EVE General Discussion

So after a year and a half off, I've recently re-subbed, i stopped playing as i was null sov based and could not keep up with deployments and CTA during my limited playtime, thanks to my 2nd child having recently came along at the time.

Since re-subbing I've logged in, set some skills to train, checked how much my investments have made me on my alt, tried to get an understanding of the changes from the past 18 months and whats happening in the future, once done i decided to have a fly through some lowsec systems in a cheap lowly rifter to see if i can get a couple of scraps to brush off the rustyness, in an hour of bouncing through lowsec systems i did not get one fight.

In my previous time playing i absolutely loved the game and use to be on it for about 6 hours a day easily, the PCGE guys were brilliant at getting me into the game when i first started out, and having it hold my interest, we joined up with RPSH in lowsec for a while after that which was fun too, Eben had a way with words, especially the more choice ones.

Eventually we went with RPSH to 0.0 and joined Huzzah and i got an early taste of 0.0 awareness with just a couple of million SP, when huzzah folded i joined a corp with a few of the regular guys in PCGE and bounced around for a bit, went to provi with Legion of Spoon for a while to take some time to chill and fight the local pirates in the lowsec borders, good laughs were had all round.

Had a couple of months break and still kept my toons training, came back to find a splinter of the old guys i flew with had a new corp, CAGE, joined them and we went on our travels through the drone regions etc, eventually joining an alliance in the CFC, the guys were always pleasant and helpful, hard to believe for some i'm sure, and many good fights were had, and equally some bad ones, this was the point that our 2nd littlun was born and i no longer had the time to put into the game, after a few months of trying i left the corp / alliance so i was not dead weight as i could not invest the time, my alt jumped all my assets into a lowsec system for safe keeping and after buying up some market items with my liquid isk from here i let my sub lapse.

Now why did i just read all that crap i'm sure some of you are thinking, well i am literally lost in space now, re-subbing to find the active playerbase almost halved, almost everyone i ever flew with does not appear to play anymore and for the short time i can get on and play i just cannot seem to find anything worth doing in the time i have, previously i would be happy flying round for a couple of hours and just getting one fight, now i don't want that couple of hours be all i can play.

It's daft, in my time in game i've amassed billions in isk, and have countless ships still yet to lose, but i just cannot find that urge to do anything like i did before, perhaps it's just still the wrong time for me to be playing which is a shame.

Anyone have any ideas of what can set the spark off again?

Find the spark again is one of the most common issues plaguing mankind throughout its history. If you ever manage to find the secret, write a book and sell it for millions!!

That being said noone else can actually be of much help here. Its YOUR spark not mine or anyone elses and each person is different so my suggestions might bore you even more. In the end its a tough decision and things you need to do for yourself.

But if youre going to try things try something you have never done in game. At least itll be a challenge on some level to master something new. Good luck.

I may take you up on that Cecil, it'd be nice to help people into the game the way I was.

Put 5 PLEX in a rookie ship. Make the same journey. Announce your cargo contents in local in each system.
If that doesn't get you shot at, nothing will.

Join RvB then, and undock.

Heck, even Brave Newbies Inc. are getting fights and making ISK in faction warfare (Caldari militia I think), and there are many others in that like Dirt'n'Glitter (Amarr militia).

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5943454#post5943454
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5725761#post5725761

New Eden is full of opportunities.