Eve Online

Fozza · June 12, 2009, 6:42pm

No Corp yet.

However jump onto the GWC channel in game and we hang out there.

We will be setting a corp up though as more and more Eve folks come out of the wood work.

Currenlty most of us our in Oursulert (or something like that - one jump away from Mies anyway)

What is your in game name and I will add it to the first thread.

Fozza

Jammer · June 12, 2009, 6:52pm

My Caldari is Rikus Stark. The Minmatar goes by Rannock Drayden. I’ll go look for that GWC channel right now.

Oh, and btw Uchiha Daisuke, I’m liking the Capsuleer app for my iPhone. I tried another one, maybe EVE Tracker, but it just kept crashing on me.

Steve · June 12, 2009, 10:17pm

That’s it! I know its kinda lame, but I was in a hurry and couldn’t come up with something better at the time. Should have just used my normal MMO name…

Luxin · June 12, 2009, 10:24pm

OK All, here is the info…

The office is in Renyn, Chemal Tech Factory. The Corp name is “Galactic Rebellion”. Just apply!

The tax rate is 5%. The office is costing me 10,700,000 ISK per month. As long as the office is covered, that’s great. Anything else will be to cover books, ammo, etc. The Tax is to run the corp, not for me to make money.

Here is the plan:

Get people on a good training program with a direction of combat.
Get people up to Level 4 missions. My current toon is almost there, and I know a good agent a few jumps away. I am currently running Level 3 missions in Grin.
After that, start thinking about PVP Low-Sec action!

We can also look into Faction Warfare, but I want us to be able to pay for ships and stuff, hence the Level 4 missions.

See you in Eve!

Commander Declan

Luxin · June 12, 2009, 10:31pm

Oh, also, if you mine, build, etc, thats awesome too! I have limited background in these areas but all are welcome.

I can host a 10 member corp right now. That will expand to 20 on Saturday. I will also be able to accept races other then Gallente on Saturday as well, with at least 4 members, but I will quickly raise it to 8 members. If needed, I will train up some more to add more members who aren’t gallente.

Chuck · June 13, 2009, 12:09am

I think I’m going to stay independent for now, but I’m always up for various fun. Jumped in with The3 for a couple of quick missions (his) today before knocking off to record the Podcast and had a great time.

Corps in Eve aren’t really like guilds in other MMOs, IMHO. While guilds seem to be more of a group one hangs out with, Eve corps seem more like real-life corps, designed for money- and war-making organization. The good news is that there’s not a lot you can’t do early on in the game without a Corp. I figure I’ll jump into one once I have enough experience to figure out what my goals are in the game.

Fozza · June 13, 2009, 10:20am

Luxin:

OK All, here is the info…

The office is in Renyn, Chemal Tech Factory. The Corp name is “Galactic Rebellion”. Just apply!

The tax rate is 5%. The office is costing me 10,700,000 ISK per month. As long as the office is covered, that’s great. Anything else will be to cover books, ammo, etc. The Tax is to run the corp, not for me to make money.

Here is the plan:

Get people on a good training program with a direction of combat.

Get people up to Level 4 missions. My current toon is almost there, and I know a good agent a few jumps away. I am currently running Level 3 missions in Grin.

After that, start thinking about PVP Low-Sec action!

We can also look into Faction Warfare, but I want us to be able to pay for ships and stuff, hence the Level 4 missions.

See you in Eve!

Commander Declan

Yep ypu need to improve your Ethnic Relations there buddy.
Just been turned away from the Office because I’m Amarr (why does nobody love us ).

Think the idea is a great one I have some spare ISK if we run low on cash. Lets see if we can’t bring in the new comers and get them doing lv4 asap.

Chuck · June 13, 2009, 10:24am

Maybe it’s the slavery? Just sayin’…

Fozza · June 13, 2009, 10:42am

Meh everyones a critic!

Default_Prophet · June 13, 2009, 2:16pm

Definitely the slavery

Fozza · June 13, 2009, 2:41pm

Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it…!!

Uchiha_Daisuke · June 13, 2009, 4:24pm

Being a slave or owning one?

Fozza · June 14, 2009, 2:41am

Intergalatic Slave running is one of the few pleasure we have left! Embrace your inner Amarr…

Fozza · June 14, 2009, 6:38am

Should we all be running missions for the same fraction or group so that we can build up standings as a corp with the same people.

Fozza

The3 · June 14, 2009, 2:11pm

I’m inclined to second Chuck’s sentiment at the moment. While I’ll admit I’m quite a n00b, I currently don’t see any significant need for a corporation. That is, I don’t see what we’d need a corp for that we can’t do on our own.

I say we just form ourselves as an unofficial “guild.” While nothing smaller than full corps are actually supported by EVE yet, they probably will be down the road when smaller player-owned structures (like mini asteroid bases) are introduced.

Default_Prophet · June 14, 2009, 10:37pm

Sure would love to play with chuck and sean and drew but they won’t post their names for whatever reason. Sigh

Fozza · June 15, 2009, 3:17am

Hey happy with whatever you want to do. The important thing is that you enjoy being in Eve.

The Corp will be there when you are ready to jump in. Otherwise for training tips and help don’t forget that we will all be hanging out in the GWC chat room in game. So if you don’t get something or have some noob questions (after playing on and off since the beginning I still have em! ) then catch us there.

Grand_Puba · June 16, 2009, 4:27am

Chuck:

I actually had my first PvP experience a few nights ago with Juan from around these parts. I won’t pretend we’re good at it. Truthfully we’re the n00bist of n00bs still trying to learn what to train and fit and how to use it. But I can now see why PvP is so much fun. It’s a rush knowing that there’s another unpredictable person driving that ship!

This is what happened – and Juan can jump in to correct me if I mis-remember anything:

Juan and I were mid-sec ratting – which, BTW, turns out to be a LOT more fun than mission running – in a couple of frigates. Juan was in a Rifter, I think, and I was in an Incursis. We’re in 0.4 and just moving from belt to belt taking out NPC cruisers. (Earlier in the night with Steve and Sean with us we were lucky enough to come across a BS rat. Fun!) There was one other player in local, so we kept expecting trouble. Eventually we got it.

Right near the end of a cruiser battle, in jumps the other player in a cruiser. He jammed Juan but hadn’t fired yet, so we kept focus on the NPC. Incredibly, the player opened fire on Juan right as the NPC popped. So we both swapped focus to him.

Again, we’re pretty simple n00bs. The reason this ended well for us was that whomever was driving the cruiser had an even more foolish plan than ours. He got in surprisingly close to me before he opened fire on Juan, which meant I could web him and immediately open fire from in close. Juan ran in, and that was pretty much it for his guns. He jammed Juan on and off, but left me alone for whatever reason. We were both pretty much putting in damage. We got about halfway through his armor (and I scram’d him to keep him from running) before he switched on a repper. Then it was an almost even fight as far as we could see, us doing a little more damage than he could rep, but him doing virtually none to us.

When he deployed drones we thought we were done for, and Juan started attacking 'em. But they turned out to be ECM drones. They jammed me, which meant I lost my scram, and he ran.

We were shocked. We fully expected to get our asses kicked! We got a friendly “good fight” in local and returned it. We continued ratting through the rest of the belt, but didn’t see more of him. I was sure he’d go back, grab some combat drones, and take us out for good. But nope.

This was easily some of the most fun Juan and I have had in Eve, superseding only slightly the NPC BS kill earlier in the evening. I think I’m finally beginning to understand a key component to the Eve 'verse:

Don’t undock with anything you’ll mind losing.

When I first read that, I thought “Oh yeah. Sure. I get it.” But I didn’t. Like everyone else, I raced for the biggest ship I could sit in. I wanted bigger guns and more gear. At first I was put off by those “bastards” who’d flip my can, attack me in high-sec, etc. I guess what I’m saying is that knowing that there’s no safe are in Eve and understanding it are two really different concepts.

For example, mid-sec ratting in a ten million ISK cruiser? Hope you’re the baddest ass around – and have friends nearby. That’s some cash to piss away for a new player if (more likely when) someone more knowledgable shows up. Mid-sec ratting in a <1M ISK frigate? Fun! So you lose one every now and then. So what. It’s part of the learning experience.

Mining in high-sec in a Hulk? That 80 mil of bling over a Covetor just a) makes you a prime target 'cause a Hulk gank killmail is “cooler” than a Covetor gank 'mail, b) won’t do you any good at all defending against an organized gank because they’ll just bring more friends, and c) can’t do enough mining in a short period to make up the 80 mil. OTOH, a 20 mil Covetor can haul in enough ISK in a couple of ops to pay for itself – so gank away!

Jet-can mining? Leaving your ore sitting in a belt unsecured is the functional equivalent of throwing $50,000 in an open shoebox, dropping the box in the middle of the street in a bad neighborhood, and coming back tomorrow to pick it up. Chances are it’ll be gone. Easy answer: grab a second account and keep your hauler on-site. Unless you respond to can-flippers, you’re pretty much safe. And regarding ganks, see the previous paragraph.

Bottom line: I’m really starting to enjoy this game.

Tip about Jet-Canning, Chuck. I rename my jet-cans to be the same as Eve Online’s default naming for an anchored Giant Secure Container (GSC).

When flippers are in the system unless they look closely at the Overview (GSC’s are yellow circles, while jet-cans are white) or fly to within 1000m, they will assume your mining into a GSC and will look elsewhere for kicks.

Works especially well if there are a load of GSC’s in the field. Also it takes only a few seconds to rename. I keep the name in a notepad for copying ans pasting. Since doing this I haven’t been flipped at all for about 4 months.

Solarpilot · June 16, 2009, 5:03pm

We could always do like a smuggler fleet, just kinda come in to work whenever we feel like it. =P

Also, a reminder to all of you in New Eden: Get rid of your CSPA charge! It sucks trying to contact another GWCer for the first time and you have to shell out ISK to do it.

Luxin · June 16, 2009, 7:43pm

Hi All!

The Corp can now accept different races, even those slavers…

There are currently 4 members, ready to add more!

Lux

Oops, as soon as I hit submit, we got member #5!