EVE General Discussion

Whether it comes to the race/faction you choose to the ships you fly to the decisions you make in game, how much actually has to do with the universe that CCP has created for this game and how much has to do with just getting into space and making things blow up real good?

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Some people are of more questionable intelligence than others.


I don't give a crap about lore,
but Amarrians should be wiped from the game.


They're horrible human beings.

In game decisions... 0 effect. I do like it when the lore makes in game stuff make some sort of sense, though. Coherent lore & backstory makes things feel right.

I like the lore. It doesn't affect how I play, but I do like the fundamental structure (historical and societal) of the world CCP built.

Yeah. I do like it.

You assume much, young Jedi!

EVE lore effects my gameplay and my character's decisions very little. I love to roleplay, and I love sci-fi in general, but I have almost no affinity with EVE's lore.

I find EVE's lore to be convoluted, piecemeal and often debated and argued due to it's deficiencies and the modular way people have added to it over time.

I enjoy playing a character who deliberately shuns most conventions. She's Achuran, but never knew the homeworld, so doesn't subscribe to much in the way of Achuran philosophies, history, lifestyles or stereotypes. Likewise she turned her back on Empire and society at large after becoming a capsuleer and instead chose a life in wormhole space where the culture and "lore" is basically whatever each individual makes it.

Having said all that there is still some racial leanings my characters inherit - such as a preference for Caldari ship types. She also harbors some disdain of her race's traditional enemies, the Gallente, due to some time spent serving in the milita, so you might sometimes find her trolling some frogs here n' there. But beyond that I keep my characters, and their RP, very general and free flowing. Lore can be fun to stay tuned too, but sadly for many RP'ers it's merely something they use to try and bring substance to a character who has otherwise got no personality.

Wait. When did we turn into frogs??

It has 0 impact on my game play.

Some of the back story that explains why for example, the factional wars are the way they are, helps provide some reasoning and there are a lot of roleplayers in FW space who make use of that back story in local chat. That adds a bit of comedy to local at times.

Overall, I find it a little bit disjointed to provide a compelling story that I want to read. So good idea, but a little by 'meh' in its implementation.

In game choices. None.
Personal preference and interest? A lot. I ******* love ancient races and mysteries and such.