Malcom Vincent
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Posted - 2011.08.30 14:37:00 -
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 Originally by: SupaKudoRio
Edited by: SupaKudoRio on 30/08/2011 13:01:00
Edited by: SupaKudoRio on 30/08/2011 13:00:34
It strikes me that EVE Uni really doesn't need to be made an NPC corp. Being at war is part of the game, and new players shouldn't be deprived of participating in that. Yeah, they'll die a lot, but that is part of the game. Trying to pretend otherwise will just have them quit when their shinies get blown up when they've moved to a proper player corp.
20-40 frigates fitted for PvP can be VERY dangerous (and cost effective). Heck, I participated in a small rookieship fleet that almost took down a battleship (escaped though the stargate at 35%-ish hull, lucky SoB).
Eve Uni member here, chiming in with my perspective on the wardecs :)
The wardecs we get regularly are usually very 1-sided battles. Allthough there are sometimes potential for some combat what usually happens is that our Wartarget docks up after a day or two and doesn't field anything after that. Personally, I find these faildecs somewhat boring because I am expecting people to show up to fight, but strangely enough this works out well for me as a result of social mechanics and our war rules.
Wardecs put uni people a bit more on edge than usual, so more of them are wanting to see some blood.
The result of a no-show Wartarget is that we usually have more fleets and more uni players going out to get pvp from players who aren't afraid to meet us.
As far as learning about wardecs go, the rules on wardecs are usually gone through on a daily basis on Mumble (what does it cost, what does it mean - ie. the mechanics themselves). Which is why you won't find many classes on wardecs (we simply get them so often that its not really nessisary to teach it after 3 months).
As for avoiding it, I've not personally found it nessisary to leave the uni during wars since I still learn during wartime. I may not be allowed to lolpve in my shiny BS, but thats not the point of being in the uni either.
Its to learn stuff like why not to fly an empty Iteron III solo into Rancer during european primetime and thinking that you can survive just because you fit an Improved Cloaking Device II, and least of all - doing something like that twice.
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