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Eternus8lux8lucis
Journies End
272
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:00:00 -
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What piece of advice would you give to a noob in game?
Keep it fairly short and actually be helpful, yeah I know asking a lot from the GD crowd but Ill give it a go.
Strength isnt measured in numbers but in force of will. For if one motived willful individual stands many will fall around him that are weak.
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Unezka Turigahl
Det Som Engang Var
280
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:02:00 -
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Battleships suck, don't make them your goal. Max out a frigate and all its support skills. Then a T2/pirate frig. Then max out a cruiser. Then a T2/pirate cruiser. |
Sibyyl
Gallente Federation
8174
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:05:00 -
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Trust no one, but don't lock yourself out of the possibility of trusting someone.
~ we're flying high, we're watching the world pass us by ~
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Ralph King-Griffin
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
4238
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:06:00 -
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whatever they ask for , generally.
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Vitiges
The Brave Dojo
Brave Collective
0
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:09:00 -
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Make instadocks and undocks everywhere! |
Yang Aurilen
The Mjolnir Bloc
The Bloc
364
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:15:00 -
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Don't fly what you can't afford to lose. REPEATEDLY. |
Ottersmacker
Genos Occidere
HYDRA RELOADED
448
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:23:00 -
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you don't need your character to have 'the necessary skills maxed' before you can have fun (despite some snobs telling you otherwise)
eve is a game of diminishing returns, especially when it comes to the size and cost of .. stuff
i just locked an open door.. strange, yet symbolically compelling. |
Ralph King-Griffin
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
4238
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:31:00 -
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look at the kill mail....you sploded them right?right? is there anything up with it?
anything obvious?....did you get their pod as well? if you did , talk about getting the pod out.
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Blue Harrier
169
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:35:00 -
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The fact someone has ten times the number of skill-points than you does not make him ten times better than you. A small gun travelling fast can always hit a barn door travelling slow.
"You wait - time passes, Thorin sits down and starts singing about gold." from The Hobbit on ZX Spectrum 1982. |
Tamazaki
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:39:00 -
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Don't go into wormhole space in your little T1 exploration frigate. Bad things will happen... as I discovered to my cost.
These are the most common questions I see in rookie chat:
How do I copy names into the chat?
How do I find asteroids to mine?
My overview disappeared, how do I get it back?
How do I find agents?
I'm stuck in the solar system map, how do I exit/view the star map?
What is high sec/low sec?
My ship blew up, can I get it back?
Where is Jita?
How do I sell my ore?
How do I split stacks?
Is it possible to afford a PLEX before my trial runs out?
Where are Sisters of EVE?
CCP needs to mail the answers to these questions to every new player when they log in for the first time  |
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Ralph King-Griffin
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
4238
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:42:00 -
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get out of that ****ty npc corp right ****ing now!
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Ryder 'ook
Die..Brut
Brothers of Tangra
78
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:43:00 -
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Find a group of people to play with. Said group should match your sense of humor and your preferred playstyle - in that order because playstyles can and will change over time.
Every atom in our bodies was forged in the furnace of ancient stars - it's time we return home. |
Slicr
18
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:49:00 -
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Be willing to do research.
I believe in being Pro-Active as Opposed to Reactive.
Reactive tends to be more costly in time and money.
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Scipio Artelius
The Vendunari
End of Life
5656
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:51:00 -
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Join a player Corp.
Playing this game with others and having others to provide advice, is way more productive and fun than playing alone.
Come Win At Eve - Join The Vendunari
. -á<- Argue this, not this ->-á( -í-¦ -£-û -í-¦) |
Yarda Black
Militaris Industries
Northern Coalition.
385
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:52:00 -
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Play your own game |
Derrick Miles
EVENumbers
3892
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:53:00 -
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Don't believe anything in Jita local. |
Belt Scout
Thread Lockaholics Anonymous
651
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:55:00 -
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Low sec is more fun than anywhere else in the game.
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They say most of your brain shuts down on the EvE forums. All but the impatient side, and the sarcastic side. No wonder I'm still awake. |
Remiel Pollard
Shock Treatment Ministries
4248
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Posted - 2014.08.26 10:56:00 -
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EVE isn't a job. Fun/hour > isk/hour.
GÇ£Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'.
Jam those ones first, and kill them last.GÇ¥
- Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104 |
Don Purple
The Pursuit of Happiness
401
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Posted - 2014.08.26 11:17:00 -
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Ralph King-Griffin wrote:get out of that ****ty npc corp right ****ing now!
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I am just here to snuggle. |
Mithandra
Serene Vendetta
Brawls Deep
122
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Posted - 2014.08.26 11:20:00 -
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Accept the fact that you are not the centre of the universe
Eve is the dark haired, totally hot emo gothchild of the gaming community
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Mythrandier
Corporate Scum
Cult of War
444
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Posted - 2014.08.26 11:21:00 -
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Remiel Pollard wrote:EVE isn't a job. Fun/hour > isk/hour.
This.
It amazes me that even 5+ year vets still fail to grasp this point.
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." --á D. Adams. |
Antaria Wildsun
Darkstar Galactic Inc.
35
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Posted - 2014.08.26 11:23:00 -
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DON'T feel the need to join another player corp, consider starting your own if so inclined. Some people really prefer to play on their own and socialize through other means.
On another corp note, do not start your own corp with the intent of inviting others, or join a corp run by other new people. |
Lady Spank
The Intaki Ladies Deep Space Astrogation Auxiliary
3560
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Posted - 2014.08.26 11:32:00 -
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Losing ships isn't a bad thing. Worrying about losing ships so that you never take a risk is.
(a¦á_a¦â) ~ It Takes a Million Years to Become Diamonds So Lets Just Burn Like Coal Until the Sky's Black ~ (a¦á_a¦â) |
Oriella Trikassi
Trikassi Enterprises
1
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Posted - 2014.08.26 11:38:00 -
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As in Real Life, anyone who tells you "I enjoy doing XXXX, therefore you will ONLY have fun if you do XXXX as well" is wrong.
EVE is a sandbox, not a linear game. Yes, there are goals you can set for yourself:
- Be a Titan pilot.
- Have a Billion ISK in your wallet.
- Blow up 100 ships.
- Be in the team that wins a Tournament
- Destroy a big Corp from the inside
but these are your goals. If you don't enjoy mining or mission running or manufacturing or PvP then don't do them! |
Lord Icicles
The Icicle Cartel
1
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Posted - 2014.08.26 11:44:00 -
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Ottersmacker wrote:you don't need your character to have 'the necessary skills maxed' before you can have fun (despite some snobs telling you otherwise)
eve is a game of diminishing returns, especially when it comes to the size and cost of .. stuff
This is something I need to quote.
I have seen people who run help channels telling new players that you should wait until your skills are maxed. To quote one perticular case.
"You should setup a Skillplan for 6 month and then go and play something else while you train the skills". (That advise was given out be the person who created the help channel)
If you somehow get invited into a private help channel where you are given advice like that: Just close it and never come back, those people have absolutly no clue what they are talking about.
That being said, never let people discourage you to try out things in Eve.
Other than that:
- EvE is not a single player game.
- Do not be afraid of getting blown up in PvP. Learn from your mistakes and you will slowly get better and will definetly at some point become successfull.
- Do not grind ISK all day just for the sake of being able to plex your accounts - use your ISK to go out and have some fun
-> If you make enough ISK to be able to afford plex and still have enough left over to be able to grab some ships and have fun, it is fine to plex your accounts, but playing Eve just to be able to keep your accounts active is a pointless activity which you will get bored of after a few month and you will end up leaving Eve without ever having seen the fun aspects of the game.
- Do not start your own corporation until you are familiar with the game mechanics and when you have no idea what it means to run a corporation in Eve
-> Corporations in Eve are totally different from guilds (shared chatrooms) in other games and to be successfull with a corporation it means you will have to invest a lot of time, especially in the early stages. |
Nymivya
Violent Dreams
0
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Posted - 2014.08.26 11:45:00 -
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Do what you find fun, not what's "most effective." There'll be plenty of time for that later on.
A fair few newbies seem to be so focused on PLEXing their account from trial to the Titan they inevitably want that they flame out and leave EVE fairly soon. It's a shame. I took a long break from EVE when I had the same mentality. Now I just do what I want to do in the game without worrying about PLEX, and it's much more fun. I know that may seem obvious, but the PLEX goal can blind many newbies to it.
Note that I'm not saying you can't PLEX from trial with very limited skills, you can. It's just really not a good goal to have as a newbie, I think. |
Lord Amaterasu
Carebears online
28
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Posted - 2014.08.26 11:57:00 -
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He/she isn't your friend.
"You make your own hell." |
Grim Hood
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
120
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Posted - 2014.08.26 12:21:00 -
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You can be successful at pvp with low SP. I started getting kills when I was about 10 days old. Frigate pvp has a low skill point ceiling. After a few weeks of training you will have all the necessary skills for frig pvp and you can be just as bad ass as a pilot with 100 million sp.
Grim Progression - Watch me get kersploded!
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Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
24096
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Posted - 2014.08.26 12:22:00 -
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If you hear someone say GÇ£don't do X until you have YGÇ¥, give them two swift kicks to the groin. It's a far kinder treatment than they deserve, but sometimes you just have to be generous towards the less gifted.
GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
Get a good start: Newbie skillplan 2.2. |
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
4453
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Posted - 2014.08.26 12:30:00 -
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Don't give up just yet.
Sovereignty and Population
New Mining Mechanics |
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Jacob Holland
Weyland-Vulcan Industries
303
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Posted - 2014.08.26 12:32:00 -
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Don't try to "get good" before working towards your preferred playstyle.
Sitting in highsec and running missions constantly while you train the skills you think you need for PvP will only kill the game for you.
You don't see the miners sitting in station while they skill for their Hulk, they're out there learning their roids in a Venture - get out there and learn...
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Ned Thomas
Angry Rockbiters
M1NER CONFL1CT
102
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Posted - 2014.08.26 12:37:00 -
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D-scan. Learn it, love it, live it. |
isk4trade
Cogitation Mining and Industrial Trading
44
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Posted - 2014.08.26 12:38:00 -
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--- ^^^^ THAT TOO!
me
P.S. OK that was about the miners spiel ... just before the one above. The Dscan one slipped in there but is a valuable piece of advice too !
me |
WASPY69
Hard Knocks Inc.
307
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Posted - 2014.08.26 12:38:00 -
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No not believing in yourself! |
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
1312
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Posted - 2014.08.26 12:41:00 -
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Fly dangerous.
TunDraGon is recruiting!
"Also, your boobs  " -á
CCP Eterne, 2012
"When in doubt...make a di++k joke."-áRobin Williams - RIP
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RomeStar
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
506
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Posted - 2014.08.26 13:16:00 -
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Dscan is your friend Learn to use it and then keep using it and use it some more I think your getting the point....
Signatured removed, CCP Phantom |
Kitty Bear
Disturbed Friends Of Diazepam
Disturbed Acquaintance
1399
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Posted - 2014.08.26 13:17:00 -
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Remiel Pollard wrote:EVE isn't a job. Fun/hour > isk/hour.
definitely this |
Feyd Rautha Harkonnen
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
1317
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Posted - 2014.08.26 15:28:00 -
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They should read this (particularly the bottom bit). They should also read this. Perhaps also, this.
They are now ready to EvE, and evolve in game, without tear or complaint.
Riiiiight.....
F
Would you like to know more? |
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
20386
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Posted - 2014.08.26 15:43:00 -
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You can trust your (non NPC) corpmates but not with your stuff or pod.
Nil mortifi sine lucre. |
Ima Wreckyou
The Conference Elite
CODE.
162
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Posted - 2014.08.26 16:46:00 -
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spaceships are consumables, so safety to red and pull that trigger!
Also:
Yes, it probably is a girl!
the Code ALWAYS wins |
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Torneach Structor
Showup Fleet
19
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Posted - 2014.08.26 16:54:00 -
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Go to lowsec within the first week and get blown up, then proceed with whatever else.
This, at the very least, will help them realize that getting blown up is a) normal and b) not the end of the world. |
Zephraim Cockring
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2014.08.26 16:55:00 -
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Without question, I'd say this : play your own game.
Find what you like to do and have fun doing, and do it, regardless of whether someone calls you a carebear, scrub, noob or whatever.This isn't the kind of game where you start at A, move on to B, then C, then you sit back and lord over the noobs. The most incredible and notorious eve events and personalities are not in the tutorials.
There's a ton of ways to play and enjoy new eden - find out what you enjoy and keeps you logging in, and ignore the haters, because no matter what you're doing in this game, there's plenty of other capsuleers who think you're doing it wrong.
--ZC |
Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
1040
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Posted - 2014.08.26 17:38:00 -
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EVE's only content is the other players. Understand that, and you pretty much understand the game.
[witty image] - Stream |
Eternus8lux8lucis
Journies End
272
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Posted - 2014.08.26 18:47:00 -
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Some really good pieces of advice in here. Thanx guys.
Note edited the OP a bit for another question.
Strength isnt measured in numbers but in force of will. For if one motived willful individual stands many will fall around him that are weak.
http://tinyurl.com/YarrFace |
Ryder 'ook
Die..Brut
Brothers of Tangra
83
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Posted - 2014.08.26 18:58:00 -
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Answer to the edit:
Don't sell that PLEX. You don't know yet what to do with all the money anyway!
(I lost most of it doing stupid things on the market)
Every atom in our bodies was forged in the furnace of ancient stars - it's time we return home. |
Vyl Vit
688
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Posted - 2014.08.26 19:03:00 -
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Keep up your insurance, and cover your rig.
Anyone with any sense has already left town. |
Ima Wreckyou
The Conference Elite
CODE.
164
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Posted - 2014.08.26 19:15:00 -
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You are doing it right
You are doing it wrong
the Code ALWAYS wins |
Himnos Altar
An Errant Venture
448
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Posted - 2014.08.26 19:19:00 -
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Tamazaki wrote:Don't go into wormhole space in your little T1 exploration frigate. Bad things will happen... as I discovered to my cost.
Lies.
Almost as toxic a lie as "Low sec space=instadeath"
Sure, if you wander into a gatecamp it's instadeath, but there are vast, VAST areas of Low Sec that are practically uninhabited.
Going into Wormhole space in your little T1 frigate is awesome. As long as you have a cloak, probe, and remember to bookmark your damn entrance.
Just be careful, don't talk in local, and don't try to take on the Sleepers in your scan frig.
Also Shrek is love. Shrek is life. |
Torneach Structor
Showup Fleet
21
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Posted - 2014.08.26 19:20:00 -
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Advice for myself starting out?
Belt ratting in hisec is super lame.
Don't shoot anchored cans in belts (though that stupid security button makes this one irrelevant...). |
Utsukushi Shi
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security
Imperial Outlaws.
43
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Posted - 2014.08.26 20:02:00 -
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Do whatever you find fun, regardless of what other players say.
Pyre Falcon is recruiting - apply today!
Backstage Recruitment thread
EVEO Forum Recruitment thread |
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James Nikolas Tesla
The True Patriots of New Eden
158
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Posted - 2014.08.26 20:52:00 -
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Don't play if you have no patience.
Elite PVP - The use of huge blobs, capital ships, and metagaming to defeat a target you already significantly outnumbered.
-masternerdguy |
Trii Seo
Sabotage Incorporated
Executive Outcomes
651
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Posted - 2014.08.26 20:54:00 -
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Fly softly, and carry a cyno.
Is it Hotdrop O'Clock yet?
Covert pilots unite! Safer working conditions, less accidental limb loss due to unfortunate Cyno accidents!
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=258986 |
Grog Aftermath
Need more grog
48
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Posted - 2014.08.26 23:11:00 -
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Sibyyl wrote:Trust no one, but don't lock yourself out of the possibility of trusting someone.
Doesn't make sense to me, if you're not going to trust anyone, you have already locked yourself out of the possibility of trusting someone else.
Trusting someone has risks, in EVE the risks are more common. |
Pix Severus
Mew Age Outpaws
1305
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Posted - 2014.08.26 23:39:00 -
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If you're in highsec and no-one is talking in local, type "mama, just killed a man" and watch local erupt into song.
Set goals for yourself, the game won't do it for you.
No-one will be impressed when you're flying a battleship.
Falling for a scam is better than never trying anything new.
My lord. |
Calathea Natinde
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
5
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Posted - 2014.08.27 00:05:00 -
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Stop looking to find a way to play for 'free' in your first month. Fun first, isk later. |
Decian Cor
Disconnected.
Ineluctable.
156
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Posted - 2014.08.27 01:12:00 -
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Never not shoot Goons
Unfiltered for the masses.
Forum Posting - Basic
Common Sense Level - III Grammar Level - III Reading Comprehension - III Facetiousness - III Skin Level- V Trolling Level - V |
NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises
1692
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Posted - 2014.08.27 03:37:00 -
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I usually tell new players to go and read these guides.
Phoibe Enterprises official recruitment thread
The Eve Reader - -áAudio Recordings of Eve Chronicles
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Heinrich Erquilenne
Foundation Cutting-Edge
Mordus Angels
17
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Posted - 2014.08.27 03:41:00 -
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Never ever go to lowsec unless you're just travelling and know a lot about the game's geography and active places. You'll just die for no reason. Nullsec is fine though, provided you have the standings. |
Omar Alharazaad
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
404
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Posted - 2014.08.27 03:48:00 -
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Being on fire while under fire and lighting someone else on fire can be lots of fun.
Also, fire is just plain fun.
To be more concise, it's not a bad thing to get your ship blown up, just try to learn from it when it happens.
Ask the pilot who violenced you for advice on how to not get exploded next time. They may very well give you some good tips. |
Remiel Pollard
Shock Treatment Ministries
4259
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Posted - 2014.08.27 04:04:00 -
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In response to the edit:
Don't train for mining. Don't do it dude. You're gonna hate it and it's gonna get you nowhere. You're gonna waste those SP that could be better spent training for assault frigates and as a result, you're gonna have a 0-30 killboard before you discover you're actually a pretty good pvp'er, and that won't happen for a year after you start playing the game. Then you're gonna have some catching up to do.
GÇ£Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'.
Jam those ones first, and kill them last.GÇ¥
- Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104 |
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Omar Alharazaad
Lords.Of.Midnight
The Devil's Warrior Alliance
405
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Posted - 2014.08.27 04:23:00 -
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Remiel Pollard wrote:In response to the edit:
Don't train for mining. Don't do it dude. You're gonna hate it and it's gonna get you nowhere. You're gonna waste those SP that could be better spent training for assault frigates and as a result, you're gonna have a 0-30 killboard before you discover you're actually a pretty good pvp'er, and that won't happen for a year after you start playing the game. Then you're gonna have some catching up to do.
This a couple times over. Way too many SP and hours wasted mining, even after it stopped being fun... which was pretty quickly.
It's a means of generating some early isk, but had I known then what I do now I would have made an alt for that alone and gone into pew with my main firstly. |
Netan MalDoran
xXTheWarhammerXx
84
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Posted - 2014.08.27 04:39:00 -
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Get T2 Drones and get all PWG, CPU, and cap skills to V.
"Your security status has been lowered." - Hell yeah it was! |
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
4074
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Posted - 2014.08.27 05:17:00 -
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Eternus8lux8lucis wrote:What piece of advice would you give to a noob in game?
Don't read General Discussion. Read everything in EVE New Citizens Q&A instead. |
Mithandra
Serene Vendetta
Brawls Deep
125
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Posted - 2014.08.27 11:19:00 -
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Decian Cor wrote:Never not shoot Goons
**EDIT**
And never come to the forums for actual help...ever.
rules to live by, rules to live by.
Eve is the dark haired, totally hot emo gothchild of the gaming community
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Kaarous Aldurald
ROC Deep Space
The ROC
9168
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Posted - 2014.08.27 11:25:00 -
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Friends don't let friends fly bling.
"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."
Clean Up Local 2014.-á |
Trii Seo
Sabotage Incorporated
Executive Outcomes
652
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Posted - 2014.08.27 12:05:00 -
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Kaarous Aldurald wrote:Friends don't let friends fly bling.
Unless they're all drunk, all flying bling and about to jump into a gatecamp while yelling "Geronimo".
Is it Hotdrop O'Clock yet?
Covert pilots unite! Safer working conditions, less accidental limb loss due to unfortunate Cyno accidents!
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=258986 |
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