Out of Pod Experience

Just because you do not find Eve fun, does not mean it is not a fun game, it just means you don't find it to be a fun game.

Give how long a lot of the people who are replying to you have been playing the game I'm guessing the the targeted Demographic hasn't changed that much.

You claim to understand " don't fly what you can't afford to lose" then whine about losing your expensive implants that you " fly" around with in your head in low security space?

Milllo, some points to note:

1) Relax. They are space pixels and the rage will pass. I've bought a T2 invul field for 1.5 billion before. The rage will pass, and you'll laugh about it eventually.

2) Egghelende is a dangerous place. Avoid it or at least scout it out using a cheap alt first. Use the statistics available in the map and at dotlan to get a feel for system danger. Egghelende would always count as pretty dodgy though.

3) Max 2 learning implants in any one head (primary & secondary attribute).

4) Don't use +5 implants; primary +3 and secondary +2 is plenty.

5) Fit your ship properly, and learn what ships have what roles. Research them, it's part of the fun!

6) Learn to 'spam warp' out.

7) Get back on the horse, minding the above

Quite the opposite, actually, and especially in the case you're complaining about. Your original complaint was pretty nonsensical, and when mixed with this bit of history revisionism, it sharply veers off and becomes pure surrealism.

Over time, EVE has been given more stuff that appeal to a more general player base. In doing so, it has lost some of the niche appeal that made it prosper. However, at no point was the things you complain about anything other than intended, obvious, and well-known.

It's not that it now aims for an audience it didn't aim for before; it's just that it never aimed for you. That's ok; you don't have to like the game. You just have to realise that the historical background you're trying to paint to cover up your constant dislike for the game is nothing but fiction.

nobody cares about you
go away

Well you could always lag but you still save the vast majority of your pods if you do it right.

I also got podded and lost (albeit quite cheap) implants recently on a foolish trespass into LS on an escalation.

I learned though I had checked the map for activity correctly, that I had no travel fit, was overshipped/fit(at own expense), ignored obvious scout at entry gate, underestimated escalation difficulty, did not create safe bookmarks (instead warping to the first anomaly on the list, dumass explorer with hard bad habits, where they obviously followed), did not align onsite, misunderstood engagement mechanics, did not attempt escape from engagement/scram sufficiently nor fought back hard enough and correctly,, and then failed to spam warp to save my pod. Basically I fked every rule in the book, and got what I deserve. But I learned immeasurably from it.

It never occured to me to cry about it on forums though, or question why I was podded, or get angry at the game (much less at the players who blew me up).

In my case, as in yours, it was my own hubris, lack of knowledge and how to react, and lack of preparation that ultimately caused our own loss.

I wandered into the wolf territory, unprepared, and got eaten.
I cant blame the wolves for their nature, only myself.

I think some of your sec rating concerns, and LS mechanics concerns, have some merit, but not in the context you expressed them in or in connection to the result of what happened to you.

Its just isk you lost, and some pride.
Both can be re-earned, and more wisely invested in future, if you learn from this experience.

Take a breather, reflect on what you could/should have done differently, and get back to the game.
If anything, you can make it your lifes goal to revenge yourself, which is completely possible and your choice in this sandbox.

I don't understand the thinking behind posts like this. Eve is a subscription game, not free to play. Every sub lost is a direct hit to the company's bottom line. How is telling people to go away and not play going to help short or long term?

Maybe the company should put that in their ads: "The current players do not want anyone else to join!"

Eve isn't for everyone.

So much this.

I lost a nice Astero and exploration pod to a null gatecamp. Look it up. That one stung hard. Know what I did?

Flew 6 jumps to give the camp a GF in local because, damn. It was a GF. Then I clone jumped to Jita, got a new Astero and plugs and went right back to work.

HTFU, man.

We do want new players, we just don't want the type of player that cries and throws his toys out the pram all because he lost his shiney space pixel pod.

Its a game, a harsh game, thats how we like. If you can't handle loss then you are playing the wrong game.