Join Dropbears 2015

Yes, like a luxury car, or... any car, this latest Dropbears recruitment post is branded 2015 even though it's still 2014, so that you can feel like your product is up to date for up to a whole year after it's expired. So, if you're interested in learning about Dropbears and what we do, and exploring the depths of our hole and many others, read on. If not, what are you doing here, go mine something or whatever.

 

Who are Dropbears?

 

Dropbears Anonymous is a place for chill dudes to be chill, and we’re always looking for more chill dudes to chill with. We are other things, too, but above all, we are a group of friends just hanging out and not taking things too seriously.

 

That being said, we play EVE on hardmode. Wormhole space is the most inhospitable of EVE space, welcoming only to those who embrace the challenge. In short, it sucks. But it can pay off, if you put out. Slut.

 

BAERS was founded out of the dream that if you go hard enough in the paint, even newbies can survive and thrive get dank frags in wormhole space. We started out as a lowly newbie c2 corporation in June 2013, and since then we have learned, fought, and lucked our way into the legendary Class 6 system J105934, aka Nova.

 

We will always remain true to our newbie roots, with skill plans and SP requirements that most high class wormhole corporations would consider obscenely low, and designed specifically so that the newest of newbies possible can participate in wormhole PVP in a meaningful, even powerful way.

 

Even though we are newbie friendly, that doesn’t mean life is easy. Wormhole space means taking initiative, doing your own scouting, and creating your own content. A 2 month old newbie who scans constantly is more valuable than a 3 year vet who only logs on for pings.

...and what do we do? 

Our daily life consists of scanning chains, rage rolling, and blops dropping for content. For the newbies, that means scanning wormhole connections until you find a PVP or PVE fleet out in space, and then forming a fleet to fight or gank them, among other things. Rage rolling is forming a fleet and repeatedly collapsing your static to roll into a carebear operation. Combining blops with wormholes means that you can appear anywhere in nullsec to hunt ratters. On weekends we like to do evictions and/or logoff traps of wormhole corporations that refuse to PvP.

 

We teach and encourage members to be self-reliant when it comes to making ISK as a wormholer, whether it be solo or small gang site running in the chain, PI, or out of hole activities like DED sites, incursioning or market PvP.

 

Above all, we are dedicated to three things: chilling out with space friends, empowering newbies, and turning those newbies into a wormhole PvP powerhouse. We don’t always succeed, but goddamn if we don’t look stylish failing.

 

Who can join?

 

Anyone who isn’t a douche, tool, or sperg. We have a very low minimum SP threshold, but above all, we look for people who are:

1. Chill

2. Creative

3. Intelligent

 

Whether you are a 2 month old newbie or a 6 year bittervet, our standards are the same. Be a fun person to hang out with who doesn’t take the game or himself too seriously. Show initiative, be someone who seeks out content and knowledge. Be eager to learn. Game knowledge is not important, but the ability to understand instructions and learn new things definitely is. If you can’t grasp basic concepts the fifth time they are explained, wormhole space isn’t for you.

 

Minimum SP

 

We’ve gone back to our roots and stripped down our SP requirements, so if you were told to train up and come back later, you may want to try again. We want to focus on who you are, not what your EVE character can do. So, these are the bargain basement skill requirements that are essential to you enjoying and growing in wormholes.

 

To check if you meet these requirements, join our public fleet-up, STAHP, and browse to the newbie doctrines section.

 

1. Fly one ship from each of our two main doctrines, OR ANY DICTOR OR INTERCEPTOR

 

Grizzly doctrine (Armor T3s) (Fly one or more)

 

Newbie boats:

-Augoror

-Exequoror

-Prophecy

-Vigilant

-Brutix

-Armageddon

-Augoror Navy Issue

-Stabber Fleet Issue

 

Mainline boats:

-Legion

-Tengu

-Proteus

-Loki

-Guardian

 

Utility boats:

-Falcon or Curse

-Any interdictor

-Devoter or Phobos

-Eos, Astarte, Damnation, or Absolution

 

Ishtar doctrine (…Ishtars) (Fly one or more)

Newbie boats:

-Scythe

-Vexor Navy Issue

-Caracal

-Stabber Fleet Issue

-Bellicose

 

Mainline boats:

-Ishtar

-Scimitar

-Cerberus

-Vagabond

 

Utility boats

-Falcon, Curse, Lachesis, or Huginn

-Any dictor

-Any interceptor

 

2. Basic Scanning/utility Skills

Astrometrics 4

Astrometric Acquisition 3

Astrometric Pinpointing 3

Astrometric Rangefinding 3

Cloaking 4

Salvaging 3

 

3. Basic Core Skills

Power Grid Management 5

CPU Management 5

Hull Upgrades 4

Shield Upgrades 3

Tactical Shield Manipulation 3

Shield Management 3

Shield Operation 3

Weapon Upgrades 4

Capacitor Management 3

Capacitor Systems Operation 4

 

4. An assortment of remaining support skills

 

Which are outlined in our minimum req plan.

 

Holy fuck, look at that. No t2 tank of any kind, no covops, no t3, no t2 even. What the fuck are we thinking? Well, we're thinking that a good 'ceptor pilot makes the difference between kills and no kills. A good dictor pilot can win a fight. Hell, a t1 logi can hold reps long enough for us to clear off some DPS and get some kills. We've learned that even in wormhole space, a newbie who will learn, listen, and follow orders, can be a powerful asset.

 

So, how do I apply?

 

Join our public channel in game, Dropbears Anonymous. Read the instructions in the MOTD. You may at some point receive a form (the legendary). Put effort into filling it out. I know that our recruiters would rather invite a newbie who shows effort than a titan pilot who can't be bothered to spell or write more than a sentence.

From there, you're waiting for us to clear off the huge backlog of dudes clamoring to get in. In the mean time, join a STAHP fleet to learn about wormholes while making ISK, and start working on the Dropbears Skill Plan.
 

Good luck.