Missions & Complexes

SECOND EDIT: Thank you for all the replies from the people who do not qualify under the criteria below. Your replies have not been helpful. To the people who feel that they need to analyse the motive behind my creation of said thread, you are equally useless to the point of the topic, but entertaining nonetheless. To any mission runners who actually replied to the thread with a good answer that I missed, I apologise, the general replies to this thread have killed my interest, which was a fleeting and spontaneous one to begin with.

THIRD EDIT: For the people who are a waste of bytes on this forum and too lazy to read the thread, the original post has been left up for reference. Anything you could possibly respond to this post has already been covered and discussed. Just read quietly and add your opinions after doing so.



Why do you mission endlessly? I'm not talking to the people who fuel their expensive pvp habits with missioning, I'm talking about the people who mission and mission to get more ISK, to get a bigger ship so you can get more ISK faster.

Why? I'm curious. Is mission running therapeutic? Is it fun to you? Do you enjoy getting the same small pool of missions over and over again, dominating the same NPCs with a small amount of risk and no artificial path of progression? Unlike most other treadmill games that attach effort to progress EVE does not do that. Ships are disposable, even expensive ships with expensive modules can eventually be replaced. The illusion of progress in this game is skill points which are static in gain. No effort you make improves your character itself in any way, only time does that. Where is the carrot to actively chase?

This is not a flame / troll / bait post, I am a former EVE player who is interested in the viewpoints of missioners who continue to do something that I burned out on due to lack of direction and goal a long time ago.

U mad bro?

Now that we got that covered, newer/better/faster ships is a form of improvement. So that respect unless you've reached the ultimate ship that alone can be a reason to do it.

Some people just like being rich in a virtual world. Tons of big games have no real end game, people play Sim City, The Sims etc over and over and the only thing you can reach is a better city or a better job. How is that different from a better ship?!

Some just like seeing how fast they can do it either alone or with friends, some just like to see with which ships they can do it. A lvl 4 with a frig for instance.

Some do it because it beats listening to a nagging parter and/or kids.

Anyways there is not a single answer, so many players so many reasons. I am sure people can think of many more then the few that I just mentioned.

That is the point of this question, of course there is more than one answer as there are many unique individuals playing this game, and I am curious to see the spread of reasons.

The ship to me is not a form of improvement as the ship is a disposable tool.

I definitely think you nailed it hard on the head with the being rich and/or powerful in a virtual world. That seems like it would be a very common one, even if many people don't like to admit it as it tends to be judged by others as petty and pathetic, which it isn't really.




Liked.

I see missioning as a means to an end, the end being blowing other people up

But I did realize that there are FAR better ways to make money and stopped running them a while ago

I mission when I get bored gatecamping and shooting ppl in a blob.

Btw, why do you do what you do in a sandbox? It's all-so-pointless...

Almost true, I found purpose in suicide ganking other people while I still played for a while, to harvest tears. That was fun for a while.

"For the love of god make the missioning stop so I can go back to PVP."

Agent, Corporation and Faction Standings.

Self righteous much? The bigger question is why do you care? Seem people like PVP. some people like PVE. Some people enjoy missions. Some people enjoy sitting in station and trading all day. Some people I know run 6 clients (yes 6) in a mining gang all day and then build stuff.

I would venture to guess each person does these activities because they find it enjoyable.

For me, I do it all. I run missions, but eventually get bored. I do some high/low/null pve (exploration). I go on PVP roams with friends.

For me, when I run missions I enjoy kind of 2 aspects. First it's easy isk to rebuild the coffers. I also enjoy running the same missions and see how I can be more efficient. Kind of like racing against myself.


But again I am more curious, why do you care what others find enjoyable?

1) I like blowing things up. PVE let's me blow things up.
2) I like ISK. Blowing things up in PVE gives me ISK. Goal is 100B. I need to go blow up more things.
3) I like trading. I don't like fees. Missions give me standings which lower my trading fees.