EVE General Discussion

This is a pretty silly premise for a thread. First of all, unless you are using macros, a hulk fills pretty quickly and needs to be tended, making it difficult to be AFK in any way. Second, if all of the game requires constant attention and checking for safety, there will be a rash of bladder and kidney explosions among EVE players. The game is entitled to its intense styles of play, but also needs activities that do not require compete attention. When I played seriously, I enjoyed being able to mine while reading a book or watching a movie - always seated in front of the computer, of course, since I did not stray far when doing those things.

One of the reasons I am quitting the game is that to play it well simply requires too much time. To be a competitive EVE players I need to spend several hours a day at it, most of it actively engaged either with my corp or with the activity at hand. Any activity involving low sec or null sec requires complete attention, or death ensues shortly, And many activities that formerly could be done with less attention - like mining while reading or auto piloting to destinations - are now more dangerous and require my full attention too.

While I have loved my time with EVE, life does not permit me to devote that much attention to it. If I ever come back to the game, it will be because I've heard that some areas of the game are generally safe again.

High sec was a much safer place a year ago than it is now. That's the nature of the game. Players have aggressively found ways to return risk to high sec. I'm not necessarily against that, but it removes any chance of casual play, and that means I have to go elsewhere if I am to get my real life work done.

A game where nowhere is ever safe is not a game I can play. The devs have a right to make that game if they want, but people like me won't be able to enjoy it. That's life, of course. I have often advocated for safer high sec areas on the forums and still think they could be implemented to the betterment of the game. But I understand that kind of change is not likely.

You're spending a lot of time posting for someone who is quitting.

Yah there is a high ship turnover rate w/ lowsec piracy and ninja looting, but pirates aren't looking for "good fights" and thus fit the cheapest ships they can to take out their targets. It's inglorious pvp (a lot of running away) but a lot of fun. It actually nets out quite well even with the many ship losses!

I'm taking it you are being sarcastic because most people I know that do piracy are more in it for the lulz (and make no mistake the lulz are great) but actually I find myself afk cloaked a lot... it's an hour of boredom punctuated by 4 minutes of terror. I think the isk per hour of you actually paying attention is excellent, but if you factor in afk cloak time maybe not so good. There are a lot of different piracy styles though, so overall I couldn't really even ballpark the average. Hell I don't even know all the tactics people are using. There's too many.

See? What this guy said ^. I've never done anything like this. Sounds profitable and fun though....

You should be relatively safe in a Hi(gh) Sec(urity) system.

Sometimes people need a reminder what hisec actually means.

Cloaked 100 % safe

Some quit but leave their accounts training because it has game time left on it. Granted, Training Online is hald of it

A bit different from the "biomassing main" "can I have your stuff" kind of quit.

This may or may not be true for me for several years back

I'm actually a little surprised (now that I think of it) that an EVE semi-clone hasn't yet cropped up that is to EVE what 'carebear MMOs' were to Ultima Online. There's money to be made in a quality one. And lost, of course, if it isn't quality. Those that cry 'carebear' will cry, but unless they joined us in that carebear universe, we would never hear them.