Corporations: Difference between revisions

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*You must have the skill [[Corporation Management (Skill Group)|Corporation Management]] at level 1 or higher;

*You must have 1,599,800 isk in your wallet;

*You must be docked at a station. The station where the corporation is created will be listed as its Headquarters. Moving the Headquarters later is only possible under certain conditions (which will be covered below), so take a moment to consider where you will create your corporation.

*You must be docked at a station. The station where the corporation is created will be listed as its Headquarters. Moving the Headquarters later is only possible under certain conditions (which will be covered below), so take a moment to consider where you will create your corporation;

*If you are in a player corporation, you may not have roles assigned to you. If you have roles, you must remove them (by right-clicking your portrait in chat and selecting 'drop roles'); if you are a CEO, you need to resign first (see below). In both cases, you will be able to create a corporation 24 hours later.

(For completeness sake, you may also not have an active [[Timers|session timer]]. Since session timers only last 30 seconds, you can just wait it out if you encounter this.)

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*'''Select a logo.''' A corporation logo consists of three layers; each layer can have a pattern or item and a colour. Different patterns or items can be combined by giving two layers the same colour. Play around a bit to get a good-looking logo. Something to consider when designing the logo is what your corporation's main activity will be. An industrial corporation for instance may want to avoid using a pirate-like logo.

*'''Choose a name.''' The minimum length of a corporation name is 4 characters, and it may only contain letters, numbers, spaces, and dots (also known as full stop or period). The corporation name may not the same as the name of any other ''currently active'' corporation or alliance. It can be the same as the name of a closed corporation.

*'''Choose a ticker.''' The corporation ticker is used as a short name for the corporation, for instance in space behind ships, wrecks and containers belonging to your corporation. The maximum length of a ticker is 5 characters, again only ~~with~~ letters, numbers, spaces, and dots. Unlike the corporation name, the ticker has to be unique - it may not be the same as the ticker of any other corporation or alliance, past or present. This can make it quite hard to find a good ticker. Playing around with spaces and dots may help. The "Ticker" button suggests a ticker for you if you can't think of one.

*'''Choose a ticker.''' The corporation ticker is used as a short name for the corporation, for instance in space behind ships, wrecks and containers belonging to your corporation. The maximum length of a ticker is 5 characters, again with only letters, numbers, spaces, and dots allowed. Unlike the corporation name, the ticker has to be unique - it may not be the same as the ticker of any other corporation or alliance, past or present. This can make it quite hard to find a good ticker. Playing around with spaces and dots may help. The "Ticker" button suggests a ticker for you if you can't think of one.

*'''Set a tax rate.''' The tax rate determines what percentage of bounties and mission rewards generated by corporation members will be transferred to the corporation wallet. The rate can be anywhere from 0% to 100%, but a high tax rate might deter people from joining. Most corporations have a tax rate between 5% and 10%.

*'''Enter a ~~URL~~''' to your corporation website (if you have one). If ~~you don~~'t have a website, remove the "http://" which is in the box by default. If it is not removed, it will be displayed as the corporation's website.

*'''Enter a Home Page''', which is a URL to your corporation website (if you have one). If the corporation doesn't have a website, consider linking to a recruitment thread on the forums or something like that. If you decide not to list anything, remove the "http://" which is in the box by default. If it is not removed, it will be displayed as the corporation's website.

*'''Enter a description.''' The description of the corporation can contain up to 4000 characters. Note that the description will be publicly viewable ingame, on EVE Gate, and on third-party websites. Giving some information on what the corporation does is a good idea, but don't be too specific (Listing "''Mining every Friday at 1900 in Rancer''" would be a bad idea). Many corporations list diplomatic contacts in their description.

*'''Membership applications enabled.''' If this box is checked, other people will be able to apply to become a member of the corporation. Unchecking this box means no one will be able to apply until you enable it again later.

Apart from the corporation name and ticker (which can never be changed), these settings can be changed quite easily later, so don't worry if you're not sure what to put there.

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== Corporation Details Window ==

'''~~TODO~~'''

==== Edit Details ====

If you are CEO or director an "edit details" button will be visible at the bottom of the corporation details window. When clicking "edit details" button you will effectively get the same screen as when creating a corporation. From here the corporation logo, home page, tax rate, and description can be changed, and membership applications can be enabled or disabled. Changing the logo carries a fee of 100 isk (yes you read that right, one hundred isk) which will be taken from the corporation wallet.

This screen does contain one thing which isn't listed when creating a corporation. It shows the member limit, which is the maximum number of members the corporation may have (excluding the CEO), and the races allowed, which depends on the Ethnic Relations skill of the CEO when the corporation was created or last updated. The member limit and races allowed do ''not'' automatically change when the CEO trains more corporation skills or when a new CEO is appointed. For the member limit and races allowed to be update, the CEO must click the "update with my skills" button. (This button is visible to directors, but can only be used by the CEO.)

This means that even characters with low or even no corporation skills can become CEO of large corporations, as long as a previous CEO has updated the corporation with the proper skills. CEO's with low skills should take care not to accidentally click the update button; though no one will be expelled if the member limit is updated to below the current membership, no new members can be accepted until the membership has dropped below the limit.

== Adding Members ==

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 *You must have the skill [[Corporation Management (Skill Group)|Corporation Management]] at level 1 or higher;
 *You must have 1,599,800 isk in your wallet;
-*You must be docked at a station. The station where the corporation is created will be listed as its Headquarters. Moving the Headquarters later is only possible under certain conditions (which will be covered below), so take a moment to consider where you will create your corporation.
+*You must be docked at a station. The station where the corporation is created will be listed as its Headquarters. Moving the Headquarters later is only possible under certain conditions (which will be covered below), so take a moment to consider where you will create your corporation;
 *If you are in a player corporation, you may not have roles assigned to you. If you have roles, you must remove them (by right-clicking your portrait in chat and selecting 'drop roles'); if you are a CEO, you need to resign first (see below). In both cases, you will be able to create a corporation 24 hours later.
 (For completeness sake, you may also not have an active [[Timers|session timer]]. Since session timers only last 30 seconds, you can just wait it out if you encounter this.)
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 *'''Select a logo.''' A corporation logo consists of three layers; each layer can have a pattern or item and a colour. Different patterns or items can be combined by giving two layers the same colour. Play around a bit to get a good-looking logo. Something to consider when designing the logo is what your corporation's main activity will be. An industrial corporation for instance may want to avoid using a pirate-like logo.
 *'''Choose a name.''' The minimum length of a corporation name is 4 characters, and it may only contain letters, numbers, spaces, and dots (also known as full stop or period). The corporation name may not the same as the name of any other ''currently active'' corporation or alliance. It can be the same as the name of a closed corporation.
-*'''Choose a ticker.''' The corporation ticker is used as a short name for the corporation, for instance in space behind ships, wrecks and containers belonging to your corporation. The maximum length of a ticker is 5 characters, again only with letters, numbers, spaces, and dots. Unlike the corporation name, the ticker has to be unique - it may not be the same as the ticker of any other corporation or alliance, past or present. This can make it quite hard to find a good ticker. Playing around with spaces and dots may help. The "Ticker" button suggests a ticker for you if you can't think of one.
+*'''Choose a ticker.''' The corporation ticker is used as a short name for the corporation, for instance in space behind ships, wrecks and containers belonging to your corporation. The maximum length of a ticker is 5 characters, again with only letters, numbers, spaces, and dots allowed. Unlike the corporation name, the ticker has to be unique - it may not be the same as the ticker of any other corporation or alliance, past or present. This can make it quite hard to find a good ticker. Playing around with spaces and dots may help. The "Ticker" button suggests a ticker for you if you can't think of one.
 *'''Set a tax rate.''' The tax rate determines what percentage of bounties and mission rewards generated by corporation members will be transferred to the corporation wallet. The rate can be anywhere from 0% to 100%, but a high tax rate might deter people from joining. Most corporations have a tax rate between 5% and 10%.
-*'''Enter a URL''' to your corporation website (if you have one). If you don't have a website, remove the "http://" which is in the box by default. If it is not removed, it will be displayed as the corporation's website.
+*'''Enter a Home Page''', which is a URL to your corporation website (if you have one). If the corporation doesn't have a website, consider linking to a recruitment thread on the forums or something like that. If you decide not to list anything, remove the "http://" which is in the box by default. If it is not removed, it will be displayed as the corporation's website.
 *'''Enter a description.''' The description of the corporation can contain up to 4000 characters. Note that the description will be publicly viewable ingame, on EVE Gate, and on third-party websites. Giving some information on what the corporation does is a good idea, but don't be too specific (Listing "''Mining every Friday at 1900 in Rancer''" would be a bad idea). Many corporations list diplomatic contacts in their description.
+*'''Membership applications enabled.''' If this box is checked, other people will be able to apply to become a member of the corporation. Unchecking this box means no one will be able to apply until you enable it again later.
 Apart from the corporation name and ticker (which can never be changed), these settings can be changed quite easily later, so don't worry if you're not sure what to put there.
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 == Corporation Details Window  ==
-'''TODO'''
+==== Edit Details ====
+If you are CEO or director an "edit details" button will be visible at the bottom of the corporation details window. When clicking "edit details" button you will effectively get the same screen as when creating a corporation. From here the corporation logo, home page, tax rate, and description can be changed, and membership applications can be enabled or disabled. Changing the logo carries a fee of 100 isk (yes you read that right, one hundred isk) which will be taken from the corporation wallet.
+This screen does contain one thing which isn't listed when creating a corporation. It shows the member limit, which is the maximum number of members the corporation may have (excluding the CEO), and the races allowed, which depends on the Ethnic Relations skill of the CEO when the corporation was created or last updated. The member limit and races allowed do ''not'' automatically change when the CEO trains more corporation skills or when a new CEO is appointed. For the member limit and races allowed to be update, the CEO must click the "update with my skills" button. (This button is visible to directors, but can only be used by the CEO.)
+This means that even characters with low or even no corporation skills can become CEO of large corporations, as long as a previous CEO has updated the corporation with the proper skills. CEO's with low skills should take care not to accidentally click the update button; though no one will be expelled if the member limit is updated to below the current membership, no new members can be accepted until the membership has dropped below the limit.
 == Adding Members  ==