EVE General Discussion

Lore doesn't matter to me except the fact that Amarr needs to be purged with fire.

Day to day no, not at all. As a storyline to my charachter/s then yes very much so. This one for example has quite an interesting arc going from the perspective of where she was and who she is now but does it change what i choose to do when I log in? Not at all.

I loved the lore when I started.. I refused to fly anything but Amarr; I even embraced the role play a little. Then I discovered that people didn't care.. which sucked. So now I don't think about it... that doesn't mean I don't want my Amarr racial hair styles back.

I like it as a backstory. Back in my RP days in 2004-2007, it played a bigger role in my in-game life than since that time, but it has never dictated ships or things like that.

It doesn't affect my in game decisions much at all, but I do like the lore a great deal.

There are many awesome little stories woven through the game, and the written chronicles are rather nice too.

The lore matters significantly to me. It's the major reason I play. EVE has traditionally been the most immersive MMO out there, due to CCP working to ensure that every game mechanic, action, or development has a lore basis. The fact that it's pretty much the only MMO remaining that still has a live events team (limited as it may be) is another reason I enjoy it, and I love being able to watch the universe's NPC groups continue to progress through the IC news articles and events. Without the lore and immersion aspect, I wouldn't be here as I can't say EVE's gameplay is enjoyable enough on its own to keep my attention. And it's not the specifics of the lore that are important--some people might think it's unique and interesting, others that it's not--it's that it's interwoven so fully into the EVE experience that sticks out to me. There are very few MMOs out there where you can actually say that every single game mechanic is an in-character action (WoW and TOR, for example. For all of their story elements, they are filled to the brink with completely arbitrary and out-of-character gameplay elements).

What makes EVE enjoyable to me is that it is a game where even when you aren't directly roleplaying, you can still tailor your in-game actions to your character. What I do in the game acquires meaning when I play with attention to the character I'm playing and the universe I'm in, when I allow that character to drive my in-game actions instead of vice versa. I think my favorite example of this was after the Battle for Caldari Prime, when Morwen ran her Hearth and Home relief effort for Caldari Prime. The fact that I could actually load up a transport with medical supplies, food, water, etc and then fly it to a dropoff point was something I found very enjoyable and not really an activity most purely themepark-oriented MMOs offer. I didn't have to just say 'oh my character would do that', I could actually, through in-game actions, go ahead and physically do it. While mechanically this might not be a very entertaining activity, and it certainly isn't one that earns you any tangible benefit (afterall, you're losing money, not earning it), it becomes fun when given in-character meaning. It's the simulation appeal, really: when playing EVE, I am able to feel like my character is a real person in a living, breathing universe. That's what gives the game meaning and enjoyment for me.

Ultimately, the lore is what has kept me coming back to EVE. Even before I had actually subscribed and gotten involved in the community, I had always pointed to EVE as the only MMO that can actually be called a persistent world. Whether you care about the lore or don't, are an RPer or aren't, every player playing EVE exists as a character within that universe and leaves their mark on it.

I really wish they'd expand WiS, though. They had some great ideas for giving it meaning within EVE. The new industry changes would have been a good opportunity to incorporate WiS I think. Menu screens are boring (though at least the new ones will be a bit prettier).

I like the lore, it's fun to trash talk about squids with my friends. Yes, I chose my character based off of my own personal values and beliefs but it does not affect my gameplay.

I respectfully disagree. The backstory or lore is the sand in which we can shape as we please, without it we only have the walls of the sandbox and we just end up just smacking each other with plastic shovels. Without the backstory Eve is meaningless.

E: Granted CCP hasn't done that great of a job of allowing players to truly shape New Eden, which does in someway make your statement correct.

There is lore in this game? Hmmm. Well I'll be...

I'm only here because I was bored and clicked a banner one day. Any lore present in this game seems all but meaningless. There no real way to interact with it. Every npc is some portrait with a barely pronounceable name that appears as if it were just randomly generated. Back when I did missions I'd read them on occassion and some of them described cool things I'd like to be able to see. Like some Gallente glass palace that was supposedly famous throughout the game world of New Eden. Just had to imagine it though.

Zero immersive nature in regards to story of the game. Personally, I think CCP is missing out on that aspect and could do more to promote it. Game likely be better for it to branch out from simple pew and numbers state it resides firmly in now.

Lore has played zero part in my game decisions. When I first made this character I tried many of the race options. Fooled around with it for a good while and finally settled on Gallente Intaki. Not for any lore reasons but simply because I felt it best embodied myself if I were to be thrown in a space world lol.

R... P... Overload... GAH!

I appreciate the level of detail present in the lore, and how the lore translates to ingame events. I'm not playing D&D in eve though.