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What makes the EVE player?
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Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#41 - 2013-05-01 06:16:25 UTC
criativa wrote:
Bienator II wrote:
you can identify eve players by looking at their cars. Since they don't drive what they can't afford to lose.


This was brilliant.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Marchus Triad
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#42 - 2013-05-03 10:59:27 UTC
A real EVE player is just a person who has never closed his child eyes and when mines huge asteroid never say "boring farming times" but "Wow ! I'm in space mining asteroids ! This is a dream come true !".

He\she is a person who never lost the wonder of discovering.
Scammers, lost ships, ISK are just a part of the game.
Universe is the best part.
An EVE player can visit stars from the space.
Velicitia
XS Tech
#43 - 2013-05-03 11:13:25 UTC
Marchus Triad wrote:
A real EVE player is just a person who has never closed his child eyes and when mines huge asteroid never say "boring farming times" but "Wow ! I'm in space mining asteroids ! This is a dream come true !".

He\she is a person who never lost the wonder of discovering.
Scammers, lost ships, ISK are just a part of the game.
Universe is the best part.
An EVE player can visit stars from the space.


if they were around last year, they did visit the stars for a brief time. (well, at least out digital selves did)

Skyward Sphere

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
Adela Talvanen
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#44 - 2013-05-03 11:58:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Adela Talvanen
Someone with enough free time to put into a time sink open ended space MMO game, and with enough disposable income to pay for the monthly privilege of doing it.
Samillian
Angry Mustellid
#45 - 2013-05-03 12:00:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Samillian
Tamiroth wrote:
What are the qualities that, in your opinion, make the "true" EVE player, one who is here to stay?


Rabid determination, stoicism and a fanatical dedication to exploiting any situation to your advantage.

Plus the willingness to apply huge amounts of DPS to any problem that the qualities above can't help you with.

NBSI shall be the whole of the Law
Zak Breen
Breen Enterprises
#46 - 2013-05-03 12:40:04 UTC
No different than any other MMO player.

Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of not knowing. http://www.di.fm/spacemusic
Viceran Phaedra
Instar Heavy Industries
#47 - 2013-05-03 12:53:18 UTC
I love this thread.

EVE players play the long game. We scratch empires together with grit and charisma. We wait years to stab our 'friends' in the back and make off with the goods. We are capable of the greatest acts of random kindness, and the most callous indifference at another's loss. EVE is the face of humanity made bare. Here everyone can be who they can't be in the real world. Nowhere else in the virtual world can you find an experience quite like it.

...and there's spaceships! Big smile

Chief Executive Officer

Instar Heavy Industries
Jame Jarl Retief
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#48 - 2013-05-03 13:00:42 UTC
Tamiroth wrote:
As we all know, the player community of Eve Online is the most intelligent, welcoming and newbie-friendly.... we all know, EVE's player community is inherently elitist. It preys on the tears of the weak or those who are perceived as such and weeds them out. By consuming the unworthy, the beast moves forward. But who are worthy and who are not? This is the question that I offer to you to answer.


I'm confused. EVE community is intelligent and welcoming, while at the same time elitist and unforgiving of any sign of weakness, terminating the offender with extreme prejudice? That's like saying "gentle and affectionate chainsaw".
Avalon Champion
Gallente Defence Evaluation Research Agency
#49 - 2013-05-03 13:11:50 UTC
Q. What makes the Eve player?

A. General Ambivalence to all things EVE.
Jenn aSide
Soul Machines
The Initiative.
#50 - 2013-05-03 13:14:24 UTC
dark heartt wrote:
For me two things combine to make a good Eve player. Someone who can set their own goals and is willing to work toward them, and someone who understands that loss happens in this game and can deal with it.

For most newbies the biggest thing to get over is that when you lose something, it is gone forever. Once you can accept that you are good to go.


Lots of good answers here, i like this one the best. I'd only add "A REAL EVE player takes responsibility for their choices in every way".

Some people who play EVE can't do this of course, it's easier to blame others for their own failures. To be brutally honest I have more respect for people who try EVE and quit than those who don't like the game yet keep playing "because in the future it might be awesome".....
Velicitia
XS Tech
#51 - 2013-05-03 13:32:48 UTC
Jame Jarl Retief wrote:
Tamiroth wrote:
As we all know, the player community of Eve Online is the most intelligent, welcoming and newbie-friendly.... we all know, EVE's player community is inherently elitist. It preys on the tears of the weak or those who are perceived as such and weeds them out. By consuming the unworthy, the beast moves forward. But who are worthy and who are not? This is the question that I offer to you to answer.


I'm confused. EVE community is intelligent and welcoming, while at the same time elitist and unforgiving of any sign of weakness, terminating the offender with extreme prejudice? That's like saying "gentle and affectionate chainsaw".



I call her Vera.

(yeah, yeah, I know she was a rifle ... deal with it).

The community is welcoming (for the most part).

Just look at all the posts in the "New Player" section that are "so I'm new ... and a bit lost". You'll see people offer all kinds of help. Or newbros in corps ... had one guy all scared of the local lowsec because "it's dangerous and I don't wanna lose my ship" (******* carebear brainwashing) -- told him it'd be fine and we'd cover anything that happened. After about 35-40 minutes of flying around and killing stuff, he warped off on his own to scout a belt (or the local 2/10 plex) and hero tackled a jag that was there (didn't even think about it). Unfortunately we came half a second too late to save his ship, but we got the kill ... and the newbro got 30 (fitted!) frigates for it.

Intelligent too (sometimes) -- I mean, just look at the stuff that people have made...


The "unforgiving of weakness" part is harder to consider ... will have to think about it in greater depth

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
Harry Forever
SpaceJunkys
#52 - 2013-05-03 14:36:00 UTC
focus and dedication

Harry Forever vs. Goonswarm
Arduemont
Rotten Legion
#53 - 2013-05-03 15:38:49 UTC
What makes an Eve player?

Persistence.

That about covers it.

"In the age of information, ignorance is a choice." www.stateofwar.co.nf
Caviar Liberta
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#54 - 2013-05-03 15:46:11 UTC
Hoarding gone wild. If you start thinking you have to much stuff for pvp for example, multiple it by 3 then. This way you can actually enjoy the game instead of having to look for ships to fit.
Brooks Puuntai
Solar Nexus.
#55 - 2013-05-03 15:48:00 UTC
Someone who plays Eve. No need to look deeper, since Eve is a sandbox it attracts many different types of people.

CCP's Motto: If it isn't broken, break it. If it is broken, ignore it. Improving NPE / Dynamic New Eden
Hessian Arcturus
Doomheim
#56 - 2013-05-03 16:15:24 UTC
Caviar Liberta wrote:
Hoarding gone wild. If you start thinking you have to much stuff for pvp for example, multiple it by 3 then. This way you can actually enjoy the game instead of having to look for ships to fit.


I have sh*t all over the place Big smile

What makes an EVE player? Someone who is dedicated to learning the mechanics of the game. At least from personal experiance, someone who knows how this game works makes a better EVE player.
Also, someone who is willing to learn and that will think for themselves, rather than being spoon fed.

It's human nature to want to explore. To find your line and go beyond it. The only limit, is the one you set yourself.
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