EVE General Discussion

Re-balancing should be done on the side of expansions, not be the main delivery. Rubbish.

You focus to much on making isk...

In the end it's more important how you make your isk, then how much isk you are making. Find something you like doing, and find out how you can make enough isk to get by doing that, you don't always have to make the absolute maximum amount of isk. Unless you pick some profession that is not straight forward like bounty hunting or piracy, you can pretty much with every professions make enough to get some ships, buy a plex and have enough pocket change to not have to live like a bum.

I agree. In my opinion, CCP have not added anything substantial for as long as i've been playing and i've become board to the point where i only log on to add skills or set up my PI.

For as long as i've played the game, CCP have shared their grand plans to shake eve up (ring mining, wis, new asteroid physics, visible damage on ships, new tactical overlay) but they never really deliver on their promises. All we get are a few fixes of old content and some new ships/mods. Don't get me wrong, a lot of the features in the game have been improved over the last three years but turning bad things into acceptable things is not a cause for celebration in my book.

Despite recent ship balancing and mechanic tweaks, I think CCP are scared of making any real changes to the way the game works. Mining is still a joke, local as a free intel tool still exists, the farming of incursions is ridiculous unbalanced in terms of risk vs reward, and pvp is just a game of rock-paper-scissors.

I think most of my feeling of disappointment come from the fact that i live in wormhole space which haven't seen any worthwhile new content added since the wormhole expansion was released.

Unfortunately, i think i'm going to have to unsubscribe my main until the game picks up again, as plex prices are way too high to pay if all i'm doing is training skills and bitching on the forums.

+1 to this. Jesus features are just more crap that will have to get fixed eventually. Make the game work from the ground up, first last and always.

I do agree that Eve is in a period of stagnation.

You could argue that the PCU count supports this argument.

Whilst the content updates we have been getting over the past 18 months is all well and good, I feel that until the thorny issue of Sov mechanics are tackled then the stagnation will continue.

As for the PvE aspects of the game, sure a lot could be done to improve it however here we have a problem.

Lets say for arguments sake that CCP make NPC rats in both missions and incursions much more intelligent, random spawns in missions, disabling Concord in systems were Incursions occur, make asteroids just lumps of rocks that requiring scanning being you mine then and all the other things people have posted over the years to make PvE activities much more interesting and involved.

I guarantee you see the forum flooded with posts from people crying literally seas of tears and threatening to quit because they are no longer able to run their missions / Incursion semi afk whilst watching their favourite TV show on Net flicks / Reading a book, fapping etc

I swear the amount of butt hurt would be truly mind blowing.

My personal view is that CCP looks at the PvE side as a necessary evil, a way for players to earn isk to allow them to PvP in the easiest and most effortless way possible without actually just giving them isk.

I can not think of any other reason why after all these years it is still as mind numbing and tedious as it is now.

I have tried pretty much everything there is to do in Eve over the years and personally I find all forms of PvE awful. I hate doing any PvE. If I had the money I would just buy plex's and never PvE again... ever.

As for PvP,

FW was fun for a short while but became very repetitive. Far too many people using alts in multiple stabbed cloaky frigs. FW is more of a way to earn isk for most then a form of PvP.

Tried HS war Deccing but 95% of time players would just leave the corp and the rest would just never undock. Lots of fun

Gate Camping, no thanks.

Low Sec / Null Sec, I find our FC's more entertaining then the actual fights most of the times.

WH - For me the fact that you can just visit a website and get detailed information on every WH has kind of ruined it for me. For me WH's should be a place of mystery and down to the us, the players to explore them by actually going in and flying around, not by opening up a website.

I mean you can have a full detailed list of every WH that your static will connect to.. where the hell is the mystery or fun in that?

The only thing I really truly enjoy is corp roams and again, it mostly because of the people I am flying with then the actual game mechanics themselves.

I can't see much changing for me until Sov Mechanics are improved.

CCP started working on sov several patches ago with a big one coming in about six weeks.

Please, regale me with how many players the game has retained because of Planetary Interaction.

No it won't. It will improve existing cotent.

There is right now zero industry in null aside from the building of supercaps.

Every null power is in the process of a total restructuring of their space to create industrial hubs to supply their own forces. The undertaking is massive and will result is sweeping changes across the entire game that will impact everyone. This change is going to provide a massive amount of content to a much bigger number of players.

Hello again kirean. Reading your post, all I can think about is the time I WarDec'd your corp, and you guys stayed either offline or docked up for the week. No wonder you feel the way you do. You see, EVE is not stagnating. What you're actually feeling is boredom with your playstyle. This boredom, coupled with your fear of trying anything else, is what's bringing your EVE career to a crashing halt.

There are so many amazing things to do in EVE besides mine and mission in HiSec. But you don't seem willing to try those things. It's not CCPs job to provide fun for you. CCP only provides you with a gigantic toolbox. It's your job, as the player, to build and create things with that toolbox. You are not willing to do that, or to get involved in a group doing that. For players like you, yes, EVE will become stagnant and you will take breaks or just quit altogether. The game will not suffer from your loss, however.

My suggestion to you is to learn what the core values of EVE Online are. After absorbing that, start watching Fanfest presentations and get involved in the CSM. You don't have to run for CSM, but just get involved in a dialogue with them. And always remember; the health of EVE Online as a whole is far, far more important than your myopic enjoyment of HiSec mining. Approach the subject with more humility instead of demanding that the Devs cater to your playstyle.

That said, I do feel that HiSec needs some livening up to encourage more content, more conflict, and more players organizing themselves into meaningful groups. I'll probably write a blog about it sometime.

Take care kirean, and remember; in every color there's the light, and in every stone sleeps a crystal.