Winter Archipelago
Autumn Industrial Enterprises
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Grindyll Jackdaw wrote:
Convolution =/= Complexity
Developers have the capacity to explain things. Instead they choose not to. I wonder what retention rates are for this game. Its ******* annoying to deal with that.
EVE isn't exactly a simple game. There's a lot going on in a lot of different ways. It isn't really feasible for one group (even the developers) to have guides on every last little thing. The changes and updates that are necessary to keep it up-to-date are simply too many. EVE University have a wiki that does a good general overview of the game (wiki.eveuniversity.org). Other groups have information oriented towards other parts of the game. Blogs and Vlogs are plentiful, and information on which are valuable to your own preferences are as easy to find as posting to the New Player Question & Answer board asking (politely) which places have good info on x profession.
You mention earlier about having to ask other players, but the way you mention it, it sounds as if you're saying that's a bad thing. It isn't. Don't look at EVE as a normal MMO, because it isn't. It's social more than anything else, to the point where I feel it quite safe to call it a social hobby more than a social game. Ask (politely) questions in corp and militia chat. If you feel you aren't getting decent responses, ask (politely) in the many, many help channels that exist (you can find them in the channel list by clicking the little "talky bubble" at the top of any chat window). If channels such as E-UNI and the English (or your preferred language) Help chat aren't able to help you, ask (politely) in the NPQ&A board. If you can't get help there, ask (politely) on Reddit at /r/eve and /r/evenewbies. If even that manages to yield no viable answers, make a support ticket that (politely) asks your question, explaining that you've asked everywhere else but have not received satisfactory information.
The two key things to take away are (1) to ask questions, and (2) to be polite about it. This thread is miraculously tame considering you're in General Discussion and came out swinging and whining. Normally, someone who approaches other EVE players with an attitude will usually get an attitude returned many times worse. Conversely, a polite approach will usually receive a polite and helpful reply.
Calm down, state (politely) what it is you're trying to do (I strongly advise making a new thread in the New Player Question & Answer board to do this) and you'll receive ample information.
Khergit Deserters wrote:OP, FW is not a good place to start. I've been in and out of Min militia for a few years, and it's not a group. It's a revolving door of individuals who happen to sort of be doing the same thing. Actually they're kind of in competition with each other (get all of the LP from hanging on a timer solo, and not dividing it with another button humper). You'll get little or no help from FW guys-- at least Min FW guys. It's not a group of friends, it's mostly a collection of random strangers. It used to be different, but that's the current state, IMO.
Khergit is very, very accurate in his description of MinMil. Grindyll, if you want to do FW, I would advise looking into joining the Gallente Militia. They're much more organized and group-oriented (though they have their moments...) and, since they're allied with MinMil, your actions in MinMil won't have had a negative effect on your standings with them.
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