Hey folks
So a year and some months ago I watched a epic space fight from 2 Wormwhole corps and was instantly hooked, I looked up guides and video on how to live in such space and even came up with a year long skill plan ( after I bought 2 years of eve ) which included flying cloaky ships and some battle cruisers and a ship called a loki which I thought looked cool and having most my magic 14 skills along with the basics for shields, repairing etc
I ended up using the other remaining plex I got an I turned my other character slots into market toons that sit there and buy items region wide for pennies on the dollar and use my main which I skilled into hauling with some isk to come pick the items up and move them too jita too sell for a fast profit or other regions if I could move them quick enough, Turns out This is really profitable BUT instantly bored me and I ended up putting eve down and never touching it again.
Now here I am again, a year of training went by while I was gone which allows me to fly some combat ships but too be honest the combat in eve scares me, like im â– â– â– â– â– â– â– old ish and I cant keep up with people playing for 20 years or the young kids so ive been avoiding it like the plague and have no idea how too dip my toes into the combat without just unmotivating myself but I really want to lesrn to fly I can join a corp one day and send ships too their death for them
In the mean time ive been having fun scanning down people running missions and perching 100k away and blowing up their mobile tractor units because apparently I can attack these in highsec most are running slow battleships or something called a paladin and are too slow too pick it up, The salt has been feeding my ego abit I won’t lie.
So you spent a year in this game training skills for your character but not actually training PvP?
Since you said you are “old’ish” you might understand the comparison: You basically bought a Ducati Motorcycle for $30.000, a $1000 helmet, a Nubuk-Leather suit and have a whole garage outfitted for maintenance your bike - but you never dared to just begin riding a bike with some dirt cheap used Yamaha.
Stop being afraid and just ride a 100 Rifters → Ruptures → Hurricanes → Tempests to death and everything else comes by itself. After doing that you will know the names of most ships around and what they usually can do and how to either approach or avoid fights with them. Let go of trying to “start perfectly prepared”. That doesn’t work. You learn PvP by doing PvP.
If wormhole PvP is the type you are looking for, there are groups taking in beginners as long as they are willing to learn PvP and skill the nessessary ships and weapons for that. We can only recommend one if you reveal your timezone and preferred language for comms.
Yes and no like I said I didn’t actually play for the year I quit after a few months and set my skill que to be over a year of training hence why I came back and have combat skills trained up along with the hauling and market bs
I never actually planned to pvp much its just I had a open skill que and used it. Now im coming back im getting the itch to actually get into the pvp side of it which by the sounds of what your saying should be me just throwing ships at more experienced people and die learning or not depending
But I work shift work so I’ll be in and working in the NA mornings and have the afternoons and sometimes I’ll work the afternoons and have only the nights to play
You should tell us which timezone you are playing the most and what your preffered comms language is. So we can recommend a group that can teach you everything you need to know and add lots of content options to your gameplay.
US Pacific? US East? What is “morning” for you? 8:00? 6:00? The more specific you are, the better.
Also you have to realize that even in active groups, there will be a “prime time” of like 4-6 hours when most people are online. And outside that prime time you will have little company or even be on your own, the smaller the group, the more “solo times” you will experience. So have a plan to do your logistics (moving stuff to and from your staging base) or ISK grinding during these times.
Specifically for corporations that live in wormhole space and are willing to teach beginners the basics. Means: how to roll holes, how to scan reasonable fast, how to use a mapper and a bookmarking system. How to setup a basic stockpile of affordable beginner doctrine ships (Battlecruisers, Tacklers, EWAR frigates and cruisers) to make the first steps.
Check their killboard for activity, groups that have content around 5-10 people on their killmails is nice to learn. Not too big so nobody feels responsible to teach you, not too small so you can’t take any serious fight.
Also an option: The bigger groups in WH Space like Lazerhawks, NoVacancies, Hole Control, Hard Knocks etc.. won’t let you in without proper experience and skillpoints but they mostly have associated groups for newbros where they can learn the basics and train up for later recruitment into the full PvP departments. Depending on how “big” your PvP should get later on, that would also be an option.
Take your SP out to Faction Warfare, fly cheap t1 ships, and learn how to actually play the game out there. You’ll make a lot of isk, get a lot of training, and have a lot of fun.
FW is likely the most welcoming of new players with the least actual commitment required.
trading can make money but the buying everything with pennies across region is allot of work for reward on items most people most trade in market hub anyway.
trading in market hub is allot less work, also if you join a nullsec allinace then you can just move items easly to thier hub with jump freighter services and make money stocking items.
Though if interested in wormholes then that could be done finding right organization, still could buy and sell stuff in highsec (jita) getting supplies and selling loot from main.
yeh i tried that but its honestly been one of the worst gaming experiences ive ever tried
5 â– â– â– â– â– â– â– hours of nothing but people running away so they can LP farm or they +2ing every fight so its pointless to fight, The other half is multiboxers and LP farmers that dont want to fight
