Unfortionately not the MMO for me...

Ethian

I did enjoy the game for about 2-3 months. I messed around solo for awhile, joined afew noob friendly corps and finally after hitting 100mill+ isk and getting afew ships under my belt decided to make the move to null space.  

PvP is the reason I play MMOs but unfortionately pvp in EvE is the not even slightly casual friendly...I joined a corp in 0.0 and in my first night there lost one of my best ships for general ratting ect. for isk. Two or three weeks before this I lost 2 more drakes in 0.4 space..ya ya some of you will say only fly what you can afford to loose but for a casual player that means flying around in frigates for months.

Unless I'm prooven wrong EvE can't be played 2 hours a night if you plan to get into low / null sec pvp. The amount of isk your able to make to supply ships that would be usefull ships just isn't worth the time and effort. For casual gamers its basically an endless circle of grinding for isk to make up for the ships and mods you loose in pvp. Joining a null sec alliance made me realize that pvp in EvE is simply too hardcore for my gaming schedule.  

Zoobi

There's a solution to your situation! By buying a few PLEX, you can both pay for your subsription AND have spare ISK to use in-game!

https://secure.eveonline.com/PLEX/ is the official Eve online web address to start buying PLEX!

PLEX can also be used, at your own discretion, to buy vanity items in the Eve-online shop!!

This is in no way a pay-to-win service.

Hazelle

So, you like killing but you don't have the time to hunt your prey yourself?

There's not much "canned hunting" in EVE.

Look up the militia or check out militia corps.

Look into baiting techniques.

Sadly, when the pvp is easy flowing for a corp, the nature of the game makes them less likely to accept new fighters.  I guess you could advertise yourself as a "hired gun" in the forums.  Just say you're new to the game but are a good listener and follow orders.  Don't give them any ISK to join them under any circumstance.

Orphes

Originally posted by Ethian

I did enjoy the game for about 2-3 months. I messed around solo for awhile, joined afew noob friendly corps and finally after hitting 100mill+ isk and getting afew ships under my belt decided to make the move to null space.  

PvP is the reason I play MMOs but unfortionately pvp in EvE is the not even slightly casual friendly...I joined a corp in 0.0 and in my first night there lost one of my best ships for general ratting ect. for isk. Two or three weeks before this I lost 2 more drakes in 0.4 space..ya ya some of you will say only fly what you can afford to loose but for a casual player that means flying around in frigates for months.

Unless I'm prooven wrong EvE can't be played 2 hours a night if you plan to get into low / null sec pvp. The amount of isk your able to make to supply ships that would be usefull ships just isn't worth the time and effort. For casual gamers its basically an endless circle of grinding for isk to make up for the ships and mods you loose in pvp. Joining a null sec alliance made me realize that pvp in EvE is simply too hardcore for my gaming schedule.  

 

A descent 0.0 alliance have SRP that reimbursers your ship. Some have it fully fitted others have the hull. My corporation gives T1 hulls, up to BC for free, and we also collect and donate ratting loot to the corp for all to share. (To make the corpmambers to invest in the corp the corp reinvests in the member, be it PI produkts, minerals, nothing sold to Empire. Same is it for the alliance <-> corp.)

I have made perhaps 50m ISK on ratting these last months yet I can afford a fleet value of around 1B ISK. No I wouldn't afford to lose them all at once... Yes I can explain that with that I do PI for the corps, I have a 800k trading alt. Monthly income the last 6 months have been 100-300M I could have raised that with at least 100M if I had bothered more with PI.

If I go desperately broke then I will just go do the ratting sequence again.

If you play 2h/day, we share the same weekly time played.

 

I can't prove anything to you. Also afcourse I do not know your gaming but look at your corp/alliance. What do they do for you and look at yourself what do you for the corp. If for instance they get more engaged in your 'welfare' and you get more engaged in them, on your current playtime, will it make it easier for you in the end.

But ofcourse, the option to only log in to pvp/lose a ship for those 2h you won't have any chance to regain the ISK you lost.

SpottyGekko

Don't go to 0.0 with a corp that doesn't replace your hull losses in PvP ops. Many corp's out there will keep you flying so you can fight, provided you don't suck at it, lol

If you lose it outside of corp roams or official corp actions, that's for your own account of course.

I trust you have all the neccessary support skills for a Drake trained to at least L4 ? Because if it's not properly fitted, that Drake is about as effective as a frigate. Being able to fly the hull out of the station does not a Drake pilot make...

But you're probably right, EVE doesn't seem to be the game for you.