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WHY do you play EVE ???
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Renfus
Bloodhorn
Patchwork Freelancers
#1 - 2011-11-12 22:27:42 UTC
Just curious why everyone plays???
What part of EVE do you enjoy the most & why?





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Sri Nova
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2011-11-12 22:29:21 UTC
I play eve for the potential .. one day i hope to log in and go HOLY ^*&!
Kilrayn
Caldari Provisions
#3 - 2011-11-12 22:31:07 UTC  |  Edited by: Kilrayn
The two main reasons for me are the openness and the community. Both are outstanding.

The openness lets you use your imagination a lot more than other mmos and the community is more intelligent than most other gaming communities.

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Dbars Grinding
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2011-11-12 22:32:08 UTC
why do you play eve? don't ask the question if you don't answer it.

I have more space likes than you. 
Daedalus Arcova
The Scope
#5 - 2011-11-12 22:35:17 UTC
Masochism.
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2011-11-12 22:37:55 UTC

Because it allows me to interact with others without the restrictions other games put on the players.
Because i don't have to grind stuff and can't grind myself to a levelcap or whatever.
Because there's so much to explore and see.
Because the NPCs aren't really a big part of the game, unlike in other games.
Because i can set up traps REAL people may or may not fall into.
Because it has a real economy.
Because it forced me to think about stuff and learn new things.
Because i dislike MMOs and EvE is closer to a simulation.
Because people care. (many at least ... and the rest are just casual players, in a wider sense)
Because it hurts, unlike any other game. It inherits value.

Because CCP is different. They make mistakes, no doubt about it, but i don't know any other
company that gets so close to the community.

Because i can and have made HUNDREDS of nice screenshots from HUNDREDS of POVs.
Which, btw, i can all scrap because of the new nebulae and all the new eyecandy. -.- lol

Because i can sell you Elite Drone AI for 150 Million ISK and can buy a PLEX for 400k.


Because unlike any other game out there,
whatever i do, i always affect somebody else out there.
Just like all of us do in the real world, altough most don't even realize.


*sighs*


xD
Vachir Khan
Rugged Ruff and Ready
#7 - 2011-11-12 22:38:20 UTC
I stopped having a valid, logical reason years ago. I guess the honest answer is that it's more difficult to give up on training skills than it is to keep on playing, sad but true.
Destiny Corrupted
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
Senpai's Afterschool Anime and Gaming Club
#8 - 2011-11-12 22:43:55 UTC
To atone for the sins committed in a previous life.

I wrote some true EVE stories! And no, they're not of the generic "my 0.0 alliance had lots of 0.0 fleets and took a lot of 0.0 space" sort. Check them out here:

https://truestories.eveonline.com/users/2074-destiny-corrupted
Morganta
The Greater Goon
#9 - 2011-11-12 22:44:51 UTC  |  Edited by: Morganta
I'm terrible at the game that comes with the forum subscription

but I play for the pew pew and the QQ



and the PONIES
Renfus
Bloodhorn
Patchwork Freelancers
#10 - 2011-11-12 22:45:00 UTC
Dbars Grinding wrote:
why do you play eve? don't ask the question if you don't answer it.


Fair Enough :)
Well i love the vastness of the game.. how you can choose to do almost anything..
And ive come to know some really good people...
pvp is fun sometimes...
ive done alot... lived in 0.0 for a long time ... did the mining / moon mining thing for a bit...
and ran a couple corps... which usually falls apart...
BUT lately i find my self logging in and instantly bored....
I fly around... kill a couple rats.. update my skill training and end up logging off...
So im looking for something new... something to re-vitalize the game for me...
which leads me to the question i asked...



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Jita Alt666
#11 - 2011-11-12 22:45:52 UTC
Social Interaction. The politics and the diplomacy in 0.0 is just gold entertainment.
Solhild
Doomheim
#12 - 2011-11-12 22:48:37 UTC
Sri Nova wrote:
I play eve for the potential .. one day i hope to log in and go HOLY ^*&!


I'm playing as a retirement plan, don't bury me - just plug me in!

Hmm, should have lots of skill points by then, presumably more than real life P
Count Austheim
Redemption Denied
#13 - 2011-11-12 22:57:23 UTC
Im addicted to training those 5's

If this ships a´rockin, then im strangling someone....

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Alara IonStorm
#14 - 2011-11-12 23:04:32 UTC
Spaceships
Ishtanchuk Fazmarai
#15 - 2011-11-12 23:16:10 UTC
Because I can blow stuff & earn ISK to do stuff.

Because I can set my own goals and pursue them as I see fit, on my own, not depending on anyone else.

Because it's huge and there's always new things to see or places to got or to be and stuff to do even if i don't give a damm of it.

Because i can play ti for a slong or as short as my time budget allows.

Because all my avatars are pretty women, and i like seeing pretty women. Having created them myself, out of my imagination and skills, makes me feel proud of them each time I get to do a good portrait, find a nice spot at the CQ, and just say: "wow, ain't her beautiful?"

Because each now and then you meet amazing people, and it's easy to not meet the scum.

Bcause CCP is quite unlike other corps in the industry, and interacts with players. And they can really commit to excellence when they want to.

And because i've been playing EVE for three years, almost continously, and have stopped playing other games and worrying about what-is-the-novelty-this-season.




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Large Collidable Object
morons.
#16 - 2011-11-13 00:04:05 UTC
Ishtanchuk Fazmarai wrote:

Because all my avatars are pretty women, and i like seeing pretty women. Having created them myself, out of my imagination and skills, makes me feel proud of them each time I get to do a good portrait, find a nice spot at the CQ, and just say: "wow, ain't her beautiful?"




Yeah - same here.
You know... [morons.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gjOx65yD5A)
ACE McFACE
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2011-11-13 00:09:03 UTC
EVERYTHING, except mining although I did try it

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
#18 - 2011-11-13 00:10:50 UTC
because of falcon

how to fix eve: 1) remove ECM 2) rename dampeners to ECM 3) add new anti-drone ewar for caldari 4) give offgrid boosters ongrid combat value
mkint
#19 - 2011-11-13 00:16:54 UTC
To rule my own space-empire. Unfortunately that part of EVE is broken. The velvet rope on the space-empire club keeps everyone not on Grayscale's friends list firmly out. So right now... I don't. I play forums, I log in to check skills, do any chores if my corp has some for me to do, run some incursions, pop in to answer some questions in help chat, and wait for a day when EVE is for EVErybody. If summer doesn't open it up, I'm probably out for good.

Maxim 6. If violence wasn’t your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
Martyr Theos
The NecroMonger Faith
#20 - 2011-11-13 05:05:53 UTC
I don't much anymore... unless spending wallet isk for plex to extend gametime so I can log on briefly to update skill training counts.
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