My robot is not a person,i would hate to see a bunch of robots standing around chatting bubbles of text, next step then would be for robots to have emotes and literally do the robot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-_iUHY8RBs

With the size of the thread im pretty sure the devs have noticed or very soon will notice the issue brought up. Feralus  highlighted the important points. Im just worried because they have stated this will be available to full accounts,but they have not stated for a fact that it will be available to all countries. A limited release, special bonus, would not sit well with those left out. I too hope and want to think that this is not really an issue,that they have already thought of this and simply just left it out maybe assuming it to be an obvious consequence with no need for clarification after making it available to all accounts.

Yeah if this can be used on any account,but only if you are an american, i think its just not acceptable.
The fact that the kickstarter edition in its original form was/is american only must put off alot of the non-us potential players looking at the game.

I would say i find the bots to be reasonably balanced they all have different roles.
Down the road you will eventually be a good canditate for wrecking tons of havoc on a guy like me who is a medium range,missile bot. Your bot is generally going to be faster than mine, and largely resistant to my type of damage wheras i am the most vulnerable to your type.

Im sure lots of corps might take you under their wing both big and old aswell as new and small.
Best tip i can give is to post in the recruitment forum,expain a little about who you are and what you wanna do ingame and it will be great advertising for you and help you get in touch with corps that you might not otherwise find an easy way to contact(and vice versa).

Most likely if you went into PvP with a corp you would get a tackler (thats a light electronic warfare bot) for you that would be the one called "cameleon" and then they might give you a demobilizer,ECM and some other equipment.

This bot is very,very fast and can catch up to pretty much any other robot very quickly.
Demobilizer reduces the speed of the targeted robot and ECM breaks their lock so they have to relock again possibly shutting down their ability to fire completly at best.
This can allow a team to catch up and safely engage an otherwise superior opponent. And this you can basically do with a day old character,and certainly with a week or two of EP to spend ontop of that.

Theres also modules that you can wear to increase range,modules others can wear to increase your range,reduce locking time etc.. Also the higher end robots like the assault for smaller bots and the mech/heavy mech, or the MK2 version (1 more head slot 1 more leg slot) of the cameleon allows you to customize more and further improve.

Also the bigger bots and more high end weapons,and certain extensions, will increase your range much,much further in time.

About the corp thing,i do believe most corporations recruit both new and veteran players alike mostly looking for capable people. The hard thing ,in my opinion, might be getting noticed and getting in touch with the people in the respective corps who basically do the recruiting. Thats why i recommend posting in the recruitment forum because you make a good impression writing here and im sure you would make the same impression if you wrote there, and that allows recruiters to notice you and get in touch with you instead.

Btw as a blue bot you do your best damage against green NPC and player bots so even if you may have a slight disadvantage in range,once you close that gap, hit spacebar ( fires all available weapon modules ) and you can basically just yell "Boom headshot!" If its a low tier NPC bot.

Here is a good website for some basic info and video guides by a player named Gremrod;
http://gremrod.wordpress.com/
Wich also links to a Guide by a player named Zotarg Calltar:
http://www.benfee.de/Temp/Zortarg%27s_G … il2012.pdf
If the page doesnt load, access it from Gremrods blog, it is on the front page and to your right.

Some info may be a little outdated but generally its spot on.
But if you have trouble with NPC's ,especially yellow ones? Try to find green,and if not that,other blue ones that you can engage. Use a small repair module to keep your armor up. If you find you have not too much problem with distance and speed you can fit an armor plate and a repair module,or simply fit two small repair modules but bear in mind it will drain your accumulator wich if it hits zero will prevent any module including weapons from working while it charges up.

I have never actually played a blue combat bot,but if i did,thats what i would do to start out and see how my accumulator handles it. Of course,the repair modules dont have to constantly run but can be activated when needed, and you can also back off after a kill or a few kills to regain your accumulator or repair your health. So long as you dont run into situations where in a single fight you risk death, or module shutdown due to too much pressure on your accumulator capacity.

You can experiment against the generic and weak npcs, or just by running the modules outside a terminal to see how long it takes for your accumulator to go empty,if it does.

If you cant finish a fight against NPC's that you shoud be able to,then you have to either change your modules,or change what you are fighting against untill the odds favour you.
For the advanced stuff you can actually bring a certain type of scanner module that scans bots,bring it to the spawn you intend to attack and scan the robots to see their weaknesses and what they are using so you can go back the terminal,take out the scanner and "suit up" to counter it.

Farming anything above the lower tier npcs may be very hard to begin with especially untill you learn what different bots do and wich ones are weak to your faction,you may encounter E-war npcs together with other bots and get slown down,have your lock broken and get beat up. But you will also learn from it when it happens. Probobly has happened to everyone.

Also this may be self-explanatory but even against a stronger opponent you can still walk away more or less unharmed by hiding behind terrain,plants,walls etc and popping out to fire and ducking back behind terrain again. This is very usefull against both players and npc's but easier to use against npc's as they generally just come right at you or run straight away from you, theres not alot of terrain awareness in their movement. A simple plant may shield you from an attack. Be ready though that the plant or tree may be blown away,a structure will remain.

If you have more questions dont hesitate to write here or in the game chat.

Edit:
If the grammar is a little off somewhere its because its 4AM here in Sweden and while im more or less fluent in english it becomes a handicap when youre either drunk or tired cause you write without thinking. Had to edit 3 times already to correct absolutely *** misstakes.

Yeah the way the spawns are now one might think the syndicate has won the war for the planet and its resources already.

Im somewhere inbetween being a new guy and being a veteran. I played the game in last stages of beta,Early access and maybe 6 weeks more before taking a break and coming back just two weeks ago roughly.

The game now is different,more complex,and even though i had the advantage of some previous experience and a lot of skillpoints to spend i still found that the number one thing, now aswell as in the beta, was to join a corporation.
First of all it gives you greater and safer access to all areas of the game aswell as possible gear and or bots to use permanently or borrow for mining/combat etc.

But most important of all is the fact that usually you have a veteran miner,pvper,e-war guy, someone whos good at green bots,someone who knows yellow bots well etc.. If you are new to the game this is a huge help. You will be able to not only get on advice on what you might find the most fun to play but also what the best and fastest way for you to get to where you want to be.

Plus most corporations ( well,all i think? ) run Teamspeak or similiar voice chats and its just great to talk to the people you are playing with and have some laughs that makes the tedious stuff fun. I find that often when im taking a short break from the game just to eat a sandwich or maybe read something interesting on the net i stay on the voice chat and talk. Just makes for a much more enjoyable game experience.

So if you decide to sub after your trial ends i recommend you post in the agent recruitment forum and join a corporation as that will open the game up so much more for you. In the beginning it will be a lot to take in but just try to find what role you want for your first character and find out as much as you can about that,and all the other stuff will fall into place along the way eventually. If you dont understand what the miners talk about as a combat character it wont affect you much and eventually you will understand it and vice versa.

As for the two or more accounts thing. I have three atm but pretty much only use 1 regularly.
In large scale PvP i *may* use 1 follow bot with remote sensor amps ( Increase locking range,reduce locking time for a friendly target ). I use this on my main bot so he can equip other modules and not have to wear sensor amps of his own.

When i dont do this i can often find someone else in a large group to do the same thing for me. And if i think i wont and if i think locking time and range will be a problem i sacrifice a tuner module or two (increased damage and critical hit %) to wear my own sensor amps and its no big deal.

Certainly running more than one account has it perks but thats all it is too,especially once you join a corporation.
With only one account you simply provide what ever it is you specialized in,and the things that you require to do that will most likely be provided for you.

Best of luck!

When i came back i first posted on the forum in the corporation section to get myself updated on who were still around etc. I also entertained some offers to join corps and tried to make good relations with everyone i talked to and eventually decided on joining with the guy/corp who explained a set of mind and style of play that sounded exactly like what i wanted to have.

And a few days into the game again i have had a blast the entire time. Yes,watching miners mine is a blast because we keep it fun on TS and sometimes i gotta mute that *** to catch my breath lol.

Also ICS-Alpha is no longer the center of the market universe. On alpha if you want a market its on "Tellesis" thats where you will find stuff. But join a corp my friend, and you will find everything except maybe good NPC spawns im still having trouble finding a good nice fat yellow one as a green bot (that is in a place i would like to go).

Hey,you're welcome ;D

This is quite brilliant i hope DEV's take heed!

But it allows your character to grow ,albeit slowly, while you are away. Thereby giving you less of an "Oh *** im so far behind i might aswell not even try" when you come back.
I dont really care about plex cause it wont work in perp, that doesnt mean you cant take inspiration from it and try to work out some sort of middleground. If i could pay 20 million nic while im away for 3 months ( bad example but whatever,its just to prove a point ) and during that time earn say 3-6 weeks worth of EP i would certainly be more inclined and happier aswell to return to the game. I would not feel as far behind as i otherwise might.

Agree to disagree though i guess,as you seem to have more experience with eve and prefer their solution. I just dont think perpetuum would be able to make ends meet financially if we all bought our subs with NIC.

Not having read all the previous replies i had the followig though:
Since EVE is EVE and Perp is perp the plex-system does not have to be the same.
How about we had a halfway plex system in perp where you could pay (a hefty sum i should assume) to have your account active in such a way as that you still earn EP (albeit in a much slower fashion than an actual subscription). You would also not be able to actually play using this type of plex system. To actually play,you would need to subscribe.

Just throwing it out there,what say you?

Thank you Khader Khan i will reply to you aswell (In PM too). I appreciate everyone who approaches me with information and/or invitations as it helps be get a better view of how the game has changed and who i might belong with. I wont mention anything that has been said in PM's here but you and another player have both PM'd me and the content of your messages slightly relate to each other,in a positive way ( i think ).

I am not making any choices atm but i am happy to talk and also tell a bit about myself so i dont end up in a group where i can not contribute as expected. Im also eager to learn what,if anything,has changed in terms of how PvP,warfare and island control is handled!