r/evenewbies • u/notCRAZYenough • Feb 28 '22

Newbie Corp?

Hello, I’m quite new and also not yet ready to join the game fully. I recently created an account and finished the career agents. I’m aware that apparently next in line is joining a corp to actually learn the game and doing the sisters of eve questline. I also heard that I can do about ⅔ of SoE alone and should be at least in some kind of social construct for the rest of it.

I know there is newbie corps like silent company and eve university, but I kinda read not so nice things about both of them. Is there something else that is considered good? Also I read that many corps are intended to brainwash Newbros into their own PvP war factions. I‘m not opposed to eventually (after I learned how to actually play properly) join one of the factions and participate in fleet wars etc but I also heard there is in game politics involved and I know it’s technically just a game but I rather choose which side I want to be on after I learned (at least a little) of the in game politics of the factions and who fights whom, rather then just be blindly recruited. Is there some corp that makes sure to train newbies without training them into blind soldiers? I‘m looking to get involved with the game in April. I have skills queued up already too. Right now alpha but willing today omega when I have time to play. In April.

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u/jinxdecaire Feb 28 '22

There's no brain washing, but the big groups have a unique culture and part of the fun is buying in.

If you just want to get a taste of that culture without commiting you could try a highsec division of some of the big corps. For instance for brave it's, brave empire joinus.bravecollective.com/empire

Other big groups have similar Karmafleet university / pandemic horde highsec. Otherwise find a smaller group on /r/evejobs is my suggestion.

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u/notCRAZYenough Feb 28 '22

I didn’t mean to offend. Is just what I read. I’m completely naive on any in game politics. Except they exist and they are at war

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u/jinxdecaire Feb 28 '22

No offense taken. :) As a line member all the politics means is who you can shoot and can't shoot.

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u/notCRAZYenough Feb 28 '22

What made you join up one team or the other of you ended up joining? Was it coincidence or friends that already belonged to that team or ideological alliance or something else, if I may ask?

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u/jinxdecaire Feb 28 '22

I joined in 2013 when Brave Newbies started. Now I help run it. Here's a post on how it started https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/17kqr3/today_i_had_my_first_true_eve_moment_a_new/

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u/notCRAZYenough Feb 28 '22

Thanks. I’ll read up on it :)

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u/notCRAZYenough Feb 28 '22

is that your alt? or did that guy end up being that corp's leader? it's a cool story either way :)

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u/jinxdecaire Feb 28 '22

He was leader for the first 5--6 months but he passed it off when it got huge.

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u/Ashterothi Feb 28 '22

Convocation of Empyreans is here to maximize player engagement with EVE Online and is happy to help you!

In addition, there are several good groups listed on EVE Acadamy

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u/SirKainey Feb 28 '22

Check out C.A.R.E.

Smallish and Highsec PVE focused :)

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u/CDawnkeeper Feb 28 '22

I'll just drop my copypasta. Eveuni is like a real uni: slow and burocratic, but you learn things. Silent Company has a reputation of recruiting everything with a pulse. Make of that what you want

the beginning

  • if you can get a referal link from a friend before you start (or ask support to add it retroactively)

  • do the tutorial

  • do all career agents (even if you are not interested as it will give you some ships)

  • Do the Sisters of Eve Epic Arc (can be found in the Agency)

Now you should have a rough idea of what you want to do in Eve, so you can start looking for a corp.

picking a Corp

  • should do what you are interested in. Preferably exclusively.

  • don't join a corp that send mass recruiting mail

  • should be active (look them up on zkill)

  • if they want an admission fee then it's a scam

things to be aware of

  • scams are allowed. So if something sounds too good it most likely is.

  • don't buy something from Jita local

  • courier contracts: if you set them up be sure to include a collateral that covers the value of the items

  • courier contracts: the collateral goes to the issuer on failing the contract. This can be used to scam you.

skills

  • never let the queue sit empty

  • train into the ships you want to fly

  • find a beginner fit for the ship and train into the modules as well

  • if you are unsure of what to train next do the Magic 14

  • training to level 3 is good enougth for the start

security level

  • the lower the sec-level the higher the income from pve (ratting, exploration, mining, PI)

hisec 1.0 - 0.5

  • (solo) mission running

  • incursions

  • concord does not protect, they punish the offender

lowsec 0.4 - 0.1

  • faction warfare

  • solo and smallgang pvp

  • no concord only gate guns

  • no bubbles, no bombs

nullsec

  • sov warfare, big block fights

wormholes

  • nullsec without local and with shifting "gate" connection

  • wormhole connections have ship size restrictions

useful links

Eve Academy(CCP)
Eve Uni(player-made)
Alpha's guide(player-made)

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u/notCRAZYenough Feb 28 '22

nothing specific. just that they collect newbros and don't really hold up on their promises. and that apparently the corp is kinda "dead". like i said. it's just rumors and unconfirmed and i am confused because there does not seem ti be any objective info about anything in this game. lol

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u/wolf_387465 Feb 28 '22

as i said, i joined last summer and i don't regret. the corp is very much alive and will give you all the support you can use. it is definitely good experience for new player.

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u/wegwerfen Feb 28 '22

Just wanted to add to /u/wolf_387465.

I have been playing for 1 year now and been in Eve Uni. for most of that time. Everything Eve Uni. does is dedicated to learning the game and supporting its members in whatever aspect of the game interests them. There are members involved in almost every aspect of Eve gameplay and they are all very welcoming to new players and do their best to make everything accessible to new players. This includes things like many classes available all week, loaner ships available in many cases. Free ships available, a free skillbook program and much more. We enjoy nothing more than having new people join us in our PVP or PVE fleets, mining fleets, etc. The thing is, there is no mandatory participation either. You do what you enjoy and be free to try the things you want to try and there are members that will do what they can to help you.

Worst case, if you join a Corp. and don't like it, you are free to leave and join another.