EVE General Discussion

I'd have to say the best thing about the game is that it willingly accepts players' personalities. If you're a ruthless person in real life, there's a real and perpetual existence for you within the game. If you're like my friend and just sit on the market looking for good deals to flip for a profit, you'll do well. If you're a hypocritically, nonsensically justice-driven, irrationally zealous individual, there's surely a place for you as well. Doing what? Not sure. Maybe be fodder for those ruthless people haha

But, most MMOs I've played, and I've mostly played MMOs of the post-SWG/WoW landscape, do not react to your personality. They prefer to craft a refined existence for their players to swim about and blandly enjoy. And yes, while WoW is refined and whatnot, and SWG was innovative (originally), EVE was that game that silently and deftly disregarded everything either of those tried to make mainstream. And while I didn't really find out about EVE until well after its lifespan was underway, I appreciate that small foray I had in the game in 2009/2010. There had been some big changes recently back then, and while something happened in the game that I got very angry about, I still maintained that the game was fresh, unique, and interesting.

If you're wondering what happened, I'll just semi-summarize that it was right after I bought a Retriever, freshly fitted, right off the assembly line. I had trained for it for days, and I was going to be the mining king of the world! Then I stepped into 0.4 sec and got blown up by some douche. I ragequitted. I wasn't very mature then, and was merely taking a break from warcraft, which is rarely, if ever, a game where you encounter anything like that. Frustration happens in every game, but usually it's expected. I didn't expect to get blown up.

Well anyways, having a game be open-ended and reactive to your personality is a wondrous thing.

Don Purple approves.

Iv known a few people who gave it a small go, could not get the real hang of it then left, came back a few years later and it gelled! I am not sure what it is, maybe the brain just needs longer to digest the information on the best way in the game!

Iv been here for 11 years now, so i guess I can't disagree with your opening statement!

That;s a good attiude and displays something that many don't have: an understanding of the game you are playing.

Side note, you probably meant to say JIBE.

This is Jive and so is this (my late uncle used to actually talk like this, hell he used it like a 'talk around' language the same was Spanish speakers do in my part of the world when they want to talk about you in your presence lol.)

Yeah, irregardless of meaning, it really gets my feckles up when people make a whole nother mistake all of the sudden.

Don't move too far too soon.

Make sure you got your support skills up and fly frigates and cruisers untill then... They're more effective than larger ships at the things you want to do (or can do) untill you have your support skills at a decent level.

Just saying :)

Welcome back to EVE!! A positive attitude is always a plus. I'm a 2 year player and still love EVE. I pretty much play as a loner and belong to a small corp. Most of the members are independent but we occasionally mine together. Some pve/pvp together but i usually solo manufacture, research and trade. My corp's standings allow me my own pos with 3 research labs. I have 2 main characters with 4 alts. All are trained at lvl5 manufacturing skills. The alts are in their own corp. I have had 50+ manufacturing slots running at once with them all.

I have gotten better at studying and knowing the markets. Most everything i manufacture gets minimum 20% profit. Many items get much much more! I made a fortune last year making and selling containers. Simple tech 1 stuff but i sold billions worth of enormous containers everywhere. At that time i was making 300% profit on them and i sold thousands. Now they aren't very profitable at all. I have seen things cycle from good to bad..........you have to learn when to ride the wave. I have made billions manufacturing and selling tech 1 stuff. You just have to study before you build.

I have had my share of losses. It sucks when you lose a hauler full of your goods. Sometimes it was me being careless. Sometimes it was a random ganker. I seldom use my Obelisk with a full cargo anymore. I try to haul everything in high sec with itty 5's. They are disposable and cheap and you can only lose 38k cargo!!! I consider myself self-insured since i never let my 2 mains wallets fall below 5 billion isk.

I wouldn't mind chatting with other solo indy's. I can't reveal all my secrets but probably have some experience to share. I think there are a lot of independents in EVE. Such a vast pool of knowledge that should be utilized. Best wishes. -chuk

Depends on the pirates. Generally speaking though, Ventures are a pain to tackle due to their built-in warp stabilizers and usually don't have much value in them. Make no mistake though, if you made it easier for them to point you down, they'd pop you without a thought.



EVE is a game based entirely around player interactions. The devs don't develop content for us, they just give us the tools to make our own. You have to go out there and find content, be it locking down a market or pew pewing or what have you.

As such, people who provide minimal content are not well-regarded in the game. An afk hisec miner is providing virtually no meaningful interaction for anyone. He's just shooting rocks, out of the way in a belt, not talking to anyone. Then eventually he dumps his load in station and goes out for more. The entirely of his interactions comes in the form of driving down low-end ore prices for people who ARE actually at the keyboard actively playing the game. That's why an entire movement has formed around the concept of getting some content out of hisec miners, and why it's been wildly successful.

AFK miners encourage others to follow their example, which is a perfect way to get ganked and make your corp look like crap