EVE General Discussion

So it's strictly binary to you, either I'm a fanatical grinder or a lazy grind-avoider?

Look, I'm playing a computer game for fun here. The need to grind can be part of the challenge and competition that makes this game fun to me - within limits. But I do have a life, and for that matter, a real job earning real money. I do not switch on EVE thinking "Yes, finally I get to slave my time away." Not that I'm saying that that is wrong if that happens to be your deal. You do whatever you want with your game time...

I do realise that we largely agree. I am just pro skill packs. It might be a semantics thing, but I don't agree on the part where old players will be given that much of an even bigger edge. For me personally it will not change anything (I will perhaps finally overcome my mental blockade and get amarr bc to V with skill packs, so I can fly in that one strict CS doctrine, but apart from that it will be meh.). I can already fly almost everything what I want at at least level IV. I would not waste the sp you get passively anyway, so skillpacket IMO would probably mostly be used to get some skills to level 5, as that is where the waiting justifies the cost.

I just don't think the rate at which you aqcuire sp, is that important. You will get the player skill at the same rate IMO you will just have access to more. I don't see why it is bad that a newbie can sit in a ship with T2 guns faster for example. It does not change anything for the veteran, but might help the newbie getting the confidence to do stuff. Like you said yourself, the perceived gap hinders some newbies enjoying of the game (The gap might be perceived, but for them it is real). If a skilpack and some self deception will help them, I am all for it (Even if it is just a placebo).

I bought a great sports car for the driving enthusiast. Manual transmission and everything is adaptable like dampers, ride height, differential, stuff like that. But as it is a sports car it's always going to be on the sporty side so the ride is going to be firm whatever you do.

Then I decided that I don't like the firm ride because I use it for my daily commute, I'm really not interested in all the bells and whistles and, seriously, **** manual transmissions I want an auto. So I decided to send the manufacturer a letter where I complain about these obvious issues and that I just want to have a nice car to drive. I demand that they change my car from a sporty style into a more every day, easy going driver and replace the manual with an auto. And, oh yeah: I want it to be 4 door as well so they better change that.

Frankly I'm kinda surprised that they didn't sell me such a car in the first place even thought I personally made the choice of buying it, many brands have these cars so why not them? It's really just bad for business that they don't make every day cars for normal drivers because if they would change these sports cars into normal cars they'd sell a lot more!

Lucky for you this game has a solution for you. Get out your wallet and buy a PLEX, sell it in game. Ta-da a reasonably fat wallet for a new player. Use some of that real money from your real job jackass. It is totally fine if you do.

Oh and the awesomeness of having SP based on real time....you gain SP while you are partaking in that real life you have. It is a good system for the...wait....wait...casual player.

That sounds nasty? Like something that should be banned!

I bet it can kill you!

It's also used in the production of agrotoxics and studies show that almost all oceans and larger lakes are saturated with it, it's a really big problem. Perhaps we should start a campaign to create awareness amongst the general public, this needs to be stopped!

What?!?!? Why was I never told this???

Based on the 100% death rate of people that consume Dihydrogen Monoxide, whether intentionally or otherwise, I'd say it's pretty ******* lethal.