EVE General Discussion

I tried it for a few weeks. Post Phoebe logistics were painful. I also enjoy the company of others.

You should get it eventually. Some people would like to play every game like that. FIrst, they like not to be dependent on others, second, they dont like others to tell them what to do, third, they dont like other people as much as they like peacefull solitary confinement and focus on the goal. There are more causes to this gameplay, search if you want.

It's not so much wanting to play in singleplayer if you acknowledge there are other players out there rather than NPCs. I've been in corps since starting but I still maintain solo alts. Gives you back that feeling you had as a rookie when you first undock, look around and realise how massive the game is. There is something really exciting about the unknown, and you lose some of that sensation in player groups. Fair play they are trying to make things easier, but the difficulty is part of the challenge (and sense of personal acheivement, rather than group). Plus there's loads to do/see and you can go anywhere solo where it's hard to take a group. Also you can appreciate things differently without your corpies chattering away, it gives you time to really look around without being on someone elses timetable. I've always maintained indy alts, and I can see why people have hidden mining/mission alts to decompress on occasionally. It's relaxing. I lke flying about staring at different nebulas and listening to music, and if anyone I know bothers me I pretend to be afk until they sod off :P Anonymity helps too.


Player groups are awesome but they're riddled with bickering, rivalry and people attempting to tell you all the time what to wear/who to talk to/who to like/how to play etc. Does get a bit tiresome sometimes. That little rebellious streak in a lot of us rejects being bossed about so some of us screw it off and ignore our own corpies on alts occasionally. Or never bother with corps in the first place. Might be down to personality types, but some of us are happy enough pottering about on our own or have had bad experiences in bigger groups.

One thing playing this long has taught me, as long as you make the effort, you can chat to just about anyone (including whoever just shot your spaceboat) and make friends everywhere. You don't have to be part of a corp or alliance to enjoy the company of other players. Most of my favourite conversations have been with people chasing me about trying to kill me, lol.

It's a different perspective. Probably why it makes no sense because, hurr, it's not yours. Try read it again without deciding whether it's right or wrong. I'm not disagreeing with yours having done both, I'm explaining why the alternatives are attractive.


Down to personal taste. I'm not being told what to enjoy. You can try pursuade, but once you slip into 'your version is better than mine' you'll get a mental obscene hand gesture.

One of my earliest CEOs bitched about pirates and banned the corp from lowsec pvp because he had lost his first battleship and ragequit for 6 months over it. He was a massive carebear who flew a 60b mission boat. I liked him, but he got on my nerves, so I never bothered to mention I had a yarr alt. Another Director was a Bobbit alt who sperged and raved endlessly about Goons. So I went and started reading Something Awful just to spite him. Every corp and alliance I've ever been in has seriously whinged and bleated about their enemies (sometimes these grudges go back years, and are laughable). So I've changed sides. **** em. They're still friends but they talk a load of bollocks at times, and some of it is just talking themselves up. Feels a lot like brainwashing tbh, and sadly I think a lot of people fall for it. But it's actually fun to play as an independent thinker even within your current group, because then you can go anywhere. And surprising how offensive that attitude is.

ed. also, being in leadership all the time ingame can be stressful and demolishes your personal playtime. That might be the part that isn't making sense. Some of the folk I've run across who avoid player groups have leadership positions IRL or are part of a team at work/have family, so there's more relaxation for them ingame avoiding that playstyle for some quiet.

Also:
'You're an idiot for even trying that on your own'
'Get friends'
'Get moar friends'
'Don't talk back, just do as you're told'
'STFU noob'
'My version of fun is better than yours'
etc etc

Whateva

You seem tense. You should try drinking some relaxing tea.

The dumb in this post is outstanding. You're an idiot.

To everyone else, Thanks for the support and ideas just about done with my loadout and getting things done logistically! Hopefully it goes well, hopefully you wont see me on the killboards soon xD

Good luck op and don't let the "your way of playing the game is the wrong way" -claiming trolls distract you.

ISRAD ALT SPOTTED.

Oh no not at all, I'm quite serious about the day tripping thing in a T3.

Also I never told you not to do it, i simply stated the obvious that it's a dumb idea. But sure, go ahead and do your little thing I guess. Smh..