EVE General Discussion

Speaking as someone who's playing this game solo, And doing exclusively low sec PVE since day one here, Granted i haven't been playing that long (just over 3 months).

You're way off the mark here. It's entirely possible to do PVE in low sec, You just need to know the game mechanics, including how to spot a gatecamp and heavily pirate infested areas before even going there as well as how to avoid them if they find you.

You also do not in any way need a PVP fitted ship to have a chance to avoid getting killed, I do it every day in PVE fitted ships and i've yet to lose one.
The new ships also do not give "extra PVP rewards", There's no such thing as PVP rewards in the first place other than whatever mods survive the explosion to be looted.

About your idea to allow people to flag themselves so they can't be attacked.... No, Just no.

This game is not a PVE centric game, Even PVE activites like exploration, mining and ratting is to some degree pvp because of the way the market works and part of the what makes EVE, well... EVE is that it IS possible to get ganked at any time, in any place if you're not careful, Take that away and all you've got left is an extremely mediocre PVE experience. The PVE mechanics on their own doesn't have what it takes to compete with actual PVE focused games.

If the kind of game where it's possible to do just about anything as long as you can figure out a way to succeed at it, Including killing other players for no reason other than the thrill of the hunt is not your kind of game... Well, then EVE is probably the wrong game for you to play, It's a sandbox game that is very much PVP centric, That said there's plenty of other games that DO allow you to play PVE exclusively without having to worry about other players and i'd rather prefer you play one of those than have this game changed to suit your wants, Especially as EVE is probably the ONLY game of it's kind.

As i said, I'm 100% focused on PVE activities like exploration, Mostly in low sec, And if the PVP part of those activities were removed i would quit the game in an instant, As would a very large segment of the playerbase. If you didn't risk losing your ship every time you undocked, If you didn't have to carefully doublecheck any deal you accept... well, Then EVE wouldn't be EVE, And i like EVE for what it is.

You want to enjoy the exploration aspects of EVE? That's great, Do your research, Learn how to avoid getting ganked and don't fly a ship you can't easily replace several times over, Just in case your opponents manage to catch you out. But don't go and ask the devs to change the ONE game of it's kind into a generic, sub-par PVE experience with no risk simply because you made a mistake.

To OP - It's really a combination of what some people said about this might not be the game for you and that you just need to expect to encounter PVP and expect to lose your ship. I've always found that that way I am never disappointed.

Also OP, people have responded in quite a civil manner to the fact that you are complaining about an aspect which makes up the very basis of EVE.

On a slightly different note though, in the words of Mr Thomas Edison:
"If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. "

You don't HAVE to leave, you could just take the advice given you here and take another crack at it, just be more prepared?

Nope, you're not missing something, EVE is pretty much purely competitive with crappy PvE to match.

Why doesn't anyone check the map before going into low?

Now you're just trolling.
We all know there's no such thing.

This is certainly a cry thread

Game was garbage in 2003

don't go into dangerous space if you dont want to get popped

Eve is not for you.

Pretty sure he's trolling guys :P.

Fair enough, but it's a lot harder to pod someone on the forum. Maybe that's why everyone is so much braver there, eh?

Exactly.
That's not happening though,
because most people are stupid, loudmouthing cowards.

you know... without the pirates, the gangs, the camps...null and low would be boring as hell, getting away by the skin of your teeth or springing the trap they have for you and getting away with a kill is a very very cool feeling.

if they took away pvp this game wouldn't last long.