EVE General Discussion

I showed a few Forum postings to my Therapist awhile back and she found that player attitude to be extrememly 'not normal' and actually tried to talk me out of playing.

It's a sandbox for people to do whatever they want. And the anti-miner crap is just that. Crap. The occasional surprise gank is no big deal and should be expected. But the pile-on has become so huge and childish I refuse to re-subscribe my 3rd and 4th tooons until CCP seriously does something about wat is absolutely the most negative player attitude on the net. Period.

Oh, and they barely got 40,000 online today...on a Saturday. And sorry but the Diablo 3 debut is now long in the past.

They had better say a few prayers for CCP cause the rats are indeed leaving over this screwed up attitude. 2 of my 4 accounts included.

And none of my toons have even been ganked in 18 months. But, the attitude is indeeed crippling. And should at this point be a huge financial worry to CCP.

The "hate" is actually roleplay to most gankers: just like the Minmatar and the Amarr do not like each other. Out of game, I seriously doubt any ganker truly hates all highsec miners, but I would be surprised if a ganked miner feels the same way out-of-game.

I've gate camped and been ganked by gatecamps. Never have I "hated the victims" I shot, but I have despised the ones that gunned me down when I was traveling. If such a hate really exists, I'm afraid it is mostly from the miners towards the gankers as it would be, you know, more realistic...

Taking a game so seriously & letting things happening in a game affect you is not normal & was most likely the reason she tried to talk you out of playing.

Spaceships are serious business, but not that serious.

It's not short-sighted at all. Think of what would happen to your precious market over time if ships stopped exploding.

We pay RL money to play the game we want to play.

AND, you guys sure take the miner hatred seriously.

Oh, and you're just stupid in your claim to know what my Therapist thought. Get out.

So anyways... 5 pages I there is barely anyone who actually responded to the questions. Is it because the real highsec dwellers simply adapted and are playing the game or because they do not exist?

I honestly expected something along the lines:

1. Losing a ship should happen under two circumstances: when I make a mistake (vs NPC or player) or when someone invest more effort into ganking me than I invested protecting myself (vs player).

2. I should make enough money in highsec to barely pay for a PLEX on a good month. It makes no sense to me if I could make more, because the price would just shift accordingly since 80% of EVE's player-base (and henceforth the biggest chunk of PLEX customers) is in highsec. This also keeps the higher profit areas of the game relevant. Think about it, if we all could make 1 bil profit a month in highsec with "casual" playing, how long would it take before the minimum price for a PLEX peaks just a little over one bil?

These are actually my personal answers to those questions.

The only one that ultimately matters, and the one from which all else is evolved:

Curiosity.

I too, want to hear from some "true hisec bears," on this, by the way.

As stated earlier, I don't hate miners.

I did not claim to know what your therapist was thinking, but only made a well-educated guess based on your posts. You really are taking this way too seriously. Have you shown your therapist any of the posts you've made? Perhaps you could print out this thread & have her read it.

Does fact that you need to see a therapist over your experiences in a computer game not tell you anything in itself?




There is no childishness in my argument. The only childishness presented is on your behalf in your inability to see what has been right in front of you since you began to play the game.

A lot of them don't post on the forums. They either don't know about them, couldn't be bothered or don't want to be a part of the community. Hence why a lot of them play solo.

But why would I attack them? I'm curious because I played in all areas of sec EVE has to offer and that is what shaped my idea of what is a balanced risk/reward system.

I'm curious to know if one who only played in highsec has a significantly different opinion on the matter. (refer to post 91 or my edited OP for my view on the issue)