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  • Teslan26Teslan26 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Brian wrote: »
    Are there any good guides to the EVE Economy or am I just going to have to take an Economics degree?

    I've got an economics degree and it doesn't make much difference. It's pretty basic just find a hole in the market and fill it. Also, GTFO you filthy fucking spy.

    I'm gonna go ahead and

    a) Assume it is who I think it is
    b) Say he probably isn't

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  • PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Even in your own alliance; especially if you're in Goon. Benevolence exists, but if an alliance was going to give you a Nyx they'd give you the keys to the hangar and tell you to go get it yourself, not ask you for a few billion and tell you to eject.

    Redded for falsehood. As a MerchI, I have no problem giving a Goon a courier contract with 0 collateral. Doing the same on a public contract is the same as giving your stuff away.

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  • PelPel Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Papillon wrote: »
    Even in your own alliance; especially if you're in Goon. Benevolence exists, but if an alliance was going to give you a Nyx they'd give you the keys to the hangar and tell you to go get it yourself, not ask you for a few billion and tell you to eject.

    Redded for falsehood. As a MerchI, I have no problem giving a Goon a courier contract with 0 collateral. Doing the same on a public contract is the same as giving your stuff away.

    Me either, but good advice to a newbie is probably to avoid doing so unless you're sure and probably get advice from someone with a bit more experience as well. To be clear, once you're in corp, there are ironclad rules with dire consequences against scamming, shooting, or stealing from alliance members unprovoked. Serious business spaceship honour among goons, while much maligned, is probably the most trust and security you will ever enjoy with another individual in this game. Of course, there are plenty of goons who would still rip you off, whether because you pissed them off, they think they can justify it, or they simply don't plan on being goons for long and want to get every red cent they can get their hands on before they vanish in a shitstorm of drama and offlined r64s. In the latter situation, odds aren't good you have anything worth their time to steal but caution is still the best policy.

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  • daringdesmonddaringdesmond Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Teslan26 wrote: »
    Brian wrote: »
    Are there any good guides to the EVE Economy or am I just going to have to take an Economics degree?

    I've got an economics degree and it doesn't make much difference. It's pretty basic just find a hole in the market and fill it. Also, GTFO you filthy fucking spy.

    I'm gonna go ahead and

    a) Assume it is who I think it is
    b) Say he probably isn't

    a) Yup ^^
    b) not yet.

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  • GothicLargoGothicLargo Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Papillon wrote: »
    Even in your own alliance; especially if you're in Goon. Benevolence exists, but if an alliance was going to give you a Nyx they'd give you the keys to the hangar and tell you to go get it yourself, not ask you for a few billion and tell you to eject.

    Redded for falsehood. As a MerchI, I have no problem giving a Goon a courier contract with 0 collateral. Doing the same on a public contract is the same as giving your stuff away.

    http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/77781
    For example, as I write this, I'm waiting for this poor bastard who thinks he's going to be joining Goonswarm to cyno his carrier into the loving arms of our lurking capfleet. The little guy doesn't have Jump Drive Calibration properly trained, so it's taking several cynos and a lot of hijinks before we ambush and summarily execute him.

    https://killboard.goonfleet.com/km/431868

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2009
    That guy wasn't a goon.

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  • PolloDiabloPolloDiablo Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    You can trust your alliance mates. EVE isn't a total free-for-all clusterfuck.

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  • ToyDToyD Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    EVE is all about risk and reward to an extreme. More risk is more reward. It just depends on if you end up on the good or bad side of the outcome when you take said risk.

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  • ImperfectImperfect Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Just don't trust your alliance-mates until you're ACTUALLY in the alliance >=)

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  • DhalphirDhalphir don't you open that trapdoor you're a fool if you dareRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    How long should I wait after joining Merch and registering to the Merch and Goonfleet forums before I get Goonfleet forum access ( I have Merch access)

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  • PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Dhalphir wrote: »
    How long should I wait after joining Merch and registering to the Merch and Goonfleet forums before I get Goonfleet forum access ( I have Merch access)

    Depends on when PWK or Midshipman get around to it. It took me a week or two.

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  • naiyxesnaiyxes Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I just applied to Merch.
    I think I posted in here about it when my friends all got themselves killed and ragequit the game forever, leaving me with nobody to play with and no real drive to do anything besides just quit myself. I never checked back. It was a few months ago. I really really want to like this game though. Hopefully it will go better this time.

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  • BrianBrian Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    It wont.

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  • SelectaSelecta Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    So can I rejoin Merch yet, or am I still banned for suspicion of being a ~BoB spy~? The Northern Coalition is cool but v0v.

    Also, goons having grid loading issues as well? There seems to be some pretty game breaking problems regarding fleet fights right now.

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  • InzignaInzigna Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Okay, so this is my second trial. My first trial was horrible and apparently now EVE appears to be slightly more friendly towards new people, not that that's saying much.

    So after doing some of the career advacement things, where do I go? Can I join Merch?

    Where do I begin?

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  • Moridin889Moridin889 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I put this in the general EVE thread, but I'll put it here too. I'm going to be signing up for this game soon, and if anybody wants the whole free time for new subscription thing, lemme know.

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  • InzignaInzigna Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Moridin889 wrote: »
    I put this in the general EVE thread, but I'll put it here too. I'm going to be signing up for this game soon, and if anybody wants the whole free time for new subscription thing, lemme know.
    Sent you a pm, would someone explain to me what this free thing is about?

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  • GothicLargoGothicLargo Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Inzigna wrote: »
    Moridin889 wrote: »
    I put this in the general EVE thread, but I'll put it here too. I'm going to be signing up for this game soon, and if anybody wants the whole free time for new subscription thing, lemme know.
    Sent you a pm, would someone explain to me what this free thing is about?

    I think he means a PLEX. Moridin, assuming you have a PLEX or something that can be turned into a PLEX, you can *sell* those in game. Right now the going "sells pretty quickly rate" is well in the hundreds of millions of ISK range. Which is a nice warchest for getting into immediate GFs**.

    **Good Fights

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  • EtheaEthea Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    PLEX run 260-270m each. So $35 will net you ~530m

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  • strebaliciousstrebalicious Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    OK, done did the tutorial; applied to Merch. Now time to learn all that fancy lingo and whozawhatsits.

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  • NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Inzigna wrote: »
    Moridin889 wrote: »
    I put this in the general EVE thread, but I'll put it here too. I'm going to be signing up for this game soon, and if anybody wants the whole free time for new subscription thing, lemme know.
    Sent you a pm, would someone explain to me what this free thing is about?

    I think he means a PLEX. Moridin, assuming you have a PLEX or something that can be turned into a PLEX, you can *sell* those in game. Right now the going "sells pretty quickly rate" is well in the hundreds of millions of ISK range. Which is a nice warchest for getting into immediate GFs**.

    **Good Fights
    I'm actually pretty sure he means one of those buddy invite things, wherein the buddy gets a 21-day trial rather than 14 days, and if he starts paying within like 2 weeks of the trial running out, you get a free month of game time.

    If that's what he means, I still have one more buddy invite this month, PM me a valid email address if you haven't already got one from someone else.

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  • PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Selecta wrote: »
    Also, goons having grid loading issues as well? There seems to be some pretty game breaking problems regarding fleet fights right now.

    The grid was loading in a reasonable time in the 9DQ/PXF fight, even when we jumped through a gate to ambush the IT fleet. Both systems were on petitioned nodes though.

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  • Fleck0Fleck0 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I signed up for the 5-day dealy and plan to stay for at least another month. Having a relatively safe journey out of what used to be MerchI Space..

    Like riding a bike it all comes back. I'll reapply for merch once I can get back to a friendly area that'll let me dock

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    We're still in delve, right? I stopped playing shortly after we skullfucked bob/kendoko/whatever and moved in. I just want to make sure I don't get podded right from the get-go.

    Also, hows the farming in the area? I'm so used to killing angels that I really don't know what to do around delve, which is part of the reason I stopped(I need to make money to get into a battleship, so I can make money to do fun things :P)

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  • NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Raslin wrote: »
    We're still in delve, right? I stopped playing shortly after we skullfucked bob/kendoko/whatever and moved in. I just want to make sure I don't get podded right from the get-go.

    Also, hows the farming in the area? I'm so used to killing angels that I really don't know what to do around delve, which is part of the reason I stopped(I need to make money to get into a battleship, so I can make money to do fun things :P)

    Still in delve, if you fly Amarr, you will melt blood rats.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Nope, Caldari :/

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  • NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Pretty sure ravens still tear shit up

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    GoonWiki updated with delve tips yet? I would assume, but you never know...

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  • NEO|PhyteNEO|Phyte They follow the stars, bound together. Strands in a braid till the end.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Aye, it's got Delve junk in it.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Sweet, lets see how this runs on my netbook(has an ion, heard it runs great on this one)

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  • ForgottenVariableForgottenVariable Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I went ahead and applied to the Merch Industrial. I'm Forgotten Variabl ingame and I look forward to flying with the lot of you.

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Raslin wrote: »
    Sweet, lets see how this runs on my netbook(has an ion, heard it runs great on this one)

    I hear Drakes aren't bad for PvP but you probably want to train Amarr so you can use an Apoc or Harb or something to rat with.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I already have caldari cruiser 5 and bs 3 :/

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    You can train more than just one race ya know, it doesn't take that long. I have Gallente, Caldari, and Amarr battlecruisers trained and I'll probably get Minmatar soon after I get Amarr battleships.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Its certainly easy for someone who's been playing for a while to say. I'm just getting extremely tired of "Ok, just these skills and now I can actually start ratting... wait, now I need this... wait, now I need this... "

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I haven't been playing for awhile, I am poor and new as fuck and I don't have enough skills to comfortably rat yet. And you're always going to be going, "Okay now I can do this, oh wait I need to train this first, but I need to train this to train that, and I also need this, etc." It's just how it is.

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  • RaslinRaslin Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'm just tired of dicking around in a cruiser, not being able to do anything :(

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Well once you get in there's still stuff you can do while waiting for your skills to train, you can follow ratters and salvage and loot wrecks, we've had a few mining ops you could join (I used my cruiser and while it's not a ton it's something and if it's a communist mining op you'll get paid for far more than you actually mined), plus you can always fly a rifter or a drake or a blackbird in fleet ops (since you fly Caldari). There's usually something to do, just ask around or check the fleet finder.

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  • TheOtherHorsemanTheOtherHorseman Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Oh, here's the G&T thread.

    Yeah, so I think I might be coming back to EVE soon. I'm moderately terrified at all of the changes that have happened in my absence and fully expect to die horribly many times as I figure things out. My original run was from the founding of MRCHI to just shy of the official absorption into the swarm, so I've missed... well... a lot.

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  • leafleaf Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    NEO|Phyte wrote: »
    Pretty sure ravens still tear shit up

    I remember during the fighting for 46dp we had a 50 person reinforcement fleet, and our scout announced that two russian ravens had just warped into the bob camp we were going to break through. I think it was sesfan or someone that had us get the 3 jumps or so fast as we could to "save them"

    Ended up we spooked the rest of the bobbits away, and really it was the two russian ravens raping the entire camp on their own.

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