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How do you handle eve burnout?
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Hiply Rustic
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#41 - 2014-07-18 01:30:28 UTC  |  Edited by: Hiply Rustic
I took a year off. I played some other MMOs with my wife, took some time to do a little volunteering on the SWGEmu project, goofed off with my PS4. Then I back-to-back subbed into ESO and then Wildstar. That did it for me, I'm back.

Ralph King-Griffin wrote: "Eve deliberately excludes the stupid and the weak willied." EvE: Only the strong-willied need apply.
Omar Alharazaad
New Eden Tech Support
#42 - 2014-07-18 05:07:29 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
Drink,
heavily if you can tank a hangover like a man.



This. Booze helps. Playing with other people helps. Trying something new helps also; a change in playstyle can do wonders for making the game a whole new experience for you.

Come hell or high water, this sick world will know I was here.
John Ending
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#43 - 2014-07-18 05:25:26 UTC
Tho'mas wrote:
How do you guys stave off Eve burnout and keep yourself interested/active/effective?


Go for a drive in my lambo with my kickboxing girlfriend
Glathull
Warlock Assassins
#44 - 2014-07-18 07:33:10 UTC
Turn off overheat?

I honestly feel like I just read fifty shades of dumb. --CCP Falcon
Nami Kumamato
Perkone
Caldari State
#45 - 2014-07-18 08:37:15 UTC
Tho'mas wrote:
I've never met a veteran player who doesn't experience this from time to time. Eve is a demanding game. Demanding on your time, concentration, and patience. I myself tend to play Eve in a furious non-stop period of a couple weeks, and then just vanish entirely for months at a time (minus skill que changes of course).

How do you guys stave off Eve burnout and keep yourself interested/active/effective?


Sometimes, I put a long skill queue and go play some LoL.
Then I get reminded why EVE retains people with brains and reflexes, capable of coordination, and I come back.
Sometimes I paint...depends.

Fornicate The Constabulary !
Delt0r Garsk
Shits N Giggles
#46 - 2014-07-18 08:48:04 UTC
One of the best features of eve is the skill que. Just because you don't log on much doesn't mean your characters is stuck in limbo. Play only weekends? or everyday. Makes little difference to the skill que.

Sometime i play a lot of eve. Other times i just don't feel like. Its no bigge and the sub fees are tiny anyway.

AKA the scientist.

Death and Glory!

Well fun is also good.
Arline Kley
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#47 - 2014-07-18 08:57:27 UTC
I furiously masticate.


then I throw it to the ground and let the Fedo's finish it.

"For it was said they had become like those peculiar demons, which dwell in matter but in whom no light may be found." - Father Grigori, Ravens 3:57
Namiene
Revenge Uprising
#48 - 2014-07-18 10:25:16 UTC
Surf the forums and make whitty banter.
Lucretia DeWinter
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#49 - 2014-07-18 10:29:58 UTC
Reality is a lie, there is only internet spaceships.
Through internet spaceships, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
EVE shall free me.
Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#50 - 2014-07-18 10:35:18 UTC
borderlands/borderlands 2

[img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]

[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote] ain't that right
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#51 - 2014-07-18 10:35:33 UTC
I haven't managed to do a burnout yet.

I'll keep trying though.
Dex Lysia
Doomheim
#52 - 2014-07-18 10:37:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Dex Lysia
Mr Epeen wrote:
If you burn out, you are doing EVE wrong.

Over seven years and I have yet to voluntarily stop playing for any length of time.

Mr Epeen Cool


I didn't realise you played the forums AND the game!
Authorised Permit Seller
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#53 - 2014-07-18 10:50:19 UTC
John E Normus wrote:
Mine the veldspar.



With the appropriate permit of course!
Sodabro
Doomheim
#54 - 2014-07-18 11:44:57 UTC
pew Pirate
Sodabro
Doomheim
#55 - 2014-07-18 11:46:23 UTC
Arline Kley wrote:
I furiously masticate.
then I throw it to the ground and let the Fedo's finish it.

oi Arrrrrrrrline, since when are you a woman?

also obligatory I THREW IT ON THE GOOOOOOOUND
epicurus ataraxia
Illusion of Solitude.
Illusion of Solitude
#56 - 2014-07-18 18:48:17 UTC  |  Edited by: epicurus ataraxia
Trosh Aumer wrote:
Rikanin wrote:
Makes me wonder if there might be a correlation to how frequently you experience burnout vs how many accounts you sub.

Like maybe constantly having to manage the assets and skill queues of multiple toons makes everything seem extra tedious. Maybe just having 1 account keeps it from feeling like a second job?

Something to think about


I've tried my hardest to play with only 1 account.. but then after a week or so you start thinking "if only I could grab that from jita while I'm doing blah" or "Man it would be nice to have a scout" or "With just 1 more domi I cold clear these sites like no prob." And you realize that having 1 acct makes EVE really hard to do. Especially if you are low on SP. If you are training towards something that takes a month, and you realize you need salvage, or scanning, or processing, or hauling, or whatever.. you can de-rail your training queue for weeks filling it with little things you think you need.. or make an alt.

But he is right, If you try to satisfy a desire for instant gratification then you will reach a point when two is not enough and you burn out as you realise, that it has ceased to be fun, and more like work.

The answer is to completely derail your skill plan, give up your idea of being the best *insert profession here* and do something completely different.

But you are also right, most of the professions do benefit from an alt. but working with friends helps too. And you do not have to pay their subscriptionLol

There is one EvE. Many people. Many lifestyles. WE are EvE
Winston Salem
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
#57 - 2014-07-18 18:58:21 UTC
Tho'mas wrote:
I've never met a veteran player who doesn't experience this from time to time. Eve is a demanding game. Demanding on your time, concentration, and patience. I myself tend to play Eve in a furious non-stop period of a couple weeks, and then just vanish entirely for months at a time (minus skill que changes of course).

How do you guys stave off Eve burnout and keep yourself interested/active/effective?


I find something new to do in the game. Most people I know who complain about burn out are people who only do a very few things in the game.
Talar Ben
Pnex Pwn Squad
#58 - 2014-07-18 19:30:27 UTC
Hiply Rustic wrote:
I took a year off. I played some other MMOs with my wife, took some time to do a little volunteering on the SWGEmu project, goofed off with my PS4. Then I back-to-back subbed into ESO and then Wildstar. That did it for me, I'm back.



How is Emu now?
Gully Alex Foyle
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#59 - 2014-07-18 23:23:09 UTC
Lucretia DeWinter wrote:
Reality is a lie, there is only internet spaceships.
Through internet spaceships, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
EVE shall free me.
Amen, sister.

Please wait till my corpse is frozen, before eating it.

Make space glamorous! Is EVE dying or not? Ask the EVE-O Death-o-meter!
Kelleth Kirk
Caldari State - Osprey Wing 7
#60 - 2014-07-19 00:11:33 UTC
When I get a "Burnout" in any game, I usually take a break, look at what I want to do next, plan it out and then carry out the thing I have set up.
Atm, I am only training in EVE, and I am currently training for the Nemesis, I found that it suits most of my needs in a ship, the only thing missing is drones, but hopefully CCP will make another version of the Nemesis hull with Anti Frigate Torpedoes and Drones =)
I know it is a long shot, but I am hoping =)

I miss having ISK.