EVE General Discussion

That's where we differ, I've played "solo" for at least half the time I've been playing Eve, I mission, I mine, I do industrial stuff. But even as a "solo" pilot I have an effect on everyone else who indulges in any of those activities, I compete for roids, I compete on the market, I sell mission loot and salvage to other players. The only solo part of what I do is that I fly by myself.

A truly solo Eve would mean that you couldn't use the market as it is today, all your ships and ammo would be produced by NPCs not players, NPCs would have a monopoly on buying ore and minerals etc, all in all a very boring game.

It's totally possible to play Eve as a "solo" pilot, but you have to recognise that you do in fact have an effect on other players, and they in turn can have an effect on you. It's not a single player game, which is why I play it, me vs the universe and everybody in it.

Outwitting an NPC is not satisfying, outwitting another player, be it in a straight up fight, manipulating their responses or just plain beating them in market games is satisfying.

The more users think I'm trolling, the more cemented my views of the forum portion of the playerbase becomes.

I wouldn't go so far as to say you're trolling, I would however say that you're posting in ignorance of what Eve truly is and that comes across as trolling to some.

To put it in context, this sums up Eve, and it was said very recently.

CCP define what Eve is, they provide the framework, the players provide the content, your personal opinion on what it is is precisely that, an opinion. Their game, their servers, their rules, their definition, if they wanted it to be a fluffy carebear friendly world, they'd have made it so, as it stands, they haven't, that speaks volumes about what they think Eve is.

CCP state that it's a harsh dark universe, where other people can and do reinforce that. What it is not is a game where you can safely ignore other players and hope they ignore you in return.

You can disagree all you like, expect to get stomped on by the majority of us that play Eve precisely because it hasn't got safe areas in it. If we wanted a game where other players couldn't interfere in our game play, we wouldn't be playing Eve, there are plenty of other MMOs that allow that. Maybe you should rethink about why you play Eve, you seem unhappy with it, I'm sure that there are other space based games that already cater to how you want to play, and are already what you want Eve to become, they're over there ----->.

New customers are great for CCP, but not when they want to turn Eve into something it is not, CCP aren't going to change the game to suit you, they have tens of thousands of customers that like the game the way it is, some of whom have invested thousands of hours and significant currency in to it, they're not going to alienate those long standing players, who after all created most of the content for you, you have to change to suit the game.

Then do it. Gather some friends, go and carve yourself a slice of space, don't expect others to let you do without a fight though, they have already fought for it, why should they let you take it away from them without a fight.

Alternatively find an empty wormhole, it's about as close to nullsec as you'll find outside of nullsec.

The null seccers don't actually ask for much, they want more access to indy slots is about the only thing I hear them ask for. They do hate change for the sake of change and players who have never really been out of highsec asking for game changes that will make it easier to get into null. But honestly null is not in a "hole" and they are not all blue to one another.

As for mining mercoxit; hell yeah, thats an awesome goal. Learn evasion, learn to mine in lowsec, contact the CVA or go exploring the outer ring and have at it. Go in with some other guys and buy an ORCA sneak it into null, and mine fill it up. That would be a blast.

Oh I have no idea. So hop in a covops and go find some. Have you looked on the Evelopedia aout it?

wat is this and why do i care
also, wtfomgbbq wall of text!

Are you coming out as a carebear?