I think I last logged in sometime in 2014. No, not a ragequit, just a change in interests and lifestyle that left no time for EVE. Things are easing up, and all of a sudden I have time and space - and motivation! A long time friend has finally recognized that Internet Spaceships are Serious Business.
I must find him. And Gank him. Really. He needs to be shown the true nature of EVE.
BUT - Iāve been gone a long tmie. Things have changed. BattleClinic (and my saved builds) is gone. My primary Alts (this is NOT my primary in-EVE face!) are mostly āout of podā in strange palces. My old corpies are all gone, but I find that Iām still in the Corp - Which is now populated by different, but inactive, players.
So - Should I biomass a placeholder Alt, and re-run the tutorials and stuff? Or do I try to pick up pieces and figure it out as I go with a main Alt?
Thank you for your input (even if itās as salty as I expect some of it will be! - Maybe even ESPECIALLY so - This is EVE, after all. ).
Subdolus
(formerly sometimes known as the RedSpace Tin Rocket Man)
If you want to try the tutorials and stuff, donāt biomass an alt, just make a new alpha account for free and make a new character there. Now you have a perfect no strings attached little character that can train in parallel with your account and be used to try whatever. Maybe FW without destroying your actual characterās standings. Thatās probably a fairly good way to get into pvp. Or, since you seem to like the ganking side of things, join some ganker/merc/wardec corp.
Given the amount of time you havenāt played for, you probably are a n00b again, but presumably youāll catch up faster than the average new player. Iād start small-ish (ex.: L2 in a cruiser) and go from there. Many things may have changed since 2014, so fits that worked then may not work, especially if they required some player skill that you likely donāt have anymore.
I will need to read up on this āAlpha Accountā business - Thatās one of the many New Things. Your advice makes good sense - After all, Iāve made a practice of keeping my Mains seperate from my Formus / Social Media presence, so a ātrainingā account makes sense.
I was, honestly, pretty small time before - abit of this, a bit of that. Some WH lifestyle, some ganking, a bit of industrial work - Going the whole n00b route makes sense, maybe explore life in a really active Corp for a change.
I advice you to put somebodyās Twitch stream on in the background. They tend to be quite informative. People mentioning things that you may have missed, or never thought of before.
I feel like you misunderstood me a bit: I suggest the alpha account for trying out the NPE and career agent missions, for example, with a new character and nothing to lose. And then for trying āriskyā stuff that you donāt want to associate your main with, like FW or ganking.
As far as joining a corp, going in a WH and industry, your main, especially if that account is omega, would be a better character to use. Just donāt immediately get into your shiniest ship and jump in a wormhole or L4, do things progressively. (and probably at least after doing the NPE + some career missions on the alpha to get you oriented again)
Somewhat related question:
If you were flying something you no long have skills for, and find yourself āout of podā - what happens to the ship you were flying? Somethere out there is a Dreadnaught and a Carrier, both absent pilots.
(Yes, my āsmall timeā account had those skills. As a crazy lark, my corp built a pair of capitals in an L1 WH. Because Reasons.)
If youāre in the ship when you log off in space, they disappear with you.
If you are an alpha in a big ship in space and canāt access the skills(like large guns and such) to use the equipment on the ship, you can still control and warp the ship.
When I came back to eve as an alpha after a 3 year break, I was in a hulk with 3 strip miners and all my equipment saying that I donāt have the skills. But I could warp it and jump it to a station
Yeah, been gone like maybe 5 years, maybe 4 lost track so long I cannot even remember what email or password I was using at that time. Just made new character, seems easy now character skill wise nowā¦
But so much to the game, do deep, hard to remember what you really need to know, or where you need to be. Lots of study time for this game, which is why we play it.
I clearly had a plan. If only I could remember what it wasā¦?
Whattta mess - Gear and ships EVERYWHERE. I even came back to a moderately low Security Status - Iād forgotten to look for that until I stumbled across a stack of GankCats in a hanger scores of hops awayā¦ Iād forgotten that I had been a naughty boyā¦
Lol same here. I took a 3 year break when my cheap second hand laptop died.
Came back back and I had know clue how I had my PI set up and what I was making and what I needed to transfer from one planet to another to get it running, took me a week to get it running again.
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