EVE General Discussion

I recently watched a thread asking about WIS explode out to 110 pages last I looked and as I read I realised that what was being discussed was more like ...

What is EVE?

We all have different answers. We all access EVE for different reasons. We all want it to be developed to keep pace with the expectations of the day. We all want new things to keep our interest piqued.

Most of us haven't played all the play styles available and almost all of us will never know what it's like to lead an Alliance or command an enormous fleet.

So if we have so many things in common why then is it so hard for us to agree as to how EVE should be developed and expanded. We can zoom out further and have more room to move we can zoom in and see what it's like inside Jita 4-4.

For me I love how Eve is science fiction with technology instead of 'magic' explaining why various amazing things happen. I tried Age of Conan and hated the magic. That is why I like how there is no Jedi and force here. Even though I hate losing things I like that Eve is a place where when something is destroyed its gone.

I enjoy corporation building and teamwork. I enjoy having to manage finances and I like how different play styles and personalities can fit together. I love trading up a storm and creating devious plans. I like meeting people and learning from them and hearing stories from across the world.

I like seeing my toon as he configures his science and industry while checking out his fitting and I use the WIS interface to access the options that expand from the holographic projection of my current ship. While ALSO nurturing plans to go blast some poor dude while also knowing that I don't really want to blast anyone and might not fire my weapons at the target when it comes to it because I prefer my fight to have purpose rather than random killing for no reason.

I want purpose like when I first joined and was absorbed into a newbie corp and its struggles against Hi-Sec griefers 'HI NEOXI GAMMA' I want my dreams of grandeur back like when I started a newbie corp.

SO then... what is eve to you?

The thrill of the chase? The sense of achievement as you launch a new capital? Being the highest earning miner of all time? Having so much isk you can hardly think of ways to spend it? Having created the badest gang around? Admiring your killboard?

Real?

A space opera.

A slice of fantasy (all science fiction is fantasy), sublimated aggression toward other humans, the social interaction with said humans. They joy of seeing my power and ability, both my skill with the game and my characters skills, increasing. Despite what many think there appears to be a story arc for the game lore. There are many elements that make it entertaining.

What is EVE to me?



Aside from that? ship-spinning....ya, I can't stay serious with all the crap going on in the world; to depressing.

Eve would be a better place without the "if I don't like it, you won't have it" anti-WIS (or anti-anything-that's-not-pvp) crowd.

your rapist mustache turns me on.

Also EVE to me is a chat room i pay for.

To me, Eve is the new Freelancer.

Right now, its mostly just space freelancer with sexy ships and pretty lights.

But I hope that someday, I could land on some city with my big ass capital ships and go for a walkabout around that city, leaving my ship(s) in some star port until I feel like using it again, meet new people and find interesting ways to kill them or rip them off.

And after a long days work, I could head on over to the nearest gentlemen establishment and put my feet up while watching scantly clad ladies dance my troubles away on bar counters and poles over a nice cold brewskie.

EVE is EVErything!



Nah, to me it's just a game, but that doesn't seem to be the case for some other people

Agreed, meet you there for brewskies somewhere around 2014.