EVE General Discussion

im not negative, YOUR FACE IS NEGATIVE

See, I fixed that for you. Was Tim was happy in Chribba's hangar? I can't answer that one..

WHY ARE YOU SO NEGATIVE ABOUT OUR NEGATIVENESS?
YOU'RE BEING AL ABOUT IT! STAHP!

Its the nature of humans to focus on the negitive ( Darwinian survival trait) and since the begining of Usenet negitive threads have always dominated the internet.

Also when people are not F2F its easier to beat up on each other

"Tim the Happy Tritanium" Part 2: "The Empire Strikes Back"

(Open with scene of two happy Dustmites logging in and scanning an ice planet for hostile forces)

Dustmite 1 speaks, "What is it Luke, enemy scout drones to go shoot at? Do you sense some disturbance in the force out there? Are there lifeforms crying out all at once, suddenly to be silenced?"

Dustmite 2 answers, "No, its worse than that. We have a neut in local, and I think he's cloaked and AFK. Better radio the fleet to dock up."

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Tim woke from the darkness of the manufacturing plant when light finally streamed in through the hangar viewport. This was it! The job Tim was part of finally got delivered, and he was already in the hangar! No languishing on the market this time, he was going directly into action. Tim was exuberant.

Although he still had no idea what his purpose was yet, he knew it had to be important. The ship he was being fitted to looked a bit flimsy and rust-colored, but no matter, it was BIG! He felt a strong sense of purpose now, and as the three-pronged power supply was connected, Tim felt certain that he was in one of the higher slots of the ship - one where all the action takes place!

As his ship flared to life and began undocking procedures, Tim could hardly believe it was finally happening. His big moment was coming, and he was on his way to glory. There wasn't a happier piece of Tritanium in the entire universe.

When he first saw the stars again, Tim was overjoyed. He'd only had a brief glimpse of the majesty of the colorful skybox art when he was first extracted, but now he could stare in awe and wonder. He was so struck by the beauty of it all, he barely noticed the alarm signals and warning lights. Soon they were in warp though, and the alarms stopped, and new sensations washed over the hull of Tim's ship as he experienced the harsh vibrations of the warp tunnel effect.

When they landed, Tim could tell they were in deep space - there was nothing around them but stars now. No station, no planets, just lots of little white squares and triangles and circles mixed in with the stars and beautiful glow of the green nebula. It was awe-inspiring, and Tim was happy.

But that moment was short-lived, as the ship was quickly aligning to one of the triangles, and again entering the warp tunnel. Tim felt a rush as the blur of stars and planets washed past him again, this time it was mixed with a heightened sense of anticipation. Tim just knew his big moment was coming soon. His pilot acted with such purpose and fluidity of thought. He could tell the pilot was experienced and he felt confident in their mission.

At the end of this warp tunnel was a familiar sight to Tim, and it brought back pleasant memories of his past experiences in the previous volume. There were dozens of beautiful ice crystals arrayed across the grid, and right nearby, a happy little cluster of mining barges all crowded around another larger ship. Tim recognized the mining barges of course; he himself had ridden in one not long ago, and he smiled at the fond memory.

Suddenly, the command was given! Tim felt the surge of energy! Now was his moment! The pilot NEEDED him! Determined to do his best, Tim... sat there. After-all, how much is one little Tritanium going to do on it's own? But sitting there, and not losing focus, and holding on to all his other brother minerals was exactly what he was supposed to do. And dammit, HE DID HIS JOB!

Explosions rocked the grid. Tim's module generated some. Other modules like Tim's generated some, and soon after, the little mining ships nearby all exploded too. And then the alarms started again... Loud klaxons and screeching sirens pierced the night and vibrated the entire length of the hull. Tim began to wonder what was going wrong. Nothing sounded happy anymore. Everything was exploding around him.

But a single thread of happiness still existed, and Tim clung to it. His pod pilot was happy, and Tim was happy because of it. He had done his job. And then everything exploded one last time.

But Tim was not gone. His ship was gone... the pilot was gone... but he could still feel something out there... he could hear a faint sound...

Just then, something scooped him up and dropped him in a cargohold once more. And then it was dark again, for a very long time.

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End of volume 2

Happy stuff in eve?

I saved a Damsel is distress from some pirates. **** was so cash.

Why are we as a community so negative?

BECAUSE WE PLAY A GAME WHERE ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES IT LITTERALLY TO MURDER THE **** OUT OF EACH OTHER!!!

Doom so dire it turns your eyes and hair white with terror so it would seem.

Hmmm.

Positive?

Hrrrmpf.

I used to mine in a vexor.

I outmined the retrievers at the time.

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I hate this thread!

This is just you getting trapped in your personal choices and negativity and not how reality works. If your goal was to fly something specific, rebalancing can't affect that. If it was to fly the most overpowered ship, do some chest beating and to pwn others, tough luck. If it was to fly something specific and be effective while doing it, you can still do that. How you feel is something we get every time something is changed in this game and what usually happens is a few dozen people rage quit because of changes to the game, but the actual game is almost always better afterwards and those changes tend to open up a lot of new options or shake up the status quo.

Constant change also isn't a problem with MMOs. It's a requirement for their continued survival and thriving. If you keep overpowered things the way they are, the game becomes stale and people leave. If you just add new powerful things and don't rebalance existing content, you make old content redundant and can actually reduce the amount of relevant content in your game and/or just increase the mandatory grind people have to do to reach the competative gear/content. Piling up new things on top of broken old content also creates troubles, since the foundation you're building on is already broken and constantly creating enough new content for the players isn't really feasible.

The sensible thing to do is to occasionally step back, look at the big picture and make a plan. Then with that plan in mind you make a balancing pass to make sure all of the existing content stays relevant and has a competative place in your grand vision. This is what CCP is currently doing and while we're just in the early stages of tiericide and the related rebalancing, so far the results have been great compared to the situation before the changes. Naturally we have had rage quitters and will continue to have them, but the game is again better after the changes and keeps on chugging along like normal.