EVE General Discussion

Yes, because the sandbox you want should be the sandbox everyone else has to play in.

TBH you could say the same about my view, IMO my view is less restrictive and more open of a sandbox, which of course is IMO better - but won't make it any more or less true.

Mainly to avoid altering my sandbox with the whims and litter of OP like-minded CEOs.
In an NPC corp there is no schedule, no set game role, no drama, no hierarchy, no obligation, no awoxing etc.
It's a game not a job.

If life inside a Corp is so great you better start wondering why most players need to have at least one NPC corp alt.

thing is, what you're missing, is that eve is for the mature gamer. The game isn't laid out infornt of you with a path to follow. there aren't progressions you need to follow, your future is not written before you join. Your future in EVE is what you make it. It's down to you to put the effort in. To find that group of people you enjoy spending time with. To learn how to find that group. In short, it's entirely up to you what you do in EVE. The journey is what makes EVE so unique and amazing.

If you don't like putting in effort to find stuff you like doing, or finding people you like. Or if you're not able to do that, then EVE is not a game for you. EVE takes effort, dedication and commitment. But the rewards are epic. 11 years of epic for me, with many different threads.

NPC corp is better than a solo corp.

So basically you get no wars and lots of goof balls to chat with for the low low rate of 11%.
I don't have an aversion to player corps, I am just picky.

I can't be a **** with my alt cause some idiot decided to name all his characters the same.

Give that man an upvote.

I joined a corp about a week after signing up, and the only reason it took me that long is because I waited a week to join a corp. Once I started looking it took me like maybe 2 hours? I had less than 1m SP.

That won't solve anything. It doesn't matter what CCP does... Until eve is a themepark lets-be-friends-forever MMO, people like you will always cry for nerfs. There is nothing wrong with wardecs. It adds an element to the game that many people enjoy. The unique thing about eve is that there is content an mechanics that serve as conflict drivers. Most people think of conflict drivers as captureable fw space and null sov, but the most interesting conflict drivers are the ones that fall in metagaming and emergent gameplay,

The fact that a small mining corp can war dec or hire mercs to chase off the huge corp that's hogging all the ice and roids is incredible. I'm going to try and say this nicely because I want toget my point across without getting moderated: Hisec is not your personal playground where you can make friends and isk without any risk or the fear of consequence. Hisec is home to thieves, con-artists, gankers, extortionists, and mercenaries just as it is to "your kind". If you want fun without risk of consequence, then please leave and find another game.

Avoid wars.
Hundreds of people to chat with.
Pride uncertain lore aspects.
Not ready to join a corp.

There are many reasons. Took me forever to join a corp.

Really, in high sec, corps seem practically useless beyond tax savings. If the constant flood of war decs by drooling maniacs around trade hubs is worth the extra 10% you lost in taxes, then a corp is worth it.

Otherwise, if you staying in high sec, I seriously see no reason at all to join a corp, especially if you already engage in activities that are not taxed anyway.

Hmm, you may be learning however, it seems you may have overlooked something... specifically:

Is there a reason you're allowing this? Just from this thread you would have learned how to deal with this issue.

Ok, I've been listening to this nonsense silently long enough.

1) Your way of playing sandbox allows you to be relatively fine with a wardec threat, this doesn't make it stronger, this makes it actually paler, and it has absolutely nothing to do with being weak or strong. However, a lot of playstyles, especially those not concerning the ultimate boredom of ship to ship pew, are completely devastated by a wardec, or, considering that a war dec thrown against carefully selected target which has no ability to fight back, we should call it what it is - a grief dec.

2) "A few logi and some ewar" would do absolutely nothing at best (the enemy sees those with neutral scout and decides to hit something else, and let you sit there in those logi ewar ships boring yourself to death), and will be losses at worst (enemy sees those, and stomps it laughing at how great of an idea getting easy kills from grief decs is). Bottom line is: fight or no fight, the defender loses everything.

3) Mercs are currently 120% useless for anything but scaring the risk averse grief deccers. They can't sit at your assets 23/7, they can't force the grief deccer to fight, what can they do? Nothing. As in n-o-t-h-i-n-g. Which is most likely what they are going to do once you pay them.

4) The mercs have prohibitively high cost. Remaking corp costs pretty much, not playing for a week costs pretty much, paying mercs costs even more - and see 3) again if you think it's worth it.

5) Conflict - good. Grief dec - bad. Grief dec carries zero risk for the attacker, and even if defender mans up, pays mercs, joins the 5000-man alliance, and/or does a barrel roll - the amount of damage he can inflict to the attacker is ZERO, because the risk-averse grief deccer won't undock. I'm both hands for meaningful conflict, where both attacker and defender have options. Right now attacker has every option he wants, and defender has a choice of dropping corp or not undocking for a week, because all other options are ******** (see 2, 3, 4).

Your self-entitlement to be better than average indy player by having a different playstyle (and admittedly failing at it) is only beaten by your argumentation in silliness.