EVE General Discussion

Null sec doesn't have gate guns, sec loss (a restriction to consensual PvP), or many ******** players. Null sec is the bomb.

imo, Null is better :D

I would very much prefer if the majority of the game was Nullsec; more freedom and more fun.

Until the blob finds you

^Cool

Virtually all my losses on this account have been the result of:

A) Accidents

B) Suicide ganks that I didn't adequately prepare for

C) Horrendously-outnumbered fights in poorly-fit ships

Then again, what my stats are has no bearing on whether I'm correct

I'm not going to defend sec loss (although it doesn't represent a restriction to consensual PVP at all... not sure what you're trying to say there), but gate guns are probably a good thing. Also, Null sec has what the **** blobs.

Null sec sucks.

-Liang

I don't think the OP understands EVE all too well.

And...I bet you're going to feel REAL clever when you do so!

As far as the OP. There's two things one can say to one's wife.

a.) Your beauty is timeless.

b.) Your face could stop a clock.

People who just accept what you point out (so ably), and the plethora of other lazily handled, or duct taped together features of the game, probably have a minimum amount of cockroaches they're willing to share their kitchens with.

I suddenly got the urge to watch The Big Labowski lol

That's nullsec in a nutshell.

I started playing EVE thinking i would be able to solo PVP. Sadly it is impossible and now i just train skills hoping i can find a decent corp someday. I also cant stand scanning and fighting for explorations sites. Go to low sec? no thanks i dont feel like being in a complex and some kid warps in waving their pee pee trying to kill me while i happily kill rats.

The "boundaries" between different professions is "poorly defined" on purpose as [almost] everything is interrelated in some fashion.

Miners gather ore... miners and industrialists process ore into minerals... industrialists use minerals to make ships and mods... traders and shippers moves ships and mods to buyers and/or friendlies... and then you come full circle with players using those ships and mods to gather more ore, move stuff, and attack/defend those gathering, building, and shipping stuff.

Completely separating miners and industrialists from the risk of "combat" means that your enemy can set up a supply line that you cannot attack/counter except by doing that particular activity and "crowding them out" yourself.

Also bear in mind that whatever advantage/gameplay you give to a solo player will be used in spades by players who band/organize together.



I'll give you this one.



This only works if there is finite amount of resources to harvest/use. And to implement "scarcity" you'd have to make asteroid belts and moons (the two main sources of production in the game) non-respawnable/non-regenerating and make it so that ships are not completely "destroyed" when blown up (so their minerals can be harvested... otherwise there will eventually be nothing left to build stuff with).



"Low-sec" (0.4 to 0.1 systems) is your average "back alley" that the police don't like going into because they might get shanked.
No, really... low-sec was "intended" on being the PvP-lite area of EVE. Where only "the scum" hang out in, smaller groups/organizations of PvP players can shift around vying for the significantly higher ISK potential that lies in it... groups of players who are not quite at the level of "uber-organization" that 0.0 alliances are at.

Quite basically... low-sec is where "the law" is supposed to "break down" before going out into the "badlands" (null-sec). [/lolrp]

Okay... serious explanation. High-sec as you know it now is actually the "aberration" in EVE as the rules of aggression and the NPCs that enforce it were merely "tacked on" as the years went by. Low-sec is what empire space actually USED to be.



You obviously don't understand the skill system (hint; the devil is in the details).

Only a certain amount of skills apply to any one ship and/or mod at any given time. And all skills cap out at level 5.
By focusing your training in one area of expertise you can be just as good as anyone who has played the game for YEARS (as the older player cannot get any "better").
Not only that... the difference between having level 4 and level 5 is a pittling 2 to 5%... and that's nothing that a well placed mod and/or tactic can't get around.
Not only that... skills that related to frigates and cruisers are of a lower "tier" and thus have lower training times than larger ships and/or specialty equipment
NOT ONLY THAT... ships are balanced against each other as well.**

** a common counter against the usual "pros" of the skill system is, "well... even if I am better against a vet in a smaller ship, the vet can still go and get a "bigger, better" ship to come after me.
Indeed, the vet CAN get into another ship that has the potential to mulch your frigate... but you'd be very dumb to wait around for the vet to do so. And the vet in his "bigger" ship will not be as fast or mobile as you are in your frigate (he'll even have trouble locking you up quickly).
So... if you have just won against a vet in a small frigate (kudos if you have)... and you see the vet coming back in... say... an Ishtar... you can gtfo and he/she will not be able to catch you due to your frigate's inherently better agility, speed, and warp speed (unless you WANT him/her to).