EVE General Discussion

Are you sure?

It rather seems that the more people play, the harder it gets to level up.
Not the other way round.

This is a mechanism that keeps people addicted.
The first fixes come fast but continuously it gets harder and harder to feel satisfied.

EVE is different because it does not use such mechanics to make people addicted.
The skill system is different, as it progresses over time without the need for grinding.

And new players do not need to catch up! besides this being wrong anyway,
they have their own generation of people they are on par with!

It's realistic! You get born into a world and have to deal with the fact
that there are older people who know more and better.

EVE mimics the real world, unlike all these other games.

It's great as it is. The idea of being unable to catch up is bullshit.
If this was true it would have been an issue already years ago.

The unfairness is illusionary.
EVE mimics the real world with this and it's right to do so.

Good post, but I don't agree it's entirely a player created situation. CCP are the ones who determine the effectiveness, cost and ease of use of links, logi, ewar and cynos. (Don't get me started on how ridiculous OGB's are). If those problems were less effective, more difficult to use (piloting or SP) or more expensive then fewer players would use them and the less it becomes a concern.

And I would disagree with this point too "Players don't get any benefit for not stacking deck and everything to lose for not doing. In this game so why wouldn't you if you are able?"

Simply - fun. It's much more fun and satisfying to fight somebody in a "worse" ship or against the odds. Ganking somebody who didn't stand a chance is only fun if it's something expensive, someone you don't like or if you're new to pvp.

You can say oh its the sandbox or whatever but I think it's bad for the game how the small gang scene is at the moment. CCP in my opinion should be looking at how they can encourage players to participate because otherwise content dries up for everybody.

As I've mentioned earlier in this thread, I struggle to motivate myself to undock at the moment, just because it's too hard to find content and when you eventually do, the other guy/s isn't interested in a good fight, just killing you at minimal risk to themselves whether its links,logi,ewar or a blob. That isn't good for the game, it's how you lose customers.

The game has become about gangs and cynoing around for timers. I mean hardly anyone even seems to roam even now. If people aren't roaming then there is less chance of finding fights and less content generated which again is boring for everyone involved.

Perhaps most people are happy farming Sanctums and occasionally forming for timers in a laggy system where their decisions and participation have virtually no bearing on the outcome of the fight and all they get to do is press F1 on whoever they're told to. I don't expect everybody to agree with me but that's definately not for me.

Your proof of that being "cuz I said so", amirite?

Oh, and Basil, you're very wrong.

I'd advise stop feeding the troll here. If you make a valid point he'll either ignore it, or claim it is one of the "wall jumping" exceptions which don't count or something.

I'm pretty sure no matter how much evidence and logic you throw at Basil, you will always get the same response from him. Pretty much everyone in the thread has argued with him and refuted every point he made, and he hasn't even lost his stride. He's made himself look so ignorant I almost feel bad for him. Then I remember he plays this same game in every thread that he posts in. I don't even think he's a troll. I truly believe that he is, in fact, that dense.