EVE General Discussion

I've only been playing for a few weeks, but I'm constantly reminded by veteran players how, like space, this game can be very dark, cold, and deadly. A comment I'd recently overheard about how out-of-pod capsuleers must feel like amputees (with all apologies to actual amputees) led me to conceive a way of introducing another added bit of "reality" to the game, something I call "capsuleer psychosis."

Forgive me if something similar has already been suggested, but basically what it would entail is that over time, capsuleers would begin to suffer mental disorders based on amount of time they spend in and out of pod, eventually growing more and more addicted to being in their pod and increasingly suffering from separation anxiety. How this would be put into practice is that over time (months at the least), and perhaps also depending on how much time a player spends in-game, your character's attributes would slowly begin to decrease. There may be other effects as well. To counter those effects, capsuleers would need to use drugs and expensive implants or boosters. There could even be missions where they must deal with various underworld factions to get the illicit items that are the only thing keeping them from going completely bonkers. This would of course place them in conflict with Concord, but there could be ways around this from becoming a tedious cycle of running from Concord all the time, as Concord would be aware of the effects of long-term pod use and would have protocols in place to deal with it. I'm not suggesting interventions and rehab for capsuleers, but maybe Concord would allow a small amount of illicit commodities into the market and turn a blind eye on capsuleers who buy them, as long as they maintain good standings. This would in turn affect the price of such commodities and turn Concord activities a shade of gray.

Anyway, that's the basic idea. I'm sure I haven't thought it all the way through, so please feel free to poke as many holes into it as you like. Remember, I'm just a rook.

You expect me to read:
-All That ****, by You
?????

You may want to read this

http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/The_Jovian_Wetgrave

House would take your cookie and eat it in front of you as well.

Yes you are expected to read it. I realise it's not quite as short as a twitter post, but it doesn't take longer than a minute to read. I'm sure a whole minute taken to read this rather short post won't totally ruin your day.

EVE is full of ponies and sunshine, i have no idea what game you've been playing.

Capsuleers already have enough mental problems. This one does, anyway.

9 out of 10 voices in my head say that the OP is wrong.
the 10th is screaming about pink giraffes and esperanto-talking elephants.

So legalize some low tier drug that "helps"... in EVE?



EVE is Real.

Can you hear the voices too?