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Samuel L. Hacksaw posted:Just covops it back, use bounces so you don't get smartbombed. What are bounces? My bomber character is maybe close to flying a cov ops. I'll explore courier too, thank you
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stackofflapjacks posted:What are bounces? My bomber character is maybe close to flying a cov ops. I'll explore courier too, thank you If you warp directly from gate to gate, people can time it so that smart bombs blow you up as you drop out of warp. An easy way to avoid this is to warp to another celestial body first, then to the gate.
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A new eve goon being excited about a ship worth 9m makes jaded veterans reflexively send you a hundred times that in isk because to some players a billion isk is pocket change. When I started a year and a half ago I was incredibly nervous flying my $100m asteros around, but now I casually gate things worth ten or twenty times that much. A guy in delta sqad has 500B isk just in plex and another 500B in super caps and then like 5 rorqs. Some people in this game are insanely rich.
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stackofflapjacks posted:What are bounces? My bomber character is maybe close to flying a cov ops. I'll explore courier too, thank you 
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Nov 4, 2021 20:33
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Stereotype posted:A new eve goon being excited about a ship worth 9m makes jaded veterans reflexively send you a hundred times that in isk because to some players a billion isk is pocket change. I was genuinely worried because I couldn't afford insurance for my frigate. These missions were rough and I didn't want to lose it. (I'm fine now though thanks!) I was wondering why my ship had no shield and I think it was because it cost 22.000 isk which was too much.
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Nov 4, 2021 20:34
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Do not motorboat the smartbombs.
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Nov 4, 2021 20:35
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Floppychop posted:Do not motorboat the smartbombs. that goes against all of my training
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Nov 4, 2021 20:36
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Feliday Melody posted:I was genuinely worried because I couldn't afford insurance for my frigate. These missions were rough and I didn't want to lose it. (I'm fine now though thanks!) Join a goon spaceship guild. Ask in gs_frigates for a free frigate of your choice (unlimited quantities seriously just ask). Go on a op pinged out on jabber. Mention that you are brand new to the game and trying to learn how to tackle in your t1 frigate. Bask in the glory that is free isk in your wallet.
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Nov 4, 2021 21:00
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ded posted:Join a goon spaceship guild. Ask in gs_frigates for a free frigate of your choice (unlimited quantities seriously just ask). Go on a op pinged out on jabber. Mention that you are brand new to the game and trying to learn how to tackle in your t1 frigate. Bask in the glory that is free isk in your wallet. That does sound like fun. I'll be going around east of Amarr while they work on my application in the meantime.
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Nov 4, 2021 21:03
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Stereotype posted:A new eve goon being excited about a ship worth 9m makes jaded veterans reflexively send you a hundred times that in isk because to some players a billion isk is pocket change. A few players who couldnt come back when the horn of Goondor was sounded logged in and gave the Imperium over 1T in moongoo & other assets each. A few guys alone paid the cost of those insane Keepstar assaults.
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I find your lack of fleets disturbing! Im looking into becoming an FC as I think it would be nice to have a few more fleets for people to join. Iv been trying to look into it on the forums but coming up blank. I can’t find any training threads, places to apply or classes available. Anyone got any idea how to go about this? Is anyone here an FC willing to share there story on their rise up the ranks, to becoming a commander of hardened f1 pubbies? I’m interested!
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Nov 4, 2021 21:58
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BIgDevine posted:I find your lack of fleets disturbing! Imma be honest, they let me FC at one point so its just a matter of joining Skirmish Command and convincing other nerds to join your fleets.
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Nov 4, 2021 22:05
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BIgDevine posted:I find your lack of fleets disturbing! the sig you're looking for is Skirmish Commanders! There should be a thread about it in Recruitment, and you can apply through the Auth page thing (click I Want To Join A New Group or something like that). They have done some classes but the best way to learn is to backseat another FC (so you can hear how command comms works) and then just run a bunch of them. I did it a lot during the war, you even get paid!
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Thanks guys I’m going to join skirmish commanders then and try get some FC experience
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Caracals, Harpys, and jackdaws fuckin own and I recommend you go on, then backseat, and then lead those fleets, or random rear end 10-25 person filament fleets in T1 trailer trash cruisers are a good choice too.
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BIgDevine posted:Thanks guys I’m going to join skirmish commanders then and try get some FC experience This is the way, almost every great FC starts out cutting their teeth in skirmish comm.
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Nov 5, 2021 00:48
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Let's see if he can pull a Dark Shines and FC two separate super fleets
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Nov 5, 2021 00:54
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:Let's see if he can pull a Dark Shines and FC two separate super fleets Did that - about 100 times this war.  Every super fleet I FC'd took a week off my life expectancy due to how many idiots there are that acquire the wealth to own a nyx.
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Feliday Melody posted:Right Sorry! ACCEPT THE WARM MOIST EMBRACE OF GOON GENEROSITY, GET THEE rear end TO DELVE POST HASTE, gently caress HIGHSEC IT'S FOR LOSERS.
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Nov 5, 2021 02:39
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Yeah, highsec is a trap. The longer you stay there, the more bad habits you'll have to unlearn in nullsec. EVE isn't like other MMOs, you're doing yourself a disservice thinking you have to "learn the game" in highsec first.
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Highsec is good for offloading crap to sell. Other than that, gently caress it forever.
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orange juche posted:ACCEPT THE WARM MOIST EMBRACE OF GOON GENEROSITY, GET THEE rear end TO DELVE POST HASTE, gently caress HIGHSEC IT'S FOR LOSERS. Agreed. I've been patrolling around the south east looking for things to shot (killed one thing, forget to loot it, died twice, fun over all). Returning to Amarr is the most depressing part. I almost got myself exploded by the police by reflexively targeting and almost shooting a ship that came too close in highsec. This is going to happen sooner or later. Playing cat and mouse with a saber and his friend was probably a hundred times more interesting than mission running. I'm just hanging around Amarr while my application is being processed. I applied pretty early so I'm not dragging out this stay in high sec. People have been really helpful so far so things have been fun. Feliday Melody fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Nov 5, 2021 |
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Feliday Melody posted:Agreed. I've been patrolling around the south east looking for things to shot (killed one thing, forget to loot it, died twice, fun over all). Returning to Amarr is the most depressing part. I almost got myself exploded by the police by reflexively targeting and almost shooting a ship that came too close in highsec. This is going to happen sooner or later. There's a weapon safety to stop you doing this isn't there?
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Kesper North posted:There's a weapon safety to stop you doing this isn't there? It gave me some trouble out in space so I didn't really trust it. Feliday Melody fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Nov 5, 2021 |
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Feliday Melody posted:Agreed. I've been patrolling around the south east looking for things to shot (killed one thing, forget to loot it, died twice, fun over all). Returning to Amarr is the most depressing part. I almost got myself exploded by the police by reflexively targeting and almost shooting a ship that came too close in highsec. This is going to happen sooner or later. If you want to make a relative boatload of isk (for a newbie) and have some fun with competition for the sites, roam around in a cheap T1 scanning frigate with a data analyzer and scanning skills, and start scanning down and running the Crimson Harvest and Tetrimon network node cosmic signatures Data Sites(hide the "anomalies" and ignore combat sites, relic sites, gas sites, wormholes, and Data sites with a 'difficulty' of I or II). Scanning is a bit of an advanced skill, but there are guides on the Eve University wiki that can you can get started on it, before you get accepted into the alliance and see our internal resources for newbies. And if you get good at them, the more difficult sites in Derelik pay out about 45-120 mil isk per site.(ends November 10) You might find scanning boring, and if you do just skip it. If there's one good thing about this game, it's that there is plenty of variety in the options and playstyles available to you. T1 abyssals are also decent and newbie friendly, would recommend looking into that as well if blowing up ships is more your style 
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Feliday Melody posted:Agreed. I've been patrolling around the south east looking for things to shot (killed one thing, forget to loot it, died twice, fun over all). Returning to Amarr is the most depressing part. I almost got myself exploded by the police by reflexively targeting and almost shooting a ship that came too close in highsec. This is going to happen sooner or later. How has nobody pushed button on someone who has posted in many disparate forums on this dead comedy website?
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Like Feliday Melody and Helperdog are the newbies we need, not people like BIgDevine.
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orange juche posted:Like Feliday Melody and Helperdog are the newbies we need, not people like BIgDevine. I’m here trying to learn to become an FC and help people. Do you really need to make that comment about me. Seems a little toxic, are you holding a grudge? Do you need to talk to someone? If so, I can lend you a dollar so you can ring someone who gives a gently caress 😉 BIgDevine fucked around with this message at 08:39 on Nov 5, 2021 |
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Mederlock posted:If you want to make a relative boatload of isk (for a newbie) and have some fun with competition for the sites, roam around in a cheap T1 scanning frigate with a data analyzer and scanning skills, and start scanning down and running the Crimson Harvest and Tetrimon network node cosmic signatures Data Sites(hide the "anomalies" and ignore combat sites, relic sites, gas sites, wormholes, and Data sites with a 'difficulty' of I or II). Scanning is a bit of an advanced skill, but there are guides on the Eve University wiki that can you can get started on it, before you get accepted into the alliance and see our internal resources for newbies. And if you get good at them, the more difficult sites in Derelik pay out about 45-120 mil isk per site.(ends November 10) This is a lot of good advice thanks and I'm going to save this. I have some starting funds (thanks you know who you are) which will last several dozen replacement ships. I think I'll be using those funds up first on war ships before I try exploring ways to make more money.
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Make the money! They will give you newbie tackling ships for fleet, so don’t feel guilty about spending the isk you have on you until you can fly the bigger ships with skill and style*. *also tanking skills
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Solus posted:Did that - about 100 times this war. I was one of those idiots! Thankfully, I never lost anything more expensive than an entire active flight's worth of T2 fighters (twice)
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Feliday Melody posted:Agreed. I've been patrolling around the south east looking for things to shot (killed one thing, forget to loot it, died twice, fun over all). Returning to Amarr is the most depressing part. I almost got myself exploded by the police by reflexively targeting and almost shooting a ship that came too close in highsec. This is going to happen sooner or later. Know that you don't get a notification or change of corp membership when buttons have been pushed, you gotta go into the corp menu and see if the "accept invitation" button has become available to you. If so, push button. Buttons may have been pushed, you gotta look for evidence of it.
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shame on an IGA posted:Know that you don't get a notification or change of corp membership when buttons have been pushed, you gotta go into the corp menu and see if the "accept invitation" button has become available to you. If so, push button. Maybe i misunderstood the process. I emailed all my info and I thought that an invite would be sent to my pilot when everything was ready. I didn't apply in game until I got confirmation. Am i supposed to apply in game right away?
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Feliday Melody posted:Maybe i misunderstood the process. I emailed all my info and I thought that an invite would be sent to my pilot when everything was ready. I didn't apply in game until I got confirmation. Yes
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Yeah, highsec is a trap. The longer you stay there, the more bad habits you'll have to unlearn in nullsec. Yeah, this is the truth. The only high-sec character I have is parked in Jita playing market games. I learned to be in low sec pirating around in Hagilar before going to null, It served me well. Null can be intimidating at first, but then you realize that it has predictable rules. Dont fly gate to gate, this avoids most bubbles and smart bombers. Learn where the jump bridges are and where they go. Get over the fear of ship loss, frigates are free, and you learn that the ship itself is the ammunition. Lots of things to learn, but you will never be alone and won't be broke for the most part.
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BIgDevine posted:I’m here trying to learn to become an FC and help people. Do you really need to make that comment about me. Seems a little toxic, are you holding a grudge? U mad bro? Don't worry, you're just in the big time postin' leagues now, better never not post. If you got the j4g off you can relax and get used to the culture, no need to get jumpy We're all idiots posting about games here, friend.
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Okay because I'm reading this article https://wiki.goonfleet.com/Joining_GoonWaffe_101#Process_A-1:_First-Time_SA_Member_Applications And it says to email my information and then wait for an invite in game. After I receive and accept that invite. I'm then supposed to register on the website. Unless I'm misreading it.
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stackofflapjacks posted:U mad bro? Maybe a lil mad at the time, id just woke up when i read it 🤷 I read it back, an thought I’d stick a wink on it, to make it a bit more friendly. I Guess that moody tone still made it PST the wonky face tho 😅 Don’t worry I will never not post!
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