EVE General Discussion

There are two things that, if this game had, would be an entirely different game:

1. Ships being able to dial in a warp from system to system (like they do in Star Trek, Star Wars, Firefly, etc.)
2. A mechanic whereby the higher the number of ships locked onto a ship of any given size creates more "electronic noise" such that only a certain number of ships can effectively maintain a lock on said target.

#1 means the end of the "game that prevents others from playing a game" play style of killing everything that moves for no particular reason. Those who would still want to would actually have to hunt for their food.
#2 would mean the end of "20 webs on you" and ROFLSTOMP ganks. Meaning if you are in a frigate then at best 1 - 3 other frigates can lock onto you and other more ships trying to lock beyond that would fall off or cause others to break lock. - and imagine what that would to do fleet battles as well, no more "everybody F1" no brain required crap. If you have a carrier or battleship then more ships can lock onto you. The bigger the ship, the less concentration of tracking signals to cause confusion.
(I used to work on the radar systems of fighter jets and this is pretty much what happens. "Why don't they modulate?" people would ask. Threat libraries of the tactical warning systems would get confused and potentially cause fratricide, that's why).

If Eve became so intolerable such that devs and players broke off to start a space MMO, I would bet that the results would have these two features I list to prevent the kind of suckage that keeps the player base to 300K players and everybody bottled up in carebear zones.

I'll add my voice to this: Evelyn has developed as a solo character -- I occasionally go on fleet runs, but most of my time is spent out in space, doing what I do.

To complain that you're 'forced' to be in a group is like claiming you're 'forced' to drive two blocks to the grocery store -- you don't have to do it if you don't want to.

OP Just a few thoughts,

If you make a special ship that is really powerful for one person, then a group of people using said ship will be even more powerful. "But make it so only so many of the ships can be in a fleet!" It doesn't matter, 10 like-minded pilots in special ships don't need to be in a fleet.

Do you know every turret of every size for every ship class? I don't and I've played for a long time. That is one place you could start.

Do you know the most popular fit or 2 for each ship in the game and how to counter them? There is another place you could work on.

Are you fast with your d-scan? Do you know brawling, scram-kiting, kiting, sniping, or cov-ops mechanics? Do you know what ships you should and shouldn't attack with the ship your flying?

All of these questions are quantifiable ways to make soloing easier without changing the game. Why not start there? Put some work in, study a bit. Eve is not easy and never should be, n+1 sucks when your the n, but that is why your "romantic" notions of soloing are romantic. Its the notion of wining against the odds. Now your saying you want the odds to be even (ahaaaa)? Well if your changes are made then soloing wont be special anymore. You claim to want to play solo in a universe full of people. Well if you make groups of people meaningless then most people wont be there, so you will be where you don't want to be, playing solo all by yourself.