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Playing Eve in Ironman mode?
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Kale deCoste
Doomheim
#1 - 2012-03-10 17:45:22 UTC
Has anyone played Eve in Ironman mode? i.e. when you die, biomass your character and start over. I think it'll make Eve FAR more interesting. And come on, Eve isn't about maximising isk/hour. If it's truly about making isk, you're way better off just working in the real world and converting PLEX into isk. Who wants to experience what life would REALLY be like in a dark, sadistic universe? I think this is why we all play Eve.

Give it a try. Play Eve in Ironman mode.
Andski
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-03-10 17:47:49 UTC
Biomassed 5 minutes into the tutorial where the objective is to sit there and get killed by a rat.

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stoicfaux
#3 - 2012-03-10 17:50:51 UTC
Real Men play Ironman Eve by walking into the wrong neighborhood, taking a seat at a poorly lit bus stop, and playing Eve on their $4,000 Alienware laptop in full view of everybody while listening to tunes streamed on their iPad.

Pon Farr Memorial: once every 7 years, all the carebears in high-sec must PvP or they will be temp-banned.
Herping yourDerp
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-03-10 17:56:38 UTC
I guess u mean dead is dead...
and
no that would be stupid for any mmo.
VaMei
Meafi Corp
#5 - 2012-03-10 18:06:41 UTC
Your 'Ironman mode' would kill the whole spirit of the game for me.
For me, 'No loss is permanent' leads to 'No risk is too great when the reward for sucess is greater'.

If dead was actually dead I'd never undock, and I'd either be a station trader, or a planet bound pleb.
Patient 2428190
DEGRREE'Fo'FREE Internet Business School
#6 - 2012-03-10 18:11:16 UTC
Ship deaths or podding deaths?

Somebody who stays out of nullsec or wormholes can play for years without getting podded very easily.
IsTheOpOver
#7 - 2012-03-10 18:15:00 UTC
I beleive this is called Harcore mode.

Don't worry, Diablo 3 should be out in a few months. *taps foot impatiently*
Jaroslav Unwanted
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2012-03-10 18:26:37 UTC
Patient 2428190 wrote:
Ship deaths or podding deaths?

Somebody who stays out of nullsec or wormholes can play for years without getting podded very easily.


which would make the inevitable even more painful Big smile
Kale deCoste
Doomheim
#9 - 2012-03-10 18:33:52 UTC
I think people get too attached to their characters / wealth / whatever. How many savegames do you keep from 5+ years ago? I don't have any. The few saved games that I have kept from the late 90s (FF7 on the PS1), I haven't touched in years.

Let go. Embrace the inevitable and LIVE!
Eternus8lux8lucis
Guardians of the Gate
RAZOR Alliance
#10 - 2012-03-10 18:34:45 UTC
Patient 2428190 wrote:
Ship deaths or podding deaths?

Somebody who stays out of nullsec or wormholes can play for years without getting podded very easily.

Yeah would make Eve a lot more interesting for a spare alt kicking around tbh. Only way to implement it on a server wide scale would be to remove bubbles in all forms from the game.... DICs, HICs and mobiles, as well as Smartbombs. Would make for an interesting 4th server world for Eve. Call it the Diablo Server. Ship deaths are fine, once you get podded your toons dead forever, you have to create another but you get lifetime stats saved for them. Isk made, ships killed or destroyed, all the good stuff.

You can only use real life accounts but any toon that has died on Diablo cannot be used again for Diablo, entry fee to Diablo is a plex per toon so its not just anyone and everyone. And then even if you biomass your toon after a Diablo death theres still some sort of cost to get back in.

Then lets see who can live forever!!Twisted

Have you heard anything I've said?

You said it's all circling the drain, the whole universe. Right?

That's right.

Had to end sometime.
Shade Falstar
Doomheim
#11 - 2012-03-10 18:40:53 UTC
Kale deCoste wrote:
I think people get too attached to their characters / wealth / whatever. How many savegames do you keep from 5+ years ago? I don't have any. The few saved games that I have kept from the late 90s (FF7 on the PS1), I haven't touched in years.

Let go. Embrace the inevitable and LIVE!


This would either make you more risk averse or just plain reckless because you no longer care.
Cyprus Black
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#12 - 2012-03-10 18:42:46 UTC
Let me know who's playing Ironman style and I'll come around with a thrasher. Twisted

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Jaroslav Unwanted
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2012-03-10 18:46:28 UTC
Kale deCoste wrote:
I think people get too attached to their characters / wealth / whatever. How many savegames do you keep from 5+ years ago? I don't have any. The few saved games that I have kept from the late 90s (FF7 on the PS1), I haven't touched in years.

Let go. Embrace the inevitable and LIVE!


Or . Embrace the inevitable and DIE. Live is pointless. Death is an answer. Cool
Kazuma Ry
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#14 - 2012-03-10 18:52:07 UTC
I have been playing this character since 2007, and I am still on my orginal body. So in a way I have been playing Eve Ironman mode, and I have yet to go into Nullsec or wormhole space.

Granted, if I ever get podded, I will not biomass this character, would be a waste of all the time I have spent training up skills.
Degren
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2012-03-10 19:25:48 UTC
IsTheOpOver wrote:
I beleive this is called Harcore mode.

Don't worry, Diablo 3 should be out in a few months. *taps foot impatiently*


Too bad it's ****.

If you were a fan of Diablo 2 hardcore mode, disappointment awaits.

Hello, hello again.
PotatoOverdose
Handsome Millionaire Playboys
Sedition.
#16 - 2012-03-10 19:31:52 UTC
IsTheOpOver wrote:
I beleive this is called Harcore mode.

Don't worry, Diablo 3 should be out in a few months. *taps foot impatiently*


Diablo 3 will have no pvp at launch. Source. I died a little inside when I found out.
Recolitus
Doomheim
#17 - 2012-03-10 20:07:01 UTC
Cyprus Black wrote:
Let me know who's playing Ironman style and I'll come around with a thrasher. Twisted


http://www.ironmanmode.com/archives/category/eveonline

Enjoy! Pirate