EVE General Discussion

Honestly, what keeps me from PvP combat (even though I have done it on occasion) is simply the fact that I'm not interested.
I don't get a woody over the idea that I must amass a huge kill board to prove that I am a success. It does not inflate my ego one iota. When I do "PvP" it's because it is necessary in order to accomplish some other goal. Going out in a combat ship to kill other players for no reason is IMHO very repulsive and moronic. It serves no higher purpose than getting a cheap thrill at another's expense. Seriously, I know that statement will offend some of you, that's fair... we are equally offended.

I served my time in RL Military, I've seen the elephant, and I know what it takes to achieve an objective. For me combat is a means to an end... it is NOT a cheap adrenaline pseudo-drug trip. I play EvE because it is a complex and challenging emersive game environment, as well as a social outlet. My toon (Diablo) is trained primarily to be a supporting role in combat, not a simpleton grunt with a gun trying to get his Epeen on. I hate with a passion these young kids nowdays with the "Bully" or "Thug" mentalities. They are a societal blight, not worth the brown stain in my shorts. It's too bad that they can't find a more meaningful purpose to their lives than simply ganking unwilling and peaceful highsec carebears just because they can...

I guess that makes me a "Real Life" BitterVet

Currently, Hull Upgrades V training. It's got a while left.

Once that's done, it's just finding where the **** I put all the bits I've bought for those rifters, and assembling them.

Then packing them into my orca, hopping down to near where I want to fly the things, jumping to a clone, and boarding ships.

After that? It's just a matter of who I find to shoot at. Once I've burned through those rifters, I'll make some more and go do it again.

Who says that?

Highsec players that don't PvP only post on the forums to complain about being ganked.

This.. World of Tanks is just much more fun

But seriously.. I hate PvP in multiplayer online games.. In MMORPGS i hate it, dont know why.. Perhaps i play a lot like its a singleplayer game. Perhaps i dont like to gank others, but prefer to help them, and play co-op.. Who knows..

Irrelevant..

I started playing EVE because its SF game, and its a lot similar to ELITE. Who doesnt remember ELITE - www.google.com

P.S.

But, i will engage in PvP later, just not on my main acc.. Made a frig alt.. Just as easy fun, this is still my pimary interest..

Despite being in Minmatar FW and part of a pvping corp, the reason why I don't solo PVP is because I can't be arsed to bother with taking a long time to find an "equal" 1v1 fight. I plex a lot in my EVE time and I fly away from most ships and those pilots complain. Those pilots are usually in destroyers, cruisers, T2 frigates, faction frigates... and they wonder why I warp off as soon as they warp into the plex.

While I appreciate the disparity between ship classes and in-group categories (for example, T1 frigates / Faction frigates / T2 frigates are 3 categories of the frigate hull) I just don't bother with the risk with engaging ship classes higher than you. Therefore I keep plexing and avoiding solo pvp because most people fly around in faction frigs / t2 frigs in FW. I do attend to fleets because at least the disparity between ship classes and in-group categories don't matter as much to me in a fleet. I feel comfortable blobbing a Drake with 5 other frigates than I do trying to fight a kiting interceptor in a Rifter.

However, most of the above is really just because I can only fly a Rifter at this moment. When I get into bigger hulls or AFs etc I'm more comfortable engaging bigger ship classes and in-group categories but the main problem is that so many people blob. If you're flying around in an expensive Cynabal or Dramiel (two ships I plan on flying someday), word gets out and a blobfleet will attempt to kill you.

At least you're not the people in my space leaving grid in AFs/Dramiels when a Rifter lands.

They are probably leaving because they have aggro from every rat, which would add up to a considerable amount of DPS if he were to be webbed by your Rifter. I know I would be dropped dead in seconds if I got webbed while speedtanking a Caldari medium complex.

The very wording of the question implies that everyone wants to PVP. We all get our kicks in life in different ways . PVP has never held any great interest for me against what I do in the game .

I like to play the market chat with mates and mine and make stuff . Thats what I like to do . If I had an urge to PVP I would , the same as I would bungie jump if I wanted to . I dont therefore .........

First, I assume you mean PvP: Space combat, not market PvP, or exploration, or any of the other forms of PvP that are in this game other than space combat.

For me its that adrenaline makes me feel terrible. I do not get "The Rush".

The Rush is a good felling one gets with and after a burst of adrenaline associated with an exciting experience, like PvP combat. Not everyone gets The Rush. Some get no pleasure from adrenaline, and some actually feel bad or sick from it. According to Dr. Drew Pinsky, the difference between these people is genetic. You are born to get The Rush, or you are not. The result is some players will not enjoy PvP and actively seek to avoid it, and no amount of game tweaking will change that, because game tweaking will not change their genes. After all this is a game, people will tend to avoid game activities that make them sick. Instead they do cooperative activities, industry, missions and the like, or just play as solo players.

People who do not get The Rush can also enjoy activities like fishing, a sport that is more popular that any computer game, even WoW. Or puzzle games, or solitaire, or Golf (one of the most popular pastimes on the planet). These players like an activity that occupies the mind, is relaxing, and gives one a gentle feeling of accomplishment as they watch the isk pile up. For them, a certain amount of repetition is not boring, its reassuring and relaxing.