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What is the point of eve?

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Ramona McCandless
Silent Vale
LinkNet
#21 - 2014-05-11 21:40:14 UTC
Betty Sue wrote:
Ramona McCandless wrote:


Have you tried.. uh y'know.. asking for help directly or applying?

I havent invited you to my corp because we only hire people called McCandless



yes I have, but not maybe people want to help or the people that did offer help tried to scam me out of large amounts of ISK


Well, feel free to apply to any of the corps in my Alliance, they are almost all boring carebears who are far more pleasant than me.

THats probably why they get wardecced by jerks all the time lol

Im sure they wont mind me advertising for them on their behalf

"Yea, some dude came in and was normal for first couple months, so I gave him director." - Sean Dunaway

"A singular character could be hired to penetrate another corps space... using gorilla like tactics..." - Chane Morgann
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#22 - 2014-05-11 21:43:12 UTC
The point of EVE is that, once enough tears have been harvested, the Dread Lord Cthulu will be awoken from his prison beneath CCP's headquarters.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Beekeeper Bob
Beekeepers Anonymous
#23 - 2014-05-11 21:45:13 UTC
This is EvE.

"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women."

Signature removed - CCP Eterne
Sibyyl
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2014-05-11 21:47:34 UTC
Betty Sue wrote:
yes I have, but not maybe people want to help or the people that did offer help tried to scam me out of large amounts of ISK

What kind of help do you need? I'm pretty new to the game but you can contact me. I'll help you. I don't want any ISK.

Joffy Aulx-Gao for CSM. Fix links and OGB. Ban stabs from plexes. Fulfill karmic justice.
Silvetica Dian
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#25 - 2014-05-11 21:49:35 UTC
Personally i am of the opinion that what happens to you in eve says more about you than either other people or eve.
The criteria to have fun in eve are.
Find something that you find fun.
Find a group that is very organised and specialises in that fun thing.
Join them.
A few people are able to actually create such groups but you OP are not one of them
A few people are able to PVP very well solo but not you OP.
Don't worry almost no one can do the above 2 well.
If what you enjoy is grinding isk pointlessly then i feel sorry for you.
Seriously find a decent pvp group, join a wormhole corp or join a null sec renter group.
If you decide PVP ( and you should give it a serious go imo) then i suggest an npc null group or a fleet warfare group.
Dont worry about isk. Both groups have easy ways to make it.
Hope this helps.

Money at its root is a form of rationing. When the richest 85 people have as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion (50% of humanity) it is clear where the source of poverty is. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/20/trickle-down-economics-broken-promise-richest-85
Milla Goodpussy
Garoun Investment Bank
#26 - 2014-05-11 21:49:58 UTC
The point in eve is to ummmm... I don't really know its some make believe stuff pretty much.. there is no point unless you consider the CGI cutscenes we get once a year announcing a future.. that's the point of eve.. you pay to get blown up, grief'ed , ganked, and then supply goons with fun.... that is the point of eve.

then they have the nerve to say everyone has a chance.. yes! your 50 mil in sp stands a 1% chance of killing a 120 mil SP veteran in a one of one battle.. yes this is fair.. this is eve.... eve has a point.. to pay to play a game where you can sit in space cloaked until the next weather season.. they proclaim you have skill!.... yes its click fest ship do this and that.. but does the ship use rudders??

eve online is a sandbox game with no instruction until they finish the gate/door opening jove space.. then we'll have direction to follow.. until then.. pay your milk money over to the goons.. they need it.. cause without them there would be no eve online.. it would be a game full of internet spaceships.
Catherine Wolfisheim
Perkone
Caldari State
#27 - 2014-05-11 21:51:41 UTC
To crush your enemy, to drive them before you and drink the tears of their corpies. That is the meaning of EVE Online.
Erufen Rito
The Dark Space Initiative
Scary Wormhole People
#28 - 2014-05-11 21:55:00 UTC
Milla Goodpussy wrote:
The point in eve is to ummmm... I don't really know its some make believe stuff pretty much.. there is no point unless you consider the CGI cutscenes we get once a year announcing a future.. that's the point of eve.. you pay to get blown up, grief'ed , ganked, and then supply goons with fun.... that is the point of eve.

then they have the nerve to say everyone has a chance.. yes! your 50 mil in sp stands a 1% chance of killing a 120 mil SP veteran in a one of one battle.. yes this is fair.. this is eve.... eve has a point.. to pay to play a game where you can sit in space cloaked until the next weather season.. they proclaim you have skill!.... yes its click fest ship do this and that.. but does the ship use rudders??

eve online is a sandbox game with no instruction until they finish the gate/door opening jove space.. then we'll have direction to follow.. until then.. pay your milk money over to the goons.. they need it.. cause without them there would be no eve online.. it would be a game full of internet spaceships.

Are you daft?

50m sp vs 120m sp on frigates is a fair match. Hell, even on BSs. Learn the game before you speak.

You just went Grrr Goons hard kid.

This is as nice as I get. Best quote ever https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=4137165#post4137165
Betty Sue
Corporate Scum
#29 - 2014-05-11 21:59:00 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
The point of EVE is that, once enough tears have been harvested, the Dread Lord Cthulu will be awoken from his prison beneath CCP's headquarters.


lol thank you for that got a good laugh out of that
Bearded Forum Alt
Doomheim
#30 - 2014-05-11 22:09:28 UTC
WASPY69 wrote:

Join a well known corp/alliance that isn't based in high sec, get into roams/ops/whatever, stop grinding missions and you will rekindle your love for EVE.


This.

To butcher Sartre: 'Eve is other people'.
Silky Cyno
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#31 - 2014-05-11 22:12:06 UTC
An old woman was walking down the road when she saw a gang of thugs beating a poisonous snake. She rescued the snake and carried it back to her home, where she nursed it back to health. They became friends and lived together for many months. One day they were going into town, and the old woman picked him up and the snake bit her. Repeatedly. "O God," she screamed, "I am dying! Why? I was your friend. I saved your life! I trusted you! Why did you bite me?"

The snake looked up at her and said, "Lady, you knew I was a snake when you first picked me up."
La Nariz
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#32 - 2014-05-11 22:19:23 UTC
To have fun?

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Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#33 - 2014-05-11 22:23:06 UTC
Erufen Rito wrote:
Milla Goodpussy wrote:
The point in eve is to ummmm... I don't really know its some make believe stuff pretty much.. there is no point unless you consider the CGI cutscenes we get once a year announcing a future.. that's the point of eve.. you pay to get blown up, grief'ed , ganked, and then supply goons with fun.... that is the point of eve.

then they have the nerve to say everyone has a chance.. yes! your 50 mil in sp stands a 1% chance of killing a 120 mil SP veteran in a one of one battle.. yes this is fair.. this is eve.... eve has a point.. to pay to play a game where you can sit in space cloaked until the next weather season.. they proclaim you have skill!.... yes its click fest ship do this and that.. but does the ship use rudders??

eve online is a sandbox game with no instruction until they finish the gate/door opening jove space.. then we'll have direction to follow.. until then.. pay your milk money over to the goons.. they need it.. cause without them there would be no eve online.. it would be a game full of internet spaceships.

Are you daft?

50m sp vs 120m sp on frigates is a fair match. Hell, even on BSs. Learn the game before you speak.

You just went Grrr Goons hard kid.



Grrr Goons?

more like Grrr brains

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Eternum Praetorian
Doomheim
#34 - 2014-05-11 22:23:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Eternum Praetorian
To waste precious time in your real life and regret it as you grow older and have alienated all of your actual friends and family.


Later realizing that you spent years addicted to remedial tasks that you cannot take with you, and have no net worth outside of this tiny sphere of whiny gamers. And barley even that TBH.



Winning?

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Ahost Gceo
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#35 - 2014-05-11 22:24:16 UTC
The point is to interact with people, and the best way to do so is NOT be in an NPC corp. That's the first step.

CCP ignore me please, I make too much sense.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#36 - 2014-05-11 22:24:55 UTC
Milla Goodpussy wrote:
then they have the nerve to say everyone has a chance.. yes! your 50 mil in sp stands a 1% chance of killing a 120 mil SP veteran in a one of one battle.. yes this is fair.
If it's a 1% chance, it's because you're pitting a two year old player against a four year old one, and because the former is being a bit stupid.

SP is no longer a factor at that point since both will effectively have the same.
Milla Goodpussy
Garoun Investment Bank
#37 - 2014-05-11 22:31:48 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Milla Goodpussy wrote:
then they have the nerve to say everyone has a chance.. yes! your 50 mil in sp stands a 1% chance of killing a 120 mil SP veteran in a one of one battle.. yes this is fair.
If it's a 1% chance, it's because you're pitting a two year old player against a four year old one, and because the former is being a bit stupid.

SP is no longer a factor at that point since both will effectively have the same.



thanks Tippia for the explanation..i respect your opinion
Webvan
All Kill No Skill
#38 - 2014-05-11 22:40:52 UTC
Betty Sue wrote:
Regardless of how it sounds I do enjoy the game but I feel like I am missing a very large part of it, any pointers someone could give me would be most welcome

It's point? At it's core:
Unicorns, Elves, Orcs, Gnomes, eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate.

I'm in it for the money

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F12
Sibyyl
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#39 - 2014-05-11 22:56:50 UTC
Eternum Praetorian wrote:
To waste precious time in your real life and regret it as you grow older and have alienated all of your actual friends and family.


Later realizing that you spent years addicted to remedial tasks that you cannot take with you, and have no net worth outside of this tiny sphere of whiny gamers. And barley even that TBH.



Winning?

What you've said applies to all of my hobbies. Running, for example, involves staring at nothing for hours on end. If you really want to participate and be good, you duck out of social events and go build your endurance. The skill that you build up won't really apply anywhere else unless you run from lions for a living. The health benefits can be better obtained from other shorter and simpler tasks that don't also destroy your spine. People who dedicate a lot of time to running generally can't talk about much else, think that it's the greatest activity ever, and they have lots of ideas on how to do it right or wrong. And even if you get pretty good at it, it's not like you're Usain Bolt or Paula Radcliffe.

You do things that are fun because they're fun.

Webvan wrote:
Betty Sue wrote:
Regardless of how it sounds I do enjoy the game but I feel like I am missing a very large part of it, any pointers someone could give me would be most welcome

It's point? At it's core:
Unicorns, Elves, Orcs, Gnomes, eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate.

.. and in the great cycle of mining: eXtract, eXtort, eXplode, and eXit.

Joffy Aulx-Gao for CSM. Fix links and OGB. Ban stabs from plexes. Fulfill karmic justice.
Enraku Reynolt
Of Tears and ISK
ISK.Net
#40 - 2014-05-11 22:57:46 UTC
To make isk
To pod your enemies
And hear the lamentations of the trolls