Missions & Complexes

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I run missions during the week so I can wear my +5 implants while I farm isk. On the weekend I jumpclone back to my corp's station in nullsec and pvp it up with no implants to loose.

I used to run havens and all that during the week, but it got hectic around our region and I don't log enough hours mon-fri to wait out station camps and still turn enough profit to pay for my weekend pvp habits. It does feel a little dirty being in empire so much these days, but the alternative is to go back to flying rifters.

This is a game and thus 99% utterly pointless and silly.

Other than learning some business skills and some teamwork and fleet command skills, (most of which are far more applicable to EVE than to real life, yet not entirely without merit), it's a time sink.

If you are asking people why they spend time here, then ask that.

If you are NOT a troll and really just want a pep talk to keep you in the game then next time say "missions feel pointless to me now" and save everyone the reading of your VERY trollish looking post, okay?

Read the thread before responding, it makes you look inept.

That's the conclusion that the thread had come to but since I started playing again that has not been my experience. I have met multiple hard core mission bears who mission all day just to get more isk to pimp out their already ludicrously fit ship or get a more pimp ship to fly more missions, so they are out there. They are not the majority for sure, and they clearly are not forum readers.

For me, it's a time-sink and provides isk for pvp.

Within the last few weeks, I've grown more and more tired of running missions. That being said, I'm still working on skills to be able to eventually do some lowsec exploration and other, more dangerous ways to play in the sandbox.

I'll probably look into WH stuff again, and at some point would like to play around in null.

I do enjoy violencing people with fire, and certainly am not afraid to die horribly in the process Lost two ships earlier on a small gang lowsec roam and had a fine time exploding

You responded to the original post without reading the entire thread. My observation was that it made you look inept, which is does. I did not state that you are inept or uneducated or an idiot, just that your failure to read the entire thread and subsequent post made you look as such. This second post also suggests that not only are you inept but you are easily insulted and a passion driven person. This pleases me in ways that would be inappropriate to describe on a forum board.

D'oh wrong thread...

Why do I mission?

Well, It fits my playtime best of all Eve activities. I have kids/wife etc. Full time job all that hub lub. I can log on, make a little isk and log off. No worries about being on someone's schedule but my own. Ships and stuff? I don't know I guess there is a bit of carrot on a stick about them. I do personally really like the ships in this game. Being able to afford a nice well fitted boat is certainly a worthy goal in my opinion. Not the end all be all of the game, but something you should look forward to. I know people who PVP and they love finally being able to fly "x" ship or fit "x" module. I don't think mission runners have the market cornered on gear hounds.

Missions do have some valuable lessons in them for those willing to learn and adapt. Learning how to maximize your isk outlay, how to effectively work in the markets are all goal's a serious mission runner needs to undertake. Mission runners are the lifeblood of the faction module economy and being able to leverage your LP is a more or less necessary skill at this point in Eve to realize any real profits. Most mission runners also end up developing very good PVP skills ( t2 weapons and tanks) and don't realize it. Getting the use of the best modules in the game to minimize mission times is on every mission runners to do list. Those same skills allow you to have a very solid base for starting PVP down the road.

I know lots of people think of mission runners as morons. That's cool. No skin off my nose. What they don't realize is a efficient mission runner has lots of skills built up and a solid knowledge of most facets of Eve. Sure they aren't gods in a fight, or maybe even very good. There is a lot more to Eve than just shooting people though. And I think if there was a way to get people out in small cheap ships without being instantly roasted by a 10 man gate camp you'd see more people out there. As it is with huge powerblocs, constant hotdrops and general asshattery by the "PVP" public lots of people have better things to do with their hour or two of playtime a night.

This whole thread is a troll, surely? There is no such thing as just a Missioner.

I don't believe any player does just one thing in this game - unless they're less than a month old or a bot.

I run L4 missions in a BC, Salvage in a Noctis, PVP in cheap T1 frigs, Manufacture (mostly to replace my own ships!) and Hulk Mine (although not for months - reprocessing loot now gives me more than enough for manufacture).

I'm not Elite at anything just yet, but I enjoy seeing the incremental improvements as my experience and skills improve.

And the plans I have for next year will see me doing a range of new tasks.

If PVP was the only option in EVE, I would definitely have quit from boredom in the first week.