I had read it on several forums before : )

It figures I looked at them the first time right on the 2nd...

I was in the uni from August to November of this year. Tax is 0.1% except during wartime, at which it is 100%.

Mining and missioning during wartime is not allowed as it gives the enemy easy kills.

You can drop corp and still have access to the chat channels/forums/classes which is the most valuable part of the uni anyway. Alliance and corp chat is only for forming fleets and requesting skillbooks and such, general chat is done in a passworded public channel so people in NPC corps don't miss out on having other unistas to talk to or get help from.

The uni has been at war the past couple days, and before that they were in another war that lasted 2 weeks.

 About the Egos in Eve.

Yeah, they are there, and they are quite stinky for sure.. My advice... Sap them dry for info., player tutorials, and secrets. Their egos are so big that they are overflowing, and they love to give great information, and they will gladly do it every time-- if you are humble enough when you approach them. After that, if they still bother you, just continue to build yourself up as efficiently as you can until you can become an EGO yourself. 

enjoy

K

There are problems with Eve Uni that mostly relate to the faildec's that they get nailed with here and there.

2 man moron corp decides to wardec the uni so they can freely pot-shot n00bs for ez-killz.

If those retards bothered to read the rules of the university they'd know that won't work out well for them.

War time rules:  Station spin unless you're in/joining a fleet.  No flying missions, no mining, etc...

The uni tends to lose about 120 or so members every wardec as folks step out for the duration of the war.  With ~1,300 members that's a small chunk of change and it lets those members continue their "peaceful" game play.

During war, the tax rate is set to 100% to discourage and help track those who are breaking the rules.  They track/monitor members.  Out of war -- the last "break" had it at 1% tax rate.

As such, many find the rules a bit nasty to live with but they are there for a reason.  At one point the uni had up to 8 or so different wardecs backlogged as the scum kept trying to nail newer players who were mission running, etc... so they eliminated all non-war related activities while a wardec is active.  So only war related fleet ops tend to go on while a war is in progress.

That generally leaves only the retarded PvP morons, that can't read the rules and see that they are enforced, as those who'll wardec the uni and there are still a good number of those idiots in the game so wardec's are fairly common, though not "quality" PvP types declaring them.  Only the pond-scum variety.

The uni has a lot of info and training to offer new players but, again, those war time rules are enforced and yeah, they do punt a few (dozens at times) who don't think that those API keys let them track who's following what rules or not.  They do track the members and do kick those who break the rules out with very little to no tolerance for rule violations.

If the rules work, they'll take anyone and they help out a lot -- free skill books up to 1m cost, sometimes half-price book deals for more expensive books, ships provided for wartime use, etc...  but it's follow the rules and that doesn't go over well with some.

I spent some time in EVE University as a student when I first started playing in early 2006, and maintained a friendly relationship with the Uni after I moved to lowsec to join a (completely awesome, IMO) pirate corporation.

EVE is a harsh game, and EVE University reflects that. It has its "Professor Snape" instructors, its "scary psychopath" instructors, and its "egocentric control freak" instructors. Not all of them are bubbly, cheerful, and unfailingly helpful... but that's a good thing, in my opinion. Keeps things interesting, keeps you on your toes, et cetera. And yes, if a student is particularly slow or dense, they'll catch a bit of abuse; if they're an idiot, they'll probably quit the game (but this would be true whether they joined EVE University or not).

Despite that (and/or because of it), EVE University is at heart a fine, trustworthy institution that will ultimately do right by its students. But you do have to behave as though you're a student — just like in a real-life military academy, if you smart off to the instructors or upperclassmen, try to become the center of attention, act in a disruptive manner, act like a know-it-all, or ignore the rules, bad things can happen.

Most of all, be patient, be flexible, be earnest, and go with the flow. Don't freak out and try not to get discouraged. And as always in EVE, getting blown up is part of the learning process.