EVE General Discussion

Unsub for a while.
Playing skillqueue online usually doesn't work for me, somehow my mind is still on this wicked game as long as the account is active.

If you really are having fun you won't burn-out.

If you are burning out then reduce the amount of hours you play and replace that time with another MMO or better still more RL activities if you can.

I've tried my hardest to play with only 1 account.. but then after a week or so you start thinking "if only I could grab that from jita while I'm doing blah" or "Man it would be nice to have a scout" or "With just 1 more domi I cold clear these sites like no prob." And you realize that having 1 acct makes EVE really hard to do. Especially if you are low on SP. If you are training towards something that takes a month, and you realize you need salvage, or scanning, or processing, or hauling, or whatever.. you can de-rail your training queue for weeks filling it with little things you think you need.. or make an alt.

I try to mix up my game play, and not do too much of one thing for a very long period of time.

Piracy is my main play style, but there is still other avenues that branch off of that. Sometimes I feel like stalking and hunting down people in low-sec, other times I feel like throwing a mobile depot in my Pilgrim and hanging out in a wormhole chain for a while to see how docile the residents are after a few mining/hauler ganks, and I'll even do some exploration in null for quick cash if I want to forgo the heart racing PVP jitters for a little. And then there is always the ultra passive moods where I will even do some market PVP on my industrial alt. That handful of things on top of every one of my characters being skilled for PI means I also have some small planet management sprinkled in there too, but that's mostly all passive.

It keeps me busy as long as I realize that the second one of the activities I enjoy starts to feel like a chore, I need to switch it up.

Inevitably though, I will take breaks from the game for long periods of time only logging into change my skill queue. This only usually happens if I find other games I want to play through, or real life gets busy. I always come back to EVE to play in spurts of months at a time, then take breaks for months at a time.

EDIT: Also, It should be noted that I only have one account. Anything more (in my opinion) feels like a second job. I also don't PLEX my account unless I hit really really well on an exploration trip, then I will occasionally activate dual character training. I pay the very affordable and easy $15 a month fee so I don't have to feel like all of my gain in the game is just a treadmill of playing to pay to play to pay etc etc. This also helps alleviate the burnout in my opinion. Treating a game like an actual game.

When I get bored of Eve, I usually just think hmm how can I interact with people today? Then I fly around low sec, bitching in local.

Drink,
heavily if you can tank a hangover like a man.

Just like you, I guess. Playing in short bursts of high activity, then almost nothing for weeks or months.

My industry alt and my PI-alts are excempt, since I don't have to log in that often to update stuff, it's a lot less pressure on me.

Wormholes

*Reads thread title* Very carefully. Fortunately my slasher can turn on a dime.

I've burned out a couple times and left for a couple months. This time though I think I'm fully cooked. The nerf bat has hit me so many times I feel like any direction I go from here will just be $#!t on in the future.

I'll keep an eye on things, but my pile of 'space stuff' is now just going to rot in the hangar. If CCP offers a couple free days in a year to come back and see the changes I'll take them up and see if it is worth my money. Having subbed a full year this last time was a painful mistake.

28 days to go.