EVE General Discussion

I'm in a bit of a funk at present. I find pvp interesting even though I'm terrible at it but I find myself doing it less and less. Why? Because its such a hassle to do.

I'm in a null sec coalition so generally you have to wait to ops (at times that aren't very convenient to you) travel over 50 jumps and deal with jump clone timers. Bankrupt yourself getting a useable ship for the fleet (often tweaking official doctrines to because you don't have t2 guns) then wait for 5 minutes before moving off, only to die in 15 minutes and get podded back those 50 jumps without getting on any KMs.

I mean when there is a neut in the pocket I'm ready and willing to jump into a HD ship and take them on but if its an op my general reaction is do I have to? Because I have to go though all of that while I could be doing something productive in the same time. Or at the very least checking my PI.

Does anyone else find themselves in the same situation?

Nope, that sounds like an awful way to play Eve to me. To each their own.

Look to lowsec. Lowsec is love. Lowsec is life. Also, FW and WH are pretty solid.

Nulsec is dulsec if you aren't a PvE-oriented renter or in Catch. Maybe NPC nulsec.

Yes there are. Being in the situation most likely means you either weren't properly prepared to live in null (living in null is like being a Pre-Marian Roman soldier, you need to own some land and have some money before you enlist lol) or (maybe and) it means your allaince is crappy at taking care of it's members. A null corp/allaince is supposed to help it's people live and fight in null, if it doesn't, time to move on.

It also sounds like fleet fights aren't you thing but you like small gang, a low sec pirate alliance or faction warfare would probably make you a lot happier.

Me, while I'm not a super dedicated pvp type, i like fleet fights and despite my bad luck (why oh WHY did I make a pvp main with a name that starts with a C, also screw enemy FCs why use the alphabet for target calling) I keep coming back. I should get "F1 Monkey" tattoo'd on my left ass cheek or something.

EDIT: Protip for the OP, when the 1st 5 replies say the same thing, that means you probably should spent more time thinking about your problem before posting about it as you might have figured it out yourself

I liked it cuz its true. This a million times over. Can be done with FW, incursions, L4s, hell even mining.

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The more I live in null, the more I realize how terrible this game is, at it's core. That being said, I will likely never leave null again. Eve itself just does nothing for me. It's the people I fly with that keep me enjoying it all. I spend far more time on forums, and Jabber than I do actually playing Eve when I am logged in.

If you aren't having fun in null, it's probably because you are either in an alliance that's full of shitlords, or you are just looking for something very different than myself. 50/50, flip a coin.

So you don't like what you do now and you know what you want to do. Where's dilemma in all this? Last time I checked "leave corp" button was accessible to everybody.

Yeah, it shocks and amazes "some" people (though far from "all" people.) Not everybody enjoys fighting as a "game." EVE, or "games" are supposed to be fun, so doing something that's not fun to you...need a map?

What's funny is, the some people who are shocked and amazed by this insist their point of view is the only one, and if you're not fighting to have your fun you can't possibly be having fun. (Ironically, what's considered the MOST fun thing to do involves not fighting as well...but that's another website.)

Then, I've been involved in organized competition most of my life (one reason I find fighting in video games rather dull and inconsequential) and having done so don't feel compelled to clash with pixels. I guess the real fact no actual blood is being spilt takes all the possibility of fun out of it for me.

"It's just pixels. It's not real." I had a stint with chess for about 14 years. We're sitting at this table staring at this board with pieces...if someone said, "Those pieces aren't really real so nothing is actually being LOST here..." Well. "Some" of us can see how ridiculous that would sound.

Believe it or not, some people might find EVE just isn't any fun. Go figure. Are they "supposed" to? However a point the OP makes has nothing to do with any of that. I've been in a few corps. "Hurry up and wait" achieves new meaning with EVE, probably because the "people in charge" just purely suck at organization. Also, your "team mates" don't generally understand what being a team mate means.

You get to where you're supposed to be, and it's "I'm refitting." Or, "I'm finding ammo." Or, "I'm taking my dog out." A lot of people will claim, "Well, that's just EVE." I say "they suck." Being where you're supposed to be, with what you're supposed to have ready to do what you're supposed to do is a set of concepts lost on quite a few people in this arena. Takes the fun right out of it.

You just summed up life in the military.