EVE General Discussion

Anytime i learn something beyond what I already know from an "on paper" perspective makes the fight worthwhile regardless of cost within reasonable limits.

The times i get annoyed at a loss is when I learn nothing from the engagement, that said if you look hard enough you can always come away with something even if its just an affirmation of something you already knew.

It all depends on how I feel when starting to play. Lolroams will be worth it if I feel like doing that but if I want something more serious, don't try to make me participate in a killboard padding operation for example.

And here I was, hoping you would write what it would be worth for me to see you leave these forums forever.

Not really on my pvp main, but..

Worth it, to me, is when i have overcome something--usually in my head--to come out the winner in a fight. I have a lot of hesitation about pvp, what i should take, what i can fight, what i can win against.

So, really, i guess it comes down to this:

Did i learn something from it?

If yes, it was worth it. If NO, then it wasnt, and i retain this ... mad, unsatisfied feeling. I NEED to know why a failed in a fight.

Lost a confessor to a coercer once--i was just furious, it made no sense at all. Mostly i was mad that we engaged at scram range, i got lock and scram, and he burned out of it somehow. After that, there was NO chance of me living. He was fit with polarized guns, 650 dps, and we could both hit each other, but i could NOT keep up with his dps. the only ship i had ever fought that i couldnt.

i learned something though. Polarized guns are no joke--and that 1-2 seconds he had an active mwd before i locked him were enough to get out of my range (a tactic i have used effectively only once myself).

Worth it.

any time I engage in pvp it's worth it. sometimes there's fun stories that go along with it, like the time I ran away from a proteus in my executioner (made it out with 17 structure left)

at the risk of sounding really generic right now... At least within the circles I run.. Any fight that ends in explosions is "worth it" to me.

I don't care if I live or die. As long as I got to shoot back.

My whole club is like that

Just as long as it's fun, I'm not experienced in pvp much at all, hoping to change that soon.

What's the point of being an immortal clone if you're afraid of death?

Fly it like your captain's seat is the electric chair.

Losing ships in epic live events (that have not happened in years unfortunately because hurr durr Muh ISK/Killboard) was worth it.

Pause for "I was there" stare...


There I things I do that only incur pure loss that are worth it because it makes me giggle like Loreena Bobbit in a sausage factory.

Good PVP is like good sex. Whether you're doing the *******, or getting ******, as long as you feel like a smoke and a nap when it's over, it was worth it.

Some of my best fights include a 15 minute assault frigate duel that I lost; fighting a Myrmidon, Thrasher and Coercer in my Ishkur and killing all three with 15% structure left; and more recently, taking on five well-flown and well-equipped T1 frigates (Merlin, Comet and three neuty Slashers), losing one Ishkur after only killing one Slasher, then finishing off the other four after reshipping to my Enyo. Fights that aren't worth it are the kind that are entirely one-sided.

Many would say you're stupid to go into a 'fight' that you don't already know you're going to win, but if you know you're already going to win, it isn't really a fight at all. You might as well be shooting red crosses. That doesn't interest me in the slightest - call me stupid if you want, but I'm not so attached to my pixels that I'm not prepared to challenge myself and sweat a little, or even a lot, from time to time. It's what drew me to EVE in the first place, and it's what keeps me here. IMO, if all I ever engaged in was certain pre-determined victory, and all I ever did was win as a result, I'm not sure the game would have kept my attention for so long.