EVE General Discussion

That's sad and sort of silly to biomass.

When a friend left recently, I transferred his characters to two of my accounts. He can have the characters back if he returns, and I can benefit from them otherwise.

@OP, you should listen to this guy.

The fact that nowhere in EVE is ever truly safe is a large part of what makes this game stand so far above the others, remove that and a lot more players would quit.

It would interfere with my unique game play of being a high sec ninja looter who likes to make scams in Jita. I have no desire whatsoever for null or 0.0. It comes down that you want to force a different play style on me making me want to quit.

+1

To the man with the unpronounceable name henceforth known as the OP:

Why can it not change? Because to change it changes the core premise of the game, the ways everything interacts with everything else, disrupts the player economy and changes game-play for all the players that get and enjoy their EVE Online experiences.

Do not be disheartened if you don't get it or enjoy it. There are other options. It takes a lot of courage to admit you've spent a number of years playing a game that is not suited to you and then move on.

I hope you guys find a game more to your liking.

There is such a game, its called Star Trek Online, and please for the love of GAWD unsubscribe from eve and go play it instead!

Or better yet, avoid online space sims all together since you cant seem to cope and go play X3:Terran Conflict instead. At least that is a good game! and you will be safe from all us bad people!

The rest of your post makes you look like you're talking out of your ass to the point I'm not even sure I wanted to respond, because you do infact look like either a troll, or using fake guises as some sort of merit to champion the cause of a safe highsec.

Explain how CCP is catering to only a couple of huge alliances. Give specifics. I could make quite a lovely list of how CCP has cater'd to highsec in response.. if you actually do put forth a reasonable legit list.

CCP is a business.. they want money. They also have pride, and want to create a grand game that people enjoy. Simply on those two notions.. they care about every single sub, new or old or middle aged. They need to create a product people enjoy, and they need the money to continue that.

The very rare EVE model of sandbox, Everybody Verse Everybody which includes consent and nonconsent, direct and undirect ripple effects.. is working. It isn't for everyone.. no game nor any one thing will ever be for everyone. Be glad you're blessed with Choice. How many MMOs can claim a growing sub-base that spans nearly 9 years? How many ultimately end up going on a downward slope over the cross of their existence instead?

Make a perfectly safe sigment of EVE.. and poof goes large, vital chunks of the population. There will be less explosions and boomboom.. which in turn makes traders/manufacturers/scientists leave the game because their sigment took a sharp hit from both no boom highsec, and loss of core combat pilots that are revolting the change. LP shrinks in value even more, much more so.. mission/incursion runners ***** fit about their diminishing gains and quit. Those that stick around, safely get their the bestest possible faction fit ship.. do the same thing over n over n over n over with it safely, and quit from repeatitive boredom that the vast majority of MMOs suffer from.

It is and always will be a stupid, dumb ass idea to make all of or portions of highsec completely and 100% safe.

And you know what might happen to those that stick around? They move to null cause that is where the only action remains in the game. What is the point of safely harvesting Isk if you do not use?

When your friends killed their characters.. their wallets are gone, their faction fit puppy ships gone, expensive implants gone.. the only thing they will have left, is their memories. Same goes for everybody that biomass. The more you use what you have ingame, the more memories you'll create. The more you cuddle those things, and take sigments away.. the less chance of creating more epic memories than before. You're going to lose it all eventually anyway.

You even set yourself up at the end of your post.. knowing the shitstorm you'd take. Why?

Simple.. how would you like it if I walked in your house, **** on your wall and told you it looks better cause I said so?

Exactly.

Don't change the core foundation of EVE.. go find a different game that already as what you want in place to make you happy.

EDIT: I don't play WoW. I respect what it is and understand it is a good game for its time. Rather than play it and sit around, bitching about them changing the foundation of it to fit me.. I simply don't play it and found a game that is more to my taste and style.

God I ******* love the accent her posts have in my head.

Also to the OP: I know everyone has a different idea of what kind of game this should be. I think that CCP is trying to cater to a group of gamers (i think I'm one of them) that like Eve because of the danger. We like the fact that you can get blown up even if you are minding your own business. It is exciting for us. I know it'd be nice to just mine while you watch TV and not have to worry about pirates, but honestly there are plenty of games with systems like that and THEY ALL SUCK.

I think the developers like the anarchistic nature of Eve and its players. It is what makes their game unique and interesting. I know it sucks for some people who want to never be bothered, but honestly you are going to have to deal with it because it frankly disagrees with what seems to be CCP's vision for this game.

And it isn't about money, obviously. Eve could have far more subscribers if they went the route of other games like WoW with numerous safety nets and safe zones. That type of game appeals to a large audience and this is why those games have many times the amount of subscribers Eve has. Eve instead opted for gameplay elements (risk) that those other games don't have, and many of us love it for that. I'm sorry if that is a problem for you.

I think there is the game CCP wants us to play (whatever that happens to be atm) and the game we want to play (whatever that happens to be atm for each of us).

It's a delicate balancing act and they can't keep everyone happy, but I do think they go out of their way to promote certain things that are detrimental to their game due to someone's vision.

They get to find out how well they are doing every quarter and after each fiscal year.

Get the **** out.

Of course CCP cares when people close their accounts. They just dont care when ONE guy closes his account.

They are a company and expect a certain number of quitters each month. People simply move on to other games, have children, get married, whatever.

They care if people close their accounts, because if we ALL close our accounts, we'll be closing their office doors on them as well.

A company doesnt really care about the individual's problems/issues, instead they try to appeal to the majority to stay in business. Which is usually good for... most people.



And CCP cares more about its customers then most companies.

I bought BF3 and have TERRIBLE audio issues. The -ONLY GAME- i've ever had audio problems with, and their solution is to BUY a Creative Labs soundcard. Its a very common problem, and EA would rather tell its customers to shell out another 70 dollars then to try and fix the bug. And theres -MANY- bugs in bf3 that are just simply tolerated because people know it'll never be fixed.

Theres bugs in every game, including eve, but CCP has been continuously patching and updating and expanding this single game for nearly 10 years straight now. Its almost 10 years old and has better graphics engine then most games released this year.

CCP has stuck with its product longer then any company i can think of off the top of my head.