These forums have been archived and are now read-only.

The new forums are live and can be found at https://forums.eveonline.com/

EVE General Discussion

 
  • Topic is locked indefinitely.
 

The strange silence of... Empire??
Author
Previous Topic Next Topic
Xia Kairui
Perkone
Caldari State
#61 - 2014-02-24 12:54:05 UTC
For me it's a simple matter of real estate. And that local doesn't work where I live. So I have local joined into one window with intel channels and other chats, and local is the one that is used least because it mostly contains spam anyway.
Your Dad Naked
Doomheim
#62 - 2014-02-24 15:13:06 UTC
Gotta find the right system is all. My main mining systems have a fair amount of chatter, and all the mining regulars greet eachother upon arrival.

Systems with lots of things (lots of belts, a few L4s) are good places to start. The systems that don't provide this are usually populated by people who want to be left alone, hence why they don't live in systems offering better services/resources.
Rhatar Khurin
Doomheim
#63 - 2014-02-24 15:15:57 UTC
My home system has tons of Dust players in it, so local is fairly busy although most of it is just then calling each other noobs or spamming recruitment ads.
Nuela
WoT Misfits
#64 - 2014-02-24 17:11:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Nuela
Mr Epeen wrote:
BrundleMeth wrote:
Well...

In my home station, local chat is full of russians speaking russian. It appears they have no interest in talking to anyone else which to my mind is nothing more than pure racism. Which doesn't really surprise me...

And no I'm not moving, I have too much to move and I was there first...


They say the same thing about you. All you do is yammer in your Americanized pseudo-English instead of chatting with them in their native language.

It's not them that's racist. It's you.

Mr Epeen Cool


People might take the above as snark but I have been known to warm up a Russian to English translator (and vice versa) and talk to these folks. Many of them seriously like your attempt* to talk to them in their language and can get quite chatty,

*However badly because these translated back and forth conversations are definitely 'different'
Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#65 - 2014-02-24 17:27:57 UTC
Talking in local makes you a target. For 95% of the people in hisec, the goal is to be left alone, especially if you're playing solo, and especially if you're doing missions or ANYTHING industry related. I can understand that corps established in a given area may want to develop a community with their neighbors, but active corps are at even more risk for unwanted wardecs.

There is virtually no incentive for collaboration w/ strangers in hisec, or anywhere. If I'm going to socialize, I'm sure as hell going to do it somewhere other than local.

"**CCP is changing policy, and has asked that we discontinue the bonus credit program after November 7th. So until then, enjoy a super-bonus of 1B Blink Credit for each 60-day GTC you buy!"**

Never forget.
Victoria Thorne
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#66 - 2014-02-24 17:36:08 UTC
Nuela wrote:


People might take the above as snark but I have been known to warm up a Russian to English translator (and vice versa) and talk to these folks. Many of them seriously like your attempt* to talk to them in their language and can get quite chatty,

*However badly because these translated back and forth conversations are definitely 'different'


I once saw a conversation in local between a someone I think was Russian (who I think was using translation software) and someone else that went on for an hour or two.

It went something like:

Russian: You are a naughty person for trying to take my fruit. Just ask her, I had to educate her about it earlier.

Other person: Oh God, stop.

Russian: You are silly. (He posted a kill-mail of him killing the person he was talking to.)

Other person: Sorry, I won't try that again.

Russian: I like fruit. I have an orange. Do you want an orange? It's alright if you ask first. Do you need me to educate you? Oranges are good.
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#67 - 2014-02-25 00:00:41 UTC
Local is mostly empty in Eve for the same reason people in public spaces pretty much ignore each other. It's really not that different, everybody off voice coms is basicly playing their own game or connected with others indirectly via their own chat. Everybody on voice comms is probably to busy to bother with local anyway.

It is not without its uses though, I use it often to ask another character if it's allright to convo him. This causes a popup which can be invasive on his gameplay, so asking beforehand is just proper form. Other courtesies such as short greetings when passing friendlies in transit is also pretty common.
Fredfredbug4
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#68 - 2014-02-25 01:01:52 UTC
Most people in empire space play EVE like it's a single player game. Nothing wrong with it of course, however don't expect people who intend on playing by themselves to be social.

Watch_ Fred Fred Frederation_ and stop [u]cryptozoologist[/u]! Fight against the brutal genocide of fictional creatures across New Eden! Is that a metaphor? Probably not, but the fru-fru- people will sure love it!
Hasikan Miallok
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#69 - 2014-02-25 03:40:40 UTC
My local is quiet cos I blocked everyone ....





On a more serious note, most of the social side of hisec takes place in other chats, corp chat, fleet chat and in some cases random channels like "Eve Tutors" and "Help My Mission". If you spot someone in hisec doing something interesting or flying something unusual its much more common to direct personal chat them than post in local.

The exceptions to this are newbie systems and trade hubs where you wish people would just STFU sometimes :D
Luwc
State War Academy
Caldari State
#70 - 2014-02-25 13:13:21 UTC
Ilovetomine wrote:
Good day to all of you. I just wanted to share a thought I had, or maybe a feeling... Or perhaps something I just have noticed.

Empire is well populated.... but... quiet??

A local of 44 on an alt, and 34 on the main.

I greet both ends, no response. Ask a question, same thing. Hours pass, not a word.

So I bring up d-scan, and sure enough, tons of ships... But no one is home?



I think it is so strange that the people of empire are just so silent. I see them come and go, I see them go places; belts, missions, anoms, you name it. And not a word is said. People will reject convos, block you over mails, or just greet you with some sort of frantic paranoia.

I offered multiple systems FREE perfect orca boosts(on the alt), and was greeted with silence, or the typical too-good-to-be-true attitude. When giving people reasonable proof that my orca is indeed a friendly orca, with all of its very deadly high-slots etc, people get crazy and scared.


Where is the socialization? Where are the friendly, talkative people? Honestly, empire almost feels as isolated or as quiet as null.

Hell, I had more genuine conversations, and more trust from neutrals, yellows, etc from lowsec. Even people whom I never met, would be a wingman.

But not in empire... Isn't it quiet?? Or is it just me??





Thats because 99% of empire dudes are botters or just too busy running lvl4s and mining veldspar.

http://hugelolcdn.com/i/267520.gif