EvE LAN / Breachlan Warm Up

[gemini]

As some of you may know, I am a big player of EvE Online. I think its great.

It is however, epicly difficult to get into. Without at least a few hours handholding it is likely you will have information overload and your mind shutdown, or you will just fall prey to one of the many scams within the universe which will put you off immediately.

So, I am offering to hold a day of EvE handholding for a group of a few people. I'l take you through the interface, weapons, ship fitting, useful software, aswell as pointing out several things that you MUST be wary of.

Scamming is not only perfectly allowed by the admins, it is occasionally actively encouraged. The same thing goes for griefing. Without guidance you can easily fall prey to the players who specialise in this.

Location : My House - Postcode AB39 3XW
Date/Time : Thu 26th Feb - Computers setup from 11:30am - Trial accounts created ready to start playing when the server comes online at midday.

Followed by a day of Breachlan Warm Up on Friday 27th, heading out to Breachlan just after 5pm stopping for a take away along the way.

(EvE is the only MMO where there is only one server. It goes down for maintenance every single day between 11am and 12Noon)


If you are interested, post up here sometime before next Thursday. Just so I know what furniture and network cables I need to sort out.

Thanks.

[ZeroG]

I quite liked my time in Eve back when it first started up, played for about 4 years or something. I did run a trial last year and it was fun to play again. Pity I'm working on thursday or I might have taken you up on the offer, although I am off on the friday.

[gemini]

I quite liked my time in Eve back when it first started up, played for about 4 years or something. I did run a trial last year and it was fun to play again. Pity I'm working on thursday or I might have taken you up on the offer, although I am off on the friday.

If you fancy coming up early for Breachlan Warm Up thats cool.

Not much point in running EvE Handholding on the Friday though as we will only have a few hours. Time would be better spent prepping for Breachlan, making sure software is up to date, relearning maps etc etc.

[SwiftTempest]

im interested in playing EVE (Downloading 14 day trail)
i will not be able to go along to your session as im only allowed to take the PC for the weekend

is there any pointers you post up for me to get started


I had a brief look at the EVE site, and my head is set to explode, i will be able to go along to your session and look over peoples shoulders if thats ok unless it works on a cheapy College laptop :p

[gemini]

No point in giving pointers. You could read any EvE 101 and get the same info.

I do though have a spare computer that you can use.

I would suggest NOT starting your 14 day free trial until the handholding day. Because otherwise you will have the same problem as 90% of others who use the trial account. Information Overload, poor choice of character setup, wasting money on skills, ships and fittings that you eitehr cant use or dont need, or even just falling victims to a scam.

You can use my spare computer if you like. It runs eve very comfortably (not like 3fps)

[SwiftTempest]

oh lol i started it last night

[Bloodnok]

14 day? you a 21 day trail from steam...

[gemini]

Take it from me. Bad idea.

It works fine at first. But due to the way patches are deployed and the way steam works, it is preferable to have EvE as a NON Steam install.

I do suppose though it doesnt stop you taking advantage of the 21 day trial then using a non Steam install from there.

[gimpchimp]

gemini, what's your name on Eve? I'm Molokor Santorum and Rebvyn. Pirates both, although Molokor is a prober/tackler whereas Reb is more straight up DPS.

[SwiftTempest]

Well i've started the game now and my brain has sufered a system overload :confused:

btw my char name is AdrenalinJunkE

[MadmaN]

Well i've started the game now and my brain has sufered a system overload :confused:

btw my char name is AdrenalinJunkE

hehe sounds like when i was first trying to understand world of warcraft lol .. even to this day there is stuff i need to learn about.

[gemini]

gemini, what's your name on Eve? I'm Molokor Santorum and Rebvyn. Pirates both, although Molokor is a prober/tackler whereas Reb is more straight up DPS.

I have Seona Effie. General character who is largely deep 0.0 based. But I have not engaged in piracy so I still have a good Security rating. I also have Toku Dai, again, largely based in 0.0. His primary objective is to assist Seona. Thus, he is training for transport ships to haul ore away from jetcan mining, but he also has some serious E-War capabilities should I ever need to slow someone down.


Well i've started the game now and my brain has sufered a system overload :confused:

btw my char name is AdrenalinJunkE

A common result of the trial.

The tutorial process focuses far too much on stuff that either makes no difference or stuff you should be able to figure out for yourself. Hence why im offering the day handholding so I can provide you with a new, better tutorial, a small stash of ISK, perhaps a better frigate or two and some good skillbooks to get you going.

[SwiftTempest]

i understand, combat and travel is simple, but when you get to the menus it gets a bit crowded and deep. it still looks like alot of fun

[gemini]

The best piece of advice I can give is, Concorde can not be trusted to protect your ass. Dont assume because you are in 0.5 or higher that your ass is safe from harm.

There are players who specialise in 0.5 and up combat. Said players are ruthlessly efficient and completely merciless when it comes to blowing your hard earned ships into the next universe.

If someone steals some of your stuff, they will start flashing bright red on your overview to alert you to the fact that they have committed a crime against you, and your destruction of their ship would go unhindered by Concorde. However, people who do this are completely uninterested in the value of the (quite frankly) garbage fittings / ore that new players find. They dont steal from you for the value of the stuff. They steal from you so you attack them, which then gives them the right to defend themselves, and destroy your ship before you have time to fire your second or third shots.

It is called can flipping. It is completely mercyless and serves no real purpose other than for the luls of causing grief to new players. Occasionally can flippers will be able to take down much bigger ships and when this happens they will often have a salvaging ship scrambled to steal what they can from your wreck.

And in the above scenario, Concorde WILL NOT intervene.

That is just one example of how other players can screw you over. Completely legitimately, and just for the fun of it.

EvE is dangerous. Dont trust those who you can not punch in the real world.

Swift, are you interested in coming out for the afternoons play. If you have figured out the gameplay and are starting to get into it I have some L3 agents in space which should provide you with a good source of cash.

[SwiftTempest]

This Thursday was it? if so then yes, i can drop round after i finished College

[gemini]

Excellent.

First post ammended to show lists of who is in for what. Please state clearly if you are interested in coming to either the EvE handholding or the Breachlan Warmup.

Thanks :)

[gimpchimp]

If we're able to get online at the LAN and some folks want a hand doing missions, I've got a new character -- Minmatar who has just grabbed her first Destroyer which is brilliant for running level 1 missions.

[SwiftTempest]

i dont think i will be able to make the thursday, im at colleg untill 4:30

[gemini]

If you have your own car and can drive out after then you are still welcome :)

Offer still open to everyone who wants to start playing EvE. And then ofc everyone who is going to Breachlan on the Friday.

[gemini]

Bump.

Anyone who wants a day of help playing EvE - Add me on MSN Messenger ASAP

gemini@multiplay.co.uk

I'l take you through character creation, career planning, additional helpful software, and sort you out with some ships and point you in the right direction of progress.

[gimpchimp]

How successful was this, gemini? Just wondering if there are many other folks who signed up.

[gemini]

Dave has taken up a trial account. Let me know dave if you become a full subscriber.

I am also doing another handhold day on Monday 16th March for Castiana atm. Anyone else who would like to join in is more than welcome. Same details as before.

[ZeroG]

I think I might take up Eve again and will probably order http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/8315846/-/Product.html?searchstring=eve+online&searchsource=0 which is out on the 13th

[gemini]

The new EvE expansion is due on Tuesday. So anyone currently playing EvE is advised to start a long assed skill training.

Expect CCP to announce 24hr downtime, (which will expand to about 30hrs). CCP and patch day NEVER goes well.

One time their patch installer took out the boot.ini file of all Windows XP users.

And another that I remember the database servers were bollocked up and resulted in massive lag, unplayable gameplay and Tranquility restarts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansions_of_Eve_Online#Apocrypha

The new expansion is set to add a totally overhauled new player experiance which I am quite interested to explore. They have also added in support for new tech, unstable wormholes, improved AI and a bunch of other stuff.

Still, dont forget.

CCP ALWAYS SCREW UP PATCH DAY.

[ZeroG]

I remember when the game first went live they had to roll back the servers and everyone lost a few days of played time in the process.

[gimpchimp]

Yeah, I'll be doing either Learning IV or V by Tuesday ;)

[Bloodnok]

Dave has taken up a trial account. Let me know dave if you become a full subscriber.

I'm still not sure (no income atm) but still got 13 days to give it a bash

[SwiftTempest]

bummer, my trial account has just ran out

[gimpchimp]

Andy, Z and I are contemplating making a BL corp, with focus on mission running and trading. Some PvP on the side, of course. Anyone else interested?

[gemini]

Not a bad idea that.

I'l create two new characters later this week and get them on the road for highsec missions.

My current (other corp) characters have jump clones in empire so they are able to come in for some action, providing the profits justify the costs of rebuilding my fleet in empire.

[gimpchimp]

Aye, obviously going to be easier with newer characters due to sec standings, etc.

[gemini]

Totally.

Right then, this should be a really good way of regularly playing.

I'm in for the new Corp. If you could have it up and running ASAP I'l make a new account for me to play with. I'l also make sure anyone who comes to one of my EvE Handholding sessions gets invited.

I can provide Vent/TS free of charge for communications requirements. Hosted by MultiplayUK. (http://multiplay.co.uk)

Aim for a 0.7 system to set up in to start off.

If we can get say six or seven characters into a corp, then I can set up an EvE Online LAN party for a corp wide gathering with a few beers and some serious mission running. It should also mean that EvE Handholding sessions that any of us may provide should prove to be more valuable if we get newbies straight out of the newbie corp and chuck them in the deep end with some L3 and L4 mission running.

I've noticed that is the best way to keep newbies playing. Get them OUT of the newbie corp and in with something more serious and more organised.

I've sent you a PM Nostrus. Hopefully we can come to an arrangement.

Also, if corp setup is successful, then I request subforum of Breachlan forums just for people who are in the Breachlan Corp (EvE) Guild (WoW) Clan (everything else) etcetc.

[Skull]

breach wow guild?
*ears prick up*

[gemini]

There isnt one atm as far as I am aware. But there is always potential if anyone is prepared to commit to it.

[gimpchimp]

Problem with WoW is that those who already playing are liable to be splintered around the various different servers. Not so easy.

[gimpchimp]

Also, just to point out I don't like using community names directly. For example, I don't want us to name the corp "BreachLAN" but rather something on that theme.

Into the Breach would be a good example of what I'm aiming for.

[gemini]

Given the ammount of social engineering and manipulation it would be wise not to name the corp anything like Breachlan.

[MadmaN]

i would be up for a breachlan wow guild , im just looking for an exuse to play wow again lol.

[Bloodnok]

"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more"

As for names, check the Jupiter Mining Corp is available for EvE (name has been taken in wow)

[gimpchimp]

A fair point, G, but as we're not going to promote anyone into any position of power until we've actually met them, I don't see any issue with linking the corp with the LAN. After all, it's going to come out eventually anyway.

[SwiftTempest]

Dave has taken up a trial account. Let me know dave if you become a full subscriber.

I am also doing another handhold day on Monday 16th March for Castiana atm. Anyone else who would like to join in is more than welcome. Same details as before.

i have subscribed for a month and willing to attend the handhold day

here are my preferences for my char: i prefer speed and agility over sheer wieght and power, so i dont want to aim for a large class of ship like a dreadnaught, i want to be a minmartar as i like there nomadic background.

if you could tell me how to make my char i would be gratefull

[gimpchimp]

Minmatar with a Rifter ;)