EVE General Discussion

No game like it. I always try to drag friends, family and workmates into EVE.

Not always successfully though as it takes patience and sometimes a serious degree of commitment to enjoy fully and most people I know are very casual gamers. I keep recommending it though, for all its ups and downs it's still the best game I ever played. You can have experiences here that you just won't get in any other game.

No, the game is for a very specific type of techie person, and EXTREMELY boring for anyone else.

Also, it's far too harsh of a community for most casuals to enjoy.

That's such a good point, that it's too much of a culture shock for some people. Not really something useful for a CCP community analyst person to hear, but man. If a person doesn't understand that things on the internet are not real life, the playerbase is a bit much.

My invitation is extended only with regard to how long I have to stand there and make excuses, sound like an apologist (fanboi) and explain away things - leaving the invitee with a smart "hope with me for the future" ending. With EVE, alas, it's like inviting someone to an ailment you've become accustomed to - coming to admire your own limp.

There is no other game, LOTRO, SWTOR, GW2, FFXIV, that I play which I'd have to go through such geriatrics to cover myself so when this "person" gets in-game I don't look like a blithering idiot for having suggested it in the first place. Since EVE is my first love in gaming history, this is recounting a tragedy...now I'm going to go get drunk and stare at my EVEMon counter as it ticks away Light Drone Operation V. THAT, my friend, is dedication.

Furthermore, I really don't want people thinking I'm insane...any more than they already do.

I think the late game grind is the real killer. Potentially investing a years skilling in to a ship you may not even use *cough*naglfar*cough*

I think the game is kind of undergoing growth pains from something it used to be, in to what it will be in the future.
Sion's editorial piece about his diminished relevance in the CSM not withstanding, the game is changing and not everyone can handle that.

I think I burnt out ages ago. Not due to the status quo but due to ingrained problems with eve that result ironically in people like me and you.

We'll see about that

I'd recommend for sure, best community, best devs, amazing game play, stunning visuals. i would however warn the new bro/sis not to listen to negative people.

Frankly the chances that a player likes this game and enjoys it for a long time are so slim that there's no point to recommend it... vºv

Now, I read Nosy's article when it was published and decided that the new officer can be a good asset to CCP if she does what Nosy points. I've been saying for a long while that CCP needs to engage actively the players through demographically meaningful personal interviews, but failing that, just actively engaging ALL players with surveys is better than the current mix of "let the players speak out" and server data mining.

EVE players are not just people who play this game. They're people who give money to CCP every month, and CCP sometimes doesn't seems to be aware of that fact... specially when highsec and PvE are concerned.

I don't know if this is necessarily true. I don't consider myself to be a techie at all, it's more the sci-fi elements and the open world allowing me to create my own story that appeal to me.