State of the EVE union address..

Sorry for posting this here, every other eve post was.. I guess i coulda put it in general discussion, either way.

For all those playing EVE currently, this is for you.

As you may or may not know a RL friend of mine was playing along in the corporation with us. He may have flown under the radar to CDL playing, but he made quite a few contacts with others in the game. Along with myself, he was invited to join another corporation. Normally I wouldn't be bothered with joining a big group of people I don't know, but this was a bit different.

These guys are part of one of the largest alliances of corporations in EVE. They control a large chunk of space (0.0) in what amounts to the galactic southeast of the galaxy. A great opportunity to take EVE to another level (i.e. outside of simple missions, trading, or hunting in high security space).

Mining for all the rare minerals you can't get in high security.
Fighting AI pirates that pay off better and drop better things.
Security (as much as can be expected) from random pirates.
Whatever logistical support a decent sized corp can offer (which our corp/myself can't offer)
Serious organized PvP.

Now its a totally volutary thing, but any CDL that would like to switch over with us, as the corp (Primal Element) would be more than happy to have extra players. There's a coprorate tax (7%), but other than that, no strings attached to joining.

Now for the downside.

I wouldn't say this is the kind of thing the newest players (if they're still playing) would want to do at this point. Everything in 0.0 can kill you outright, quickly; if all you're in is a frigate with little accumulated skills. It's possible to survive for sure, but it'd be rough going. You'd basically be on your own (as now), but in a much more dangerous place.

The corporation/alliance is at war with a couple of corporations (one minor, one intermediate in size), and a once dominant corporate alliance (one they forcibly removed from the area of space they currently reside in). Being at war means that players from opposing corps can attack you at will anywhere. Even in front of concord ships, and they wont intervene. It can make flying even in empire space a bit riskier (once again for the newer among us just trying to start things up), as you can be attacked now not only by pirates, but anyone at war with you as well.

The original corp CDL-CI will remain up and running, its function is handled by an alt of mine. You're all welcome to remain in its anonimity as long as you want. Everyone involved should be a director of the corp so you can all share what the corp has.

At whatever point you feel you want to move onto something new, or try something a little more dangerous, let me know and we can get you involved in the corps out in 0.0 space. Just send me a mail in game or post here.

what little I've seen so far has been impressive, organized defense of territory, and fleet pvp is impressive. You'll see some ships you wont ever see in Empire space out there too

Any questions let me know.

 

Ya, BoB are in the galactic southwest, so we're in the south, but opposite sides of the galaxy.

Technically, BoB would have to go through a lot of space, and possibly a few other alliances territory before reaching the area. The region is Wicked Creek, and BoB are out in Fountain and south of there.

Although, BoB may be well organized, they're somewhat universally disliked by many; and I don't think they'd make any friends of anyone moving east.

 

Yep the alliance is KoS. I suppose you'd be hard pressed to be in an alliance of any kind with perfectly balanced relations (i.e. you're gonna piss someone off eventually, or be friends with someone who does). They're also in a coalition of alliances with Veritas Immortalis - [-V-] and Lotka Volterra - [LV]. I think the information might be a bit out of date because the "at war" lists Red Alliance, but its not reflected on that page.

I'm not sure if your caution is for just BoB specifically, but I'd still think unless you're enemies with them or are close by you shouldn't have to worry too much atm. Things can obviously change, but I'd think KoS territory is quite a haul from where BoB is now, and they'd end up going to war with a few alliances to get over there in the first place.

The politics and diplomacy in EVE is something I find pretty fascinating. If only more of them were any good at it, it'd be an interesting game unto itself.

An example of their organization. At one point they picked up a small fleet (20 or so Red Alliance) battleships and cruisers violating their territory (the alliance, not the corp itself). The alarm bells go off, and a fleet of over 115 ships head out to cut them off and destroy them. Overwhelming to be sure, but its pretty well organized in terms of defending their own borders.

You're right though BoB are generally disliked because they are powerful and dominant.

 

heh, I didn't think you were, I was just trying to figure out where you were headed with it all..(like if it was a really bad thing to get into such an alliance or whatever) I didn't put it together that you'd been a part of BoB previously. Quite frankly, if I was near that area, that's one alliance I'd likely have considered. EXCEPT that another RL friend (sort of) is playing in Fountain. He's one of the many hapless "rebels" fighting trying to free Fountain from the iron grip of BoB It'd kinda suck having to preface every missile shot at Craig with "nothing personal, sorry mate"

current territorial map

 

As much as I'd like to see more and more people I know in the game, i'd be lying if I said it was easy.


Its like any other MMO in that you start small and work your way up. Its way more open ended than WoW, which brings with it a larger level of complexity.

Everything is essentially driven by 2 things, time and money. You need to find ways to make money to buy ships, equipment and skills, and then you just need time to train them. While there are ways to improve your time spent training, there is such a thing as a minimum amount of time required before you'd be piloting a battleship (for example), and even more time required to become good at it. Skills train whether you're online or not, so its more time overall invested rather than time spent physically playing the game for experience points or anything like that.

It's complex (which is a good thing overall), and time consuming. It can also be pretty slow for someone starting out; but eventually you come to a point where it all ramps up and its about politics and pvp, which is where the game really shines.

There's a 14 day trial offer usually, so you can try it out. Though if you're not taken immediately by the scope of the games and its sci-fi space ship theme; you might find it dragging on and grow tired of it.

If you do make it in game Duff, my ingame name is Anarion, send me an eve-mail and I'll try and help you out if I can.