ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
Late Night Alliance
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Posted - 2012.07.13 00:40:00 -
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While I am pleased with all of the heartwarming welcomes and friendly info... I guess I should be the one to warn the OP of the "darker" side of EVE and one of the primary reasons this game is not as popular as it quite honestly should be.
You remember all of the "bad" things in pre-Trammel Ultima Online? PKing, thefts, scrams, subterfuge, no one was "safe," etc.? Take all those things and dope them with crack.
- You can kill anyone in the game, anywhere in the game (yes, even "high-security" space), for any reason (profit, vendetta, "looked at him funny," and/or "tears").
- You can steal from people or organizations you are a part of, leaving dozens... even thousands of players... destitute and defenseless.
- You can pay off a disaffected ally of your enemy for info or more.
- The only people who can really defend you are yourself and other players. NPCs don't care what happens to you so long as no rules are broken. And when rules are broken, they only punish the offender. Nothing more. Nothing less.
That said... there are a few "rules" and "pointers" the EVE community jokingly tosses around...
- Never fly what you cannot afford to lose.
- Never buy what you cannot use.
- Don't wait for skills to train before doing something. Try doing it anyways. Unless it is a "specialty skill" like hacking or probing, all character skills do is make it easier to perform certain actions.
- PvP occurs in stations too. It is called The Market. Every player is trying to buy the cheapest items they can while selling their merchandise for the highest price. And there are no rules preventing someone with a lot of money buying out the whole market and fixing prices.
- T2 is not a "minimum baseline" for being effective. Cheap, T1 ships and equipment can be equally devastating if used correctly.
- There is no such thing as "opting out" of PvP. You're stuck with us and us with you.
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. |