EVE General Discussion

Start by admit you DO like Eve but can't find enough interest to play it all the time, there's no problem with this.

Come and play when you feel you're good to, just stop playing and leave when you feel you're bored.

Eve is more than just a game, I find my self included in those that play more or less depending on IRL because work, ladie, kids etc so some times I can play an entire month, some times a couple hours a week and sometimes not at all for months but there's this little thing over spaceships that also makes me get back: the relationship build overtime with some dudes/dudettes

If you don't have this kind of "relationship", don't like more than that the "spaceships" and space exploring kids dream, then it should be easy for you to just delete Eve folder, stop you sub, and never get back.

Stop logging in.

That's it.

If your life is so ruined that a -video game- ...saying that again.... A VIDEO GAME is capable of overriding your self control and best interests, you have far bigger issues than that video game.

I don't understand the question. Is Eve problematic and so you want to quit? Or is it not as fulfilling as it once was but you can't seem to stop logging in and ship spinning anyway? From your OP it sounds like you manage your time and RL well enough. So what is your concern? Why do you feel the need to stop playing?

If its because you feel the time is wasted just think of all the mindless television that people watch, or the compulsion to drink alcohol or eat excessively. We all end life the same way, I'm not sure this idea of "maxing" out ones time here is so relevant as the world makes it out to be. Maybe the soul needs these kinds of distractions/impulses/addictions in order to fully develop. Or maybe we are just here for a while and then gone, so do what you enjoy as much as you can while you have the time. As long as you can maintain a good standard of living for yourself and those that you care about while you are here it doesn't really matter how you spend your time.

But if you really want to get rid of Eve I think the thing to do is to move. Physically change environments, even a vacation away from where you currently live will help. Otherwise we tend to fall into our same old rituals, which for you sounds like logging into EveO. The other thing you could do is to post your login name and PW on a few forums. That will take the characters out of your hands pretty quickly.

Anyway, best of luck.

I disagree about the children. If you have small children (toddler, baby) then you don't have a lot of free time and you're always vulnerable to 'kiddus interruptus' so surfing the forums is easier than trying to plan on having an "uninterruptible" block of time to play.

Personally, I'm at the point where I pick long training times so I don't have to login more than a few times a month. And yes, I still check the forums. =/


As for advice to the OP, games like Eve are a lot like girlfriends. It's easier to get over your old one when you get a new one.

If you get a bot you should probably stop playing the game forever

Too much effort. Just engage in RMT or botting and make it obvious enough that CCP has no choice but to set your wallet negative and/or perma-ban your account.

For Bonus Points (i.e. so that you can say that you have won at Eve when people ask why you quit,) try to arrange it so that your self-immolating pyrrhic RMT'ing actually gets an enemy player in trouble with CCP.

easy, you have to find something to replace it with

This is possibly the most psychotic, pants on head ******** thing I've read in my life.

"I enjoy your video game. I've played it a lot. But, despite my enjoyment, I now want to play it less. SO I AM GOING TO **** ALL OVER THE RULES I AGREED TO IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORCE YOU TO BAN ME!

Because that's easier than just closing the goddamned window like a rational human. For reasons."

"Whats the trick to quit the game forever?"

Make the Goons really, really angry at you.

Witchcraft and pagan rituals. It's the only way.