NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises
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Posted - 2012.07.05 03:52:00 -
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Scavenger Sue wrote:
- Initial ideas. Are names super important? What about location (in terms of location I mean geographically more than security sec wise. like high sec near noob systems versus high sec not near them etc)?
- How to initially start the conversation/communication with a prospective pilot.
- What kind of bonuses should you offer? Ship replacement schemes? T2 modules scheme?
- Is 3rd party communication suggested (TS3, Vent etc)?
- How do you retain your members?
The questions you ask are very hard to answear since a lot of it depends on you and your corp as someone else over me already stated. But i will try to give you some answears from my perspective. Please note most think differently.
With names im guessing you mean corp name? Well to some extent they are important. If you named your corp something like..."random famous movie" star fan club" there is a big chanse that no one would take you,or your corp seriusly. Some people manage to pull it off ofc but if you are starting with nothing it will make it harder.
For location...This as well depends on what you want to do as a corp. You want to mine you want to make sure your located in an area with little traffic,preferably out of the way so there is less chanse of gankers and random can flippers.
If you want to have mission runners you want to find an area with decent agents close by but at the same time out of the way.
If you want to PVP you should be closer to low sec and 0.0,if you want to be a griefer corp..well..then it dosent really matter that much but setting up close to a trade hub tends to be decent since you have easy acess to new ships and fitting,as well as many people that "forget" that they are in a war and decide to go afk in a freighter on AP on their way to said tradehub.
If you want to be in WH space..well..easy enough..find a WH ;)
This one is harder. To avoid giving you a wall of text i would actually advice you to go over and ready this guide that i wrote for recruits,but you can get a few pointers as the recruiter as well. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=16943&find=unread
But remember,be polite. Make a public channel,pay attention to it and dont let new recruits feel left out. Answear their questions as honestly as you can and prepare them for what they are joining.
If the only reason someone is joining your corp is because they want extra benefits like free mods or ships chanses are they are not going to stick around for long,or have any wish to actually bring something to the corp. If this is their requierment i would send them back to searching. But this is just me personally.
If you plan on PVP'ing some kind of voice communication is a must yes. But if not its always a nice bonus.
This is the hard one.. If you want to be realistic about it you can almost say that out of every 10 people that join only 4 will be there for the long term. Make sure they feel involved in what the corp is doing,dont make rash decisions behind their backs,keep an open relationship with them,encurage participation and even them doing things on their own. If the members have faith in you as a CEO or director they will want to see the corp suceed and they will want to be a part of it.
Starting your own corp is hard. There is no way around that. Its not like in other games like..WOW where members really just are a number and everyone fights to get into the next raid and outside of the raids the corp means nothing. People will be a lot more picky in EVE,and you will have to base your self on the fact that EVE will not be a game for you anymore,it will be your second job. And no im not kidding about that last one.
If you truly want to do this dont give up after a week,or a month,or a year..The challanges wont stop until you give up so you need to be persitant. If you dont have the will and patience to do this i would strongly advice against starting your own corp.
Also remember that as the represetetive of your corp you need to watch everything you say at all times in public. You dont just want your corp members to respect you,you want future allies AND enemies to respect you and your corp as well.
I wish you the best of luck and i hope the new corp will work out well :) |