Leaving EVE University: Difference between revisions

<blockquote>'''''Hi and Bye Forum post 10/3/11 - by Butane Bob'''''</blockquote><blockquote>''Whilst I totally respect the decision of anyone wishing to leave the Uni for the coming war (or any other war for that matter) - I would request that any new player who has not had previous war experience to read this before making their mind up <br> I joined Eve Uni back in 2009 - my own experience of Eve at the time had been doing the tutorials, a bit of mining and running a few level 1 missions. I joined the Uni hoping to learn more about the crazy Universe that is New Eden. However within a couple of days of doing so the Uni was war dec'd and I was forced to sit in the station and twiddle my virtual thumbs (or so I thought at the time). Due to my utter frustration at not being able to play my game I dropped from the Uni and soon after left Eve completely feeling that there was no way I could ever get myself up the horrendous learning curve without the Uni's help.''</blockquote><blockquote>''Towards the end of last year I resubbed - jumped back into the Uni after 3 weeks patiently waiting in the queue, and lo and behold found myself straight back into another war. I decided this time to observe more carefully what was going on. <br> I had previously had no idea about war fleets forming, that during wartime it is crucial to keep an eye out for alliance chat going flashy, and what x'ing up was all about. I had not waited long enough to find out previously and what a mistake this had been. What I actually discovered was that wartime is a fantastic opportunity to learn about arguably the most exciting aspect of Eve Online i.e. fleet based PvP. You really need to know very little at all to take part, but it is well worth it.''</blockquote><blockquote>'''''Here is a rough guide:'''<br> '''1.''' Explain in corp chat that you are a new player and can you please have a frigate and the modules to fit it out for tackling - don’t worry if you don’t even know what this means! (essentially stopping the enemy warping away, like the root/mezz/stun mechanic in fantasy mmo's, and can be done successfully with very little in the way of skills – for a more detailed guide search for tackling in the wiki) <br> '''2.''' Watch for the alliance chat tab flashing. Have a look in alliance - you should see something like this - 'scouts convo me please', nothing for 5 minutes, 'leadership x up' a few x's and a strange series of numbers will appear - at some point after this there will be a call for tacklers to 'x up' - put an x in alliance chat followed by t (for tackler) and frig (for frigate) i.e. type '''x t frig''' <br> '''3.''' You should then be invited to a fleet and when you accept will be placed in a new chat window (fleet chat) - ask in fleet chat which mumble channel to join and then await further instructions. You should then be invited to another chat window for your squad. <br> '''4.''' A few minutes later you will be asked to warp to the POS - don’t worry if you don’t know where this is, just ask - once you have got there you can bookmark it for future excursions <br> '''5.''' Await further instructions, and proceed to enjoy your new career as a full time Uni wartime pilot - as the adrenaline builds at this point you will be so glad you didn’t drop so you could carry on mining, I can assure you <br>''</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote>  

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