EVE General Discussion

reason concord protection exist is to deter attacks in highsec, but only that.

it's realistic.

if you look at rl the police act as a deterrent for criminals to do as they please, so they don't stop crime from happening they only show up after the fact.

pirates like most criminals are looking for easy money.... if you happen to fly in a low ehp ship and fill the cargo with 30x the value of the hull then naturally you're just asking for it.

Im ok with you being able to carebear it up in high sec. I am even more ok with "Ima Wreckyou" from code, who posted above, to be able to gank you, wardec you, scam you, make you pay "protection money", and any other thing "Ima Wreckyou" wants to do to you while you enjoy your stay in high sec.

I tell this all the time to highsec bears... if you dont like high sec and the nature of it, then move to null. It pays better and is generally safer.

If you havent noticed, CCP's updates to content only really ever affects high sec by proxy a majority of the time. There is a reason for this. CCP doesnt really want you to hang out in high sec forever. They want you to venture out into the actual game. CCP is very big on players playing without restrictions from the actual game. High sec is a huge restriction to gameplay intended to somewhat protect new players by discouraging harming new players. However CCP encourages you to get out of high sec without actually forcing you out of high sec because they want you to play the game.

Eve is a niche game, for niche players. CCP purposely tries to be different than other game companies and for eve to be different from other games. They want Eve to be a different experience, not a clone of "X". People come here and complain because its different and want to change it, to be more similar to mainstream titles. No one here wants it to be like a mainstream title, thats why we play it.

Chauvinism? Again, how is understanding the game, and accepting that as individuals it is our personal responsibility to keep our selves safe some form of "chauvinism"?

Why would you choose to play EVE if you don't even like what EVE is?

Yes this topic has been beaten to death so will try not to post anymore on this topic but:

I strongly disagree with Loci Lollipop.

Ok so let's take your idea and all the other anti-ganking people's idea and make high-sec 100% safe.

Ok you probably made some ice miners happy but then what? Long-term you've damaged eve and taken away what makes it unique. The whole point of eve is that it's dangerous. That's why we like it right?! I understand where some are coming from I really do. I'm not a miner but I move items sometimes as a trader and have been ganked. Yes it sucks feels bad. You feel embarrassed, feel like you've wasted your time etc etc. But you know what? You step back for the night and come back the next time and learn from it and do better. That's why we enjoy eve. It's harsh but it teaches you how to better yourself in game. It's awesome.

Wrong, it's a question of attitude. Being a carebear is an attitude, not a playstyle.

If your attitude is that you shouldn't have to do anything to protect yourself in hisec because CCP should make hisec safe for you then people are going to deride you; firstly because you're a carebear, and secondly because Eve is not that kind of game and never has been.

Most nullsec players have hisec alts, I'd wager real cash money on most lowsec and wormhole players having them too; the number of players that solely play in hisec is probably much lower than you imagine.

Moronic you say to your mother....

Why are you waving your hand at us in Jedi mind-trick fashion? It doesn't work IRL.

Sure, it's all doom and gloom. EvE has been dying since 2003.

The real question is, why do you guys keep playing a game that clearly creates discomfort for you?

Do you like self-inflicted pain and misery? Why don't you just quit and end the suffering, if it really is so bad?

I see more CCPnists come to the resccue of falling numbers of subscribers amount. They do it their own way. As always.