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DreznicK
OORt Cloud Research
The OORT Cloud
#1 - 2013-06-27 18:29:08 UTC
I am at a point where I am seriously considering destroying all my assets and characters and starting over.
Problem is every time I get to that point I start thinking well I will just save this and keep that.
I actually thought it would be easier to just let go of old characters, guess what, not so easy after all.

Just wondering if anyone has gone down this path and destroyed everything and started over from scratch ?
Commander Rahl
Life. Universe. Everything.
#2 - 2013-06-27 18:31:12 UTC
There's no point in starting over your skill training. It's a complete and meaningless waste of time to do so.
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#3 - 2013-06-27 18:31:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Doc Fury
DreznicK wrote:
Just wondering if anyone has gone down this path and destroyed everything and started over from scratch ?


I've been through a divorce, which counts as losing (mostly) everything and starting over. Depending on the circumstances it can be quite refreshing.

☼

There's a million angry citizens looking down their tubes..at me.
Khira Kitamatsu
#4 - 2013-06-27 18:32:50 UTC
DreznicK wrote:
I am at a point where I am seriously considering destroying all my assets and characters and starting over.
Problem is every time I get to that point I start thinking well I will just save this and keep that.
I actually thought it would be easier to just let go of old characters, guess what, not so easy after all.

Just wondering if anyone has gone down this path and destroyed everything and started over from scratch ?





Well, should you decide to start over - please send any ISK or valuable assets to Khira Kitamatsu - I will put them to good use. :)

Ponies!  We need more ponies!
DreznicK
OORt Cloud Research
The OORT Cloud
#5 - 2013-06-27 18:37:41 UTC  |  Edited by: DreznicK
Khira Kitamatsu wrote:
DreznicK wrote:
I am at a point where I am seriously considering destroying all my assets and characters and starting over.
Problem is every time I get to that point I start thinking well I will just save this and keep that.
I actually thought it would be easier to just let go of old characters, guess what, not so easy after all.

Just wondering if anyone has gone down this path and destroyed everything and started over from scratch ?





Well, should you decide to start over - please send any ISK or valuable assets to Khira Kitamatsu - I will put them to good use. :)


No if I do it I will destroy a stupid amount of Assets and ISK all will go straight in the trash can.
And yes I know starting over training again does hold me up some but when your character's are over 100k SP you now need ISK to support them, so it comes down to all or nothing and hence my problem.
Khira Kitamatsu
#6 - 2013-06-27 18:45:21 UTC
DreznicK wrote:
Khira Kitamatsu wrote:
DreznicK wrote:
I am at a point where I am seriously considering destroying all my assets and characters and starting over.
Problem is every time I get to that point I start thinking well I will just save this and keep that.
I actually thought it would be easier to just let go of old characters, guess what, not so easy after all.

Just wondering if anyone has gone down this path and destroyed everything and started over from scratch ?





Well, should you decide to start over - please send any ISK or valuable assets to Khira Kitamatsu - I will put them to good use. :)


No if I do it I will destroy a stupid amount of Assets and ISK all will go straight in the trash can.
And yes I know starting over training again does hold me up some but when your character's are over 100k SP you now need ISK to support them, so it comes down to all or nothing and hence my problem.


Why waste assets and ISK? THink of the harm you could do to the EVE economy. At least in this way you are still contributing to the betterment of the game by allowing the assets and ISK to remain a part of it. Please reconsider your intentions. :)

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Darth Khasei
Wavestar Business Ventures Inc.
#7 - 2013-06-27 19:03:57 UTC
Respect. Cool

I don't think you have thought this through.
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#8 - 2013-06-27 19:22:35 UTC
DreznicK wrote:
I am at a point where I am seriously considering destroying all my assets and characters and starting over.
Problem is every time I get to that point I start thinking well I will just save this and keep that.
I actually thought it would be easier to just let go of old characters, guess what, not so easy after all.

Just wondering if anyone has gone down this path and destroyed everything and started over from scratch ?





Why?

In a game like Eve where there is absolutely no point in starting from scratch (other than a severely tarnished reputation), why would you even consider it?

I don't judge people by their race, religion, color, size, age, gender, or ethnicity. I judge them by their grammar, spelling, syntax, punctuation, clarity of expression, and logical consistency.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#9 - 2013-06-27 19:26:41 UTC
Do you seriously think I'd have this name if I thought starting over was a good idea? Blink

This was meant to be a character that lived 2 weeks or so while I learned the basics of EVE.

That was over 4 years ago.
Kyt Thrace
Lightspeed Enterprises
Goonswarm Federation
#10 - 2013-06-27 19:27:10 UTC
Sell all your assets on market,

Sell all your characters on the Character Bazaar,

Either,

Buy new character that you like off Character Bazaar with the isk

Start a new character from scratch with lots of isk

Or,

Keep what you have & crosstrain

R.I.P. Vile Rat
Gealbhan
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#11 - 2013-06-27 19:31:06 UTC
Starting over like that in EvE Online is like cutting a loud fart at a wedding reception, no matter how badly you wish you could take it back the embarrassment of that moment will last forever. Arrow
Klymer
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#12 - 2013-06-27 20:39:10 UTC
Accounts can have 3 characters on them, just start a new one and never log into that character again.
Vaju Enki
Secular Wisdom
#13 - 2013-06-27 20:44:15 UTC
I love doing that, biomassing my high SP pilots and starting over, it's fun :)

The Tears Must Flow
Tixam Quri
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2013-06-27 22:53:21 UTC
Take a PLEX and resculpt your pilot.

He'll look new, you'll feel better and you won't make a pointless mistake you'll later regret.

Jafit McJafitson- "try scamming people. it's like PvP, but with words. Their greed is your warp scrambler, your lies are your autocannons."
Six Six Six
Doomheim
#15 - 2013-06-28 00:13:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Six Six Six
DreznicK wrote:
I am at a point where I am seriously considering destroying all my assets and characters and starting over.
Problem is every time I get to that point I start thinking well I will just save this and keep that.
I actually thought it would be easier to just let go of old characters, guess what, not so easy after all.

Just wondering if anyone has gone down this path and destroyed everything and started over from scratch ?






Done that several times myself over the years.

But I wouldn't recommend it unless there's a reason for disliking the character. If you do decide to trash the character then transfer the assets to the new one first.

If you've been playing with a reasonable amount of sp then the chances are if you restart you won't enjoy the game as much as you won't be able to do as many things to start with.


So in short don't restart a character that has been around awhile if it has a reasonable amount of sp. Better to change the look of the portrait and don't worry about having skills trained that you've decided you no longer need.
Abon
Pandorum Research Incorporated
#16 - 2013-06-28 00:22:19 UTC
Don`t do it. Plain and simple.
Six Six Six
Doomheim
#17 - 2013-06-28 00:23:50 UTC
If the reason for trashing the character and assets is that you don't want a link to past corps/alliances then you have two options:
1. Make a new character and transfer assets to the new character, then delete the old character and make a new playable character transfer the assets from the holding character then delete that holding character as well.
2. Just park the account and start a new one.
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#18 - 2013-06-28 00:28:46 UTC
Commander Rahl wrote:
There's no point in starting over your skill training. It's a complete and meaningless waste of time to do so.



Just like training different alts for different combat purposes , train several times the same base skills, it's just idiot for little advantage considering you can do the same for free just by playing with other people.

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Freakdevil
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2013-06-28 00:36:39 UTC
Just roll a new account and forget the password on the old one. If you get tempted to ever login to it then you will know.

Otherwise its pointless to delete everything on a time-based game.
Steve WingYip
Doomheim
#20 - 2013-06-28 00:49:07 UTC
DreznicK wrote:
I am at a point where I am seriously considering destroying all my assets and characters and starting over.
Problem is every time I get to that point I start thinking well I will just save this and keep that.
I actually thought it would be easier to just let go of old characters, guess what, not so easy after all.

Just wondering if anyone has gone down this path and destroyed everything and started over from scratch ?





I did this to race swap, it was worth it for me but I did lose 3 years of skill training. But I sold my character and used the isk on this character. There are times where I do regret it a bit but I am happy I did it but I had my reasons.
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