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Ka'Narlist
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#21 - 2014-09-18 10:06:05 UTC  |  Edited by: ISD Ezwal
Tynordas wrote:
but it seems if you want to do the exciting stuff that happens in null, eve is more like a second job.

eve can very easily be a second job, especially when you step up to do more work in your alliance then just be another line member. But just as a bottom level grunt (like me) eve can be just as casual as every other game.
Tynordas wrote:

Several years back, I played with a null sec group who wanted all their members to take turns providing protection to their mining ops
*Snip* Please refrain from using racial remarks. ISD Ezwal.
But if you find yourself a decent one something like this shouldn't be the case and you are completly free on what you do.


PS: Back in the day when I only knew null sec from reading here or on other websites about it I thought you where forced to login on spcific times to patrol the space of your alliance and stuff like this Big smile
Solecist Project
#22 - 2014-09-18 11:01:06 UTC
Ka'Narlist wrote:
Tynordas wrote:
but it seems if you want to do the exciting stuff that happens in null, eve is more like a second job.

eve can very easily be a second job, especially when you step up to do more work in your alliance then just be another line member. But just as a bottom level grunt (like me) eve can be just as casual as every other game.

To not just shitpost in here ...


Back in 2012 I decided to really push EVE to the level of a job,
as I don't actually have to work much anyway ...

... so I started ganking all day.

Every day.

For months.

While also being active in local.


Only broken by sleep and a few hours of work. (really not much)


Eventually I suffered a serious burnout from all the wasted time of my life
I had to wait for GCC ... up to a point that even one year later ...
... when I ganked something and got GCC ...
... it was completely demotivating. lol



So, whoever wants to push EVE into being a job ...
... better makes it ******* count!

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
Goonswarm Federation
#23 - 2014-09-18 11:50:31 UTC
Tynordas wrote:
Hey all,

I've been playing the game off and on since roughly 2003, I take lots of breaks from the game as I enjoy it but it seems if you want to do the exciting stuff that happens in null, eve is more like a second job.

Several years back, I played with a null sec group who wanted all their members to take turns providing protection to their mining ops, not really the kind of thing I'm into.

Is there any particular playstyles and corps/alliances that would suit casual gamers? Either L5 mission running, complex farming, incursions, piracy, wormhole farming etc? I'm looking for something that will return my interest to the game but not require me to spend x hours each day in the game, something I can dip into when I'm feeling up for it.

Piracy

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Caviar Liberta
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2014-09-18 17:21:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Caviar Liberta
Solecist Project wrote:
Mallak Azaria wrote:
Tynordas wrote:
eve is more like a second job.


EVE is more like volunteering your spare time to your church & having them put you down for having a fulltime job instead of working for them for free because money is sin.

Aaaaahhhh! So THAT'S why they want it....

Who would have thunk!


Yes the "give me your money so I free from the burden of this sin" routine.

And to be on topic. OP should find an FW corp/alliance.
Tinu Moorhsum
Random Events
#25 - 2014-09-18 17:43:15 UTC
Tynordas wrote:
Hey all,

I've been playing the game off and on since roughly 2003, I take lots of breaks from the game as I enjoy it but it seems if you want to do the exciting stuff that happens in null, eve is more like a second job.

Several years back, I played with a null sec group who wanted all their members to take turns providing protection to their mining ops, not really the kind of thing I'm into.

Is there any particular playstyles and corps/alliances that would suit casual gamers? Either L5 mission running, complex farming, incursions, piracy, wormhole farming etc? I'm looking for something that will return my interest to the game but not require me to spend x hours each day in the game, something I can dip into when I'm feeling up for it.


I feel the same. I've played since 2005 but I can't always put time into it because I ahve a very busy RL job and a family. I need to be able to play when I want, not when I must.

I recently joined Brave Newbies with a couple of my characters. Theyr'e in Nullsec. I can FC casually when I have time and whenever I log on I can find content in minutes. Because I FC I can also control how much time I spend on the game. I can run an op for 2 -1/2 hours and it doesn't turn into 6 hours (it's amazing how many FC's have ZERO feeling for time management).

Brave are not world class in terms of doctrines and we can prettty much thank our continued existence to the fact that we are in a crappy bit of space in terms of logistics and offer content to the neighbours as much as they offer it to us.

For my play style this seems like a good fit for now. I can log on when I have time. I can do pretty much whatever I want when I'm online and they're in a busy pipe that makes finding content a question of getting in a ship and undocking.

Worth a look for you, maybe./

T-
Pok Nibin
Doomheim
#26 - 2014-09-19 02:03:29 UTC
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
Pok Nibin wrote:
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
My suggestion: AFK pod /shuttle hunting is very casual and a lot of fun. Just logon, take a Trasher and kill autopiloting pods/shuttles at gates. You need zero preparation, the ships are cheap and the killmails are hilarious.

Here is how it's done: http://www.minerbumping.com/2014/01/thrasing-and-vexing.html
Hilarious. Eventually even hacking paint and giggling gets old.

True, but it's fun for a while and if it get's old you just blap other stuff or do something else. The important thing is that you have fun doing it and it does not start to feel like a job, except if that's what you are looking for.

OR...one could seek therapy. I understand it's free these days...if one is a bad enough case.

The right to free speech doesn't automatically carry with it the right to be taken seriously.
Gabriel Rova
Distant Light Syndicate
#27 - 2014-09-19 02:58:05 UTC
I totally get what you seek. I, too am in the same boat. Real life keeps me away from the game. Unfortunatley Eve is catered to those larger corps and alliances who can dedicate a lot of time. If you're looking for a game where you can log on for an hour or two a few times a week and feel fulfilled, immersed and have enough resources to be accomplished.... Then EVE isn't the game for you.

Xuixien
Solar Winds Security Solutions
#28 - 2014-09-19 08:22:40 UTC
eveis the most casual friendly mmo-style game on the market. i havent logged in for a week, wont be back for another. still getting sp, still generating isk.

Epic Space Cat, Horsegirl, Philanthropist
Ima Wreckyou
The Conference Elite
The Conference
#29 - 2014-09-19 10:45:27 UTC
Pok Nibin wrote:
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
Pok Nibin wrote:
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
My suggestion: AFK pod /shuttle hunting is very casual and a lot of fun. Just logon, take a Trasher and kill autopiloting pods/shuttles at gates. You need zero preparation, the ships are cheap and the killmails are hilarious.

Here is how it's done: http://www.minerbumping.com/2014/01/thrasing-and-vexing.html
Hilarious. Eventually even hacking paint and giggling gets old.

True, but it's fun for a while and if it get's old you just blap other stuff or do something else. The important thing is that you have fun doing it and it does not start to feel like a job, except if that's what you are looking for.

OR...one could seek therapy. I understand it's free these days...if one is a bad enough case.

You are more the "it's a job" guy it seams. Looks like some of you can't handle the "it's a game" guys.

Evil RatKid
Steppa Musana
Doomheim
#30 - 2014-09-19 11:10:29 UTC
Pok Nibin wrote:
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
Pok Nibin wrote:
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
My suggestion: AFK pod /shuttle hunting is very casual and a lot of fun. Just logon, take a Trasher and kill autopiloting pods/shuttles at gates. You need zero preparation, the ships are cheap and the killmails are hilarious.

Here is how it's done: http://www.minerbumping.com/2014/01/thrasing-and-vexing.html
Hilarious. Eventually even hacking paint and giggling gets old.

True, but it's fun for a while and if it get's old you just blap other stuff or do something else. The important thing is that you have fun doing it and it does not start to feel like a job, except if that's what you are looking for.

OR...one could seek therapy. I understand it's free these days...if one is a bad enough case.

I think you're playing the wrong game.

I'd usually recommend this, but that might be a bit harsh for you still.
Try this one out instead.

Hey guys.
Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#31 - 2014-09-19 11:32:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Remiel Pollard
Pok Nibin wrote:
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
Pok Nibin wrote:
Ima Wreckyou wrote:
My suggestion: AFK pod /shuttle hunting is very casual and a lot of fun. Just logon, take a Trasher and kill autopiloting pods/shuttles at gates. You need zero preparation, the ships are cheap and the killmails are hilarious.

Here is how it's done: http://www.minerbumping.com/2014/01/thrasing-and-vexing.html
Hilarious. Eventually even hacking paint and giggling gets old.

True, but it's fun for a while and if it get's old you just blap other stuff or do something else. The important thing is that you have fun doing it and it does not start to feel like a job, except if that's what you are looking for.

OR...one could seek therapy. I understand it's free these days...if one is a bad enough case.


Many who play EVE, myself included, find it very therapeutic, especially when you're causing others to explode.

“Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'. Jam those ones first, and kill them last.” - Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104
Solecist Project
#32 - 2014-09-19 12:50:48 UTC
Remiel Pollard wrote:

Many who play EVE, myself included, find it very therapeutic, especially when you're causing others to explode.

The forums though are seriously everything else but that ...
... and with increasing disconnectedness, people don't even realise.

That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
Caisman
Smoking Hillbillys
#33 - 2014-09-19 21:15:22 UTC
Mallak Azaria wrote:
Tynordas wrote:
eve is more like a second job.


EVE is more like volunteering your spare time to your church & having them put you down for having a fulltime job instead of working for them for free because money is sin.


Eve is proof that even in the future you can have a ****, low paying job, where nobody appreciates you.

CTRL+SPACE, just in case

Caisman's Eve
Tear Jar
New Order Logistics
CODE.
#34 - 2014-09-19 22:33:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Tear Jar
Tynordas wrote:
Hey all,

I've been playing the game off and on since roughly 2003, I take lots of breaks from the game as I enjoy it but it seems if you want to do the exciting stuff that happens in null, eve is more like a second job.

Several years back, I played with a null sec group who wanted all their members to take turns providing protection to their mining ops, not really the kind of thing I'm into.

Is there any particular playstyles and corps/alliances that would suit casual gamers? Either L5 mission running, complex farming, incursions, piracy, wormhole farming etc? I'm looking for something that will return my interest to the game but not require me to spend x hours each day in the game, something I can dip into when I'm feeling up for it.


Corde Enforcement works very well for casual play. I can log on, grab a quick suicide gank or spend some times bumping miners off asteroids, then go do something else.
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#35 - 2014-09-20 01:58:07 UTC
EVE's hard for me to play casual. Either 100% and got a plan to work on, or "I just lost my ass again because didn't research and optimize after the last PVP or PVE rebalance." I just expect not to have anything close to the edge in either PVP or PVE, and venture out suitably whelpicidal....
Crumplecorn
Eve Cluster Explorations
#36 - 2014-09-20 02:23:27 UTC
Remiel Pollard wrote:
Many who play EVE, myself included, find it very therapeutic, especially when you're causing others to explode.
Go to the extreme and just watch a soothing sunrise in space.

Tear Jar wrote:
Corde Enforcement works very well for casual play. I can log on, grab a quick suicide gank or spend some times bumping miners off asteroids, then go do something else.
It also provides a nice reason to fly around and look at what people are doing and interact with them, which is nice when you reach the stage where you make more ISK by not undocking. FW provides this too, but FW is more or less gate-to-gate until you find a fight. You get to see interesting things when inspecting permits.

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Tynordas
Perkone
Caldari State
#37 - 2014-09-20 09:11:59 UTC
Thanks for the replies folks, from what I'm reading, it seems FW is what most folks recommend for casual, I also came to that conclusion roughly a year ago when I dipped my feet into FW, it was fun at first until it became obvious that my lack of experience at PvP was severely limiting my ability. I might see if there's some FW corps for the opportunity to play with a group and improve my PvP skills.
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