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I thought that this discussion had reached the point where it warranted it's own thread. Just to recap for everyone, several of the folks here on the boards have gotten together on EVE Online to form a corporation known as Seven Swords Ltd.
Currently, the Paizonians that can be found in EVE Space are as follows:
Fatespinner: Fatwatai, Calderi Miner
Mike McArtor: Amai Kannisa, Calderi Warrior
Kassil: Khellias, Amarran Miner
Riskbreaker: Samyk Risker, miner (Race Unknown)
Dragonmann: Vmir Dros, Calderi Engineer
If you join us, make a post here with your character's name, race, and occupation and we'll be seeing you in-game!
Hey:
I just started playing EVE Online....when I am more familiar can this unworthy person seek you wise ones out and maybe learn from the Old Great Ones?? :D
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Hey:
I just started playing EVE Online....when I am more familiar can this unworthy person seek you wise ones out and maybe learn from the Old Great Ones?? :D
I've been playing for exactly 5 days now. I would hardly call myself an Old Great One. :) You are, of course, welcome to join us.
Samyk Risker is Minmatar, for those interested. I like the industrial feel they've got going. He's the Gypsy-themed subrace, which I also dig (especially for a sci-fi game).
ok; I am o Eve and could use some advice; my game name is Thorvaldi and am playing a matmar or however its spelled soldier; I just bought a ripper frigate and need some advice on what to buy first and how to outfit it; I am newbie lost :0 please help; i cant read the bleeding rookie chat because it is spammed so much and flies buy; I guess I need a weapon and a mining laser and upgrade cargo hold and who knows whatelse; please advise as i cant find any players guides that help much.
am on the game right now
hehe i dont know wher that is; i am trying to finish the tutorial but i think it is bugged; it sent me to ammond v to talk to this chick; she says she is going to complete my training and says talk to her; so I talk to her for a mission and she says she has nothing for me; what bunk.
well; got help on a petition; heeh I am such a newb
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hehe i dont know wher that is; i am trying to finish the tutorial but i think it is bugged; it sent me to ammond v to talk to this chick; she says she is going to complete my training and says talk to her; so I talk to her for a mission and she says she has nothing for me; what bunk.
I think you have to fully complete your tutorial with your ship's computer before that agent "completes your training." That's what happened to me, anyway.
But then, Caldari are far more civilized than those Minmatar people...
;D
Didn't get a chance to get on until very late last night, but I made a character (a Calderi named Aroval) and applied for corp membership, although that's pretty much all I had time for.
I just started playing EVE Online...
Sweetie: Play more...so I can feel less guilty about the time I spend on MMOs. :D
Neat! What profession did you go for?
Soldier, although I have literally done nothing but the tutorial and fly to the corp headquarters. I didn't even do any of the follow up agent missions (beyond the 2 that are part of the tutorial).
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Soldier, although I have literally done nothing but the tutorial and fly to the corp headquarters. I didn't even do any of the follow up agent missions (beyond the 2 that are part of the tutorial).
Nice. It's always good to have some gunmen around when you're trying to secure rare minerals in hostile territory.
ok; am tootin along ok; now; gm fixed my issue; and have a pretty rocking ship now with all kinds of guns shield upgrades and turbo boosters; shoot nuclear shells and everything :) I took 14 pirates out in just about 7 minutes; was wicked :) thought I was hot stuff till i tried to upgrade my clone; sheesh the cheapest is in the millions if I read it right; hehe; am such a newb :)
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ok; am tootin along ok; now; gm fixed my issue; and have a pretty rocking ship now with all kinds of guns shield upgrades and turbo boosters; shoot nuclear shells and everything :) I took 14 pirates out in just about 7 minutes; was wicked :) thought I was hot stuff till i tried to upgrade my clone; sheesh the cheapest is in the millions if I read it right; hehe; am such a newb :)
Ummm.... the cheapest clones are at the bottom of the list. You'll probably want to start with the 'Beta' Clone. It saves 1.3m skillpoints and should last you awhile. I think mine was only like 16,000 ISK.
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Okay, when I get home tonight, I'm going to finally get off my ass and do something productive. No more flying around pointlessly and reading up on the properties of different ships and items that I won't have access to for 5 months! I'm going to set out to find an asteroid belt, preferrably one that Kassil hasn't obliterated with his exhumer, and start mining up a storm!
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Okay, when I get home tonight, I'm going to finally get off my ass and do something productive. No more flying around pointlessly and reading up on the properties of different ships and items that I won't have access to for 5 months! I'm going to set out to find an asteroid belt, preferrably one that Kassil hasn't obliterated with his exhumer, and start mining up a storm!
And I shall assist you as best I can!
A buddy of mine who lurks here sent me a text to say he signed up as well. Kithalt is char name, he thinks...
it be kanaalt . my mistake. there was another it was kithoids but i got rid of him
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There are two programs that I suggest for everyone involved.
The first is EVEmon, a very useful program for tracking and planning skills. It will even helpfully suggest Learning skills that'll help cut down time as much as is efficient.
The second is Xfire, a very handy little cross-game IM client. It works quite well within EVE, and allows you to contact people outside the game who're on the Xfire network. As people who are external to the game can be queried and asked for advice or to look something up in the item database on the EVE-Online website, or just to chatter with people who aren't currently involved or who're playing other games. This is my Xfire profile, to give you a feel for some of what it can be used for.
Neither, of course, is necessary, but it is handy.
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Some bumps I hit, to share with everyone:
When doing the tutorial missions, I was asked to manufacture a perpetual motion device, which required some whell-doo-dad. You need to do some invention work to change the blue print, so it no longer requires the non-existent wheel.
I also had to travel to another station where invention assembly lines existed, along with all the gear required.
Finally, the device requires 100 units of tritanium to construct, and of course I had sold all my tritanium before that mission... ugh
None of these issues are major, but if you make the newb assumption that there are invention lines everywhere, you get very confused about why it doesn't work.
Also:
The newb adventures give you a low end frigate, as a caldari i got a bantam, weapons and equipment... I wasted some money on my own bantam, and weapons.
my char is a merc a fighter im not all that sure what my char is doing or where he is going to end up. as im still getting a feel for the game.
for the most part dont worry about me i tend to run solo in games and dont join guilds due to the fact my play time is varied and sometimes i go away from games for anywhere from a week to a month.
im currently running around in a condor .
oh and sometimes it takes a bit to translate my ramblings!
char kanaalt
race Calderi
class merc spec ops
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I was reading this thead and decided to download the free 14 day trial version of Eve. And I must confess I was..... underwhelmed. Maybe it gets a bit better, but I was actually bored by it. I loved Elite as a kid and enjoyed the Freelancer game, but I concluded that:
- the graphics were a little so-so
- the interface is tricky, and the controls a bit oversensitive
- the tutorials were very little help (and the droning female voice didn't help)
- there was no real excitement factor at all
Now, chaps I respect seem to like it, so maybe I'll give it another go. And if I can play with some guys I know, all the better. But I'm thinking I might stick with WoW.
how do I know when i am done with the tutorial missions and ready to head out and join you guys?
well; wait till you get jumped by 14 guys aubrey; reminds me a whole lot like Privateer and a base shoots you with nuclear shells and you after burner your butt off trying to outrun missles :)
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how do I know when i am done with the tutorial missions and ready to head out and join you guys?
Well, there's only 2 'tutorial' missions. Then there's a 10-quest chain immediately afterwards, but you don't have to do it (the money is kinda nice, though, and you get some free ships out of it). You don't have to do any of the missions if you don't want to, they're just there to get you familiar with the game and establish some starting funds for you.
Well, there's only 2 'tutorial' missions. Then there's a 10-quest chain immediately afterwards, but you don't have to do it (the money is kinda nice, though, and you get some free ships out of it). You don't have to do any of the missions if you don't want to, they're just there to get you familiar with the game and establish some starting funds for you.
Yeah, I only did the first 2. I'm not sure I'll bother going back and doing the other ones. I already got a good amount of money from the strip mining we did last night, so I may just start going pirate hunting.
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Now, chaps I respect seem to like it, so maybe I'll give it another go. And if I can play with some guys I know, all the better. But I'm thinking I might stick with WoW.
Don't force it, Aubrey. It's a very different game from WoW. If everybody liked the same kind of playing style we'd all play the same game. As it is, I'm very glad that there are something like 20 different mainstream-ish MMORPGs out there. I play three of them, with the specific one I play at a time depending on my mood. :)
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Now, chaps I respect seem to like it, so maybe I'll give it another go. And if I can play with some guys I know, all the better. But I'm thinking I might stick with WoW.Don't force it, Aubrey. It's a very different game from WoW. If everybody liked the same kind of playing style we'd all play the same game. As it is, I'm very glad that there are something like 20 different mainstream-ish MMORPGs out there. I play three of them, with the specific one I play at a time depending on my mood. :)
Like I said over on the original MMORPG thread - I've tried most other MMOs and found them not to my liking. EVE is a slower game, with a steeper learning curve than most. I love the complexity and slower pace. Others don't. YMMV.
ok; how do I get to the corporate place to join up; did the 10 quests and about 5 republic ones; but they are pretty repetative; will check back for a destination. heeh yeah, i have that ship in storage as I had already bought a better one; really want a dreadnault as that is what my skill says I am best at flying.
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And Kassil discovered last night what the corp tax rate is. When you complete a mission and get your reward, the corp gets a percentage equal to its tax rate. At my insistence, since I seem to be the person most likely to do missions, Kassil raised the tax rate from 2.6 to 5.2.
Aha! That makes sense! I should go do some missions now.
ok; how do I get to the corporate place to join up; did the 10 quests and about 5 republic ones; but they are pretty repetative; will check back for a destination. heeh yeah, i have that ship in storage as I had already bought a better one; really want a dreadnault as that is what my skill says I am best at flying.
The corp HQ is at the Inherent Implants Station in the Amdonen system. You should be able to search for 'Amdonen' in your map window.
well, i am at the implants station; thorvaldi in my rifter; not sure what to do next; is there stuff a newb can do here? how do I join up with yall; is there a special chat channel or anything?
Great! I stopped playing a few months ago because I didn't know anyone playing. Sign me up! :)
Siri du'Vayne, Minmatar miner
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well, i am at the implants station; thorvaldi in my rifter; not sure what to do next; is there stuff a newb can do here? how do I join up with yall; is there a special chat channel or anything?
On the right-hand side when you're docked, on the same panel as the agents, you can access the offices in the station. Just look for Seven Swords and there should be a 'Join Corp' button to hit.
As for things for a newb to do, I'd suggest either starting to run missions once you're in, or jumping two system to Danyana, which has a frigate-only deadspace complex you can hunt in to get a profit. It seems the corp tax might also apply to bountiues - kanaalt got us 1820 ISK from a bounty prize...
Great! I stopped playing a few months ago because I didn't know anyone playing. Sign me up! :)
Siri du'Vayne, Minmatar miner
Awesome. We'll be glad to have you aboard. I've added you to the Miner list, so you should have access to various hangars.
Important note, folks: I have reasonable standing and extremely good refinery skills, so if you're losing a lot of minerals refining ore, don't do it. Drop it in the Raw Materials hangar and send me a mail; I'll take a small chunk of the refined minerals as a corp fee and send the rest back to you, or if you'd prefer I'll put it all in the Production hangar for use in building things or selling en masse for the corp's profit.
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Also!
Anyone who has ANY need of any S ammunition, rockets, or light missile, tell either myself or Fatespinner (Fatwatai in-game) and we can use the corp's blueprints to cook up a batch. Everyone should have access to the corp supply hangars as well - feel free to tap the stores of ammunition in the consumables as necessary. (This comes after one of our corpmates bought a pack of missiles from me...)
And if we don't have a blueprint, we'll likely buy it and have you retrieve it so we can make it - provided it isn't too expensive and we have materials for it.
If anyone happens to spot Kernite out in the belts, let a miner know ASAP. The Isogen in them is valuable for some of our current BPOs. And as soon as we can get enough people skilled enough to hold their own in a low-end lowsec mission... Zydrine is useful, indeed. And highly profitable.
twas wondering if i was doing anything to help out the corp.
Is it a big deal if I reroll and switch my main to the new guy? I don't mind giving Samyk Risker the boot from the corp in favor of the new character. I just decided playing a more combat-focused guy would be fun.