Originally posted by Eluwien

Originally posted by Isturi

I was just wondering is it possible to play EVE successfully playing only solo or rogue for that matter and not joining any Corporations? Have players done this? Could a player have a lucrative career?

 

Yes it is possible to play EVE online completely alone, and if you like it that way, you can call it succesfull.

You should start by doing missions to any combat - type agent, while training towards Frigates lvl5, Covert Op frigates, Interceptors and Assault frigates and their weaponry. 1st step of your career is obtaining a Covert Op frigate of your race, and equip it with a cloak ( http://www.eve-wiki.net/index.php?title=Cloaking_device ) This shouldn't take more than 14 days. You should reach lvl2 missions, and do them with assault frigate.

At this point you should read about combat avoidance, flying in 0.0 , living in NPC 0.0 region, and how to get Angel Cartel (or any other pirate faction) missions. ( http://www.eve-wiki.net/index.php?title=Angel_Cartel ) . When you have read about these thnigs, you should fly to the region of your Pirate Faction, do their missions, get enough money to buy their ships and learn in practice about things you just read about.

While doing all this, you should absolutely not engage in any PVP. Use your Covert Ops frigate cloaked to observe others and learn from them. Observe gate trafic, gate fights, how small ships manouver, and watch all the videos of EVE Is Easy - web page. When you reach skills and money to buy 5 Assault Frigates/interceptors with all Tech 2 level modules, you should anyway buy 50 Rifters and fit them with Tech 1 modules and lose them purposefuly on mindless engagements before using your T2 fit ships.

After you've lost 50x T1 ships, and fought bravely in at least 10 victories with your T2 ships, you might consider upgrading to a Pirate Faction ship and confidently roam solo. Congrats, you're now confident PVP solo pirate.

 

This is about 2 months long crash course straight into the solo PVP world of EVE. You will find out about gazillion other paths and things you could do, but if you want to solo, Pirate Faction frigates and cruisers are the way to go, living in NPC 0.0 is the harshest (and most opportunity rich) environment to learn everything, and if you go this way you'll come out as steel hard PVP'er who is not welcome anywhere but in a good way (to you).

Later when your player skill evolves you'll upgrade to Tech 3 Cruisers and train your self an alt to fly a Falcon and Mindlinked T3 Booster, you'll "solo" small gangs with these and can basically kill anyone 1 on 1, other than another "solo" pirate with same tools =)

 

Wow Ty for the info very helpful. It seems we have a few solo players from this thread cool.

Originally posted by Gdemami

 

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Originally posted by Robsolf

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Originally posted by dave6660 Yes it's possible but you'd be missing out on the best parts of Eve. Also If you intend on PvPing then expect to lose a lot.

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Pretty much this.

 

Stay out of low-nullsec unless you're tired of not being blown up.  But like others say, without a corp you're missing out on alot of what makes this game special.

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Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcRAx-uwk40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAmZ90qoRzk&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zkvDDCpDjo&feature=relmfu

Again, nobody said it was impossible just expect to lose a lot.  As a beginner it will be more frequent too.

Most players roam in groups so a solo player will have to run more often than not.  Flying in a group will open many more possibilities.

Originally posted by Deleted User

I was just wondering is it possible to play EVE successfully playing only solo or rogue for that matter and not joining any Corporations? Have players done this? Could a player have a lucrative career?

The short answer is that yes it is possible, but be aware that you will be playing EVE on "hard mode" if you do this. EVE can be kind of lonely if you have no one to talk to.

well playing eve solo is possible been doing it my self.

maybe not what a recommend to a new player.

I started out in 0 0 sector  :)

Originally posted by Jakdstripper
very possible, you'll just be doing  A LOT of hiding and running away.

This.  It can be a ton of fun though.  If you want to get kills, forget it.  Lots of ways to get rich though.  Did it for years and had a blast but I was running two or three accounts.  Prospering in spite of tons of skilled players constantly trying to kill you is fun... for me at least.  Occasional frustrated pirate rants in local are a bonus :)

Originally posted by Deleted User

I was just wondering is it possible to play EVE successfully playing only solo or rogue for that matter and not joining any Corporations? Have players done this? Could a player have a lucrative career?

It will be hard, however there are many corps out there than can help you. It's best to find one that suits your playstyle as well if you want to get in on the action at the beginning if you like PvPing. Using the official EvE forums will be your best bet as well.

I just recently got back into the game a couple months ago and just getting acclimated back to EvE basics took a bit, but if you put your time in and love the game for what it is, your going to have some serious fun. Find a good corp, it will make you feel like you can make a difference.

Originally posted by P4YB4CK

Originally posted by Deleted User

I was just wondering is it possible to play EVE successfully playing only solo or rogue for that matter and not joining any Corporations? Have players done this? Could a player have a lucrative career?

It will be hard, however there are many corps out there than can help you. It's best to find one that suits your playstyle as well if you want to get in on the action at the beginning if you like PvPing. Using the official EvE forums will be your best bet as well.

I just recently got back into the game a couple months ago and just getting acclimated back to EvE basics took a bit, but if you put your time in and love the game for what it is, your going to have some serious fun. Find a good corp, it will make you feel like you can make a difference.

Did you even read what he asked?

In EVE its hard to do anything alone really and by alone I mean with 1 character. You need an alt or two to make "solo" life in New Eden some what profitable + it saves you alot of time. Industry/Exploring/Missioning, every career could use some help.

So yes, its possible to find solitude among the starts but it kinda brakes the idea of a MMO dont you think? It ultimately comes down to preferences but I enjoy meeting folks from other cultures. And as a non-native english speaker its fun and educational to communicate over voice comms :)

You also save money by making friends rather than new accounts ^^

Yes it is.

Never joined a player corp in Eve and it was fun.