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Solo play does it exists anymore?
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lady aspin
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2017-02-20 04:44:03 UTC
I use to have no beef with the Russians now i cant solo play any more. If i do next thing i know i have a cap or a super cap sitting on my face . I usually do not bother any one i might mess with the industrialists kill there cyno alt every now and again but i do not greaf them all the time. Every one is like do some thing about it what is one person who pves solo and pvps ever now and again suppose to do about it ? So again i ask does solo play actually exist any more? And is eve really worth playing any more for a solo player?
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#2 - 2017-02-20 05:02:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Arthur Aihaken
Yes. You just need to find an area of space where you can carve out a niche. Low-sec is notoriously hard on solo players, however. It's very hard to counter established groups because they do have a tendency to drop on you without warning.

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
Yebo Lakatosh
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2017-02-20 06:30:13 UTC  |  Edited by: Yebo Lakatosh
To me being solo sounds like a lot more serious limitation than for example being an Alpha. Not that I say it's bad. Limitations create challenge, and challenge creates fun.

And since EvE only has the win-conditions you set for yourself, being logged in and trying to achieve them already fulfills a definition of 'playing'.


But if I wanted to nitpick, I'd question if the 'solo' part is fulfilled if you come to the forum and ask stuff from others. You are cheating! It would be only fair to stop reading immediately, and to close all your chat channels. Do it now!

Still here? It's a slippery slope, isn't it? Stop while you can, there are ugly things down at the bottom. Gettin' to know people, scheming, small-talk, backstabbery, friendship and cooperation for greater goals. Brr.

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Eternus8lux8lucis
Guardians of the Gate
RAZOR Alliance
#4 - 2017-02-20 06:48:26 UTC
Solo is possible but its harder than youd think and getting harder which is why most people say solo is dead. Everything in Eve, like in life, can generally be countered with N+1 and some groups are better at it than others. So the only options are to leave to a new area if you have pissed someone off or rise to the challenge. Sometimes I have found that just blue balling people bugs them way more than giving them content with a smirk on your face.

But once you get past a certain point of isk value in ships or make it so someone can bother what you do in Eve and they find out about it and they have that certain pitbull never let go mentality they will tend to hound you for a very long time. So good luck with this "issue".

Have you heard anything I've said?

You said it's all circling the drain, the whole universe. Right?

That's right.

Had to end sometime.
Lugh Crow-Slave
#5 - 2017-02-20 06:55:36 UTC
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
Low-sec is notoriously hard on solo players.



how so? when i want to solo LS is where i go. loads of others flying around solo and the FW areas let you easily split fleets

BLOPS Hauler
The 16.8km Bubble
Exaido
Fire Over Light
Astral Alliance
#6 - 2017-02-20 06:56:58 UTC
It's fine hi-sec. Though there are no fancy ratting'carriers.
Kaivarian Coste
It Came From Thera
#7 - 2017-02-20 09:58:30 UTC  |  Edited by: Kaivarian Coste
edit: some constructive feedback

I use dotlan to find quiet low sec systems. If you're really pedantic, train up all your alts and station them in three separate systems. With jump + medical clones, you can potentially cover six systems with ease.

If one system is occupied, clone jump (or kill your clone) to another system. If that's occupied, switch to another alt and repeat the process.
Arthur Aihaken
CODE.d
#8 - 2017-02-20 10:24:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Arthur Aihaken
Kaivarian Coste wrote:
CCP has taken the nerf bat to solo players over the last few years, with NPC tax hikes, greater bonuses for fleets, and the eventual deletion of POSes.

POS were never a solo activity. For starters, good luck finding one in a high-sec system since you needed a moon. And in low-sec they are too easily taken down because they don't have anywhere near the vulnerability and asset safety protection. As for NPC tax hikes - I'm not aware of any changes to NPC corporation taxes in the past few years ; station taxes were increased with the introduction of Citadels.

There has been lots of solo content introduced in the past few years: Marauders, Tactical Destroyers, Burner missions and quarterly events are just a few off the top of my head.

I am currently away, traveling through time and will be returning last week.
Taurean Eltanin
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2017-02-20 10:55:23 UTC
Have you considered moving into a wormhole?

I live in a C1 with a lowsec static. This means that every 24 hours I'm in a completely different part of New Eden. I imagine that would make it fairly difficult for anyone trying to track me, and because of the mass limitations on a C1, they can't even bring any big stuff to my home system.

If you like reading about low sec piracy or wormhole pvp, you might enjoy my blog.
Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#10 - 2017-02-20 11:29:14 UTC
Taurean Eltanin wrote:
Have you considered moving into a wormhole?

I imagine that would make it fairly difficult for anyone trying to track me, and because of the mass limitations on a C1, they can't even bring any big stuff to my home system.


So many people have made that assumption. Usually right before they get evicted. So how is J114905?
Taurean Eltanin
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2017-02-20 13:51:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Taurean Eltanin
Ptraci wrote:
So many people have made that assumption. Usually right before they get evicted. So how is J114905?


In all fairness, I've made no effort to cover my tracks - I've even gone as far as publish the system number I live in on my blog. I'm fully aware that, like anyone in w-space, my hole is my own only until someone bigger comes along and decides that I have something they want. Which is why I make sure that I never have anything worth the hassle of bashing a large POS in a C1 sitting around in w-space. Pirate

My point is I don't know where I'm going to be tomorrow, which makes it very difficult for someone else to know where I'm going to be tomorrow.

If the OP is looking to shake some people following them around, w-space seems like it has something to offer. And unlike me, the OP could be far more nomadic if they wanted, flying a T3 with a mobile depot around, refitting on the fly.

You know, that actually sounds kinda cool...

And Vanaheim is working out quite nicely, thank you. Decent PI income to support my idiot losses. Most recently that would be discovering Ghost Sites for the first time (with my face) and getting ganked hauling fuel because I'm still training for T2 haulers.

If you like reading about low sec piracy or wormhole pvp, you might enjoy my blog.
Wolfgang Jannesen
Scrapyard Artificer's
#12 - 2017-02-20 14:39:14 UTC
Lowsec and FW space are phenomenal hunting grounds for solo players. Once you get out into null, if you don't have the numbers you won't win many engagements.
Soel Reit
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2017-02-20 16:52:08 UTC
Solo play in 2k17 LUL
in a multiplayer game LUL

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BearThatCares
Rattini Tribe
Minmatar Fleet Alliance
#14 - 2017-02-20 16:58:49 UTC
MMO =/= Solo

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Galen Kane
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#15 - 2017-02-20 17:34:16 UTC
I'm just now coming back to EvE after a longish hiatus, and honestly can't see any benefit to soloing, but that isn't a bad thing. After all almost every MMo now is solo centric and honestly it sucks.


My first priority after getting my bearings again is to find a fleet that is copacetic, otherwise I might as well be playing X2, I suggest anyone who is serious about the game to do the same.
Veyreuth
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2017-02-20 18:07:03 UTC
Any solo safety in SOV null exists, because groups of people engaged in activities that create that environment. You can't mine in peace without friendly PvP groups chasing out people that don't belong. It's a place designed for organizations, and poorly run organizations fail. There are opportunities for solo play outside the context of a corp or alliance, but you will always need to be adjusting your strategy and it will almost never be on your terms.
Akane Togenada
Doomheim
#17 - 2017-02-20 18:31:08 UTC
Depends on what you mean by solo play. Being a explorer is mostly solo play but it's much easier when in a corp dedicated to that activity. I'd imagine the same is true for most other activities aswell.
Keno Skir
#18 - 2017-02-20 18:42:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Keno Skir
Ptraci wrote:
Taurean Eltanin wrote:
Have you considered moving into a wormhole?

I imagine that would make it fairly difficult for anyone trying to track me, and because of the mass limitations on a C1, they can't even bring any big stuff to my home system.


So many people have made that assumption. Usually right before they get evicted. So how is J114905?


Nah, he was right. The C1 wormhole is really pretty safe for his home base and indeed makes it hard to track him. You're making out that this isn't the case when clearly it is and is a tactic used by loads of people.. not really sure why.

It's a bit like saying "everyone thinks they're a great driver, usually right before they crash". It does nothing to dispute the fact that driving is actually quite safe, as is a well managed C1 wormhole base.

Galen Kane wrote:
I'm just now coming back to EvE after a longish hiatus, and honestly can't see any benefit to soloing


Because it's harder and you'll end up a better pilot as a result.

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Soel Reit
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2017-02-20 18:57:13 UTC
Keno Skir wrote:

Because it's harder and you'll end up a better pilot as a result.



being a solo player doesn't have anything to do with being a good pilot
Jenn aSide
Worthless Carebears
The Initiative.
#20 - 2017-02-20 19:36:49 UTC
People complain about solo, when the fact is solo is very doable and most of the people complaining just suck at it. I suck at solo pvp (which is why I don't even try) but I don't claim solo is dead bacuase I suck lol.

Can't link killboards here but go to zkillboard and look up the guy who comes to our space all the time, abkiller Outaman. witness his works then come tell me how solo is dead.
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