EVE General Discussion

I enjoy the "long game" the game brings about. The little victories, are amazing for the immediate time being. Planning something and executing that takes days, weeks, months etc, is just too awesome.

people like you are why i love the game

No. It's not fun.

Malcanis, back in the past the only time I wasn't logged in playing this game was when I was either working or sleeping. I really loved doing exploration and working the Event Agents. I couldn't wait to log in and was doing that every day.

However, lately I've noticed now 2 or 3 days will pass before I feel like logging in to play this game and then I'm only in for a few hours. I contribute this to the past couple of expansions which I feel have done nothing to benefit or positively enhance my gameplay experience. Basically I'm no longer a happy camper and to be quite honest, I feel the past few expansions have actually diminished and negatively affected my gameplay experience.

I'm not gonna get into a big debate about it or list all the changes that have adversely affected my gameplay experience. If you need more clarification, just send me an Eve Mail message and I'll be more than happy to make out a list for you.

I will say this though, the main thing I definitely don't like is how everything is being dumbed down and put into super easy instant gratification mode.

I spend more time in these forums now, always searching everyday for news about new changes that will positively affect my gameplay experience. Now I'm not gonna quit Eve, I just recently activated a 1 year subscription.

Hopefully future game changes won't have an adverse effect to my gameplay.



DMC

On rare occasions like when i win an unpredictable fight or when i go and do something new/fun with friends, yes, eve can be enjoyable.

... But, for the day to day activities eve is not a fun game to play. I don't get any of the endorphin buzz i get from other games and instead of feeling an adrenalin rush during some intense pvp situation, i experience anxiety due to the games clunky and un-intuitive controls and UI.

Right now, the only reason i play is for the social aspect and if i really look at eve as a game, if eve was single player only and not an MMO, it would be one of the worst games i have ever played.

Currently, i refuse to pay RL money for my subscription until CCP add some new and interesting game play.

There is a world of difference between if it makes you happy, and if you enjoy it.

A game doesn't have the capability to make a human happy imo, not the way I perceive true happiness.
There is however the aspect of overcoming fear. And since Eve is such a 'real' game like no other, one has the opportunity to overcome some real concrete fears via this game. And by overcoming such fears, to get a bit closer to happiness in real life, since the fears were real and acted as obstacles towards happiness in RL.

It is similar to say, chess, or 'go' (the board game), I used to play a lot of Go, and I had a teacher once that told me that by overcoming the natrual fear that almost any human would feel in 1vs1 situations, you actually become a more 'whole' person. That is the same as getting closer to becoming truly happy for me.

And as for enjoying the game... Of course I enjoy Eve.
I think anyone that finds no joy in the game should find another one, because... its a game :-)
In times when I found myself getting too frustrated and enjoying the game less, I unsubscribed for a few months, because its simply not worth the time, and actually takes you further away from happiness.

For the past year I have only logged in to swap skills. Hopefully some new interesting and finished content will be released before I run out of ISK in 5 years time.

What are cap booster?

I'm certain it doesn't make me happy but when faced with the question I cant say that I enjoy it either. I guess that means that the persistence system works as I am still here.
I do enjoy doing something with friends (made in game or otherwise) but that pleasure is not tied to Eve. Eve provides the relevant utility's to co-operate and work together but other games also offer that.
That is in general but when subject to a thrilling high sec war dec Eve is not lacking in fun it is simply obsolete. It has been much debated elsewhere but essentially I find it to be a system that removes the utility of being able to do something with friends from the game. In theory it is supposed to allow for fighting but the likelihood of there being a fight is so excessively low that playing something else for a week is a far more rewarding use of time than Eve. At that point Eve is depressing as each time it becomes more and more likely that someone stops coming back after the week or have become engrossed in something else for a few months. I have found that Eve has naturally led me to playing other games more even though I came to Eve because I wanted to play Eve. There are other features that seem to have a similar lack of design and effect to some extent but it is the poor quality of high sec war that probably has the greatest and longest lasting impact on my enjoyment of the game.

I do recognise the potential of Eve and I do enjoy being a part of it in a broad sense but it does sometimes seem as if its development has stood still, poor solutions endure and there seems a real fear of change from both the community and developer. I guess it's like the poor idea of having the topic title/breadcrumbs in orange at the top of this page when the background contains more than a hint of orange to the extent that I cant read the topic title; it is obviously a poor solution and is easily rectified but I can have no expectation of it improving any time soon so I know to ignore it as best I can even though it is frustratingly obvious.

Two things --> PvP and medical green stuff... I enjoy it and it makes me happy.