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Rose of Shadow
BUMP POW
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Posted - 2014.07.25 16:14:00 -
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I knew this time would come but I could never put myself into typing a wall of text... but here is my own thread on my adventures on EVE.
The names in this bit of typing are made up, but actually refer to real players.
In 2013 I started an account but only played it for a month, and left it to die. I mostly made the mistake of skilling into literally everything. And I ended up mining and being bored.
So..
I saw the new 6 month deal and I decided to start over and get some focus into this character.
Since I never really dug into EVE my knowledge on ships and races and all that is very limited but I liked the looks of some of the Minmatar ships and I decided to give them a go. So I go through all the creation stuff and create my own character to be fully focused on PvP.
Skipping most of the non combat related tutorials I end up doing missions simply because I need the ISK and while talking in the NPC corp chat. I meet Hella in the NPC corp chat and I decided to travel over to the system she suggests to fleet with her in PvP.
We were discussing what ships to take and while doing so we got some "Welcome to EVE" funds from someone in the NPC corp. That ISK basically funded my first couple of wrecks. Yes, wrecks haha. Both Hella and I weren't really too careful with the ships we were flying. To be honest, every single kill on us made us meet new people. Sometimes the people weren't that nice, but mostly we were approached with a smile and not even podded because we asked questions on how this and that happened, and what did the person do to cause it. What can we do to prevent is, stuff like that.
As my previous EVE experience was limited I always thought that PvP ppl were absolute .. well.. not nice. But to be honest, I find the EVE community to be really welcoming to players that are eager to learn. On our explorations into lowsec we got shot, exploded, podded, laughed at, helped out, and shot some more. Our extreme skills with D-scan *cough* enured we found everyone before they found us. And of course we walked into every obvious trap to find.
From the top of my head, my first death was by a Tristan that was sitting in a PLEX. I fitted a Rifter since they just look cool. So we went for that Tristan after we finally managed to get an idea of where it was actually sitting thanks to D-scan.
Hella warped in, I warp in right after and there it was on my overview! I started to approach and all of the sudden there are 4 other yellow blinking things on my overview. And the drones! So I try to shoot it.. but it wouldn't let me! I got a popup saying I need to change the safety and I manage to switch it to Red and start shooting... I didn't know it was a drone ship but.. it just didn't want to die haha. But we kept shooting at it and scram + web it. It was no use. we got killed. In a pretty explosion.
But hey it was fun, and we had a little chat with the guy afterwards. To learn from what we did wrong.
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Rose of Shadow
BUMP POW
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Posted - 2014.07.25 16:14:00 -
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Eventually we met some more like minded new people and we grouped up. I did some roaming with Timber as well, a true pirate. He is dedicated to never log out in high sec. To loot wherever he can get away with it, and just shoot stuff.
A perfect companion.
So we were doing our little roam together, looting stuff and scanning for possible targets. All of the sudden we find someone and Timber challenges him to come over to an asteroid belt. I warped over to timber and there we were, waiting.
While the adrenaline started pumping for my, hopefully first kill, the guy warped in
in an Executioner. We start to do our full web and scram stuff and open fire. Obviously we were no match for him because he simply shot us both down with his T2 fit haha. So Timber managed to warp his pod out but I got Scrambled. And I thought "well, this is it.." And a conv window opens with the guy and Timber in it. He asks "Did you upgrade your clone?". I'm not sure how the rest of the conversations went but it basically came down to him liking our attitude of just jumping into PvP and inviting us on a roam later after giving us some advice on why we lost the fight and on our fits.
The roams with him I won't describe but let's say, they were interesting and again, I learned a lot of it. I even got on some kill lists. Loads of fun to say the least :)
So after a while of doing PvP we finally managed to get our first nubfleet only PvP kill. It was an insane adrenaline rush. Hella managed to scout the person out who was in an Incursus I believe and Timber and I warped in. Apparantly it was a trap because 2 more warped in after us and managed to kill Timber. We told eachother to keep shooting at the Incursus, no matter what.
Since Hella once duelled me with a long range Incursus fit I assumed that this one would be longer range as well so I orbited at around 1k. I was told when facing long range you need to stay close to your target to reduce the chance of getting hit.
I was wrong.
The Incursus had the short range blasters and basically started to shred me. I did realize I was getting a lot of damage but I just thought the guy had great weapon tracking, maybe T2 or something. And in my mind I was doing fine.
At some point I got webbed and scrammed while I was hitting hull. I was armor repping. But it didn't really do much...
I got a bit scared but decided to go down in flames if it's needed. The guy was in Hull! So all of the sudden the guy exploded!
I thought it was me so I tried to warp out my pod and.. well.. aparantly I warped out my ship in flames due to being down to 7% structure!.. While jumping I realised.. then someone else killed the guy..cause the explosion was in my face.
I look at my kill log and.. It's there! :D Some random person of the extra people apparantly shot him fro 200 dmg or something and they werent even on the same team hah. So I was kinda thankful for that.
Being all hyped up about our first nubfleet kill I forgot to say GF in local and sent the guy an evemail.
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Rose of Shadow
BUMP POW
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Posted - 2014.07.25 16:15:00 -
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Lucas Kell
Internet Terrorists
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
3876
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Posted - 2014.07.25 16:18:00 -
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tl;dr
Can I have your stuff?
The Indecisive Noob - EVE fan blog.
Wholesale Trading - The new bulk trading mailing list.
Chrysus Industries - Savings made simple!
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Mr. Orange
Band of Freelancers
444
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Posted - 2014.07.25 16:23:00 -
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Yeahhhh...... I'm not reading any of that!
Can someone summarize the OP into a 140 char tweet?
#kthxbye
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embrel
BamBam Inc.
179
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Posted - 2014.07.25 16:29:00 -
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Mr. Orange wrote:Yeahhhh...... I'm not reading any of that!
Can someone summarize the OP into a 140 char tweet?
#kthxbye
Eve is fun.
That'd be it. Short enough for you? |
Rose of Shadow
BUMP POW
17
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Posted - 2014.07.25 16:34:00 -
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embrel wrote:Mr. Orange wrote:Yeahhhh...... I'm not reading any of that!
Can someone summarize the OP into a 140 char tweet?
#kthxbye
Eve is fun. That'd be it. Short enough for you?
Yep, EVE is fun!  |
Ralph King-Griffin
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
3197
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Posted - 2014.07.25 16:37:00 -
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Rose of Shadow wrote:embrel wrote:Mr. Orange wrote:Yeahhhh...... I'm not reading any of that!
Can someone summarize the OP into a 140 char tweet?
#kthxbye
Eve is fun. That'd be it. Short enough for you? Yep, EVE is fun!
You might want to put something positive about it at the start then cos I wasn't prepared to read a wall of whining about eve, I'll read it now knowing this isn't(?) The case.
"Confirming EVE is hot, batshit crazy, and puts out."
-Omar Alharazaad
"CAKE CANNOT HOLD UP TO BEING A CHARACTER DAMNIT."
--áUnsuccessful At Everything |
Yokai Mitsuhide
Tsero Corporations
5240
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Posted - 2014.07.25 16:42:00 -
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Good read. |
Nalia White
Tencus
40
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Posted - 2014.07.25 16:42:00 -
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good story and welcome to eve :)
you should post this in my eve though. in general discussion the most people you meet will be like you thought about most pvper would be ;) |
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE
558
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Posted - 2014.07.25 16:44:00 -
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tl;dr newbie meets up with people goes pvping and has a ton of fun. It is a great story and you should read it!
Some of the most fun in eve is in t1 frigs when you are just starting out. Sounds like you are having a blast, keep it up!
You can trust me, I have a monocole |
Hans Zwaardhandler
Borealis Mining Concern
Nerfed Alliance Go Away
103
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Posted - 2014.07.25 17:03:00 -
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An interesting story about new players going out in Eve and making their own content instead of running missions endlessly, losing a shiny ship, and quitting forever.
We could use more of these. |
Iain Cariaba
Veritas Theory
166
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Posted - 2014.07.25 17:22:00 -
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OP is doing it right.
Disclaimer: My opinion does not necessarily reflect that of my corp or alliance. My opinion is my own, and if you don't like, that is your problem. |
darmwand
Repo.
223
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Posted - 2014.07.25 20:30:00 -
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Nice read indeed! Welcome to the fun side of EVE, looking forward to meeting you in space 
"Imagine it is war and everybody cloaks." -- Bienator II |
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
15785
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Posted - 2014.07.25 20:39:00 -
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Hmm.. this is very interesting indeed. OP is clearly doing Eve right.
o7. Keep it up.
Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings? |
Jandice Ymladris
Aurora Arcology
732
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Posted - 2014.07.25 21:12:00 -
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Glad to see you are heving fun in your second attempt at EvE. And looks you found the key! To play with others, to play 'multiplayer' in an MMO!
And yes, Eve's PvP community is quite friendly when you show promise & can take a defeat. In such case, many are willing to teach you a thing or two!
May you meet many enjoyable folks on your journey and learn of Eve's rich player history!
Caldari rescued from Black Eagle Prison Camps!
-á-áBombing in Rens, Gradient Capsuleers wounded! |
Rose of Shadow
BUMP POW
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Posted - 2014.07.26 15:57:00 -
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Thanks for all of your motivating replies! |
Derrick Miles
EVENumbers
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Posted - 2014.07.26 16:05:00 -
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May your guns strike true, your drones fly fast, and your kills be plentiful... so long as they're not of me. |
Nikolai Lachance
Happy Wheels Logistics
132
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Posted - 2014.07.26 22:05:00 -
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That's technically not a wall of text, since you actually used paragraphs. Good job.
Still, though, tldr. But that's okay, glad you're having fun. |
Emma Muutaras
State War Academy
Caldari State
29
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Posted - 2014.07.27 02:48:00 -
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so is this the end of chapter 1? honestly i thought i was reading a e-book for a while there |
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Yarda Black
The Black Redemption
304
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Posted - 2014.07.27 07:54:00 -
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good stuff |
J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds
4195
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Posted - 2014.07.27 08:15:00 -
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OP did what most vets haven't done yet....He won EVE.
Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with.
Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |
Rose of Shadow
BUMP POW
56
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Posted - 2014.07.27 23:29:00 -
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Emma Muutaras wrote:so is this the end of chapter 1? honestly i thought i was reading a e-book for a while there
Thank you for reading it though :) And yes, this is only chapter 1. I'm not sure when I'll get to writing part two, but a lot has happened already :D |
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