Faction Warfare

Faction Warfare is actually worth it now!

Faction warfare (aka FW) is a low sec warzone in eve that pits the four different NPC empire factions against each other, Gallente vs Caldari and Minmatar vs Amarr. While doing these sites, you get faction rep with the friendlies you fight along side, get Loyalty points (LP) rewards for protecting that side, and can make isk by turning that LP in.

This style of game play involves using (often small) ships to fight each other, usually in small gang style combat.  It takes some initial isk to join, but can be quite rewarding experience due to the amount of PVP.   It is usually considered better to join a player run corporation that is doing Faction Warfare instead of just the NPC run Faction Warfare Militias.

While your faction status goes up with your chosen ally, your faction status with the your enemies will go down.  If it goes below -5.0, the faction NPC police will shoot you.  Luckily, they web before they scram, so you can usually dodge them if you're just running away.  This can make shopping in Jita challenging, so using a Jita Alt is recommended if going against Caldari due to taxes and risk.  Repairing damaged faction takes a VERY long time.  Sisters of Eve Epic Arc can help somewhat, but only like a single point.

You cannot move safely AT ALL while in Faction Warfare.  You will be caught by enemy faction warfare players. If you are hauling stuff to the front lines, use an out of game alt or a Shipping service.  Any hauler undocking from jita while in faction warfare WILL die.

BTW, selling your LP is possible via doing the math yourself via the site of https://www.fuzzwork.co.uk/lpstore/ but watch out for low volume things.

Or you can sell to an LP Broker like Mr Tingla. He is trustworthy.   Can see how it works on https://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/s/O1qjG2TiXG and join his discord on https://discord.gg/rNXG2pVyj  

I have a fully well written guide below by Mr Tingla and Suhupow Billo.