EVE General Discussion

I woulda said that, but I remembered the guy's name isn't MasterMINDguy...and chaos ensued.

I play solo, and I wouldn't put any of that crap in the game. I just don't have the playtime to play in a group without pissing them off because of lack of participation.

ways on how casual/solo players deal with people in a MMORPG:

1 - **** You, I'm doing my ****.

There is this thing. It's called a Subjective Opinion.

For realzz.

But you KNOW if they allow images again, the flood of ponies....omg......

Care to show me where Solo or Causal play is not allowed in EvE or any other MMORPG.
You do understand that MMO does not mean not solo play correct?

I agree they should not ask for thing to be made easier for solo players but you to suggest that solo play or causal play is not a valid form of gaming, then your just an idiot. WOW is more popular then EVE and makes more money then EVE could ever dream of and that is because of how easy Solo play is. So you are wrong from a business stand point.

CCP is a business, if making it more solo and causal friendly is going to make them more money, then they are going to do it because CCP is a business and business is about making money.

Whatever, man. If you're interested in finding solutions to your proposed problems, start pointing out solutions. I sincerely doubt CCP is going to cater exclusively to the solo carebear. They're pretty smart people. Think of it this way... if this game has so much information that it is difficult to explain its complexity, how much brain power do you think it'd take to manage that information?

Also consider that forum posts are voluntary responses, which means you cannot rely on them as an example of the population of Eve. They're just a vocal subset.

Cull the weak, feed the strong and watch them eat each other. Seems like Eve in all aspects. I've never felt bitter about being at a disadvantage because I'm outnumbered. Rules of nature, man.

Except when I lost my fighters to a bug that CCP has still not responded to my petition about. Bastages.

Mining ships are too weak, give every mining barge some hp in hull. Today T1 fitted destroyer can destroy them (tech1), thats too harsh. Make miner noobs protected just a little, who the hell wants to be reapetedly ganked by 1 destroyer, loosing milions of isc in strip miners and rigs just for some noob in destroyer, who is trigger happy.

i play casually, and for the most part, i play solo. on occassion i'll go out with some friends and shoot at other people, and either win or lose. i know quite a few people in the game, and it would be relatively easy for me to get into one of the major nullsec powerblocs and experience 'that' type of gameplay again

I used to have lots of time to play the game, and i took a perverse pleasure in blowing people up, seeing how much isk damage i could do in a 24 hour period, got my kill/loss ratio to a reasonably good level. then, as innevitably happens, i got a job, got married, and found i no longer had the time to play 'that stupid spaceship game' (as my missus delicately puts it) for 6-8 hours a day

So, i cancelled the sub on my PvP toon, took my isk, and started manufacturing. It was an aspect of the game i had not really delved into, and i was of the opinion only socially incompetent risk averse morons actually did it. However, 12 months, 1 child, and 50 billion isk later, i can safely say, in my opinion, manufacturing, playing the markets and amassing what by any definition is a small fortune, carebears aren't morons. and casual carebears even less so

sure, mining is boring, missions get tiresome after 15 minutes, incursions are no fun either. what amuses me is that you (random nullsec entity) will sell your moon goo to me for what you think is a competitive price, and i will sell it back to you after turning it into something useful, and pocket a good chunk of isk. you will then get it blown up, and buy another from me, fit it with my guns, and fire my ammunition, every time you die, you make me richer

sure, it would be nice if mining ships (hulks) were a bit tougher, industrials weren't made out of paper, and those nasty suicide gankers would just leave me alone, but while they may think ganking a freighter with 1 bill plus in the hold is a big deal, for me it would be a minor inconvenience, a little blip affecting my bottom line. I'm not alone when it comes down to it.
Suicide ganking, while inconvenient (and currenty there being quite literally no defence against it) is something that happens to only a small minority of players, and has very little impact on the transport of goods

I brave losec in a jump freighter when there is a firesale after alliance XY or Z has cascade failed, and buy up ships and modules on the cheap (suckers) i will routinely sell ships in 'hotzones' in losec, or brave NPC nullsec to make a quick buck, but the majority of my time is spent, quite literally, docked up doing not much. setting invention or copy jobs, filling manufacturing slots and PI takes at most 10-15 minutes a day, i run twice weekly runs to jita to buy/sell stuff. once or twice a month i will set buy orders for minerals to save me having to mine them myself When all is said and done, i can personally supply large corps or small alliances with all the materials they need to wage war, lay claim to moons, set up POCO's, and i can do it, solo.

yes, i'm a war proffiteer, yes i probably have more isk than most of you, and yes, absolutely, i'm a casual solo carebear