Leaving my corp
Posted By The Nude Nerd on May 28, 2009
I’ve got really tired of my corp lately, so I’ve decided to leave. When I joined them I thought they were a good fit for me – adults only group, mature, fairly focused and somewhat newbie friendly at first. Then came the war decs. Don’t get me wrong, I dont’ have an issue with war decs. I know they are a big part of Eve. I left my last corp because of how they responded to war decs – they told everyone they must remain docked up or they would shoot you. I’m sorry but I don’t pay $15 a month to sit in a station waiting around for a war to end.
Originally my current corp appealed to me because of how they said they responded to war decs – they would fleet up and fight. The first war dec that came in about a month ago, this turned out fine. We fought a few engagements and after the week was up the group moved on. The current war dec has been very different though – it’s essentially a group that just tries to pick on the weak, single targets with their better skills and better ships. Any time we bring a significant force against them, they start playing the lame station docking games. I’ve only lost one industrial that was my own stupid fault.
The problem isn’t this group that is picking on our weak though. It’s how their response has differed with the current war targets. Essentially, we are expected to always fleet up whenever we are doing any missioning or mining. That wouldn’t bother me so much… if I could actually get into a fleet. Quite a few times, I’ve asked repeatedly for a couple hours if any groups were out doing missions. Either I get no response… or I get a response that basically means I’m not wanted. I understand that some people may not want to split the isk/loot from their level 4 missions that they can solo. But if that’s true… then don’t come on the forums and bitch at people for going off to do their own thing. I moved my Hulk out of the area the war targets were camping regularly, so I could still earn some decent isk. Apparently, I shouldn’t have done this… I suppose I should just sit in station a couple hours each night, waiting for the chance to get in a fleet.
Did I mention the fact that a few people even mentioned that they will not provide “protection” for us miners that are only mining for ourselves? Forget the fact that the corp uses Mining Buddy to do payouts for mining ops, and these same people could easily get paid by joining up? Forget the fact that they could earn isk for doing nothing more than sitting on a gate, watching local for flashing red, while the miners and haulers are actually working? Sure… mining is not all that much work, but it’s a damn lot more work than sitting watching local.
Apparently I should also be spending all my gaming hours in a fleet that does nothing but sit in the same system the war targets are in, docked in station and talking crap in local. I’ve done this multiple times and let me tell ya… it gets boring, FAST. Of course, because I quit doing this over the past week, because I’ve basically been ignoring the “war that isn’t a war”, I’m not supporting the corp. I’m some carebear miner that won’t help my corpmates. Pfft… obviously you missed the fact that I have 2 accounts, one for mining/production and one that is developing my PvP character. Obviously, you missed the fact that I’ve participated in several 0.0 roams – you missed the fact that the first 2 weeks of the war, I spent quite a bit of time in these fleets that sit for hours.
The straw that really broke the camels back for me though was looking at the forums today and seeing someone say that they will not invite someone to their mission fleet that is not in Vent. I have Vent and it works. But if my wife is watching TV behind me… you yelling, or laughing, or acting drunk means she can’t hear. I don’t like wearing the headphones, especially due to those things I just mentioned. So if my wife is asleep on the couch, then no… I’m not hopping on Vent to listen to you talk about useless junk.
I pay to play Eve the way I want to play it. So if you’re going to bitch and moan about how I’m not supporting your precious corp… well, I can find somewhere elseto play. o7
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