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Resetting wallet to 0 and starting from scratch
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AlphaOperative Altren
Alternative Rendition
#1 - 2013-07-03 10:56:22 UTC
Hi all,

I've recently been considering selling everything i own in Eve then buying and activating plexes and starting again with just a Rookie ship and 0 isk. Obviously i wouldnt be starting completely from scratch as id still have the skills & experience ive gained.

Just feel like doing something a little drastic to shake things up for myself in the game. Is this something you've heard of people doing before? Does it sound like fun or the most ridiculous mistake someone in eve could make?

Just wondered on your thoughts as once ive done it its done!

Thanks in advance.

Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. ― Richard P. Feynman
ACE McFACE
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-07-03 10:59:07 UTC
If you do actually do this, give me the ISK. I could use it

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#3 - 2013-07-03 11:00:51 UTC
Why ???

Just keep everything and start a new character on one of your accounts. Why the d-r-a-m-a ?????

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2013-07-03 11:03:19 UTC
ACE McFACE wrote:
If you do actually do this, give me the ISK. I could use it

Damnit, Ace beat me to it.

Sugar Von MurdererTits : Jake Warbird gets my vote for most intriguing and attractive male character in Eve.
Seven Koskanaiken
Shadow Legions.
Insidious.
#5 - 2013-07-03 11:03:23 UTC
Depends if you have any career missions still left open to you, they pay out quite a bit.
Talemecus Valta
Fraternity Academy
#6 - 2013-07-03 11:04:02 UTC
Here the come the "Can I haz your stuff?" posts.

It's not a bad idea, but if you give your ISK away, you won't have it for emergencies.

My suggestion would be for you to put the money in a special wallet division, of your corp or form your own corp and then put it all in your own corp wallet.

That way you start off with nothing and then you still have cash to buy stuff.


It's up to you on how you do it.

Talemecus Valta, PVP Cannon Fodder, Valta Industries.
Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#7 - 2013-07-03 11:05:21 UTC
It is increadibly stupid, but that alone isn't a reason to not do something you think you'd enjoy doing.


PS. Don't use all the PLEXes immediately. There isn't any need to do it and you might prefer to have a quick injection of cash at hand, if some unexpected emergency or need arises.
Private Pineapple
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2013-07-03 11:05:25 UTC
It is not unheard of before... there are quite a few people who like the idea of a "reset". But the idea of a "reset" is very open to interpretation as people like doing different kinds of resets. Like, you want to "reset" your game and re-experience EVE from the bottom up. Sometimes I like to "reset" by doing a massive purge of my online friends, contacts, etc ... changing my user alias and letting only the best online friends know who I am now, and then starting from there. I don't know why I do this, but I just enjoy doing it sometimes.

But you need to answer the question of what you are going to do with your ISK and assets. It'd be a shame to see them to go waste.

.
AlphaOperative Altren
Alternative Rendition
#9 - 2013-07-03 11:06:54 UTC
Talemecus Valta wrote:
Here the come the "Can I haz your stuff?" posts.

It's not a bad idea, but if you give your ISK away, you won't have it for emergencies.

My suggestion would be for you to put the money in a special wallet division, of your corp or form your own corp and then put it all in your own corp wallet.

That way you start off with nothing and then you still have cash to buy stuff.


It's up to you on how you do it.



I was thinking of spending it all on plex and just plugging them all in so my account would be paid up for months in advance.

Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. ― Richard P. Feynman
ACE McFACE
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2013-07-03 11:10:14 UTC
Jake Warbird wrote:
ACE McFACE wrote:
If you do actually do this, give me the ISK. I could use it

Damnit, Ace beat me to it.

I knew when I saw that no one had replied I was in with a chance. When I pressed post I kept thinking someone would beat me to it by a couple of seconds.

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
#11 - 2013-07-03 11:11:14 UTC
There are other ways of playing Eve on hard mode, but whatever floats your boat.

At least you're not trashing the isk and you're buying game time with 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.
Aidan Brooder
Dynasphere Ltd.
#12 - 2013-07-03 11:12:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Aidan Brooder
AlphaOperative Altren wrote:
Hi all,

I've recently been considering selling everything i own in Eve then buying and activating plexes and starting again with just a Rookie ship and 0 isk. Obviously i wouldnt be starting completely from scratch as id still have the skills & experience ive gained.

Just feel like doing something a little drastic to shake things up for myself in the game. Is this something you've heard of people doing before? Does it sound like fun or the most ridiculous mistake someone in eve could make?

Just wondered on your thoughts as once ive done it its done!

Thanks in advance.


I quit EVE once years ago. I didn't sell or biomass my old character or any of his stuff, but when I did come back, I
a) had forgotten my login info Roll (could have retrieved it, but:)
b) decided it was time for something new

Later on I trained alts up, like everyone else.

I'd state it this way: The first few months are full of phantom pain. Yes, you still have the experience as a player, but that new prothesis you got yourself there doesn't really work as well yet, as you remember.

I'd say just try it with an Alt for now and see if you can stand it/do like it.

Blog: http://aidanbrooder.wordpress.com My EVE Playlist on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSNuHY7z8n1q1BdLvW2verIfH8vvWtz_x
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#13 - 2013-07-03 11:15:17 UTC
Jake Warbird wrote:
ACE McFACE wrote:
If you do actually do this, give me the ISK. I could use it

Damnit, Ace beat me to it.



You dam beggars...let me bear with you:

Op send me isk and mods I'll make good use of them. Have fun with your new character and wallet.

Thx

(you think it works?)

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Six Six Six
Doomheim
#14 - 2013-07-03 11:16:40 UTC
AlphaOperative Altren wrote:
Hi all,

I've recently been considering selling everything i own in Eve then buying and activating plexes and starting again with just a Rookie ship and 0 isk. Obviously i wouldnt be starting completely from scratch as id still have the skills & experience ive gained.

Just feel like doing something a little drastic to shake things up for myself in the game. Is this something you've heard of people doing before? Does it sound like fun or the most ridiculous mistake someone in eve could make?

Just wondered on your thoughts as once ive done it its done!

Thanks in advance.




If you've had a higher sp character (10+ mill sp) and you intend to just play the new character, then I'd give you a week before you're bored.
Lugalbandak
Doomheim
#15 - 2013-07-03 11:16:40 UTC
Bio your char and do a prober reset

The police horse is the only animal in the world that haz his male genitals on his back
ACE McFACE
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2013-07-03 11:19:41 UTC
Sergeant Acht Scultz wrote:
Jake Warbird wrote:
ACE McFACE wrote:
If you do actually do this, give me the ISK. I could use it

Damnit, Ace beat me to it.



You dam beggars...let me bear with you:

Op send me isk and mods I'll make good use of them. Have fun with your new character and wallet.

Thx

(you think it works?)

No no no, you have to follow the rules of begging. If someone is just doing a post like "I feel like giving away my stuff" then only the quickest person can claim said stuff. If its a "I got ganked, goons are mean, mining isn't fun anymore" whine post then go nuts.

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
Turelus
Utassi Security
The Curatores Veritatis Auxiliary
#17 - 2013-07-03 11:32:17 UTC
A while ago I tried something called "EVE Survival Test" where I rolled a new character and tried to play the game without using the player market, everything I owned I had to buy from NPC BPO's and build or find (no taking obvious ships) it was actually some of the most fun and exciting EVE I have played in a long long time! Every day when I logged in I had a goal and meaning to being online, something which playing on Turelus rarely brings.

It's a project I always wanted to continue and keep alive but the time and dedication needed wasn't something I could do without abandoning all my gaming time on Turelus (who at the time needed ISK to PVP)

OP try giving something like that a go and maybe even blog about it and do what I never could...
http://eost.blogspot.se/

That's a link to the blog I was planning to run with the project maybe it will give you some help finding a way to make your rebirth more interesting.

Turelus CEO Utassi Security
AlphaOperative Altren
Alternative Rendition
#18 - 2013-07-03 11:37:35 UTC  |  Edited by: AlphaOperative Altren
Private Pineapple wrote:
changing my user alias


Didnt know you could do this, how do you change it? Might be an interesting thing to do when/ if i reset.

Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. ― Richard P. Feynman
S Byerley
The Manhattan Engineer District
#19 - 2013-07-03 11:41:37 UTC
I tried blitzing the starter missions, but they jihad'ed my ship when I wasn't paying attention. I was sad Cry
Q 5
999 HOLDINGS LLC
#20 - 2013-07-03 12:12:11 UTC
Mr. OP, no not such a hot ideal.

Have you really done "everything" or just been farming the same stuff so long your bored?

What you are looking for is a goal, something to try to obtain that that is a new challenge.

There's alot of places I find people never heard of nor visited here in eve.

But what you might try instead is sell enough to buy a plex, put away then take a break.
Just go and do something else in RL for a while, you may find yourself missing some things about eve when you're ready, do the temporary activation to use you're plex to get things moving again.
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