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How to hold old players?
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Oxylan
Blood Fanatics
#1 - 2014-11-05 23:21:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Oxylan
Hi spacepilots.

I noticed a lot of my old friends and "knowing faces" just gone form EvE during last two - three years, this was one of meny reason that i stop play it to, im still pay monthy fee and swiching skills but im burnt - exhausted form EvE like them... i play since 2007 during years meny friends leave form game but there still eve fans, well average number of players online its fine and stable but there is somthing wrong, in general there more jung - fresh pilots than old veteras, im my opinion CCP should do somthing that keep people longer because with this trend things just go wrong, in my opinion its very importand to keep people inside game so long as possible.

Other reason why, CCP should care about old players, because new players like to play wiht somone who got expirence and still care. " its like removing Guru form temple and after this all students lose faith and sense to stay "

Maybe? add more content, boosting thier motivation, make feeling that they are realy core of this game, make them that they realy importand to other and this virtual wold.

Why meny old players just stop playing EvE?

Because EvE is less hardcore like before? Because to much wired changes that old players dont like ? EvE its to easy? because EvE is to shiny? Because meny skills just lose own role and people like to spent like 2min long to get enemy ship signal while scaning and they were proud of train some skillt to lv5 even they got zero impant on efficienty?

Maybe because CCP broke own motto that said EvE is harsh and dark place while isynt so much like before, designed for people who like shiny arcade elements and more cool stuf,

Or maybe there was nothing fresh and new for them, and these Professors who study and know EvE form A to Z just got bored, these question just atack my mind almost everyday.

Chers and fly safe.

If it bleed we can kill it.
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#2 - 2014-11-05 23:38:29 UTC  |  Edited by: J'Poll
Wow..an EVE is dying post, with more then 3 words in it....but still an EVE is dying post. But this also includes a Grrr high-sec buffs and Grrr easy mode in it.


I know plenty of veterans in EVE, some WAY older then you that still have fun playing.

If you and your friends are bored, it's your own damn fault...It's a sandbox, go do something that you have fun doing.

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DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#3 - 2014-11-06 00:00:41 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
Wow..an EVE is dying post, with more then 3 words in it....but still an EVE is dying post. But this also includes a Grrr high-sec buffs and Grrr easy mode in it.


I know plenty of veterans in EVE, some WAY older then you that still have fun playing.

If you and your friends are bored, it's your own damn fault...It's a sandbox, go do something that you have fun doing.



yup, 10.5 years here.

also I heard roumers that phoebe actually caused a good number of vets to start coming back. So if that true, we will see an influx of old faces as null changes over the next few months

OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining!

Eve For life.
Hicksimus
Torgue
#4 - 2014-11-06 00:51:31 UTC
I see a lot of vets get stuck doing just one thing......they have no idea about what else EvE has to offer and they just sit around being bored. Maybe it's from fear of having a long employment history or maybe it's just human nature to find somewhere comfortable and stay there.

In no particular order:
Highsec Wars
Suicide Ganking
Contract Scams
Awoxing
Solo Class 1-3 wormhole adventures
Group Wormhole adventures Class 1-6
Just straight up finding wormholes to harass
Being in a power bloc
Being a pet
Being a renter
Being a roleplayer
Beating on roleplayers
Being in a small-gang PvP corporation
Being a highsec dweller
Being a lowsec dweller
Running your own industrial operation from mining to research and manufacturing
Faction Warfare
Storyline Work
Missions for nullsec NPCs
Exploration
Being a gatecamper
Living on a lowsec island
Living on a Highsec Island
Pretending to be a noob procurer and then giving people the buttseks
Being a forum troll
Being a petition troll(dangerous)
Running a noob training corporation
Running an Alliance

These are all things anybody can do within the next month but most people will just sit in their comfy chair whining about how EvE became boring at 100m SP.

Recruitment Officer: What type of a pilot are you? Me: I've been described as a Ray Charles with Parkinsons and a drinking problem.
Doc Fury
Furious Enterprises
#5 - 2014-11-06 00:55:23 UTC
Oxylan wrote:
How to hold old players?


A headlock usually works.

Blackmail, sometimes...





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Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2014-11-06 00:57:49 UTC
OP.

Take a break. It does wonders for the soul. Keep in touch with your old friends who play and one day you'll get that unscratchable itch.
Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#7 - 2014-11-06 07:30:59 UTC
Short breaks are very good thing. As for how to hold the older players, I personally enjoy hugs very much.

/c

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Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#8 - 2014-11-06 07:38:58 UTC
The best way to hold old players is to give them Viagra so they don't roll out of bed at night.

Bring back DEEEEP Space!
Nate Hill
Rocket No. 9
#9 - 2014-11-06 11:25:23 UTC
Nothing can stop this tendency, so-called seven-year itch.
BrundleMeth
State War Academy
Caldari State
#10 - 2014-11-06 11:45:04 UTC
Wut?

I mean geez...
Luwc
State War Academy
Caldari State
#11 - 2014-11-06 11:55:42 UTC
stop changing things I am used to.

stop making it ****** friendly i.e. flooding it with 9years old COD and WoW players.

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Indahmawar Fazmarai
#12 - 2014-11-06 12:04:47 UTC
Chribba wrote:
Short breaks are very good thing. As for how to hold the older players, I personally enjoy hugs very much.

/c


*glomps Chribba*

Bear
Signal11th
#13 - 2014-11-06 12:08:26 UTC
DaReaper wrote:
J'Poll wrote:
Wow..an EVE is dying post, with more then 3 words in it....but still an EVE is dying post. But this also includes a Grrr high-sec buffs and Grrr easy mode in it.


I know plenty of veterans in EVE, some WAY older then you that still have fun playing.

If you and your friends are bored, it's your own damn fault...It's a sandbox, go do something that you have fun doing.



yup, 10.5 years here.

also I heard roumers that phoebe actually caused a good number of vets to start coming back. So if that true, we will see an influx of old faces as null changes over the next few months



I'm back after a 6 month hiatus nothing changed but the itch needed scratching, plus it's nice just to chill and not have to dance to some 0.0 geeklord tune.

God Said "Come Forth and receive eternal life!" I came fifth and won a toaster!
The Tomonator
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2014-11-06 13:57:56 UTC
by their ****'s, until they do what you tell 'em to.
The Tomonator
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2014-11-06 14:00:26 UTC
DaReaper wrote:
J'Poll wrote:
Wow..an EVE is dying post, with more then 3 words in it....but still an EVE is dying post. But this also includes a Grrr high-sec buffs and Grrr easy mode in it.


I know plenty of veterans in EVE, some WAY older then you that still have fun playing.

If you and your friends are bored, it's your own damn fault...It's a sandbox, go do something that you have fun doing.



yup, 10.5 years here.

also I heard roumers that phoebe actually caused a good number of vets to start coming back. So if that true, we will see an influx of old faces as null changes over the next few months


that'll be because of the ten days free game time that alot I know got. :)

and, (main) nearly 11 years. I've dealt with so many burn outs over the years. Just cancel sub ... bite nails a bit, then return. Works every time. :)
Paynus Maiassus
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2014-11-06 18:19:36 UTC
I recommend holding them by their genitals.
Serene Repose
#17 - 2014-11-06 18:28:45 UTC
I'm 59 years old. I'm not bored yet. Unless, you meant the touchy-feely on the sofa watching a movie hold...
Did you mean the touchy-feely on the sofa watching a movie kind of hold? You really must be more transparent.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Adela Talvanen
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#18 - 2014-11-06 18:37:46 UTC
Oxylan wrote:
Hi spacepilots.

I noticed a lot of my old friends and "knowing faces" just gone form EvE during last two - three years, this was one of meny reason that i stop play it to, im still pay monthy fee and swiching skills but im burnt - exhausted form EvE like them... i play since 2007 during years meny friends leave form game but there still eve fans, well average number of players online its fine and stable but there is somthing wrong, in general there more jung - fresh pilots than old veteras, im my opinion CCP should do somthing that keep people longer because with this trend things just go wrong, in my opinion its very importand to keep people inside game so long as possible.

Other reason why, CCP should care about old players, because new players like to play wiht somone who got expirence and still care. " its like removing Guru form temple and after this all students lose faith and sense to stay "

Maybe? add more content, boosting thier motivation, make feeling that they are realy core of this game, make them that they realy importand to other and this virtual wold.

Why meny old players just stop playing EvE?

Because EvE is less hardcore like before? Because to much wired changes that old players dont like ? EvE its to easy? because EvE is to shiny? Because meny skills just lose own role and people like to spent like 2min long to get enemy ship signal while scaning and they were proud of train some skillt to lv5 even they got zero impant on efficienty?

Maybe because CCP broke own motto that said EvE is harsh and dark place while isynt so much like before, designed for people who like shiny arcade elements and more cool stuf,

Or maybe there was nothing fresh and new for them, and these Professors who study and know EvE form A to Z just got bored, these question just atack my mind almost everyday.

Chers and fly safe.


As you are thinking of leaving can I have your stuff?
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#19 - 2014-11-06 18:53:15 UTC
Chribba wrote:
Short breaks are very good thing. As for how to hold the older players, I personally enjoy hugs very much.

/c



Well, here...have a space hug...

Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy

Help channel: Help chat - Reloaded

Public roams channels: RvB Ganked / Redemption Road / Spectre Fleet / Bombers bar / The Content Club
Vyl Vit
#20 - 2014-11-06 18:56:37 UTC
Hicksimus wrote:
I see a lot of vets get stuck doing just one thing......they have no idea about what else EvE has to offer and they just sit around being bored. Maybe it's from fear of having a long employment history or maybe it's just human nature to find somewhere comfortable and stay there.

Jump to wild, unfounded conclusions much?

Paradise is like where you are right now, only much, much better.
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