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Balancing RL & EVE

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Milamara
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#21 - 2011-10-07 18:57:19 UTC
CCP Wrangler wrote:
I tend to find understanding corporations/guilds in any game I play that also consists of like-minded people without enough time to play several hours every day.

The reality is that if you participate in such corps then you will never see most aspects of EVE.

EVE is not for the casual gamer unless you want to stick to PvE. Incidentally this is exactly why EVE will never be as mainstream as CCP wants it to be, because it holds little appeal for the casual PvPer.

The effect that we all observed since Dominion was released is that people are simply quitting the game because stability has been removed and all of a sudden it's just no longer worth the effort to spend all this time to come back a couple days later and find the situation completely changed.

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Dunbar Hulan
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#22 - 2011-10-07 19:45:03 UTC
I think for many players, I wouldn't be surprised if Eve has replaced RL.

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Ugleb
Jotunn Risi
#23 - 2011-10-07 19:55:37 UTC
I save on free time by reading my alliance forums on my phone during tea/lunch breaks at work. That is the limit of what I can do there though. At home I've got an understanding girlfriend that I live with (she went with me to fanfest on Siisters of EVE this year...) who doesn't mind me being on the laptop alot while she watches whatever is on TV.

I do not get out to PVP as much as I might like but then that also reduces the need to plough time into ISK earning. Which leads me to the next bit; fly ships that you can afford to replace and where possible go for 'passive income' such as ticking over T1 production or PI supplemented by active playing. So long as your PVP habits aren't too pricey that should get you by.

I am a corp CEO myself and I suspect my time spent on EVE is modestly high (15-20 hours a week guesstimate), but much of it goes into corp running/community oriented stuff rather than actual undocking as much as I wish. My view on recruitment is that if people are at least making an effort to involve themselves in the corp then I'm happy to have them. I do try to put the effort into making the corp the best I can, but I in turn rely on my corp mates to help me out with moving stuff about; which saves me time in getting into the action.

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Barakkus
#24 - 2011-10-07 20:39:55 UTC
Milamara wrote:
EVE is not for the casual gamer unless you want to stick to PvE. Incidentally this is exactly why EVE will never be as mainstream as CCP wants it to be, because it holds little appeal for the casual PvPer.


This is sooooooooooooo not true.

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Aiden Neros
Erudite Anomalous
#25 - 2011-10-07 20:51:38 UTC
I'm in the same situation for PvP, Ugleb, in that I don't do it very often. I've made a good effort on focusing on PvP and found I'm not very good at it and have spent a lot of time after refilling my wallet. For a while exploration was my 'thing' and seems to be the most lucrative out of all the professions I've pursued. I think your situation is most ideal for what I'm considering and congratulate your achieving a good balance between RL & EVE.

I see your alliance participates in RP, which is something I may factor in when deciding on my next corp. Interacting with other players can take place on a forum over the easy-access web would allow me to get my fix and allow me to plan corp events more carefully. It's not simply the game that attracts me to EVE but the mood and atmosphere. So that's something to consider.
Handsome Hussein
#26 - 2011-10-07 21:18:11 UTC
I've been playing for about six months now, my first MMO. I'm in the somewhat fortunate position where my girl and I work slightly different schedules, so I'll generally get two~three hours to play a night (unless she has the next day off, in which case I run my daily PI in twenty minutes and call it good). I can get about fifteen hours a week in when things aren't busy, and I sometimes can get an entire weekend day to play EVE and drink beer without distraction. Other times I get an hour a week in, just the way it goes. For some people RL is more important than internet spaceships, fun as they are.

I have a kid on the way, hopefully I'll have my hauler alt in a good missioning ship by that time because I'll have to consolidate accounts with less time/money to play. It may come down to playing once or twice a month, or I may be able to keep the late night schedule as normal, who knows (haven't been a dad before).

Thing is, I'll still have a sub as long as I find the game fun, no matter what else I have to give up (yes, beer is included here!). EVE really is that unique of a game.

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