EVE General Discussion

I really don't know much about the lore of Eve, and have no plans of changing that.

EVE could be a much cooler place if its lore was actually worth a ******* penny. Science fiction is a genre where atmosphere and setting is pretty much 90% of the enjoyment (to me, anyway). I think the first Mass Effect (never played the sequels) was a successful game because of how much time was spent making sure the setting and lore was explained and fleshed out -- the world felt real and believable. EVE has interesting lore and could have awesome atmosphere (especially if something ever comes from WiS), but it's all useless because nothing in the game depends on it -- it's internet spaceships with some lore somewhere way in the background.

I like internet spaceships as much as the next guy, but EVE could be quite a bit more, I think.

I totally agree with you. The EVE universe is fantastical AND believable all at the same time, and it feels more "right" than most of its peers, as well as other intellectual properties like Star Wars, Star Trek, etc. This is a fully formed entity from top to bottom, and I can't help but wonder what else CCP has in store for it, because the limitations of being a simple space combat sim (sort of) only go so far. For some, I'm sure that's far enough. But for others...

Short term? We won't see any development on the avatar side of things.

You'll go a long way to find someone who's more enthusiastic about avatar gameplay and immersion than me, and being tired of all the forum-debates, conjecture, uncertainty, rumors and stray Dev comments I recently decided to ask a certain developer directly where we all stand in terms of avatar/WiS development and was told in no-uncertain terms that right now the focus is 100% on the spaceship game with no short-term plans to work on the avatar side of things.

But long term? I believe it's inevitable that we'll see avatar based gameplay and other things that allow us to immerse ourselves as our characters further, rather than just immersion in the form of a lump of metal flying around under water, shooting at other lumps. It's the natural evolution of almost any game-world IMO, the aim is always to work toward making things more real, lending to further immersion. EVE will go that way too, otherwise what's the point of Lore at all, beyond a superficial framework?

I think it would be cool for CCP to open up a planet for on-foot exploration. They could still keep the harsh pvp-focus by making the game function a lot like Day Z. Just without the zombies. Wide open terrain like Day Z or Red Dead Redemption. Free for all pvp, lose all your gear when you die. It would be about exploring an alien planet and trying to survive, maybe have the ability to scout for deposits of some sort that you can mine through PI, to tie it into EVE. I dunno. I think it would be more interesting to have a separate economy for the planet and just a few things that tie into space. It would just be cool to explore a hostile alien world, check out the flora and fauna, get into shootouts. Sort of like what the early explorers of the American west went through. Maybe there could be developments/cities here and there that have no pvp or limit it somehow, with the wilderness being free for all. They could start it on a desert planet so there would only be one environment to create assets for. Open up an ice planet a couple years later... ship goods between planets using EVE ships to make a hefty markup and build things that can not be built with one planet's materials alone.

Dust/Legion is not very interesting to me. Its just a team deathmatch game. Who cares.

And then there's movies... EVE movies would be cool if done well. No one ever makes movies with lots of cool spaceships. Star Wars still hasn't been beat in that regard and that was nearly 40 friggen years ago.

Sometimes EVE's universe does seem horrendously under-utilized.

It doesn't really affect my in game decisiona but reading about it is nice. Lore in eve is written in a really good way.

I find lore important and it has affected my gameplay and career decisions of my main and these highest-SP alts. I wish it played an even bigger role in today's EVE.

Eve is real.

That being said Incarna lore is my favorite because I was part of it. I shot a statue and it made some guy cry onstage a couple of months later.

Put that in you pod goo and space barbie it.

If you love EvE online and haven't bought the books to take on holiday and quench your EvE addiction then you are a Scrublord.

I like some parts, but the vast majority of it is terrible

Id be more interested if it wasnt so poor and uninteresting

That said, Sebiestors should be exterminated as a pestilence