Thornat
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Posted - 2011.08.15 13:52:00 -
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As a player who has played this game for 6 years and is now making an alt and training 3 newbie players simultanously I'm going to give you some advice here that I think you should take to heart. I didn't read all the replies in this post so some of this may be repeated, sorry about that.
1. Reputation: First thing you need to realize is that you don't have a "I don't like how this character is going so I will start over" option. Eve is a time commitment game and once you have earned a couple of million skill points starting over with a new character is just too much of a step backwards, unless like me you are building an alt. Hence the reputation you create for your character will follow you in Eve and believe me when I say after 6 years I post with my throw away alt for good reason. A lot of people know me in game, many people want to kill me in game for **** I did and said and that reputation is part of my Eve life. Rule number one is watch your mouth, don't take **** so personally and maintain your cool. Being in control of your reputation through the proper attitude will earn you respect. Mouthing off will get you war deced. Just like on the playground.
2. Your Corp is your support system. Being part of a corporation is more than just a guild of faceless people who happen to be in the same guild together. Your corp is your crutch, you and your corp mates are in it together and when you get war deced, you fight together win or loose. There is no "Im going to do my own thing". If you have ten guys, newbies or not and you got war deced you have the advantage I don't care what he is flying. Fly together, fight together and solve your in game problems together. If the people in your corp don't have that attitude you are in the wrong corp and you have chosen your in game friends poorly.
3. Everyone Fights. People join Eve thinking they can master the markets, manufacture the world and mine to their hearts content without ever firing a shot at another player. Those people in Eve we refer to as victims and targets. Everyone fights in Eve, if your not ready for that you will hate Eve and this is not a game for you. Learn to fight, even if you only plan to do so when defending yourself, even if you spend all your time avoiding a fight. In Eve, eventually everyone will have to fight. See rule number two for details.
4. Solve your own problems: Eve is a game in which players are expected to solve their own problems when in a corp you solve them together (see rule number 2). No amount of whining, crying, *****ing, moaning, wishing or begging is going to change that. You have a problem. A guy is griefing you, he war deced you and he wants your isk. How are you going to solve that problem with you and your corp mates. Be creative, think, plan and execute.
5. Be Brave and Be Rewarded: Newbie or not, Eve favors the bold. Hiding in your hanger and High sec asteroids is alright for the first few days but eventually you have to go out their and make something happen. Be bold. See rule number 2.
Finally last but not least. Win with respect and loose with dignity. You want that A hole griefer to leave you alone, put up a fight. If you loose you have your dignity. If you win, show him respect as your opponent.
Thats my advice, Eve IS cruel you are right, but what better way to spend your gaming time than in a game that tests you in the same way life does. Get into the role of your in game character. Your a CEO, show some spunk.
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