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How do you handle eve burnout?
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Hannibal Crusoe
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#61 - 2014-07-19 01:49:43 UTC
Add another account, it is like switching to free base form of the substance that you have tolerance to.

Ride a white mare in the footsteps of dawn
Serene Repose
#62 - 2014-07-19 05:58:29 UTC
I trap little children, preferably between the ages of three and five, in a deep stairwell, then pelt them with stale hot dog buns while a pair of dogs I have with me bark incessantly. Then, I tell them I'll let them go if they promise not to tell their moms. They always do, the little darlings. Having done this half a dozen times in as many days, I can then get back to vicariously residing in a barren, and friendless scape, looking for the easy fruit, and trying not to be one myself.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
RAIN Arthie
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#63 - 2014-07-19 09:24:20 UTC
Jango Cane wrote:
Citalopram 40mg a day. Resolves sadness, boredom, social anxiety and even cures premature ejaculation... however if you don't suffer the last one it can make ejaculation more effort than its worth. It takes the edge off eve losses, you become too zombiefied to burnout.

Don't mix with coke...


So true, from experience.
Gel Musana
LOL a Sticky Situation
#64 - 2014-07-19 09:32:22 UTC
I think if you burn out you just need to control yourself a bit. Get a timer and set a target of max 3 hrs a day and stop when it rings, no matter how and what. Maybe you are the nice guy who can't say no when people ask you to stay... say no and stop. That's simple. EVE is just a game.

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Erica Dusette
Division 13
#65 - 2014-07-19 09:35:41 UTC
Tho'mas wrote:

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

Alt corps, and enjoying more than one aspect of the game.

I'm staving off an Eve burnout right now after a pretty hectic past 6 months. So I just return to an alt corp in a secluded wormhole somewhere and just relax, play the 'social' game, do some RP and some writing and occasionally gank some people in w-space. Eventually I'll start to get bored again and will go looking for more intense action and legit pvp with a proper corp, play hard for a while, then rinse-repeat.

Worst comes to worst I'd just take a little break from Eve all together and go play something else for a while. Done that a few times over the past four years.

Jack Miton > you be nice or you're sleeping on the couch again!

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Tarpedo
Incursionista
#66 - 2014-07-19 09:45:06 UTC
I play other games till they become boring and then return to EVE. However the latest game I've found 8 months ago (Internet spaceships with avatars) refuse to become boring so I'm thinking to let my EVE account to expire (finally)...
Nalelmir Ahashion
Industrial Management and Engineering
Mouth Trumpet Cavalry
#67 - 2014-07-19 10:18:38 UTC
I take a break for 30 minutes each day at 11:00 Eve time.
Ayuren Aakiwa
Intangible.
#68 - 2014-07-19 22:32:33 UTC
The best way to counter eve burnout is to just keep playing eve until your soul is completely destroyed.
Pheusia
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#69 - 2014-07-19 22:36:29 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?


Let the subs lapse for a while and go out into the light of the burning daystar

When the nights start to draw in and hemlines start to draw up, then internet spaceships start seeming more appealing again.
Saisin
Chao3's Rogue Operatives Corp
#70 - 2014-07-19 22:55:11 UTC
I am playing steadily week after week, with clear goals I set to myself.

I Had a 6 months burnout a few years ago, but came back and have been steadily playing eve since, with no intent to stop... I have learned to play eve as it is, and not as I wanted it to be, and found many interesting things to do within my favorite play style, after having tried different things.

I also chose recently to participate to the forums to share my views of things, even if I probably am amongst the minority in term of playing style (I.e. not paying rent or taxes to anyone, and never in high sec other than for the occasional run to Jita)

I have two goals, one weekly, and another on the longer term (of which I shall not speak here Big smile)
My weekly goal is to make 1b per week.

I also always keep the game running and when I hear a gate or WH activation from where I am, I drop what I am doing if I can and jump in my ship ( aka computer seat) forsome action.

I look forward to see more about what is on the other side of the Rubicon
no signs of burnout in view for me....

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Joel Andedare
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#71 - 2014-07-20 11:52:48 UTC
If you burn out, you should do what has been suggested by opening another account so you don't dull yourself doing the same thing especially if it's something like mining. Get the full EVE experience by doing different things or incorporate other games into your playtime that aren't also MMOs.
Jazminum Conehead
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#72 - 2014-07-20 13:38:00 UTC
Ralph King-Griffin wrote:
Drink,
heavily if you can tank a hangover like a man.



A little word of caution with that quote:-
It does work, but after about four years of happy drinking and playing Eve you may find yourself ruined by the drink so badly that you can't play Eve, (or do anything properly). Then you have to go into Detox etc etc etc...

Yep. Lesson learned there :) Be careful!
Jur Tissant
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#73 - 2014-07-20 14:06:50 UTC
At the very least I log in once a day to manage PI. It's almost like a hobby for me, and it's free of charge since my PI output covers my PLEX.
Ian Morbius
Robby Altair Corporation
#74 - 2014-07-20 22:08:03 UTC
Brennivín works great for handling EVE burnout. Blink
Antihrist Pripravnik
Cultural Enrichment and Synergy of Diversity
Stain Neurodiverse Democracy
#75 - 2014-07-21 01:21:11 UTC
With a long rewarding skill that will attract me back to the game with the new gameplay options it offers once finished.
Commander A9
This Was The Way
Homicidal Tendencies.
#76 - 2014-07-21 02:39:23 UTC
I admit, I was a little bored today before I returned to the incursion line...

As for burnout from EVE, eh...I'd like to think that I've come up with a good system that I don't need to play everyday.

I work, I have other games...but it's good to get up and take a break, then come back when you find the motivation to shoot something. :P

Recommendations:

-enable ships wobbling in hangar view (pre-Captains Quarters)

-add more missions (NPC fleet vs. NPC fleets that actually shoot)

-STOP NERFING EVERYTHING!

Join Live Events!
Super spikinator
Hegemonous Conscripts
#77 - 2014-07-21 08:07:10 UTC
I just play the skill queue or not at all and just consume eve media.
Gorinia Sanford
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#78 - 2014-07-21 08:12:20 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?


Take a break from the game and play something else. Such as Loadout, which is incredibly fun. Or Path of Exile. Or any of the other myriad of games I have yet to finish on my Steam list. :)
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#79 - 2014-07-21 08:17:18 UTC
Wait for fleets going out to shoot structures.

Very relaxing.

Triggered by: Wars of Sovless Agression, Bending the Knee, Twisting the Knife, Eating Sov Wheaties, Bombless Bombers, Fizzlesov, Interceptor Fleets, Running Away, GhostTime Vuln, Renters, Bombs, Bubbles ?
Gorinia Sanford
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#80 - 2014-07-21 08:17:41 UTC
Jango Cane wrote:
Citalopram 40mg a day. Resolves sadness, boredom, social anxiety and even cures premature ejaculation... however if you don't suffer the last one it can make ejaculation more effort than its worth. It takes the edge off eve losses, you become too zombiefied to burnout.

Don't mix with coke...


Regular or diet?