EVE General Discussion

If you think it's boring, then don't mine. Leave it to those that play EVE to socialize. They can bear the mining because they can chat each other up in corp channels.

Nobody's forcing you to mine. It's boring. It's not meant to be done alone. Don't AFK. Just do something else. You can do whatever the hell you want in this game, why pick the boring stuff?

first of all, ccp has a december offer with 50% discount
if someone wants to make a new alt account. which states
among others that you can make an alt for your mining
endeavours. so ccp really likes it the way it is.

secondly, mining in high sec is like sugar (sweeeet)
either u like it, either u dont, or the doctor has given specific orders :p

so if someone doesnt like mining in high sec...
thank Jovians, Eve has so many other things to do, why do u moan?

for me, mining in high sec is mind relaxing
and also time to hang out with my many friends
in many eve chat channels... :)

kisses

fly strange

leo

i won't deny that ice mining probably needs looking at.

the real difference between ore mining and ice mining is the fact that you can be truly afk and go and take the dog for a walk, head to the shop, whatever. at least with ore mining you're going to have to tab back every cycle or two to restart your lasers which isn't much of an issue for players like me who just watch tv while mining.

on the other hand, with ice prices being so **** poor, does it really matter if some one is making 8m/hour ice mining? pretty sure most PI probably beats that (not that i'd know, i've never done PI) but it's hardly the only source of passive income in the game.
if players are really that against ice miners being so afk; go and shoot them, bump them, whatever.

anyway let's face it, the only reason ice mining is so afkable is the new barge changes which ended up wide of the mark, however ccp are perfectly happy with king mackinaw and all other mining ships still being obsolete according to their dev blog so the chance of seeing any change to mining is about as likely as the mayan prediction being correct.

Believe it or not, on the "I don't feel like doing anything but mine" days, I do this on perpose. Why, you ask? Simple, cause my OCD makes me sick and tired of my strip miners not properly ending cycle on a depleted roid (weird, I know, but it drives me bat-**** insane sometimes). The cap use from overcycling also means I have to give it a moment before hitting the next roid or my hardeners might shut off.

Used to mine alot then as time goes by my ass grew a trigger switch on it it, after a cycle or two I fall asleep.

Funny that since I spend all of my time not grinding sec status in highsec & I mined for a solid year.

i usually watch neil degrasse tyson videos on youtube while i mine

and you should too

Player driven content?

This needs a nerf, now.

The issue has nothing to do with "afk mining" since you honestly can't ignore your mining. While you might be able to switch windows for a few moments or go hit the head, you can't go afk totally. If you do, you'll first lose your drones followed by losing your ship. The NPC's now target your drones first and they vanish quickly. Once the drones are gone, your ship will quickly follow them. Even if you're ice mining, you're going to have to pay some attention to your ship.

Then there's the switching to new asteroids when the old ones deplete. If you don't, your ship is sitting there doing nothing. And most high sec asteroids are only good for 1-3 cycles before depleting.

No, the issue is not "afk mining" but rather the fact that too many Eve players are addicted to anger. They need someone to vent their anger on either by ranting about their play style being different in some way, or shooting at defenseless ships, or shooting at new players with minimal skills, or just smack talking (in game and in forums).

If someone wants to pay a subscription to mine, so what? If they want to pay a subscription to shoot ships, so what? This is a free form game where you're allowed to do what you want and both the developers and GM's understand this. Unfortunately many of the players do not understand this simply point.

If someone is doing something different from you, either shoot them or ignore them. It makes no difference to me if you dislike my play style, or rant at me about ruining the game in some way, or smack talking me in the hopes that I'll give you kill rights on me. You do your thing and I'll do mine. Of course that usually means I'll Block you so I don't have to listen to you. But you still have the right to smack talk even if I've put a Block on you.

Sometimes I mine and eventually get bored enough to go find something else to do. Sometimes I'll even mine ice if I'm busy researching something about skills or something else. And sometimes I do missioning, or exploration, or ... You see, I pay to play a game and I want to enjoy it however I want to play it. I certainly have no desire to pay to play how you want me to play it!

When you pay for my subscription, I promise to never mine again. In the meantime, please feel free to continue to rant about the price of tea in China.

oh god.
my sides.
they hurt.

oh the pain.