EVE General Discussion

Depending on price of your ship and implants. Probably you should try something cheaper until you'll get used to PvP.

Also you might want to create an alt with zero skills and fly around null/low to create initial EVE PvP adrenaline rush immunity.

Also you better start PvPing a lot now. Do not wait till your character is older and start. CCP rewards its older and loyal players by taking a rusty, spiked mace and shove it repeatedly up your butt as a way to say 'Thank You'. Specifically the clone upgrade cost.

No its not normal, you are either too immature to control yourself while playing a video game or you need medical assistance.

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**** like this happens when you have real opponent to fight not just an AI .... .sometimes when you beat a real opponent you get another reaction in your pants.....


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I think an elevated heart rate is quite normal AT FIRST. You need to learn to calm down and think clearly because your emotions will screw you up. I think the Japanese call it "satori". You approach a life and death battle with business-like emotions.

I look at it as being no different than performing a musical instrument in front of an audience. If your emotions are rampant, you are far more likely to screw up. If you are calm, you can focus and execute much better.

I am not known for PvP in EvE, but I PvP in many other games, currently and in the past. That elevated heart rate is a big part of the reason people PvP and usually called "adrenaline rush". Simultaneously, too much of that and you'll forget all your practice/training and blow it.

My first solo fight had my hands shaking, heart beating, breathing heavily. It lasted ages because i was in a maelstrom, after about 2 minutes of that adrenaline rush my arms actually felt heavy, i could barely click the mouse anymore. the fight lasted 5 minutes or so, and left me exhausted. Adrenaline is a hell of a drug, and while i am a little embarrassed that a mere computer game could do that to me, it sure was fun. :)

I am afraid an increased heart rate during PVP can only mean cancer. Time to start cooking meth.

There is one thing you should know about the Adrenaline Rush. Not everyone gets it. That is they get the adrenaline, but not the feeling of euphoria after.

The Rush is a good felling one gets with and after a burst of adrenaline associated with an exciting experience, like PvP combat. Not everyone gets The Rush. Some get no pleasure from adrenaline, and some actually feel bad or sick from it. According to Dr. Drew Pinsky, the difference between these people is genetic. You are born to get The Rush, or you are not. The result is some players will not enjoy PvP and actively seek to avoid it, and no amount of game tweaking will change that, because game tweaking will not change their genes. After all this is a game, people will tend to avoid game activities that make them sick. Instead they do cooperative activities, industry, missions and the like, or just play as solo players.

People who do not get The Rush can also enjoy activities like fishing, a sport that is more popular that any computer game, even WoW. Or puzzle games, or solitaire, or Golf (one of the most popular pastimes on the planet). These players like an activity that occupies the mind, is relaxing, and gives one a gentle feeling of accomplishment as they watch the isk pile up. For them, a certain amount of repetition is not boring, its reassuring and relaxing.

I have played many games with pvp elements in them and none have made me feel as eve does. I still find myself holding my breath between calling ship status,ect and my heart races with every keystroke or mouse click. Long after the fight I find myself thinking about how I could be better and faster for next time.