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Chat Channels for New Players
New players often find the huge amount of information that EVE University offers hard to scan and digest. One way to get help with this is by talking to other E-Uni members in chat. There are a variety of chat channels available, but these are the ones most useful to new members.
- Public - The channel is open to anyone, just go to Social > Channels in your game interface, type the channel name into the box and click "join".
- Password - You need to be an E-Uni member to join the channel. The link will take you to the E-Uni formum post that provides the password.
- Private - You need to contact a manager or officer to be admitted to the channel. Usually, you can find the name of this person at the web site that displays the chat channel (at the High Sec Campus, page, for example, for HSC.E-Uni) - and you can send this person and in game email. If you have problems or question, just ask about it in Chat.E-Uni or Q&A.E-Uni and someone will help you out.
1. Chat.E-Uni (Password)
2. Q&A.E-Uni (Password)
3. HSC.E-Uni (or LSC.E-Uni or NSC.E-Uni or WHC.E-Uni) (Send in-game email to campus manager to join the channel.)
4. Lecture.E-Uni (Public)
Also useful as you learn more about the game are:
5. Alliance (You find this under Systems Channels in the Channel Window.)
6. Corp (You find this under Systems Channels in the Channel Window.)
7. Liveintel.ILN (Very private password. Ask in Q&A.E-Uni for more information.)
The mailing list, Classes.E-UNI, is also very useful. It will send you a weekly EVE email listing the E-Uni classes being offered that week. This is a really good way to find courses that you might want to join. To get on this list, open the Mail Window, click "Add Mailing List" at the bottom left of the window, and type in the name of the list. There are other useful lists, but you will find them as you join campuses and organizations within E-Uni.
defcon
I think I remember a day or two of Peace awhile back, but generally we seem to be always at war, and so the IVY Defense Status tends to permanently display DEFCON 2. If the DEFCON never changes, then after awhile people begin to just assume that the level is 2, and the system loses its immediacy. This proposal is intended to make the DEFCON categories more useful.
The general idea is that while DEFCONs 5 and 1 would still represent the endpoints of Peace and Apocalypse, 3 would represent "no change in the ongoing war status" and 2 and 4 would represent changing conditions, up and down. So 3 would be normal, and 2 or 4 would come up whenever Warring Alliances were added or removed.
DEFCON 5 - PEACE
Keep an eye out and always be careful, but at least there are no War Targets today.
DEFCON 4 - AT WAR: Decreasing Danger
We are still at War, but one or more enemies have recently dropped out. Please check the Alliance chat and update your information.
DEFCON 3 - NORMAL WAR ONGOING
One or more wars from small groups are in progress. Significant hostile actions are unlikely - however, you can be fired upon anywhere in space; so please be cautious, especially around Campus HQs and trade hubs.
DEFCON 2 - AT WAR: Increasing Danger
Additional wars have recently been declared but have not yet taken effect. Please check the Alliance chat, update your information base to include the new War Targets, and increase your vigilance.
DEFCON 1 - MAJOR WAR IN PROGRESS
A widespread War with an active and powerful enemy is live. Military action is under way right now, and you should watch for War Targets at all times.
In general, neither Peace nor Major War is expected. The normal state of affairs is DEFCON 3, one or more ongoing limited conflicts that require caution but not a full blown response.
Changes in the normal state usually come about when one or more wars end, or when one or more alliances add to the declared wars list. DEFCON 2 and 4 would indicate that such changes were underway. After a period of time at either DEFCON 2 or 4, the status would automatically drop back to DEFCON 3 to reflect the new normal.
Presumably a Major War would require extraordinary measures, and a jump to DEFCON 1 would be accompanied by a broadcast message from the Leadership. The last time we had Peace, everyone was talking about it a day before it happened; so there's no problem there.
ADDENDUM
Although the original cold war language of the Defcon system is accurate, a more icon-oriented public information approach might be more effective.
DEFCON 5
Peace
No WTs! Go, go go!
DEFCON 4
At War: Decreasing Danger
But don't be a sitting duck.
DEFCON 3
Normal War Ongoing
Plan and scan. Watch your back.
DEFCON 2
At War: Increasing Danger
DEFCON 1
Major War in Progress
