Needless to say I'm such a carebear I never leave station without a covops cloaking device.

Join a carebear corp.

If carebear corps exist, I am certain they would be the first targets of such things.

Did they change War Decs since last time I joined a corp? (This is from like 2012) I thought a war dec could be instated without consent from the other corp you wish to go to war with.

If carebear corps exist, I am certain they would be the first targets of such things.

You can drop from your corp and the war won't follow you.

Or create your own 1 man corp and you will be ignored by wardeccers because wardec you will cost them 50 mill and you can disband and create a new corp for 1.6 mill more or less.
Or move to a lonely low sec region when you get wardecced and keep doing your pve thing.

You have many posibilities to avoid high sec wardecs if you don't want to fight back, use them.

Joining a corp that's worth a damn is kinda important.

Why would I do any of that when I can just stay in Perkone and do my thing? :P

Why would I do any of that when I can just stay in Perkone and do my thing? :P

Join a noob corp. There's a cost/value equation that goes with joining an established corp. Joining my first noob corp, Demon Womb (snigg noobs) was the best decision I ever made in EvE. I leaned more in my time with them than I have at any other time in this game. You'll have the established players acting as a shield for you (to whatever degree). I can't tell you what a relief it was when I was ratting in my first Raven and some pirates jumped in, forcing me to cloak up, and then seeing a bunch of hard-core PvPer Sniggs jump in and camp the pirates until they were dead. It's also better to do it in Null... IMHO.

Why?

Because if you join one that isn't worth a damn, you are basically wasting your time? That ought to be self explanatory.

I was actually asking at the time why I needed to join a corp at all. When I am working by myself, there's no one to backstab you.

Yes, I think I will take up the advice to start up a solo corp.

Thus begins Me, Myself and I Incorporated.

Yes, I think I will take up the advice to start up a solo corp.

Thus begins Me, Myself and I Incorporated.

Yeah, I have no idea what that means. As long as people aren't going to start shooting me for no reason, I probably don't care much.

If it means I can't join any more corps, good riddance.

most notably when you post on the forums and people find your lack of corp disturbing.

I mentioned the whole forum thing about the lack of corp and its disturbing nature right?...because that a big one.

Yep, that's what it means.

By posting carebear sentiments here, and obviously on your main, you open yourself up to being watchlisted as an easy target and tracked down with locator agents. Which I highly recommend learning up on.

Granted, being in a solo corp means that you can have no problem with disbanding and reforming corp once such a thing happens (barring suicide ganking anyway), so learning how to do that would be highly advantageous on your part as it basically makes the entire wardec concept utterly pointless.

I remember one of the silver rules of EVE is to join a player corp as soon as possible.

Bad idea imo. I got stung hard doing this because veterans said it was a good idea. Turns out that there's a pretty nasty disadvantage to that. War decs are fun .

I'm not saying never join a corp, but if you want to join a corp have a reason first. It doesn't have to be a great reason, but it has to be a reason. Don't just join for its own sake.

Needless to say I'm such a carebear I never leave station without a covops cloaking device.

Welcome to the wonderful world of solo man corps.

After being in null sec blocks for years, i made my own corp too, 8 months back. I was really bored and tired of eve at that time and i almost quit the game, but decided to keep playing on my own and i'm a happy man.

My only advice is this: don't do only pve or you will end bored, probably. Do some pvp, create and run your own content and for others that you will meet in your way. In null sec sov warfare, i was running content planned by others, but here i'm free and i do what i please: no corp rules, no diplos, no CTAs, no fleet pings, nothing. Just log in and have fun.

I wish you good luck.

I remember one of the silver rules of EVE is to join a player corp as soon as possible.

Bad idea imo. I got stung hard doing this because veterans said it was a good idea. Turns out that there's a pretty nasty disadvantage to that. War decs are fun .

I'm not saying never join a corp, but if you want to join a corp have a reason first. It doesn't have to be a great reason, but it has to be a reason. Don't just join for its own sake.

Needless to say I'm such a carebear I never leave station without a covops cloaking device.

One thing I used to do back in the day before I was in any corp whatsoever was to go up into sov space, cloak up in random space and sit there. Then go and watch Youtube videos or watch TV or something. Occasionally I would "accidentally" type things in local chat like "Just tell me when you're ready to come in."

Most of the enemies I've made were because of that.

Sounds like you've only joined bad corps. Do some research.

I see this a lot, but almost never any advice on what to actually look for, or even what the basic definition of a good corp is most of the time.

From the resources sticky in New Player Q&A

How to find the corp that is right for you By NightCrawler 85


...edited for moar links so even an npc corp alt can do it

... From my (limited) experience, if you're in a high sec corp, you're going to get decced at somepoint. Either because someone legitimately has a specific grudge against your corp and wants to play, or because there are just corps (one man or more) out there who's sole existence is based on deccing....

I see this a lot, but almost never any advice on what to actually look for, or even what the basic definition of a good corp is most of the time.

Other less notable NPC corp features would be higher taxes,

this boggles my mind...why the heck would play an MMORPG if you want to solo?

this boggles my mind...why the heck would play an MMORPG if you want to solo?

The unfortunate reality is that there isn't a game like EVE. MMORPG or not.

That and while I don't like interacting with other players, I like the fact that they are there. If that makes any sense.

The unfortunate reality is that there isn't a game like EVE. MMORPG or not.

That and while I don't like interacting with other players, I like the fact that they are there. If that makes any sense.

I'm sorry but you're the definition of why people quit eve.
it's an MMO interact with others, enjoy the game.

Find a corp you'd like to be in, sure you'll get decced at one point, but you know there's also pvp in eve.
Pvp is fun, especially with others you should try it.

So, because I don't like to PVP, I am somehow contributing to why people quit EVE?

5. Chat with the recruiter, do they seem generally friendly or do they seem like they see you as another body? Do they seem more interested in how much shiny stuff you have?

I remember one of the silver rules of EVE is to join a player corp as soon as possible.

Why would I do any of that when I can just stay in Perkone and do my thing? :P

Op thinks joining a corp for no reason is the problem, when the actual problem is being in high sec.

I thought other players shoot you more in Low Sec/Null Sec/Wormhole

Am I wrong about that?

Depends on where you go. High sec is dangerous for me, while I feel at home in low sec.

So, because I don't like to PVP, I am somehow contributing to why people quit EVE?

The reason why I don't PVP is because I don't trust anyone to PVP with. 1v1's never happen either. So it would be suicide for me to PVP.

I remember one of the silver rules of EVE is to join a player corp as soon as possible.

Bad idea imo. I got stung hard doing this because veterans said it was a good idea. Turns out that there's a pretty nasty disadvantage to that. War decs are fun .

I'm not saying never join a corp, but if you want to join a corp have a reason first. It doesn't have to be a great reason, but it has to be a reason. Don't just join for its own sake.

Needless to say I'm such a carebear I never leave station without a covops cloaking device.

I'd say newbros learning about wardecs is a really good reason in itself. Personally i learned about wardecs when hauling half my fortune through hisec while in a JC service corp that was decced to bits.
One of the worst thing you can do in this game is try to play it safe for too long. Jumping into low/null in your T1 frig should fill you with joy instead of fear asap.

I guess. I only lost a Bantam from the ordeal so I guess it was a good lesson to learn.

Though I don't know why going into low/null should "fill me with joy instead of fear." I naturally don't want to lose and if I run into someone else I am guaranteed to lose unless I duck out in time. So yeah, it is reasonable to fear the unprotected areas.

NPC corp taxes should be set at 50%, as disincentive to players hiding out there forever. Disincentive mind you, not force. If you want to be safe from wars, you should pay a premium for that; current tax rate differentials are laughable given the protections received.

Players should go into a 1-week stasis, when leaving a corp/alliance under wardec. The current exploit of ducking wars by dropping corp must be immediately closed.

Wardec fees should go into a bucket claimable by the defenders, as incentive to come out and fight

Until these changes happen, I will keep killing-it-forward.

F

You are going to lose and lose a lot the thing about pvp is the desensitize yourself to losing

Because NPC corps have drawbacks, most notably when you post on the forums and people find your lack of corp disturbing. Other less notable NPC corp features would be higher taxes, **** NPC corp chat, the appearance of being an anti-social ****, lack of meaningful in game friendships and commeraderie, the inability to field more than 1 person as a defensive force ala herding cats, and not having a super cool corp logo and superleet corp title. I mentioned the whole forum thing about the lack of corp and its disturbing nature right?...because that a big one.

08:58:16 [Me]: Hi everyone.
09:43:10 [Corpmate]: 'Sup.

For me it is less that I fear losing my ship (I would prefer NOT to lose my ship but I digress) so much as the fact that I know I am going to lose. They're going to have more ships or the person doing it really knows what they're doing.

If I could find someone to PVP with that I could trust then hell yeah I'd be out there and kicking butt. But that'll never happen since IRL friends don't care for EVE and the EVE community is...the EVE community.

NPC corp taxes should be set at 50%, as disincentive to players hiding out there forever. Disincentive mind you, not force. If you want to be safe from wars, you should pay a premium for that; current tax rate differentials are laughable given the protections received.

Players should go into a 1-week stasis, when leaving a corp/alliance under wardec. The current exploit of ducking wars by dropping corp must be immediately closed.

Wardec fees should go into a bucket claimable by the defenders, as incentive to come out and fight

Until these changes happen, I will keep killing-it-forward.

F

Makes sense to me!

As a relative newbie I haven't looked to closely at the player corp side of things yet, (so correct me if something like this this already exists), but may the solution is to have the abilty for independent or 1-player corps to be able to form co-op type alliances?

People advice people to join a player corporation because generally it makes it easier for them to get help and get friends. However, this does not mean joining the first corp that invites you. This is a very very common problem new players experience.

As others have mentioned, do research.
Before you join a corporation you should be aware off what it entails, what is the advantages and disadvantages of doing it.

If you do the research and still want to join a corporation you need to research the corporations you are interested in joining. Someone already linked the guide that was written purely to help new players understand what to look for and what to avoid, so i wont repost it.

Last advice..
You joined one corporation, without doing the proper research, and you now take it for granted that all corporations are the same. This is a bad way to think. There are hundreds, if not thousands of corporations out there. Many might have the same basic idea, but i can tell you that none of them will be the exact same.



This is fully possible and is being done both on a large and small scale.
You can either make it official and create your own 1 man alliance which other players can join, or you can make it more unofficial and just set each other blue, have a joint chat channel. That way if one of the corporations gets a war dec is wont affect the rest of you.

This isn't about bad corporations, it is about being stung by a mechanic I didn't know about. Although the corporation I was in WAS bad.

Figuring out the telltale signs that a corporation sucks mostly comes with experience. Lots of corporations suck for different reasons.

Telling a newbie to do research and figure out which corporations are good is a fairly tall order. And usually the good corporations won't even have them.

Makes sense to me. Single player games are just lonely, MMO's give some comfort knowing that others are about, even if you are just going solo. People who can't understand are either trolling or lack any empathy towards others feelings.