EVE General Discussion

The puzzle-solving aspect of PVE make it interesting. There is enough variety for different people to approach it in different ways for different reasons. I enjoy its availability, and the chance to try different approaches to the same problem to see what happens. But it is not merely about mastery! I have been known to send the "wrong" ship into a mission just to see if I could get it back out. This can give me "The Rush" more surely than most PVP, simply because it happens over a long enough time period for suspense to build while I puzzle a way out. When I warped my Abaddon out of Buzz Kill vs Angels after having complicated things greatly by shooting the triggers, and after the last two of my five Warrior IIs had finally killed the last of the elite frigate that had pointed me, the ship was at 14% hull, and my hands were trembling!

By contrast, PVP combat is often much less exciting to me, simply because so many people ensure that the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Foregone conclusions fail to interest me for long. I might learn a good trick from watching a clever pilot. I might discover how my ship can be rendered toothless (woe to my beloved golden laser bricks!). Both slake my curiosity. Neither are thrilling. If I I could not focus as absolutely on combat as he does, so perhaps at a later time when I have done all that I can with the content I currently enjoy I will try to play his way.

Because EvE is a PvE game.

Usually your corpmates will though.But yes the people who browse the killboards will not.Might be me but i get more emberassed when people i play with spot a stupid loss then complete strangers who's opinion i don't give a f about... but that's just lill odd me i guess .

I tend to be the first to laugh at my own failings, be it falling asleep in missions or on gates in null, or losing expensive ships when messing around on stations. As long as I get to play the game and I have fun, it matters not what I do.

I can PvE while watching TV shows or browsing the Internet, so it's kinda better than sitting idle in the station. PvP requires your full attention, so you may not always have the ability to do it, depending on your free time. Also, PvE is easier in most cases.

If someone catches me unprepared, then good for him. Also it feels like a win when you obliterate everything, even if it's red crosses. Being jammed, scrambled, cap drained and webbed definitely doesn't feel that good, but it comes with PvP.

These are some of the reasons why I do more PvE than PvP, but the main one is the lack of free time and being unable to communicate, which is mandatory in PvP. Can't talk much when my 1yo son is sleeping in the next room. I am expecting things to change once he grows up. I have no doubts that this game will outlive me.

That some dead URL or something?

Just from my point of view, I did extensive missioning the first months to get into the game (was the natural succession from the tutorials and the sisters arc), and get my standings up. ISK was a point but not the dominating one as I started with my 400mio from the buddy invite (yes, PLEX were that cheap in 2013 ). Today I'm running relic sites for ISK, but to be honest it's not what it was when it was still new for me and exciting ... what I really liked was flying logi in an Incursion, because it is not all "automatic" and actually challenging. It's a goal of mine to join an Incursion community once my skills permit (T2 logi and support skills). I tried combat exploration in an Ishtar, but it was not fun ... when I play and enjoy EvE for me that means combat PvP, solo roaming, small gang, big fleet, whale hunting, and the communities ...this is what me gets attached to that game.

PVE: predictable, you win if you don't mess up, easy to do solo --> relaxing, no social effort, (mildly) satisfying

PVP: unpredictable, you win if you're better/nastier/smarter/sneakier/luckier than the other guy(s), hard to do solo --> usually requires social effort, can be either thrilling or depressing

I really would like to know why Rancer is not perma-camped. Did someone finally clean out that nest of villainy?

Actually , that is the perfect answer right there .