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DisgracelandUSA: Aug 11, 2011; Yeah, I gets down with the homies

Klyith posted:

Everybody has middle management, the imperium has middle management.

I'm Imperium middle management :negative:

Ben Smash posted:

Today, I have officially crossed the Rubicon. Before, I wouldn't dare consider a second account. Then I bought Catpiss and built Ferguson for industry and Angie for logi. It became a whole new game and the rewards doubled. Lately, I've found myself missing hole squad but unwilling to uproot again and lose the ability to generate income as I have been. Today, I did a bad thing. Today, drained my wallet to the tune of 3 PLEX and started a third account. Soon, I will have a wormholer again, soon I will have a third miner, and likely a character with which to generate carrier lossmails. I think it is safe to say I have invested enough that I will be a goon in space (tm) for the foreseeable future.

Oh god, what has internet space wrought upon my feeble mind?

Get to 5 and then you'll have problems remembering which characters are on which account.

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DiggityDoink: Dec 9, 2007

Viva Miriya posted:

Hopefully an aneurysm so we don't have to read your bad posts.

King of shitposting.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 00:44

Maneck: Sep 11, 2011

DiggityDoink posted:

King of shitposting.

I miss the Xcom updates.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 01:07

vyst: Aug 25, 2009

I only answer to The Mittani, my lord and savior.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 01:22

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

So, thinking of restarting this after a...

hold on, lemme check steam...

7 year absence (holy poo poo).

I should yes/no/kill myself.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 01:42

Tippis: Mar 21, 2008; It's yet another day in the wasteland.

Kilonum posted:

So, thinking of restarting this after a...

hold on, lemme check steam...

7 year absence (holy poo poo).

I should yes/no/kill myself.

All three. Most likely in that order.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 02:08

Klyith: Aug 3, 2007; GBS Pledge Week

Aww maaaaaaaaaaaan

quote:

Notice to Alliance Tournament Teams: Battlecruiser Points Change

Due to the Battlecruiser changes being pushed back to after the tournament, the points cost for Battlecruisers and Navy Battlecruisers has been reverted to 11 and 12 points respectively. This has been updated on the rules page, and in the dev blog containing the rules.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 02:10

dialhforhero: Apr 3, 2008; Am I 🧑‍🏫 out of touch🤔? No🧐, it's the children👶 who are wrong🤷🏼‍♂️

Can anyone else not wait to see just how much more awesome the Widow becomes with these new missile mods? :getin:

Caracals, Cerberuses, Drakes, Ravens, and Widows :getin:

# ? Jun 24, 2015 03:04

Zakrello: Feb 17, 2015; missile imbound

dialhforhero posted:

Can anyone else not wait to see just how much more awesome the Widow becomes with these new missile mods?

Caracals, Cerberuses, Drakes, Ravens, and Widows

cerb & drake fleet, please

# ? Jun 24, 2015 03:59

XBenedict: May 23, 2006; YOUR LIPS SAY 0, BUT YOUR EYES SAY 1.

Good Evening fellow Goons.

I am a long time gamer and, after a previously aborted attempt a few years ago, I find myself wanting to give Eve a fair test run. My questions to vets are as follows:

1. Is it even worthwhile, after the game has been around for so long, getting started as a noob now? Surely I'll just get rolled by every sperglord that's been playing for 5 years.
2. Will I ever be able to live a life outside of the game again? Part of my reason for avoiding games like this is that it has the potential of being a time suck.
3. Who has a good "Not loving yourself in the first few hours" guide? I have the ADD, and if I find myself sideways, I will likely lose interest. FML.

Thank you for your Goony time.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 04:55

Bilirubin: Feb 16, 2014; The sanctioned action is to CHUG

1. yes
2. yes
3. do the tutorials, pod yourself to goonspace, read the goonwiki, talk with goons, get in fleets.

Having now played for a year, my strongest recommendation would be to plan to just PvP for the first year and as you learn the game and get more comfortable with what is involved with what other paths that might appeal to you will become apparent

# ? Jun 24, 2015 05:05

DARPA: Apr 24, 2005; We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

XBenedict posted:

1. Is it even worthwhile, after the game has been around for so long, getting started as a noob now? Surely I'll just get rolled by every sperglord that's been playing for 5 years.

This is a huge misconception about eve. Ship match ups are rock-paper-scissor. Plus there is a max amount of skill points that can apply to any one ship. Spending 4 months training battleship V skills or months training jump drive skills does nothing to improve your tech1 frigate ability. Sure you won't be good at as many ships as someone playing for 10 years, but you can certainly be as good or better within two months using a focused skill plan targeting a specific niche.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 05:15

Carth Dookie: Jan 28, 2013

XBenedict posted:

Good Evening fellow Goons.

I am a long time gamer and, after a previously aborted attempt a few years ago, I find myself wanting to give Eve a fair test run. My questions to vets are as follows:

1. Is it even worthwhile, after the game has been around for so long, getting started as a noob now? Surely I'll just get rolled by every sperglord that's been playing for 5 years.

No. The nature of skills means that someone who has played for 10 years has access to a greater breadth of ships, not depth. It is entirely possible for a 6 month old player to have as much applicable skill points in a specific ship as someone who has played for 10 years. The older player has no mechanical advantage.

You will still get your rear end beaten though but that's because like any other game, experience and practice are an advantage. There are however, numerous instances of day 1 players holding down much older players in their free frigate and generating a wellspring of rage and tears as the older player's very expensive ship gets nuked by the newbie ' s friends. That newbie then gets showered in money for being a hero.

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2. Will I ever be able to live a life outside of the game again? Part of my reason for avoiding games like this is that it has the potential of being a time suck.

It can suck as much time as you let it. Passive skill gain means you can walk away for 6 months and come back to a character able to fly a lot of things.

Alternatively you can spend every night exploring different mechanics or tinkering with your own projects. A lot of people spend more time chatting in jabber than they do actually shooting spaceships.

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3. Who has a good "Not loving yourself in the first few hours" guide? I have the ADD, and if I find myself sideways, I will likely lose interest. FML.

Phone posting so I can't help much here except to say:

Don't do mining.
Get out of highsec as fast as possible.

Though strictly speaking, you can't gently caress yourself as no skillpoints are truly wasted.

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Thank you for your Goony time.

Goonigoogoo? :fuckoff:

# ? Jun 24, 2015 05:16

Tuxedo Catfish: Mar 17, 2007; You've got guts! Come to my village, I'll buy you lunch.

XBenedict posted:

1. Is it even worthwhile, after the game has been around for so long, getting started as a noob now? Surely I'll just get rolled by every sperglord that's been playing for 5 years.

You'll be at a disadvantage at first, but the thing with EVE is that after a certain point there is no more vertical progression, you just get access to more roles on the same character. Also, the way combat and skills work it's almost always better to have two people doing the same job (for redundancy, or to cover more ground, or just because it's more DPS) than one highly skilled person; there are some things a newbie can't do well, and some you won't be able to do at all unless you prioritize specific skills, but there is no situation where you're a liability.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 05:17

Jon Von Anchovi: Sep 5, 2014

XBenedict posted:

Good Evening fellow Goons.

I am a long time gamer and, after a previously aborted attempt a few years ago, I find myself wanting to give Eve a fair test run. My questions to vets are as follows:

1. Is it even worthwhile, after the game has been around for so long, getting started as a noob now? Surely I'll just get rolled by every sperglord that's been playing for 5 years.
2. Will I ever be able to live a life outside of the game again? Part of my reason for avoiding games like this is that it has the potential of being a time suck.
3. Who has a good "Not loving yourself in the first few hours" guide? I have the ADD, and if I find myself sideways, I will likely lose interest. FML.

Thank you for your Goony time.

Start a character and post your ingame name ITT.
Apply to goonwaffe then do the in game tutorials while you wait for acceptance.
Read goon newbee guide.
Lots of very helpful and generous people in the game

# ? Jun 24, 2015 05:28

Helpimscared: Jun 16, 2014

XBenedict posted:

Good Evening fellow Goons.

I am a long time gamer and, after a previously aborted attempt a few years ago, I find myself wanting to give Eve a fair test run. My questions to vets are as follows:

1. Is it even worthwhile, after the game has been around for so long, getting started as a noob now? Surely I'll just get rolled by every sperglord that's been playing for 5 years.
2. Will I ever be able to live a life outside of the game again? Part of my reason for avoiding games like this is that it has the potential of being a time suck.
3. Who has a good "Not loving yourself in the first few hours" guide? I have the ADD, and if I find myself sideways, I will likely lose interest. FML.

Thank you for your Goony time.

1) Yes
2) Yes
3) I think the GoonWaffe welcome mail has a link to a PDF covering the basics, its kinda out of date but it should still work. Otherwise, check the wiki.

Helpimscared fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Jun 24, 2015

# ? Jun 24, 2015 06:07

Dalael: Oct 14, 2014; Hello. Yep, I still think Atlantis is Bolivia, yep, I'm still a giant idiot, yep, I'm still a huge racist. Some things never change!

XBenedict posted:

Good Evening fellow Goons.

I am a long time gamer and, after a previously aborted attempt a few years ago, I find myself wanting to give Eve a fair test run. My questions to vets are as follows:

1. Is it even worthwhile, after the game has been around for so long, getting started as a noob now? Surely I'll just get rolled by every sperglord that's been playing for 5 years.
2. Will I ever be able to live a life outside of the game again? Part of my reason for avoiding games like this is that it has the potential of being a time suck.
3. Who has a good "Not loving yourself in the first few hours" guide? I have the ADD, and if I find myself sideways, I will likely lose interest. FML.

Thank you for your Goony time.

Helpimscared posted:

1) Yes
2) Yes
3) I think the GoonWaffe welcome mail has a link to a PDF covering the basics, its kinda out of date but it should still work. Otherwise, check the wiki.

Here is the link to said PDF (I think).

http://sa.thelettereph.com/newbie-guide-final-2013.pdf

# ? Jun 24, 2015 06:31

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

Welp, pulling the trigger again. Steam is downloading it now, gonna roll a new char on a new account first thing in the morning. Don't have access to the email I used for my old accounts.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 06:49

Penguin Bacon: Apr 19, 2010

Kilonum posted:

Welp, pulling the trigger again. Steam is downloading it now, gonna roll a new char on a new account first thing in the morning. Don't have access to the email I used for my old accounts.

as many will say, try contacting CCP support to try to recover the accounts. It will save you training time and wasted time on new characters.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 07:08

surebet: Jan 10, 2013; ａｖａｔａｒ
ｓｐｅｃｉａｌｉｓｔ

So this just happened:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bravenewbies/comments/3ax0i5/im_not_longer_apart_of_the_fc_team_ama/csgsaky

# ? Jun 24, 2015 08:03

FruitNYogurtParfait: Mar 29, 2006; Sion lied. Deadtear died for our sins. #VengeanceForDeadtear
#PunGateNeverForget
#ModLivesMatter

# ? Jun 24, 2015 08:12

orange juche: Mar 14, 2012

surebet posted:

So this just happened:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bravenewbies/comments/3ax0i5/im_not_longer_apart_of_the_fc_team_ama/csgsaky

Who gives a gently caress?

# ? Jun 24, 2015 09:35

abigserve: Sep 13, 2009; this is a better avatar than what I had before

So I am just now finding out that "hole squad on that real poo poo" is an actual lyric in a drake song, that's loving amazing

# ? Jun 24, 2015 09:41

Worldshatter: May 7, 2015; PEPSI for TV-GAME

XBenedict posted:

Good Evening fellow Goons.

I am a long time gamer and, after a previously aborted attempt a few years ago, I find myself wanting to give Eve a fair test run. My questions to vets are as follows:

1. Is it even worthwhile, after the game has been around for so long, getting started as a noob now? Surely I'll just get rolled by every sperglord that's been playing for 5 years.
2. Will I ever be able to live a life outside of the game again? Part of my reason for avoiding games like this is that it has the potential of being a time suck.
3. Who has a good "Not loving yourself in the first few hours" guide? I have the ADD, and if I find myself sideways, I will likely lose interest. FML.

Thank you for your Goony time.

It doesn't matter how new you are to EVE, I've brought guys who've only been playing for a few days out on roams to get 100's of millions in kills.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 13:54

SpiderX: Sep 5, 2013; Let's start a gimmick that isn't shit, how about dogges?

~Not SMcD

surebet posted:

So this just happened:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bravenewbies/comments/3ax0i5/im_not_longer_apart_of_the_fc_team_ama/csgsaky

They should probably just go away now. I'm bored with seeing sub par BNI drama everywhere.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 14:05

Rhymenoserous: May 23, 2008

surebet posted:

So this just happened:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bravenewbies/comments/3ax0i5/im_not_longer_apart_of_the_fc_team_ama/csgsaky

Don't link garbage like this, it's the click equivalent of a flyover state. It was boring. Link us stuff like coups, counter coups, and alliances tearing themselves apart. That's fun. Some random FC getting fired is pretty "Who cares" if it isn't a name we all know.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 14:35

Zasze: Apr 29, 2009

abigserve posted:

So I am just now finding out that "hole squad on that real poo poo" is an actual lyric in a drake song, that's loving amazing

Its whole squad which is even better WHOLE SQWID BEST SQWID

# ? Jun 24, 2015 14:51

Klyith: Aug 3, 2007; GBS Pledge Week

Rhymenoserous posted:

Don't link garbage like this, it's the click equivalent of a flyover state. It was boring. Link us stuff like coups, counter coups, and alliances tearing themselves apart. That's fun. Some random FC getting fired is pretty "Who cares" if it isn't a name we all know.

The reveal that Brave SRP is all being paid for by some guy who won trillions from iwantisk is interesting. That explains a lot of things about why they don't care about moons or territory defense, or more generally have any willpower to fight and improve themselves. Brave is the eve alliance equivalent of a trust fund kid.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 15:08

CommonShore: Jun 6, 2014; A true renaissance man

Rhymenoserous posted:

Don't link garbage like this, it's the click equivalent of a flyover state. It was boring. Link us stuff like coups, counter coups, and alliances tearing themselves apart. That's fun. Some random FC getting fired is pretty "Who cares" if it isn't a name we all know.

Idunno, I think that they're throwing around "charges" of "treason" now is pretty funny. BNI's odd mix of "not serious at all" and "way too goddamn serious" makes me laugh, and they have combined the two in the least useful way.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 15:38

mpaarating: May 6, 2011; The Baddest Boi

Rhymenoserous posted:

Don't link garbage like this, it's the click equivalent of a flyover state. It was boring. Link us stuff like coups, counter coups, and alliances tearing themselves apart. That's fun. Some random FC getting fired is pretty "Who cares" if it isn't a name we all know.

flyover state is a cool buzzword. thanks for spreading its gospel.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 15:59

Otacon: Aug 13, 2002

Treason.

Treason.

TREASON.

TREASON.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 15:59

surebet: Jan 10, 2013; ａｖａｔａｒ
ｓｐｅｃｉａｌｉｓｔ

Rhymenoserous posted:

Don't link garbage like this, it's the click equivalent of a flyover state. It was boring. Link us stuff like coups, counter coups, and alliances tearing themselves apart. That's fun. Some random FC getting fired is pretty "Who cares" if it isn't a name we all know.

Alrighty, I just found it funny because

Otacon posted:

Treason.

Treason.

TREASON.

TREASON.

but that might be my bitcoin thread shitposting habits flaring up.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 16:16

Hazdoc: Nov 8, 2012; Muscovy Ducks are a large tropical breed, famous for their lean and extremely flavorful meat.

Hazduck!

~SMcD

Otacon posted:

Treason.

Treason.

TREASON.

TREASON.

if you die in the game, you die in real life

# ? Jun 24, 2015 16:22

Hexel: Nov 18, 2011

Klyith posted:

The reveal that Brave SRP is all being paid for by some guy who won trillions from iwantisk is interesting

I wonder how many middle managers and corp leaders are embezzling gobs of moongoo.

Somebody is getting rich over there

# ? Jun 24, 2015 16:29

grumplestiltzkin: Jun 7, 2012; Ass, gas, or grass. No one rides for free.

mpaarating posted:

flyover state is a cool buzzword. thanks for spreading its gospel.

flyover state resident spotted :smaug:

# ? Jun 24, 2015 16:40

1001 Arabian dicks: Sep 16, 2013; EVE ONLINE IS MY ENTIRE PERSONALITY BECAUSE IM A FRIENDLESS SEMILITERATE LOSER WHO WILL PEDANTICALLY DEMAND PROOF FOR BASIC THINGS LIKE GRAVITY OR THE EXISTENCE OF SELF. ASK ME ABOUT CHEATING AT TARKOV BECAUSE, WELL, SEE ABOVE

Hexel posted:

I wonder how many middle managers and corp leaders are embezzling gobs of moongoo.

Somebody is getting rich over there

Brave can't even hold any moons that they aren't given, so...

# ? Jun 24, 2015 16:59

Kilonum: Sep 30, 2002; You know where you are? You're in the suburbs, baby. You're gonna drive.

so, creating my character

what the gently caress is this clothing bullshit?

Last time i played you just made a loving head and called it a day.

As far as recovering previous account, I don't even remember which of my previous emails I used.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 17:31

Hexel: Nov 18, 2011

Kilonum posted:

so, creating my character

what the gently caress is this clothing bullshit?

Last time i played you just made a loving head and called it a day.

As far as recovering previous account, I don't even remember which of my previous emails I used.

The clothing bullshit is a legacy feature of CCP's walking in stations attempt which was aborted after the graphics engine melted video cards, the clothing store had $70 pants and the community basically rioted. If you know anything at all about your previous account or character they are really good about helping you recover it.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 17:50

CashEnsign: Feb 7, 2015

You can recover your accounts with your name and maybe address you used. There's lots of ways to do it without your email.

# ? Jun 24, 2015 17:51

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various cheeses: Jan 24, 2013

Why do non-gate havens even exist?

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