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Cricri Amatin
Rainbow Company
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Posted - 2016.07.21 08:47:25 -
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Greetings,
As a pure, new player in the EVE universe I had a very displaesing experience lately:
My coorporation got wardeced.
The result of this was that I had to dock up, log off the game and do something else while the war was on.
There are several issues tied to this:
1. I have paied to play a game I am denied playing. If I undock I will be shot by a gang.
2. My character (and me) is seven weeks old. So are most of the other chars i my tiny company. The guys who wared us are 10 years old. How am I gonna stand up against a pack of very experienced players with skillpoints and ships which outclasses me a hundred times?
3. I am not a hard core gamer. I am wodering how family fathers like me can have our fun in EVE when they have time to, and not when the aggressive high sec gankers alow me to.
I could go on and make a long list here, but I think my point is clear enough:
I cant play the game I bought, and the reason is other players denying me. They are more experienced, they operate in large gangs and they have enough ISK not to worry about it. CCP has even provided them with agents who happily will tell where I am (the locator agents). All is in the hands of the gankers who off course win every time.
As I understand that CCP want PvP to be the core of everything, it is highly needed to implement a way to make it possible for people like me, with limited time, to enjoy our adventures in New Eden. I am fine with unsafe sorroundings. Just make it fair. |
Ramses Davaham
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2016.07.21 10:38:34 -
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Leave corporation.
Problem Solved. |
Cricri Amatin
Rainbow Company
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Posted - 2016.07.21 10:59:04 -
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Yes, I know that leaving is to some extent a solution. However as a new player trying to get into all the myriads of this and that in EVE (which is one of the reasons this seems like an awsome game) leaving my coorporation does not seem very appealing to me. If it wasnt for the corp I would have had a hard time getting the hang of this.
The other reasone leaving the corp seems like a bad idea is that if everyone should leave everytime a wardec comes up there would be too much leaving and rejoining to build something stronger. Again; all the cards on the hads of the experienced, none om the hands of the rookies. |
Cricri Amatin
Rainbow Company
0
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Posted - 2016.07.21 12:35:38 -
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Another reason why leaving the corp is not a good solution:
I can join another corp or rejoin after war. I guess it is just a matter of time before a new war starts, and then I have to do this again. I can stay in a NPC corp but how fun is that.
So now I am looking at two uneatable solutions:
Be denied a corp membership or be denied playing at all.
This has to be addressed. Give the rookies some means to means to play at a fair level. |
Ramses Davaham
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2016.07.21 14:42:57 -
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Let me guess..you thought you had safety and immunity to attacks even before you joined your corporation.
WRONG.
1: High Security Space (0.5 to 1.0) does not nor will it ever guarantee safety. All I have to do is find you...and I can blow your ship up and pod you at any time of my choosing once you are un-docked. Not even CONCORD will stop me. The illusion of safety you have right now is totally false. Oh sure I'll get blown up....but who cares....It's my choice and I can take it anytime. I can afford to replace my losses easily.
2: Corporations provide a number of niceties - none of which impact your safety or your ability to survive. A Corporation is a team. A team that gains access some nice abilities such as POS's/Citadels. Asset Sharing. Communications. But this doesn't remove the ability anyone in NPC has - such as fleet activities. You are saddly mistakened if you think its necessary to survive in your current state. Oh sure - numbers help...alliances...diplomatic status...but a corporation is just a flag with colors....doesn't remove the fact you still need to know how to fight.
3: By leaving a Corporation or being NPC'd you still have access to your corporation mates (if they are worth anything that is) - and pretty much do what you need to do while immune to war dec's.
A war-dec means you can kill them back by the way. No penalties....no consequences.
EVE Online is a non-consensual PVP game with PVE/Industry aspects - is it 100% PVP? No. But PVP is a way of life and you should accept that fact.
This was never a question of fairness....its a question of survival.
EVE Online is not for the feint of heart.....so don't stick around if you can't handle the coldness of space.
So what do you do about it?
You can quit the game and leave.....problem solved...because i can tell you right now...your voice will be ignored..taunted...teased.jeered...you likely made yourself a target of suicide ganks even as you made your first posts. its totally legit.
Or you can say OK - what can I do about this?
Learn to fight....learn to defend yourself. Reapr the riches that comes with knowledge...so you get blown up....its gonna happen.
Think its bad? Try playing when I started....we can talk about harshness.
Cant'? Not interested in learning to fight?
Then quit your corporation.....its the easiest thing to do....you can freely go about your business - course your not safe even then - as you can get blown up at any time. Fly SMART....
But at least its not "open season" as gankers generally don't target people unless they have a reason to do so. Find out how!
But you can at least figure things out...learn to play.....try to educate yourself. Google.com is your friend! Vast resources of knowledge out there on any subject for EVE you can think of.
EVE Online is about knowledge....you need to do your homework.....read....study....it takes brains...and guile...you obviously came here looking for answers...put it to work then.
You're corporation is not doing its job if this is how you feel about the game...and I'm sorry for that....you should find someone else....because if they aren't educating you and helping you through this war-dec....then they don't deserve you.
I suggest you go check out EVE University as your next corp. Good place to start.
Sorry if your upset....but you deserve the truth.
All in all...Welcome to EVE Online - you where going to find out sooner or later.
And good luck. Paranoia is healthy. :) Kept me alive. It can help you. |
Cricri Amatin
Rainbow Company
0
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Posted - 2016.07.21 16:48:25 -
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I thought nothing. I am new to this, as in no other hopes than embarking a cool game.
That said I have read these forums and found your answears sll around.
Leave corp, this game is not for you, you made yourself an easy target by posting etc etc.
My concern is not about imunity or total security in high sec. That sounds boring. My topic is about 10 year old characters with ships and skills I never can stand up against. They are delt the superior cards by any means. This might be cool for those who are ten years old, but not so cool for the rookies. It is unbalanced.
And if it is so that I by this post have made myself an easy target so be it. I will update the thread as playing goes on. Until then my advice to all who are concedring posting here not to do so. |
Ramses Davaham
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
4
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Posted - 2016.07.21 17:07:07 -
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Cricri Amatin wrote:I thought nothing. I am new to this, as in no other hopes than embarking a cool game.
That said I have read these forums and found your answears sll around.
Leave corp, this game is not for you, you made yourself an easy target by posting etc etc.
My concern is not about imunity or total security in high sec. That sounds boring. My topic is about 10 year old characters with ships and skills I never can stand up against. They are delt the superior cards by any means. This might be cool for those who are ten years old, but not so cool for the rookies. It is unbalanced.
And if it is so that I by this post have made myself an easy target so be it. I will update the thread as playing goes on. Until then my advice to all who are concedring posting here not to do so.
You should learn to read before you go mouthing off about things you don't understand.
Even a noob can take down a "10 year old"
But your too hung up on yourself to learn.
Fair enough...good luck....your going to need it.
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Malcanis
Vanishing Point. The Initiative.
17840
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Posted - 2016.07.21 17:27:37 -
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Cricri Amatin wrote:I thought nothing. I am new to this, as in no other hopes than embarking a cool game.
That said I have read these forums and found your answears sll around.
Leave corp, this game is not for you, you made yourself an easy target by posting etc etc.
My concern is not about imunity or total security in high sec. That sounds boring. My topic is about 10 year old characters with ships and skills I never can stand up against. They are delt the superior cards by any means. This might be cool for those who are ten years old, but not so cool for the rookies. It is unbalanced.
And if it is so that I by this post have made myself an easy target so be it. I will update the thread as playing goes on. Until then my advice to all who are concedring posting here not to do so.
EVE is a PvP game, and it's an MMO with character progression. A corporation is EVE's version of a nation, and can declare war and be wardecced, These facts are not in dispute and will not change. It is up to you to adapt your expectations and aactions to them.
You can play during a wardec. You have several options open to you; loosely they are run, quit, hide, deal or fight.
The option I would recommend is not to tie yourself to a corp that is unable or unwilling to defend itself. Hisec is notoriously infested with these corps and I am sorry that you have been sucked in to one, but the fact is that your corp's incompetence, inexperience and lack of resources are not reasons why you should be exempted from having to make choices that the rest of us deal with daily.
In your situation I would strongly advise joining a different corp, able and willing to defend itself, and able and willing to teach you to defend yourself. That situation would make the choices available to you much more attractive. Once you learn some basic eve mechanics, and put some effort into your resources and capabilities, you will be able to laugh off wardecs. I know that sounds implausible to you in your situation, but it's absolutely true.
One option that is always open to you is to join one of the new player focused groups in 0.0; Pandemic Horde, Karmafleet, etc. If you care to do so, you'll learn about game mechanics, PvP, how little losing a ship means, and maybe even have some fun.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his ISK/hr depends upon his not understanding it!"
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Cricri Amatin
Rainbow Company
0
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Posted - 2016.07.21 18:14:09 -
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Malcanis wrote:Cricri Amatin wrote:I thought nothing. I am new to this, as in no other hopes than embarking a cool game.
That said I have read these forums and found your answears sll around.
Leave corp, this game is not for you, you made yourself an easy target by posting etc etc.
My concern is not about imunity or total security in high sec. That sounds boring. My topic is about 10 year old characters with ships and skills I never can stand up against. They are delt the superior cards by any means. This might be cool for those who are ten years old, but not so cool for the rookies. It is unbalanced.
And if it is so that I by this post have made myself an easy target so be it. I will update the thread as playing goes on. Until then my advice to all who are concedring posting here not to do so. EVE is a PvP game, and it's an MMO with character progression. A corporation is EVE's version of a nation, and can declare war and be wardecced, These facts are not in dispute and will not change. It is up to you to adapt your expectations and aactions to them. You can play during a wardec. You have several options open to you; loosely they are run, quit, hide, deal or fight.The option I would recommend is not to tie yourself to a corp that is unable or unwilling to defend itself. Hisec is notoriously infested with these corps and I am sorry that you have been sucked in to one, but the fact is that your corp's incompetence, inexperience and lack of resources are not reasons why you should be exempted from having to make choices that the rest of us deal with daily. In your situation I would strongly advise joining a different corp, able and willing to defend itself, and able and willing to teach you to defend yourself. That situation would make the choices available to you much more attractive. Once you learn some basic eve mechanics, and put some effort into your resources and capabilities, you will be able to laugh off wardecs. I know that sounds implausible to you in your situation, but it's absolutely true. One option that is always open to you is to join one of the new player focused groups in 0.0; Pandemic Horde, Karmafleet, etc. If you care to do so, you'll learn about game mechanics, PvP, how little losing a ship means, and maybe even have some fun.
Thank you for a honest and friendly reply! This is the way a forum should work. |
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors Escalating Entropy
10261
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Posted - 2016.07.21 19:15:28 -
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It has been awhile since we have seen one of these threads.
The answer has been, and always will be; you already have options.
- Leave Corp
- Join an established corporation or have your corporation join an established alliance that can tech and protect you
- Roll a neutral alt... use it to grab some cheapo Electronic Warfare ships. Research some fast, ranged fits. Research tactics on how to avoid unfavorable encounters (hint: intsa-undocks, bookmarks, etc). Take a page out of every guerilla rebal group in history and start using hit and run harassment tactics. Your objective will be to sufficiently **** off your attackers to the point where you are not worth the effort. (full disclosure, I did this as a newbie against other veterans).
How did you Veterans start?
The Mustache and Beard Thread
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Malcanis
Vanishing Point. The Initiative.
17842
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Posted - 2016.07.21 19:29:24 -
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In all justice to the OP and others like him, I really wish CCP wouldn't tout "form a corp with your other 2 buddies who also started playing 8 days ago!" as a normal activity.
Forming a corp is something you do after you've finished your adorably clueless newbie stage.
At the very least it should require a rank 1 skill to V and a hundred or two million ISK to create a corp.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his ISK/hr depends upon his not understanding it!"
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Jasmine Deer
Perkone Caldari State
18
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Posted - 2016.07.22 09:40:32 -
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As someone who has been playing for quite a while and gets wardec'd every few months here is my advice.
Wardec corps usually hang around trade hubs and pipes. Look up their killboards and check where they are active. Find some systems far from where they are active and play there until the wardec is over.
Else, join another corp until the wardec is over. Then move back if you want.
Ignore any nonsense from players trying to scare you into thinking this game is super hard. Hang in there, and learn to play smart. |
Elsia Browne
Aliastra Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2016.07.22 15:56:07 -
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Malcanis wrote:In all justice to the OP and others like him, I really wish CCP wouldn't tout "form a corp with your other 2 buddies who also started playing 8 days ago!" as a normal activity.
Forming a corp is something you do after you've finished your adorably clueless newbie stage.
At the very least it should require a rank 1 skill to V and a hundred or two million ISK to create a corp.
Sadly I've seen null sec alliances in rookie systems offering 5 to 15million per mission to join their corp. So I find it rather amusing when someone talks about how they should wait to join a corp or even to create one. The Whole point of an MMO is to play together with other people hince why it is a "Massively Multiplayer Online" game keyword multiplayer. This doesn't mean you have to get along with all those people, or that all those people have to like you.
Granted I fully understand where you are coming from Malcanis. I have the same belief but the fact that veteran players consistantly go against that belief and that newbros don't know the difference is where its both sad and amusing.
Op, listen I feel your pain been there done that even went merc for a while. The point of the game is to have fun. If you aren't having fun talk with the people you play with and figure something out together. Don't listen to people when they tell you "eve isn't for you". The fact that you started playing or had an interest in it to begin with means it "IS" for you. There are players that have made loose groups in NPC corps they call themselves a CIC (Corp in Corp). They setup a private channel that they all join to joke and trade ideas. They fleet up together and mine, mission run and do everything that is associated with non-PVP activity. Also because they are not in a player corp they are ammune to war decs. You and your buddies could always start one yourselves. Granted you won't have access to a corp wallet, corp hangers, or corp contract system. But in reality you don't really need it.
For all those haters out there that constantly tell players mainly newbros that they should stop crying and eve isn't for them. I've seen this happen on other games. While constructive criticism is always a good thing, out right telling a player to leave a game is a bad idea. By doing so you are only hurting the game you enjoy and put so much time into to do what ever it is you do in the game. There are always flaws in a game design, the devs can't think of everything. There are always going to be 100million reasons to change 100million things to make it "better". Its the devs choice in the end if they don't think that way again we can call them idiots or morons all we want and they will keep on doing what they want to do. Would anyone of you do any different if someone told you that your choice was stupid to them?
The point is Stop telling players to leave the game, maybe we might keep a few. Give them ideas, give them a place to grow hell, teach them something even if its to die. At least they might learn from it and grow as a player. |
Bing Bangboom
DAMAG Safety Commission
495
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Posted - 2016.07.22 21:05:04 -
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You could leave your corp and apply to join the corp that has you wardecced.
This has several advantages:
1) The wardeccing corp's players know how to play Eve right and you will learn things correctly instead of what your current corp teaches, which is cowardice when you get right down to it.
2) Wardeccers tend to be nicer people, more open to sharing their experience and ISK with new players and generally more fun to be with.
3) Wardeccers rarely mine.
4) The first time you kill another player you will find out why so many of us are addicted to this game despite the terrible PvE gameplay, constantly changing rules and clunky interface. Hint: adrenaline is a drug.
5) Fat, dumb and stupid is no way to go through life.
and finally
6) Wardeccers rarely mine.
OP, you know something is wrong. Fix it. Abandon carebearism.
Highsec is worth fighting for.
By choosing to mine in New Order systems, highsec miners have agreed to follow the New Halaima Code of Conduct.-á www.minerbumping.com
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Cricri Amatin
Rainbow Company
11
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Posted - 2016.07.23 10:21:21 -
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Ok. I can do PVP. But how do I do PVP with a slight chance of success with a new character without skillpoints? |
Malcanis
Vanishing Point. The Initiative.
17847
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Posted - 2016.07.23 11:15:37 -
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Elsia Browne wrote:Malcanis wrote:In all justice to the OP and others like him, I really wish CCP wouldn't tout "form a corp with your other 2 buddies who also started playing 8 days ago!" as a normal activity.
Forming a corp is something you do after you've finished your adorably clueless newbie stage.
At the very least it should require a rank 1 skill to V and a hundred or two million ISK to create a corp. Sadly I've seen null sec alliances in rookie systems offering 5 to 15million per mission to join their corp. So I find it rather amusing when someone talks about how they should wait to join a corp or even to create one. The Whole point of an MMO is to play together with other people hince why it is a "Massively Multiplayer Online" game keyword multiplayer. This doesn't mean you have to get along with all those people, or that all those people have to like you. Granted I fully understand where you are coming from Malcanis. I have the same belief but the fact that veteran players consistantly go against that belief and that newbros don't know the difference is where its both sad and amusing.
There's nothing worng with joining a corp run by experienced players with good support infrastructure early on; in fact it's absolutely the best thing to do. Although I personally would recommend to a new player that they run the tutorial missions to get an idea of what they actually want to do and be before joining anyone.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his ISK/hr depends upon his not understanding it!"
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Cricri Amatin
Rainbow Company
11
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Posted - 2016.07.23 13:17:06 -
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Malcanis wrote:Elsia Browne wrote:Malcanis wrote:In all justice to the OP and others like him, I really wish CCP wouldn't tout "form a corp with your other 2 buddies who also started playing 8 days ago!" as a normal activity.
Forming a corp is something you do after you've finished your adorably clueless newbie stage.
At the very least it should require a rank 1 skill to V and a hundred or two million ISK to create a corp. Sadly I've seen null sec alliances in rookie systems offering 5 to 15million per mission to join their corp. So I find it rather amusing when someone talks about how they should wait to join a corp or even to create one. The Whole point of an MMO is to play together with other people hince why it is a "Massively Multiplayer Online" game keyword multiplayer. This doesn't mean you have to get along with all those people, or that all those people have to like you. Granted I fully understand where you are coming from Malcanis. I have the same belief but the fact that veteran players consistantly go against that belief and that newbros don't know the difference is where its both sad and amusing. There's nothing worng with joining a corp run by experienced players with good support infrastructure early on; in fact it's absolutely the best thing to do. Although I personally would recommend to a new player that they run the tutorial missions to get an idea of what they actually want to do and be before joining anyone.
The carreer missions are basics of all and provide a set of knowledge you the one way or the other must accuire. I have done all of them. However they do not contain PVP at all and for sure do not give any hints about how to play during a war. |
Geronimo McVain
McVain's Minning and Exploration Inc
150
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Posted - 2016.07.23 13:50:41 -
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Ramses Davaham wrote:Cricri Amatin wrote:I thought nothing. I am new to this, as in no other hopes than embarking a cool game.
That said I have read these forums and found your answears sll around.
Leave corp, this game is not for you, you made yourself an easy target by posting etc etc.
My concern is not about imunity or total security in high sec. That sounds boring. My topic is about 10 year old characters with ships and skills I never can stand up against. They are delt the superior cards by any means. This might be cool for those who are ten years old, but not so cool for the rookies. It is unbalanced.
And if it is so that I by this post have made myself an easy target so be it. I will update the thread as playing goes on. Until then my advice to all who are concedring posting here not to do so. You should learn to read before you go mouthing off about things you don't understand. Even a noob can take down a "10 year old" But your too hung up on yourself to learn. Fair enough...good luck....your going to need it. How? If the 10 year char messes up badly maybe. The main part is: the 10 year can afford to loose a 1B ship a week but the new Char can hardly afford to loose T1 destroy. Don't fly anything you can't afford to loose is a good advice up to the point where your chances are low and you can't afford any loss. The Deccer is wining without shooting once because they can afford any loss and the other can't. So they do the smart thing: docking and in the end dropping Eve because some vet needs easy ganking to bolster his kill board because he can't keep up with vets that have the skills and resources to match him. |
Cricri Amatin
Rainbow Company
11
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Posted - 2016.07.23 15:04:26 -
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Geronimo McVain wrote:Ramses Davaham wrote:Cricri Amatin wrote:I thought nothing. I am new to this, as in no other hopes than embarking a cool game.
That said I have read these forums and found your answears sll around.
Leave corp, this game is not for you, you made yourself an easy target by posting etc etc.
My concern is not about imunity or total security in high sec. That sounds boring. My topic is about 10 year old characters with ships and skills I never can stand up against. They are delt the superior cards by any means. This might be cool for those who are ten years old, but not so cool for the rookies. It is unbalanced.
And if it is so that I by this post have made myself an easy target so be it. I will update the thread as playing goes on. Until then my advice to all who are concedring posting here not to do so. You should learn to read before you go mouthing off about things you don't understand. Even a noob can take down a "10 year old" But your too hung up on yourself to learn. Fair enough...good luck....your going to need it. How? If the 10 year char messes up badly maybe. The main part is: the 10 year can afford to loose a 1B ship a week but the new Char can hardly afford to loose T1 destroy. Don't fly anything you can't afford to loose is a good advice up to the point where your chances are low and you can't afford any loss. The Deccer is wining without shooting once because they can afford any loss and the other can't. So they do the smart thing: docking and in the end dropping Eve because some vet needs easy ganking to bolster his kill board because he can't keep up with vets that have the skills and resources to match him.
Exactly my point. And as a rookie it is hard to get any support for this view. However there are some good advices in this thread.
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Geronimo McVain
McVain's Minning and Exploration Inc
151
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Posted - 2016.07.23 17:22:21 -
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Cricri Amatin wrote:
Exactly my point. And as a rookie it is hard to get any support for this view. However there are some good advices in this thread. That said it might be a game for the veterans that slowly will drop players because the new ones finds it borning be doomed to loose every time.
A good advise would be, that he has to be there to hit you. So if you watch local, you know when it's safe to fly. Second: If he really hunts you and you are not just blanket decced: move. You are most likely not not worth it to move across half of new Eden. Or you go to some area where you might find help by the residence: Providence. This region is Null BUT there the rule is NRDS (not red don't shoot). You are not red but the chances that the deccer is red to the Providence corps are high. And even if he follows you, killing you will put him on the KOS list there. |
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Ramses Davaham
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
5
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Posted - 2016.07.23 21:38:30 -
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Geronimo McVain wrote:Cricri Amatin wrote:
Exactly my point. And as a rookie it is hard to get any support for this view. However there are some good advices in this thread. That said it might be a game for the veterans that slowly will drop players because the new ones finds it borning be doomed to loose every time.
A good advise would be, that he has to be there to hit you. So if you watch local, you know when it's safe to fly. Second: If he really hunts you and you are not just blanket decced: move. You are most likely not not worth it to move across half of new Eden. Or you go to some area where you might find help by the residence: Providence. This region is Null BUT there the rule is NRDS (not red don't shoot). You are not red but the chances that the deccer is red to the Providence corps are high. And even if he follows you, killing you will put him on the KOS list there.
Course bear in mind anyone can shoot you in nullsec regardless....that means there will be people who don't care.
But at least you've changed the battlefield considerably. |
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors Escalating Entropy
10282
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Posted - 2016.07.24 00:59:38 -
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Geronimo McVain wrote:Ramses Davaham wrote:
You should learn to read before you go mouthing off about things you don't understand.
Even a noob can take down a "10 year old"
But your too hung up on yourself to learn.
Fair enough...good luck....your going to need it.
How? If the 10 year char messes up badly maybe. The main part is: the 10 year can afford to loose a 1B ship a week but the new Char can hardly afford to loose T1 destroy. Don't fly anything you can't afford to loose is a good advice up to the point where your chances are low and you can't afford any loss. Even if a veteran can afford to loose 1 billion a week in ships, it does not necessarily mean he/she wants to sink that kind of cost in a random wardec he/she has no particular stake in besides "giggles."
This is especially the case if the the situation leading to the lost ship was frustrating and "not very fun."
Like I said before; you don't HAVE to fight directly. You do not have to do things on your aggressor's terms.
You merely need to make the war declaration not worth their time.
- You can use 1 million ISK frigates loaded with Electronic Warfare mods to buzz around and make the fight miserable and drawn out (see: you can't kill them because you don't have any damage, but they can't kill you because Ewar is effective against pretty much all ships... including "high-end" ones). ------------- You can use these tactics when doing missions too (so you can keep earning an income). One of you perform the mission while the rest of you cover him/her from hostiles If hostiles show up... the people covering can jam the hostiles while the main mission runner warps away. Then everyone scatters.
- Wait until your aggressors are on sitting on the undock and are all complacent. Send one of your guys out to be the "sacrificial lamb" so they all have aggression timers (and thus cannot dock in the station), then undock in destroyers fit for suicide ganking and nuke the most expensive, squishy thing on field (you have to crunch some numbers before you do this so you can choose the right target). If you score a kill, you will have made the war "expensive" for the veteran players and are now forcing them to make a cost-fun/benefit choice (see: was that a fluke and should we continue? Or should we cut our losses to preserve our killboard reputation?)
- Go out into low-sec. The locals there may tear you apart if they catch you... but they will also do the same to your attackers. And unlike your attackers, the low-sec locals are not gunning for you specifically. Hell... if you talk with them they may help you a little bit (example: train you).
Alternatively... you can always dabble in the art of negotiation. Ask them what they want. If they ask for ISK, say you don't have any... what else can be done?
Here is something from my history: When I was a nubbin, my newbie lol-corp was war-decced. We were harassed, ganked, camped, and well... you get the picture. Then we organized and did exactly what I mentioned above! Then we talked with the war deccers. We eventually worked out a deal where were would all meet in a certain system at a certain time... bring everything you have to the table... one glorious battle to end everything. And win or lose, they would drop the war after that.
Guess what... they did.
How did you Veterans start?
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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
12633
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Posted - 2016.07.25 20:13:59 -
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Change the thread title to 'Unwilling to play during wardec', please
Perfection is a dish best served like wasabi .
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Sylphy
TSOE Po1ice TSOE Consortium
88
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Posted - 2016.07.28 09:42:15 -
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Option A: Come to nullsec. Option B: Close current corp, remake a new one with the same name. Let wardeccers waste money on corporations that no longer exist.
The character does not represent the views/opinions of its Corporation or Alliance.
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Elenahina
Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
987
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Posted - 2016.07.28 11:02:28 -
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Malcanis wrote:In all justice to the OP and others like him, I really wish CCP wouldn't tout "form a corp with your other 2 buddies who also started playing 8 days ago!" as a normal activity.
Forming a corp is something you do after you've finished your adorably clueless newbie stage.
At the very least it should require a rank 1 skill to V and a hundred or two million ISK to create a corp.
Leadership V? It's a good skill to have regardless, and it seems sort of appropriate.
@ the OP:
Malcanis gave you some amazing advice, and he said it better than I could have. I will just reiterate one thing - learn how the game works. Player knowledge is the only skill that isn't on the skill tree and can't be learned via skill injectors. It is also the most vital skill in the game. If you get blown up, convo the guy who did it and ask what you could have done differently. Some of them will mock you, obviously, but a lot of them will offer you a pointer or two, and you gain a small measure of respect for not being a whinger about the loss. I learned more about Eve from people who killed me than I ever did from fights I won.
In the case of the wardec, fight back - get some cheap frigates (and insure them), and go out and shoot the guys deccing you. Yes, you will probably lose. Hilariously and repeatedly. That's not important. What's important is that you learn from those losses. Ask for advice on improving your ability to defend yourself, not on avoiding having to.
o7 Good luck.
Eve is like an addiction; you can't quit it until it quits you.
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Bing Bangboom
DAMAG Safety Commission
497
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Posted - 2016.07.29 19:25:20 -
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Sylphy wrote:Bing Bangboom wrote:4) The first time you kill another player you will find out why so many of us are addicted to this game despite the terrible PvE gameplay, constantly changing rules and clunky interface. Hint: adrenaline is a drug. Yeah. Way too people are addicted to shooting targets that can't shoot back because they: a: have no guns b: die in the first volley That, for so many people is the exhilirating adrenaline rush. Shooting target dummies then bragging about it over beer with their co-players. If you want some _real_ PvP, go watch some stramers like Zarvox. Instead of promoting how "You know how to play the game right."
Well, maybe the adrenaline rush is better when you kill people alone rather than in F1 pressing packs. Heh... _real_ PvP elitism is funny.
Highsec is worth fighting for.
By choosing to mine in New Order systems, highsec miners have agreed to follow the New Halaima Code of Conduct.-á www.minerbumping.com
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Eli Stan
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
557
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Posted - 2016.08.03 20:18:29 -
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Cricri Amatin wrote:I can stay in a NPC corp but how fun is that. Extremely fun, for some of us.
So Malcanis is right in that creating a corp with a dozen other new players and hanging out in highsec is no way to play EVE. Joining a pre-existing corp or alliance can be problematic, however. Fortunately for me, when I first started playing I ended up in an NPC corp that has a group of players with a consistent presence in nullsec. It allowed me to PvE and gain wealth while at the same time PvP and gain combat experience. I learned by playing both with and against people who have been in the game 10+ years. We have hard-core players, we have casuals. We have combat players, we have industry-only players.
If you don't know anybody who is already in combat-capable corp, try some of the NPSI groups. You don't need to be hard-core. Just show up for a scheduled event when you have the time and follow along. Try to make some contacts in game and figure out with whom you'd be happy. I don't really have much advice on how to find a corp to join though, having never gone through that process myself, sorry.
(I don't like highsec, by the way. It's a terrible place to play EVE and has terrible mechanics. I only visit it when I need a market hub.) |
Solecist Project
The Scope Gallente Federation
31794
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Posted - 2016.08.06 19:27:50 -
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Hi!
I just wanted to jump in to give my usual...
Bait. Wait. Set straight.
Requirements: corpmembers who realize that they +ńcan defend themselves. A few levels of gallente destroyer, blasters, damage skills. External chat. Patience. Rudimentary understanding of combat.
You bait. Corpmembers sit around you and log off. Do so somewhere you know the hostiles are close.
You wait. Can take a while..
You set straight. Once a hostile enters system, everyone logs back in. That's the trickiest part.
Tactical bonus points if you count the seconds it takes warping from gates to your spot beforehand, and know how many seconds it takes your friends to show up on grid.
Remember: ten even lowly skilled catalysts dish out several thousand dps. Next time you get decced, seek the best tactitian in your corp and show him this post.
Vary by flavour. (Like, he might not sit close to you)
Even if you can't pop anyone, your losses will be low, but your morale will skyrocket!
The biggest issue wardecced new players have isn't that they can't fight back ... ... it's that they have ****** CEOs with bad influence.
"That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breaths of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly pulverised by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds." -- Tippia
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Cricri Amatin
Rainbow Company INTERNET SPACESHIP.
18
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Posted - 2016.08.08 13:26:34 -
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Playing EVE in HighSec when wardeced is not easy (or funny) no matter how good the CEO is, especialy if your corp is made of mostly new players with low skills (like me). To take on an aggressive counter against the wardeccers you need some capacities regardless how skilled or brave your CEO is. It just dont cut it with a handfull of newbies.
Some of you have listed some options. I thank you for that, as those advice have been most helpfull!
I have realized one thing during this boring time of wardecs: EvE is about PVP and not about hanging around in mining barges to make som ISKs. I guess many of you experienced players laugh a little about this, but here is my thought: When I came into EVE the very first time (end of may 2016) I had absolutely no idea what to do and how to do it. Not unlike thousands of others I guess.
When you get your hands on a Venture and understand how to use it, a bit of the new world opens up. Then mining is what you want to do for a while.
At the same time you finish the career agents and by the time gain some good insight, however those contain no word about PVP.
Then you do som LVL1 missions and shoot some rats. WOW! Cool. I can do it!
Then you do that for a while. And you mine. And then you get contacted by a recruiter who asks a lot of questions and before you know it you are in a coorporation. Well, that is cool. EVE is a MMO. Then the wardec came up. Most of us are new, a minority is experienced.
It was kind of a steep curve to suddenly get wardeced and be forced to do PVP. Well, I got shot but didnt shoot any. I have barely gotten into how to shoot rats. The road of learning the hard way.
Steep learning curves might be the second thing I have realized in EVE during this summer.
I guess there will be some people just quiting the game because they find it too hard / unplayable.
For my part there has been some developments that might be a good road to learn some more.
My killboard still isnt much to brag about, but I guess there will be some greens in between the reds by the time .
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Sandy Point
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2016.08.08 16:56:16 -
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Seriously - I've been here since 06. The majority of my accounts (18) expire towards the latter part of this year. I do not see my renewing the majority of them. (Unless CCP surprises me which I doubt.) EVE is changing and CCP is only listening to the power blocks that plague the influence of the CSM. Barbie dolls in space, oh look, I have a monocle, blah blah blah!
I begged pleaded and got on my knees with CCP years back to not develop the CSM as it would negatively impact the game. IMO it has done exactly that for many years now. Too many imbedded vets. Everyone pays a monthly sub for each account. They could have simply placed a voting forum for changes CCP plans, then let the paying players vote, not some group of puppets called CSM.
Back to the real game play,
I ventured into lo-sec and null-sec on my own and expected to have my arse handed to me on a platter, it usually happened, yet I also lucked up and returned the favor "sometimes".
Today the visceral attitude towards anyone who plays this game for any other reason than PVP in hi-sec is right down ugly.
PVP in lo sec is stale w/o much variety.
Null-sec PVP is DEAD! You'd be more safe doing a mining session in null than you would in hi and on the flip side you have a better chance pvp'n in hi-sec than you would in null.
Fact- Most of my mining sessions with my alts and a Rorqual are usually in a few dead systems owned by alliances whom I'm not associated with. People just fly right on through the system, no attack, nothing. When I have my fill of ABCs I pack up and cyno home.
I have alts in several corps located in various parts of EVE from null, null NPC, lo-sec and hi-sec. No wormholes, though I resided in one a while back for about a year.
As my accounts continue to close I look outside my window trying to come up with a hobby that will replace EVE. Thinking of taking disc golf back up or maybe building a few R/C airplanes to bring back my days of youth.
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