EVE General Discussion

TL:DR go **** yourself

I’ve noticed that whenever anyone asks about additions for the solo player there is a wave of negative posts against them, such as "why don’t you play a solo game" "Why are you playing an MMO if you want to play a one player game"

I used to be a real team player and I ran a 40 man corp once and was a diplomat for most of that time but I had to give it all up and now I run as a solo player. I have to play solo these days as I cannot commit unbroken stretches of time as i have to much commitment out of game. This is applicable to every solo player I know.

Examples of general time sinks out of game

1. If I want a shave and a shower and to relax after work that takes an hour or so.
2. If my women wants me to spend some time with her = unknown time factor
3. I like to eat a real dinner as I cannot survive on Pizza rolls
4. If my woman goes to bed before me I have to tuck her in which takes 20 minutes.
5. I have to be in bed by 11.30 as otherwise I cannot get up for work in the morning
6. At the weekends I like to tidy up my apartment and vacuum, and clean and iron my clothes as well as socialise with other people.

The things above probably have no meaning to you if you cannot see why people play this game solo.


Best reasons to play solo

Some one once said that solo players “live between the cracks in this game”. Let me tell you that it’s the only way to play this game and really enjoy it.

You can build, mission or mine in highsec but it soon gets boring. Most solo players spent a lot of time in lowsec making there isk and pvping there. Always outmanned and outgunned. Sometimes the hunter mostly hunted. Hiding away to make ninja strikes.

Far better than a null bear or a bored alliance pvper who is hot dropping a single player with 50 others and considering themselves a leet pvper.

Try living in Neckbeard/Goon space. Those guys are so bored they will deploy the entire fleet to find you. Or try making a living in Russian space you will get to see plenty of carriers on the screen.

Lastly, the best pvpers in this game are solo players and this is well known. They choose a ship and max it out. They spend lots of time on sisi working out exactly what the ship can do and the best set ups and then they set traps or roam knowing that they can use the ship to its maximum capacity.

Only suggestion = we need an exploration ship so we can Han Solo it a big more. Im stuck in a maxed out pilgrim or Tengu at the moment


Your bearded comments please.

The great thing about a sandbox is that you can do whatever you want, and you can completely disregard the impassioned rants of whomever does not likes your way of playing. If you like doing things solo, then go for it and don't let people talking smack about you interfere with your enjoyment of the game. I personally get a lot of comfort and pleasure from communal efforts in MMOs, and I also personally have a preference for chocolate over vanilla flavouring; however, I certainly have no reason to besmirch or discriminate against those who prefer solo endeavours or vanilla flavouring.

From the other thread that is still on the first page, I think the general consensus was either "Its a multiplayer game" or "there is nothing that will benefit solo players that won't also benefit groups"

For the most part, it seems anything that can be done by a group now can be done solo, with the exception of holding space.

While I'm not sure where the aggression is coming from (other than the fact that this question comes up quite often with a simple search), I can at least understand the argument that if you want to succeed in a multiplayer game, you should do multiplayer things.

TL;DR Don't know where the anger is coming from on either side. It seems like there are myriad things to just "pass time solo" as is that both solo and groups have access to. Could never hurt to have more interesting content, though.

very true sir

I was really in the thick of it and ended up severely burned out. stopped playing for 5 months.

Solo play is best play unless you are just in a social club corp who use corp chat to shoot the ****

Life is an oyster OP and you can either have croquettes or fritters, they're both basically the same, both cooked in fat, enjoy.

Define "work". If I define it in terms of manhours, your assumption is false.

Generally I like to run with some bigger fleets in Nullsec, but they get boring. Shooting structures and waiting for that epic fight is exhausting sometimes and I do find myself burning out.

I keep an account for solo pvp in lowsec, I play that character when I feel frustrated or bored. I can definately sympathize with your point of view and I agree. Also some of the nicest and deadliest people I have had the pleasure of fighting with and against have been lowsec soloists/small gangers.

second sentence ia an example of risk assessment pursued by FCs and solo players. This means basically the amount of assessment and work is equal for a solo player as an FC in some cases. Do you work as hard as your FC in 100 man fleets?

Stop assuming fella. i dont want a super ship all i wanted was a nomadic ship. Its been asked for a lot in this game. You are forced to have a base and some people dont want that. The closest thing we have to it is the Pilgrim and thats lowsec based. The Tengu runs out of missiles pretty quick in nullsec

A proteus that can actually field 5 heavies would be a good ship as a suggestion of the top of my head. nothing to fancy. just a ship in which you can roam the heavens