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Garresh
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Posted - 2013.06.08 07:39:00 -
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Here's a little secret: eve isn't that difficult to play, as long as you do your research and account for risks. Since you're already doing that, you are 100% solo capable right now. Instead of playing on their terms, play on your own. Join faction warfare and fight in frigates. Or use your knowledge you gained from ferrying bpcs through a warzone to do exploration. Or hauling to null hubs in NPC sov space. Regardless, stop trying to play the corp game. Everyone I see burn out does so because they're playing someone else's game. You did fine by yourself...why do you need them?
Plus the characters and stories you make wandering solo are hilarious. I was down in red alliance space trying the new exploration sites, and me and another explorer wounds up in the same site. He had a roaming PvP fleet two jumps out. I got talking and someone got friendly in the span of 2 minutes so he didn't gank me despite having 500 mil in my cargo hold. I repaid him by teaching him the nuances of the system, and hacking the can for him since my skills were better. We split the loot.
That isn't even that uncommon. I make friends(and enemies) constantly in null and lowsec, either through good fights in faction warfare, or just hilarious happenstance or the amusing conflict of interest. Either way, solo does NOT mean solitary. You still need to be very social to make the most of things, be it networking with the locals, setting up ad hoc agreements over an exploration site, or attempting to trade Intel with those you cross paths with.
Highsec is exempt from the solo rule unless you're a social miner, ninja, pirate, or merc. Most pve content in high sec is just boring, and you'll never cross paths with another player. No conflict or cooperation. Unless you're powergaming in industry or actively in the corp building business, you will get bored in high sec.
Edit: I'm about to go to bed, but contact me tomorrow. I don't really fly with others unless I'm in the area, as I move around constantly, but I would be more than happy to provide some advice on some of the less well documented sides of eve. I like snatching new players up before they get sucked into the morass of the blob mentality. There are good corps out there, but they're far and few. Anyways, you sound like a promising soloist so hit me up.
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Garresh
Team Chicken and Waffles
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Posted - 2013.06.08 07:45:00 -
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Fenris Purvanen wrote:Psychotic Monk wrote:I'm sorry to hear that, dude. Keep your chin up. There are good outfits out there, they're just hard to find. Thanks Monk. I actually JUST saw you talking in the recruitment channel like 30 seconds ago. You always say your looking for a "guild" and its funny watching all the feathers get ruffled. They rush to call you a noob and then look at the name and .......
Psychotic monk is good people. His reputation precedes him.
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Garresh
Team Chicken and Waffles
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Posted - 2013.06.08 08:00:00 -
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It takes a long time to get banned from a region through fw. Also implant loss is exceedingly rare. All my implant losses in few were because of lag or stupidity, and that's only like 2 poddings in 3 years of living in lowsec. Either way, its the sort of thing you can back out of at any time. Set your own schedule, play how you want. It opens doors, not closes them.
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Garresh
Team Chicken and Waffles
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Posted - 2013.06.08 20:13:00 -
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Seriously who were these guys? I need names. They need a good hard dickslapping.
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Garresh
Team Chicken and Waffles
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Posted - 2013.06.09 08:05:00 -
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Eve players are many things, but we're pretty protective of our newbs if they've got the right mindset. Especially when they're being taught wrong by people who fail at eve.
Make your own path. Answer to no one.(but don't be afraid to ask more experienced players for pointers)
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