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Chirruper
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Posted - 2008.03.01 04:53:00 -
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There are more than 2,000 trial accounts ~7% online at any time. Someone else also mentioned the average EvE character lifespan is 7 months. Meanwhile, learning skills included, most people have said you need to skill up for about 3 months to be competitive in PvP. So all things considered, 22% percent in lowsec / 0.0 sec is a pretty good number. Even if you assumed PvPers never did wardecs or never visited high sec, that would still mean about 40% of players "experienced enough" are in the dangerous areas. This is actually much larger than the hardcore PvP population in other MMORPGs.
There is no problem, and don't worry about trying to draw the newbies out; you can't take anything valuable from them.
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Chirruper
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Posted - 2008.03.01 05:12:00 -
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Some people also enjoy "Trade wars", the pacificist's PvP. There is something satisfying about acquiring many people's assets without firing a weapon. Not to mention if you are successful enough, you can enter the realm of hiring people to "make an example" of competitors. Seems pretty awesome to me. All in high sec. Not that I would do it. Order micromanaging sucks.
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Chirruper
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Posted - 2008.03.01 11:43:00 -
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These threads are started by frustrated gate campers alt-tabbing while waiting. Ignore them.
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Chirruper
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Posted - 2008.03.02 11:25:00 -
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 Originally by: Cipher7
wtf does does the above text mean?
I read it twice and it still sounds like gibberish.
In brief, "Its fine if you want to chill in Empire but don't open your mouth unless you know what you're talking about."
I'm just translating. Leave me out of this.
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Chirruper
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Posted - 2008.03.02 18:26:00 -
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Originally by: Malcanis
Second: Nothing in Empire comes remotely close to the fun and excitement of finding a corp & alliance with people you really like and building, working and especially fighting alongside them. Nothing in any game I have ever played, come to that.
This is the hard part, especially if you hate people. 99/100 corporations consist of 100% loser emo kidults who come into the game with no self-confidence and expect to gain some while in the game and if anything should attack and shatter that fragile ePeen (which doesn't take much), they vent to the rest of the corporation.
This of course may be the process for the first full year of my entry into an MMO - the relentless pursuit to find other gamers, not miserable people who have nothing better to do and log off every night with a overwhelming feeling of shame.
And that is why I will be in high sec for a while. Or not. Researching solo opportunities.
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Chirruper
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Posted - 2008.03.03 21:24:00 -
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Originally by: Malcanis
I guess I've just been lucky, I suppose. All the corps I've been in have been composed mostly of very good people (or at least quiet ones). I ran one for a while, and it was composed almost entirely of people I consider myself hugely fortunate to have met and flown alongside. (A few didn't work out, but they were greatly in the minority)
I don't think it's as hard to find good people in EvE as you assume.
Too bad I like you. I am going to stalk your employment history now. 
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Chirruper
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Posted - 2008.03.04 00:19:00 -
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Originally by: Guillame Herschel
But they won't. I am simply amazed at how many "zero-zero is not for me" arguments boil down to "My CEO is an asshat."
I'm not. Good leadership is hard to find in an MMO since they tend to attract the anti-social types slightly more than other leadership positions.
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Chirruper
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Posted - 2008.03.04 01:23:00 -
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Originally by: Malcanis
PS It's OK to like me. Although rare, doctors now consider the condition treatable.
If you can't tell by reading my other posts, I have evaded much needed psychological treatment.
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Chirruper
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Posted - 2008.03.04 01:32:00 -
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Edited by: Chirruper on 04/03/2008 01:31:59
Originally by: Laramon Questor
You may think it's sad that EVE is my life, and about the only thing that has any meaning in it, but the alternative is suicide and nobody seems to think that's a valid alternative. So you're stuck with me, in lowsec, for as long as EVE shall exist.
EVE can't be your life if you only play 2 hours a week. . .
The problem with this entire thread is no one needs to defend themselves - the Carebear vs. Sociopath grudge match has been going on since MUDs. The groups are incompatible and its like bashing your head against a brick wall. I will note that "taunting" is a feature of the PvP lifestyle so you just need to ignore it if you disagree.
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Chirruper
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Posted - 2008.03.04 02:45:00 -
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Originally by: Malcanis
I will tell you this, and I need you to not take it as any kind of flame or attack:
Being "ready" for 0.0 is nothing to do with skillpoints. I'm quite serious. Sure they're great and they help and stuff, but you don't have to have them to go in to 0.0. In fact the longer you wait, the harder it will be. If you really want to go in to 0.0, and you've finished your learning skills, the put an app in to a corp that accepts low SP players (there are more of these than you think) and get out there.
be ready to learn
be ready to support your corp
be ready to fight
That's all you truly need to make it in 0.0
(also high speed maneuvering 1+ and propulsion jamming 1+)
One of the large problems with this and something that bothers me is you happen to be the fiercely independent type, nothing will drive you away from a helpful, group-friendly corp than feeling like a leech. When the rest of your corp is "helping you along" while you nibble at a ship in a T1 frigate (or even use it as a tackler), you just can't help but feel you aren't pulling your weight in the grand scheme of things. Some people don't mind latching on but some people really, really want to make sure they'll be doing what they want to do before they meander into 0.0
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