WeirdNoise
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Posted - 2006.11.17 12:54:00 -
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 Originally by: Polinus
I think you all dont get the poitn. That is not a simple whine. Its a critiscism of how EVE dois not contemplate a reasonable time frame on the life of a character. When you are over 2 weeks old. no lvl 1 mission will give you any fun. And you are still too far form lvl 2 missions ( on the rythim I was going it would take 3 months to reach level 2 missions). So no chalange at one point... so you try to find something more fun to do. But there is no.. " a bit more difficult" place to have fun. There is nothing fun in 0.5 and above.. nothing.. until i can unloack level 2 agents.. and I dont want to pay just do do NOT FUN things!!
EVE must insert contents for this level of paying. Cause that is one of reaosn so many accounts are short lived.
One word : connections. The connections skill will bring you lvl 2 missions on a platter. Raise that to lvl2 and you gain about 0.70 standing if your current standing is below 1.
The formula is ModifiedStanding = BaseStanding + 4% of (10 - BaseStanding), if BaseStanding is more than zero.
That means that at a standing of 0.1 you get nearly 0.4 gain by the first level of connection skill, whereas at a standing of 5 you would get only 0.2 gain by that same lvl 1 of connections skill.
The skill is easy and fast to learn. Lvl 3 connections goes fast and gives you over 1 standing point. You're nearer from unlocking lvl 3's than you thought you were from lvl 2's.
As for your story, what you have experienced is not the rule in low sec. You've fallen on an especially hard place at a hard time. Wasting a week for a gate camp is nasty, I agree. I'd suggest leaving all your stuff behind, frankly. You say belt rats are uninteresting in empire, but they can be profitable, thanks to the odd drop of valuable items. At least more profitable than lvl 1 or even lvl 2 missions, and funnier too.
On an extreme solution you could escrow/sell your stuff which is blocked in the system. Not very smart but would avoid you being nude in empire. As long as you can get and equip a combat frig (not necessarily an expensive one) you can make a million quickly on 0.5 rats, trust me, check market prices on named stuff.
Then run those lvl2 missions... and if it's not fun go to low sec, but in as cheap a fitting as practicable...
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