EVE General Discussion

Here is a megathread that will hopefully become a megathread with all of the things from the trailers that lured you here, only to greet you with disappointment. Seeing as I'm the OP (obviously, duh), I'll start first. Continue adding said disappointments to this list.

Null-security space - expectation

A scary, lawless place for the meanest, leanest players out there! Danger lurks in every corner here, and massive, thousand-man fleets clash in epic battles and skirmishes that resketch the borders of player-owned empires!

Reality - although thousand-man fleet battles do happen, null is a stagnant, boring part of space. Only key entry systems are ever camped by pirates, the rest being filled with small mining barge flocks that fuel the massive industrial machine of New Eden. Wars take place under the strategy of a cold war between a few power blocs and minor border skirmishes.


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That's not the reality. Come to Vale of the Silent and see for yourself.

Expectation: People are competant, Reality: The damsel gets captured way too f*cking often

Back in days there was alliance called Foundati0n.

It kicked ass.

Oh those days and nights that we spent on defending the pipes and NDQ. Veritas Immortalis at nextdoor in MM. Constant small skirmish going on.

Eventually Foundati0n kicked even more ass and took over the region. The most poorest region of all - GW. By some reason that I do not remember, Red Alliance was pissed off and came into MM.

We kicked their ass in one of the largest capital fights at that era.

Yes. That was 0.0 at it's best.

Did I say kick ass?

That explains the glare

Exploration - Expectation:
Venturing into a C2 wormhole filled with 20+ sigs whilst polishing your trusty Relic Analyser gleefully.

Reality:
30 minutes later chasing signatures around the map like a rabid Racoon; you request psychiatric remapping after finding 6 other wormholes, 9 gas sites, 2 sleeper data sites, 2 sleeper relic sites and a single pirate data site with barely enough loot to cover the cost of your sister's probes.

Wormholes are a thing, OP is an incompetent, directionless nerd.
You want null to be a barracuda battlefield? Make it happen!
Expectations are for shoppers and for that reason punk bands used to love undercutting them. Shoppers give up rights and responsibility in exchange for choice.
I was brought here by the show info jpg of an incursus and a post on 4chan saying "Anti-pirate in Placid."
Knowledge kills the flame of curiosity.
I'm sorry i can't be more help in your complaint thread.

Expectation: you need a PHD in Economics to play Eve markets

Reality: you need to be able to calculate 5% margin off the top of your head
Or just roll a corp with 5% tax >.>

Expectation: PVP is really hard

Reality: orbit FC, follow broadcasts, blame FC when you die and demand immediate SRP (tell them they are bad too)
Also badpost on forums during fleet and tell them their mic is broken if you don't hear an order

Expectation: I will be safe in my solowtfpwnbbqshipofdoom, spend years grinding nerdtastically into a super

Reality: die in Aridia trying to log in after a break

No but sometimes one tries to flirt with me and I make retching noises then he runs away. I might be sholup invuln. Helps not having a super ofc.

I agree with the time dilatation being a big turn off. The game is running at one speed and I keep expediting it to run another way.