EVE General Discussion

I used to think that games were meant to be escapes, you log in and you let go. The world itself lets you escape into it and you make the game what it is by the experiences you have and the friends you make. Somewhere along the line it seems even a game became a job, with people carrying on multiple accounts, bots, or even using third party services in these massively multiplayer games. When you can't just play a game and let go it seems to become some kind of indentured servitude where you log in just to do things that will hopefully allow you to play the game the way you want and truly enjoy yourself.

I have a passion, a truly great passion deep inside me, and that passion feels deadened by the need to 'work' at something meant to be enjoyed. I feel that it is disturbing when others feel they have to earn their game time just so they can do what they want to do. I get that it is cool to be able to forgo having to pay and therefore play the game free for a set time. However, what is the true cost that is involved when forgoing paying the $15 a month fee to play EVE and build content that will inspire others to just play. The very thought of having to grind to earn Isk and waste away time doing things which are boring sucks to me. Aren't we the game? Aren't the people what make the experience noteworthy and worth it to bother to log in every day? I see you people grinding out missions and carrying out tasks just like you might in real life and seemingly lacking the ability to just let go. What happens in a game when we emulate life inside of it letting it be nothing more then a sheer reflection of who we are as a people? Everyone seeming to run around and do errands as the new player logs in looking for others to play with that are too busy to care.

Can we just let go. I challenge you to let go, let live, and have fun.

Goals are wonderful to have when you clearly know what it is that you want to do. Nothing wrong with them at all in my opinion. :)

You're creepy. Go away.

If it feels like work, it is no longer a game.

Ive left many games because of this.

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Damn Belgians.

Perhaps it is you that do not understand what he is saying.

I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now....

Just to be clear, most MMO's don't suck the life out of you the way EVE can if you let it. Unfortunately EVE as a casual game isn't very rewarding.

Pack your stuff up, stick it in a station and go play something else for 6 months. Check in every so often, see if things are more to your liking. This isn't 2001. We aren't limited to half a dozen games anymore.