EVE General Discussion

Confirming my answer is "No". Also, posting in yet another split the server thread.

That is all.

Origins continued to acquire subs with their new EQ clone, yes. It wasn't UO though. They left the niche at that point leaving it completely vacant for us (Edit: although they did give EQ decent competition until WoW came, saw and conquered). I don't see why we should be giving up our niche, we worked hard on making it ours.

But as a compromise we also created Serenity, our Chinese server split off from TQ. Can't we all just hug and be happy (and then start the backstabbing and looting as is customary in New Eden)?

a PVE only shard?

This idea is bad and the op should feel bad. Seriously, he should feel bad.

Kind of, but not for any of the reasons being discussed.

It would make sense for network geography reasons, not for any social reasons (in fact, the social reasons are by far the biggest reason not to do it). Should EVE ever get PCUs counting in the hundreds of thousands rather than tens of thousands, it might be prudent to have different servers simply because it'll be easier to create two separate clusters than trying to squeeze everyone through the same bottleneck nodes.

…but even then, something like CREST could keep the two worlds synchronised on a higher level (so to the user, it would mainly just look like grid/system instancing).

Splitting this game would be the death to Eve Online.

What is it time for is for some to realize that they can't force others to play the game in a specific manner.
PvE is just as valid as PvP. Most players probably do PvE/PvP at different amounts at diferent times in their career.

PvP is not a more "manly" form of gameplay. Being the **** in PvP doesn't make you **** IRL. It's all in your head, and in some DB on a server somewhere in England. Just little bits of 1s and 0s.

As well, PvE doesn't make you the weak scum of the MMO Community as some like to think. Players have different intrests ingame as they go through life and those interests change as their online gaming career progresses.

Thinking one can, and trying to force someone into gameplay they are not interested in at that time is simply one of the most childish behaviors that exist.

As well, the Forums are the worst place to try and gauge player opinons about the health of any game. It is skewed by the fact that they are normally either already have a gripe or are bored.

The only people who give a **** how someone else plays the game in regards to PvE and PvP are ******** forum trolls. And if you hadn't figured it out by now it is pretty damn hard to not PvP in EVE. At some point you are going to be in competition with someone else.

but think of the space ponies!!!!!

SPACE PONIES!!!!!!!

because i know alot of you consider it lame slow and something that should be avoided as the plague , besides i don't see allthose cap pilots mining their own ice , do you ? it would be hillarious tho

I produce tons of things every month, thank you very much, I happen to find it an interesting thing to do.