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Kijo Rikki
Froosh INC.
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2016.12.13 19:04:04 -
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I managed to get a few of my friends I play STO with to actually try out EvE and after the painful process of trying to walk them through the tutorial and eventually moving on to the painful process of explaining how to cancel the tutorial, I've got a solid two and a possible 4 total friends who might actually start playing.
They all want to stay in my personal corp and turn it into a real, functioning corporation that makes money, but they also want to make their money doing different things. I've tried to suggest we should probably join an established corp/aliance but the appeal of making their own and being in charge is strong. One wants it to be a mining corp. Another wants to start manufacturing and smuggling drugs. The other wants to start shooting things in the face while in space. The other guy is too busy messing with the character creator sliders regardless of how many times I've told him its pointless.
Anywho.... alot of this stuff I know nothing about, I've always been happy to be a foot soldier in larger alliances and skip all the tedious boring stuff of how everything works. I am not a leader (not my personality), and already one of the more headstrong guys is taking point and its like watching the blind lead the blind. I feel like as the one player who actually has experience I should step in and start guiding them before this becomes a train wreck, but honestly I'm at a loss for what to do about it.
Do y'all think I should just sit back and let them learn through trial and error, or is it better to try to find some help asap?
You make a valid point, good Sir or Madam.-á
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Kijo Rikki
Froosh INC.
Goonswarm Federation
908
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Posted - 2016.12.13 19:57:26 -
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Hmm.... wormholes sounds intriguing. It's another one of those things I know nothing about. I take it I'm going to have to pull one of my toons off the omega clone account to get the skills necessary to grow roots in a wormhole, ain't I?
You make a valid point, good Sir or Madam.-á
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Kijo Rikki
Froosh INC.
Goonswarm Federation
908
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Posted - 2016.12.13 20:27:51 -
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Moac Tor wrote:Kijo Rikki wrote:Another wants to start manufacturing and smuggling drugs. Drug smuggling was scrapped as part of the mass dumbing down initiative and is no longer a profession. Despite the fact most people thought it was an awesome aspect of the game like your friend.
That's unfortunate. I had explained we would need to move to lowsec and the inherent dangers within and he seemed pretty excited about the prospect. OH well, for now he's pretty fascinated running mining cargo back and forth in an industrial hauler.
You make a valid point, good Sir or Madam.-á
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Kijo Rikki
Froosh INC.
Goonswarm Federation
908
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Posted - 2016.12.13 20:39:42 -
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Cngaar Aya wrote:Kijo Rikki wrote:Hmm.... wormholes sounds intriguing. It's another one of those things I know nothing about. I take it I'm going to have to pull one of my toons off the omega clone account to get the skills necessary to grow roots in a wormhole, ain't I? You don't absolutely need to be Omega in a wormhole, but it helps a lot - the lack of cloaking in particular is a bit brutal. That being said, we do have a couple of Alphas in our alliance, so it certainly can be done. Most important, honestly, is just as someone said earlier - initiative and willingness to figure things out on your own is the greater predictor of successful living in wormhole space.
I mean if we want to put down a POS or something to stay in?
You make a valid point, good Sir or Madam.-á
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Kijo Rikki
Froosh INC.
Goonswarm Federation
908
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Posted - 2016.12.13 21:32:51 -
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Well, thank you all for the advice. Sounds like for right now while everything is so much prettier than star trek and so vast and so real, so long as that hasn't worn off I should just hang out and let them do their own thing for a while. 
You make a valid point, good Sir or Madam.-á
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