EvE online: HAL Industries is recruiting!

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Necronic

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EvE online, you don't have the stuff

Note: Anyone who wants to play let me know and I will send you a buddy code.

The scale of those big ships is funny. They all have windows that are dozens of meters long or tall on them.
there are some awesome vids out there of people flying next to a Titan (the big ships) its surreal.


The things like movement and stuff get easier, for the most part, but the game never gets easy.

That's kind of what seperates it from a game like WoW. No matter what you are doing there is a challenge of some sort to it.

A correction on a couple previous comments:

Skill setup for new players has been changed. Before you could pick and choose skills, now you just start with a semi standard loadout. Should actually make things easier.

Actually that's the only thing I think should be changed.


Some other comments

You don't have to play a lot to be succesful

Unlike WoW (if you can't tell I like to pick on that "game" a lot) there is no end game in EvE. You don't start grinding MC or some shit like that. Your goals are always your own, and you can do them with as little or as much time in game as you want. I only log in for a couple hours every other night to check my market orders (except on the weekends, get a little more serious then). For me my goal is to be succesful in the markets, and I can do that with the time I am investing.

For many players what confuses them is coming from a game like WoW and thinking they need to grind to reach a specific goal. Having a true sandbox MMO with tons of options can leave many players without a sense of purpose. Don't let that dissuade you. Throw off the shackles other games have put on you that have convinced you you need to spend X hours to get to Y level before the game gets fun.

Bullshit and heresy I say. Games should be truly fun from day one.
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

I just wanted to say that I'm posting this from EVE's in-game web browser. The fact I can go online or on IRC during space jumps is brilliant.
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

damn, they got serious with the tutorial... They're giving free frigates now ?

wow

oh yeah, the name's Rakim Ojeda. I'm on an euro schedule tho.
 
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Chibibar

EvE online, you don't have the stuff

Necronic is right. The game is about setting your own goals. I always wanted to be a successful trader (and I was with my old character) I mine system for ore, produce goods, and sell them on the market. I did a little PvP but I'm a crafter by trade. It was a lot of fun. Right now I got so many games going, I can't afford another game with monthly payment (I finally don't have any right now since I got lifetime with STO).

Tips on EVE.
Your stats DO help in the long run in terms of skill training faster (reduce time in training unless that has change) it is good to train your stats at least to level 4 when you can in your related skills. It is REALLY handy at higher level skills where it could shave off days, week and even month (Carrier took me 8 months to train I think I forgot)
 
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I decided to check it out last night, it looks pretty cool so far. I'm going to delete my character and start again once I figure out what exactly I want to do. I have a couple questions though.

Is there just one server? I don't think I was every asked to choose one, so I'm guessing it's just one big one.

Does the race matter other than where you start? Does it affect your stats? It's not like WoW where you are unable to talk to the opposing faction?

Looking at the career options, what exactly should you expect going down the research path? It's what I'm kind of leaning towards right now. I'm not real interested in PVP that much.
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

I decided to check it out last night, it looks pretty cool so far. I'm going to delete my character and start again once I figure out what exactly I want to do. I have a couple questions though.

Is there just one server? I don't think I was every asked to choose one, so I'm guessing it's just one big one.

Does the race matter other than where you start? Does it affect your stats? It's not like WoW where you are unable to talk to the opposing faction?

Looking at the career options, what exactly should you expect going down the research path? It's what I'm kind of leaning towards right now. I'm not real interested in PVP that much.

Well,whats important when you create your character at the beginning are which stats you get.

Try reading:
http://www.uarm.co.uk/beginnersguide_skills.htm


Having the right stats can save you Days/Weeks in the long run.

Each race has different stats and different ways of fighting. (This is all from a beginners point of view,since i just started myself)

Amarr - Lasers and Heavy Armor (Im playing one...and loving it.)
Galente - Hybrid Weapons and Drones. From what I see,they like it up close and personal.
Myanmar - Versatile and Fast.
Caldari - sorry havent seen them in combat yet. :p

There are tons of guides and usefull tips on:

http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Main_Page
 
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I can't seem to find anything that says what exactly the stat differences are in the races though. Maybe it says in the character creation screen, I didn't pay too much attention. When I made my first character I just wanted to get in and see if the game was worth putting any effort into.
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

I think what Lord Rendar meant is that depending on what race you are, you will be focusing on different weapon and ship skills. That doesn't mean you cannot learn weapon and ship skills from other races if you want to, however.
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

So... Is it just the starting ship and weapon skills that differ between race?
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

That says bloodlines change your stats. The Wiki says all it does is change the appearance. I think that may be from before they changed character creation.

I may be looking too much into it. I'd just rather get it right the first time.
 
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Chibibar

EvE online, you don't have the stuff

Stats effect training time. The higher the stats, the shorter the training time (I don't know the formula) Each race has a certain starting stats and you can train UPTO 10 more points of that stats (unless that has change) so if your race starts off with a 7 Int, that means your ending stats can be upto 17 which is much nicer than saying a race start with 2 and end up with 12. Stats help shave off days, weeks even months of training time of high level skills. This is more of a long term. You may not see much difference with a skill takes 10 minutes to learn, but you will see it when it takes 6 months to learn.

Each skills has a primary and secondary stats attach to it (which mean depending on your score you get reduce training time) Also combat skills + stats help you in actual combat. This is why you only see many of X race in PvP since they max out their stats and get the best numerical output possible.
 

Necronic

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Chichi, dunno if you quit before this (I did) but they totally changed the way starting characters are made. You don't pick stats or starting skills. Crazy shit.

Anywho, so far we have 4 or 5 people in game from the forum. I've been giving all the new players cash to help get them started. There's actually already been some talk about starting a corp, although to be honest a corp in EvE is a lot different from a guild in WoW. It costs in game money to maintain, it takes skills (both in game and out of game), and in general it is done for the mutual benefit of a group. I'm not sure that's there, however I could see some kind of Oliver Twist type thing where I teach you all how to play but do it in such a way that it mainly profits me....

Welcome to EvE.
 
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I have my character made, Shakey Jonez is the name. I'm an Amarr. I found out there is an in-game mp3 player that lets you make playlists, awesome.
 
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Chibibar

EvE online, you don't have the stuff

Chichi, dunno if you quit before this (I did) but they totally changed the way starting characters are made. You don't pick stats or starting skills. Crazy shit.

Anywho, so far we have 4 or 5 people in game from the forum. I've been giving all the new players cash to help get them started. There's actually already been some talk about starting a corp, although to be honest a corp in EvE is a lot different from a guild in WoW. It costs in game money to maintain, it takes skills (both in game and out of game), and in general it is done for the mutual benefit of a group. I'm not sure that's there, however I could see some kind of Oliver Twist type thing where I teach you all how to play but do it in such a way that it mainly profits me....

Welcome to EvE.
Yea I quit before the change. But do each race have different "end stats"?
 
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I have my character made, Shakey Jonez is the name. I'm an Amarr. I found out there is an in-game mp3 player that lets you make playlists, awesome.
Yeah! Another Amarr Brother!

Names Lord Ayabara. A Khanid Cyber Knight. Just got my Coercer and am busy doing Agent Missions. 7 High slots with Lasers at 20km Range.Those pesky NPC's dont stand a chance.
Gonna stay in High Sec though till I maxed out my Frigate and Basic Skills (Electronics,Gunnery,Learning...etc)
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

Well, I just finished up all the career tutorials this evening. Time to start the first epic story arc, methinks.
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

Ah...A pirates life for me. Just killed 2 Miners in 0.4 space. Was NPC hunting and ran across these two. a cool .8 mil in loots
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

weren't you staying in high sec ? :D

i'm done with career agents tutorial. I have very well fitted Punisher, a coercer and i have no idea what i'm going to do next.

IE: i need to find a corp.
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

weren't you staying in high sec ? :D

i'm done with career agents tutorial. I have very well fitted Punisher, a coercer and i have no idea what i'm going to do next.

IE: i need to find a corp.
It kinda got boring in high sec. And 0.4 is safe enough for me to quickly warp out in case of real Pirates.
Also NPC rats seem to have better loot on them.

If you have nothing to do,do mission runs. Every 16 missions you will get a Storyline mission.
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

i know i should run missions to build a bankroll to start my trade career but every time i left EVE before, it was because of those boring missions.

i'd do the SOE arc but the pay looks crappy
 
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Yeah.They can be pretty boring.Go to point A,meet bad guys "pew!pew!pew!",Return. Rinse and repeat.Im watching a movie while playing EVE. I just ALT+Tab between EVE and my movie player.
 
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Deschain

EvE online, you don't have the stuff

Played free trial, got the coolest looking cruiser ever (Gallente Thorax) but couldn't use it. Subbed for a month, flew around in cruiser, headed to Caldari space to join friends (30 systems away), start training for interceptors because they're cheaper and more my style of fast kind of play. Time ran out, still docked in Caldari space far away from home. Started mining veldspar with a barge too. Maybe I should resub, bring my ships back home and start again...dunno, I'm kind of busy. It was also, coincidentally, one of the few games my laptop could play. Stuff lagged a little, but for the kind of mining/missions I was doing, that wasn't a big problem.

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i'd do the SOE arc but the pay looks crappy
Nah, you get good salvage and all that jazz. Payout was like...what, 2 million+?
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

i just refused a convo invite from a sebiestor because it came out of nowhere. hope it wasn't any of you
 

Necronic

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EvE online, you don't have the stuff

probably was. People don't generally just throw invites to random people. This ain't facebook.

Lord Renar, good f-ing job on the piracy! That is one of the hardest things to learn how to do/stomach in this game, but is arguably the most awesome.

If any of yall are interested in piracy go ahead and check out

www.eve-pirate.com

There are some incredible stories on there from pirates. The only reason I don't read it right now is that if I do I will start pirating again immediately.

Anywho, it looks like we already have 6 or so in game, and of those at least a couple will probably sub. If anyone else wants in let me know and I will send you a buddy code ASAP
 
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can you pm me your ingame name Necronic? I have a few questions if you don't mind
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

Is there a way to automatically log into the group chat channel we had going last night, or do you need to be invited?
 

Necronic

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EvE online, you don't have the stuff

Don't need to PM, my ingame names are:

Tehg Rhind (industry char)
Hellkyte (pvp/piracy/mission runner char)

Edit: Shakey I think you need to be invited. However, if we do go ahead and create a corp that will provide the same benefit.
 

Necronic

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EvE online, you don't have the stuff

CCP just announced their new expansion. Won't mean much to people that don't play (or haven't played long) but there will be planetary mining. 0.0 is going to become a warzone (moreso). Plus, it made me think of their other big project, Dust 514. You can read about it on my site here. Long story short there will be a console FPS/RTS that will take place on the planets in EvE. The results of those battles will effect the universe at large, and vice versa. If they pull that off it will change how MMOs are viewed forever.

Blizzard eat your heart out.
 

Necronic

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EvE online, you don't have the stuff

No, its just 1 day. But the trick is to keep a 2+ day skill in that last slot, so if it runs through all your other skills you don't have to log back in instantly. I have a 30 day skill I keep at the end of my que. What's your name in game? We started up a corp.
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

We've officially got Hal Industries up and running, and it's awesome! If you're interested in joining, just set a coarse for the Tew system (you can search for it in your map's browser) and dock at Tew VII. Go to the offices tab and submit an application to Hal Industries. Either Necronic or I (Malevea in-game) can approve you and help you out with some early monies.
 
EvE online, you don't have the stuff

Lord Ayabara is my in-game name.I'll be joining the corp soon. Just wanna do a couple more missions.Are there a lot of Level 1 Agents in Tew space?
 

Necronic

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EvE online, you don't have the stuff

Plus every new player gets a good chunk of starting cash. Help get you going. Gets you out of that newbie frig instantly.

I should be on most of the day tommorow to help with anyone having issues. Also, I will probably run some lvl 3 and lvl 4 missions which yall can tag along in to see what the higher end PvE looks like. I'm thinking of doing a PvP day too, where we skirmish against each other, but 've been out of it for so long I wouldn't be much of a tutor. If I can get my friend to help that will make a huge difference
 
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