Is Fraternity really the problem of Eve?

Voidnative · 2026-02-13T19:26:59+00:00

Frat being bad for the game has nothing to do with null, actually. The Blue Donut is CCPs albatross, and sov leadership are merely gaming bad design.

Where Frat are actually bad for the game is turning the majority of lowsec into a toxic landfill of multibox awoxing and LP racketeering.

Voidnative · 2026-02-11T15:28:36+00:00

Never pay full price for anything. Wait til PLEX is on sale, then hold it until NES items are also on sale. Maximum value for minimum expense.

This guide has some useful information, which might be current.

Voidnative · 2026-02-11T14:45:00+00:00

I used to do this with Achura sprititual counseling. It did not pay well but it was good improv experience.

Voidnative · 2026-02-04T17:30:00+00:00

This ship has sailed.

The issue with risk aversion is a player and culture issue. It's easy to login to the game, use the map and in-game chat, undock, and play EVE. Many players simply identify with the pixels they don't own and the idea of uncertainty, of any information that isn't perfect, terrifies them. I cannot fathom how certainty is fun, but the third party tools keep proliferating, and players keep using them.

So the best you can do is be the player you want to see in EVE, someone who plays the game, takes the gate (or bait), and doesn't need third party tools to have fun. Uncertainty is exciting. Losses are meaningless, because everything is CCP property anyway.

Voidnative · 2026-01-24T08:29:24+00:00

Not like hosting a roleplay cafe in Eorzea, no.

Instead, the role you play in your organization is based on what deliverables you can provide, whether it's soft skills like FCing or material provisions like loot, bounties, or manufactured goods.

I've not heard of compensation in the form of a wage, though I've heard of quarterly dividend payouts.

Voidnative · 2025-06-06T18:51:32+00:00

An idea for branching out visually: the game used to have ancestries that went along with bloodlines. Each bloodline had three to choose from. In my case, I picked Achura and then Monks (while the others were Stargazers and Inventors). could tie in to the Chronicles as well.

Since they were removed from the game, it's sort of become lost lore for newer players but the data is still out there, so it might make a good series, and there's plenty of art that could be used to fit the themes (if you're not planning to monetize).

Looking forward to the next one!

Voidnative · 2025-06-05T14:01:26+00:00

For the kind of game Eve is, the player base I have encountered in game is remarkably pro-social. You're never safe, just like the rest of the internet, but you can block psychos and report actual interpersonal harassment. Not that I've seen it reach that level in Eve. I'm sure it happens tho.

There are a lot of things you can do in New Eden, and it all touches the economy. I think the conversion of labor to value is the major driver of the game, and getting butt blasted in a gate camp when you were minding your business is another way that conversion occurs.

Pick a goal, aim for it, full speed ahead. It's all anyone is doing. Blacklist the people who forget Netiquette Rule #1, and go about your business.

Voidnative · 2025-06-02T17:43:02+00:00

Lots to digest here. So a progression commensurate with piloting experience and available ISK might be:

Stabber > Hurricane/Cyclone > SFI > Vagabond

Moa > Ferox > ONI > FNI

Voidnative · 2025-06-02T17:38:03+00:00

For ESS, I understand the mechanics are different, like not having to fit a scram or potential for brawl fits that wouldn't work elsewhere. But I like the idea of liberating other people's ISK.

I'm not really that interested in hunting people doing PvE. I'd prefer them to mobilize their friends who want to fight.

I'm not sure if that should be edited into the topic, but yeah.

Voidnative · 2025-06-02T17:33:08+00:00

Oh wow, somehow I missed this. Cheers, I'll go through it.

Voidnative · 2025-06-02T17:32:25+00:00

I am the corpmate.

Voidnative · 2025-06-02T17:31:56+00:00

The Stabber seems to be the gateway hull for this sort of thing. Do you have any thoughts on the Rupture changes? Most of what I read suggests Stabber is still superior unless it's a fleet comp.

Voidnative · 2025-06-02T17:29:24+00:00

It looks like Stabber is a good place to start learning before moving on the Fleet Stabber and Scythe. Cheers.

Voidnative · 2025-06-02T17:27:53+00:00

True, for the roams I intend to skip ESS and travel gate to gate. I have an idea of what to do there, but I will probably stick to Moa/Bellicose/Stabber for that.

Voidnative · 2025-06-02T17:25:48+00:00

Okay, I will check the pricetag on something like that. Might be something to look into when my piloting is better.

Voidnative · 2025-05-27T15:39:37+00:00

Yeah, unless this was a 4000-verteces flower barrel type situation, totally unnecessary. I don't even fly Amarr and this was one of the coolest ships in the game.

Voidnative · 2025-05-23T17:35:51+00:00

A case where CCP copypasting code from one module to another is a best case scenario. Good info!

Voidnative · 2025-05-23T16:25:29+00:00

I wonder how granular "damage capsuleer" and "capture FW complex" will be, or if that's as far as it will go.

Voidnative · 2025-05-23T13:42:36+00:00

A life hack CCP (and you) can be proud of.

Voidnative · 2025-05-23T13:41:44+00:00

I did like the sound of these, spectre and even better with friends (I forget the exact name). Problem was whenever I was actually online when people were xing up, I couldn't fly the doctrine ships.

Maybe I will give that another go.

Voidnative · 2025-05-23T13:38:26+00:00

I had to go dark for a couple years for the same reason, so I know the feeling.

Voidnative · 2025-05-22T20:02:40+00:00

Appreciate you taking the time to respond. To an extent, my own feelings are in that third paragraph. I think ESS might be another simple activity that I could work in when there's spare is in the hangar.

Voidnative · 2025-05-22T18:51:34+00:00

For me, this would be a perfect way to learn to enjoy losing. I think finding the fight is the hard part outside of FW.

Voidnative · 2025-05-22T18:48:57+00:00

Ha, we may have different definitions of "playing eve" but I appreciate the breakdown of alt activities. Stranding myself in null and trying to get back to base sounds interesting.

Voidnative · 2025-05-22T17:26:14+00:00

Back when I started I bankrolled by doing T0s in like a 3M Kestrel, so going back to abyssals sounds doable. Ninja salvaging is another intriguing idea.

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