EVE General Discussion

Thanks for all the replies. I didn't expect such a response. I'm just coming back from about a year away from EVE. Joined a nullsec sov corp. I kinda just feel like im not enough help for the corp/ alliance. Everything just takes so long and I don't have time to sit around waiting for something to happen. I do like so many different aspects of the game tho. I feel like I need to find a corp that im free to do what I want in. Go to high, low, and null sec whenever I want. PVP when I want. Exploration when I want. Run a mission or ratting if I want, test out new ships and such.

I started playing when i was 38, i have been at it over 10 years.

I have several ex wives, wife, passel of kids, dogs, cats, am a grand pa, and I run a company which is 40 miles from my house....where i have to commute through Houston.

Granted I have not been on for two weeks due to re-writing a QMS for ISO 9001 and SAR's for my company, i still find time to play. It does not require hours on end. Once you have it squared away you can maximize your game play if you just focus on what you want to do.

44, house, dog, family, job, lots of hobbies.

I log on when I can (which means at random times and not every day basically) and play for anything from ten minutes to two hours usually.

All I really do is PVP out of NPC null. I suppose I'll occasionally do something else, like a mission or a site, but not very often.

I am lucky to fly with a group that is pretty much 24x7 in terms of folks being active and can usually join in a casual small gang roam or other PVP activity.

I was way more active my first few months in the game, and built up a pile of ISK I am steadily burning through. When the ISK runs out, I suppose I'll have to face the grim reality of either playing the game "for real" to grind isk (about as appealing as a root canal, frankly) or paying cash for a few PLEX and selling them in game.

I was also far more motivated when I had several RL friends playing, and would coordinate time to play together...but they all quit, so...

My staff brings me brownies....not sure what is in them, but by 15:00 i am feeling pretty damn good.

EVE does tend to ruin some of us for other games.

I have tried many other games, but the fact that they are so 'forgiving' (ie worst thing that happens in many games when you die is a bit of a walk back to where you died lol) means they don't have the same emotional impact on me that EVE does.

This was my first online game.

everything i look at now just sucks balls.

That slapping sound you just heard was me hitting my forehead while saying "why didn't I think of that?" lol.

I am 50, and I am lucky enough to be able to fully manage my work schedule as I want during the week. I mostly work week ends. Some days I can play 6 hours straight, others 1 or 2 hours, or some hours far in between. My pilots are always logged and I keep Eve up and running until downtime.

I mostly play this game for its PvP aspect and I play solo nowadays.
I do not care anymore about plexing my accounts. When I was sedentary in a c3, I used to do that and not pay for my game time but since last year I have decided to sub all my accounts as a sign of support to CCP for the new directions they are heading to, and chose to become a nomad in New Eden.
I have sold all my game assets a few weeks back, getting around 10 billions to fund my expeditions in New Eden.

I used to play every mmorpg that came out untill i tried eve 11 years ago.Since then the only other multiplayers i play are games like FIFA or battlefield as anything remotely close to an mmorpg is a major turnoff.

At times i truly wish i never did give eve a try ....

Glad to see you pacing your self.