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Eve is Farming...
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ReiAnn
Nova-Tek
#1 - 2012-08-21 17:50:57 UTC
Used to be that the overall theme of Eve was 'Eve is Hard', however, everything has been turned into a isk faucet. Now everything is plagued with elitism and farming. If Eve is Hard, I can understand wanting to have the best players in your group, but to FARM...come on, the developers need to do something about the content if the game has come down to isk/hr.
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-08-21 17:52:46 UTC
Pretty much. My current corp (using that term very loosely) wants to have fun blowing people up, but they let the isk/hr reasoning blind them every step of the way.

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seany1212
M Y S T
#3 - 2012-08-21 17:53:44 UTC
ReiAnn wrote:
Used to be that the overall theme of Eve was 'Eve is Hard', however, everything has been turned into a isk faucet. Now everything is plagued with elitism and farming. If Eve is Hard, I can understand wanting to have the best players in your group, but to FARM...come on, the developers need to do something about the content if the game has come down to isk/hr.


Haha, haven't seen 'EvE is hard' quoted for ages, it's always been down to isk/hr, now it's just more obvious What?
Jim Era
#4 - 2012-08-21 17:54:47 UTC
who cares about isk?

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James 315
Experimental Fun Times Corp RELOADED
CODE.
#5 - 2012-08-21 18:05:00 UTC
Who says EVE is about isk/hr?

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highonpop
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#6 - 2012-08-21 18:08:17 UTC
EVE is only about ISK/hr to those who make it about ISK/hr


I have been here since 2007 and could give a **** less about ISK/hr. As long as I have ISK in my wallet to get the stuff I need, who cares if i'm maximizing my potential for ISK. Having too much ISK makes you complacent anyway since you no longer need to work for anything.

FC, what do?
Lexmana
#7 - 2012-08-21 18:14:57 UTC
you need to get out more
Adam Junior
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-08-21 18:18:09 UTC
I find income to be more ISK/Sanity, and that it's important to find an income source which doesn't make me want to cut myself, even if it's not the most "efficient".
highonpop
KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#9 - 2012-08-21 18:23:20 UTC
Adam Junior wrote:
I find income to be more ISK/Sanity, and that it's important to find an income source which doesn't make me want to cut myself, even if it's not the most "efficient".



Pretty much this.

Once you throw the entire idea of ISK/hr out the door, and go for ISK/fun you will enjoy eve much more.

FC, what do?
Roll Sizzle Beef
Space Mutiny
#10 - 2012-08-21 18:41:39 UTC
The sandbox lets you make eve as dull as you want.
ShiftyMcFly's Second Cousin
Doomheim
#11 - 2012-08-21 18:51:16 UTC
Eve is a sandbox. It's what we make it.
Of course, greater rewards go to those who take the effort; either by more clicking or more thinking or some combination of both.
stoicfaux
#12 - 2012-08-21 19:06:49 UTC
Bots don't care. Set them up to do your mining, manufacturing, and basic logistics while you focus on the essentials of blowing other players up?

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Trendon Evenstar
Olympus Gods
#13 - 2012-08-21 19:15:17 UTC
Jim Era wrote:
who cares about isk?


Seriously. I don't understand what everyone needs all this isk for. Isk for buying ships- ships are for blowing up other peoples ships. I only ever have about 300-500m liquid isk at a time. I fly a ship in the fleet, the ship explodes. I post the loss. Buy a new ship. Loss gets reimbursed. The cycle continues.

What the hell do you guys do with all your isk? 10b officer fit CNR's??
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#14 - 2012-08-21 19:16:26 UTC
What people need to realize is that you can have a passive income in the 20B a year range with next to no effort. Then you needn't worry at all about paying for the ships you lose so you can go out in space and have some actual fun.

Sadly, people rarely think outside what the tutorial teaches them. And what does it teach them? The two least productive ways to make ISK in the game.

Mr Epeen Cool
Evei Shard
Shard Industries
#15 - 2012-08-21 19:22:21 UTC
Eve has been around for quite a while. Maybe the issue isn't that it's all about farming, but that enough time has passed for the long term players to get themselves into farming patterns.

Farming Ore
Farming kill mails
Farming materials
Farming ships

In those examples, the one that stands out to me is farming kill mails. PvP, the core activity of Eve, has gotten to the point where it is so well known, that people can effectively farm PvP kills. It's been mentioned before that PvP in Eve is a paper/rock/scissors game. Maybe there is some truth to that. If that is the case, then PvP itself can become farming.

This is all conjecture, but if there is any validity to it, It would point towards Eve needing some changes to make the overall environment a lot more dynamic. CCP is probably looking into making changes like that anyway, but it's definitely not a one-patch fix.

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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#16 - 2012-08-21 19:33:33 UTC
I visited a farm once, it had cows and other animals. Was very unlike EVE I must say.

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Lyron-Baktos
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2012-08-21 19:38:27 UTC
ReiAnn wrote:
Used to be that the overall theme of Eve was 'Eve is Hard', however, everything has been turned into a isk faucet. Now everything is plagued with elitism and farming. If Eve is Hard, I can understand wanting to have the best players in your group, but to FARM...come on, the developers need to do something about the content if the game has come down to isk/hr.



if you are tired of seeing farmers how about you move to where there are no farmers?

Jesus, all people do lately is cry on the forums
Nyreanya
Serenity Labs
#18 - 2012-08-21 20:18:15 UTC
Isn't ISK the endgame for some people? Who are you to say that's right or wrong? And, the fun thing about this game is, you can always stop them farming if it annoys you.

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Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2012-08-21 20:23:01 UTC
I bet people who worry about isk/hr are a hoot at parties.

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2012-08-21 20:27:08 UTC
Chribba wrote:
I visited a farm once, it had cows and other animals. Was very unlike EVE I must say.

/c


Give the cows layzors and put drugs into the water to make them paranoid. Then it'll be like Eve

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