU is comprised mostly of noobs, there are many stupid mistakes they make which cause stupid deaths, giving the enemy easy kills that come from stupid mistakes.
EU is a really good place to go and you don't have to worry about waiting for a backed-up class queue to learn stuff.
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