EVE General Discussion

The Bartle Test (testing the Psychology of gaming / gamers) categorizes gamers into 4 personality types: Explorers, Socializers, Killers, and Achievers. Every game has elements that cater to each personality type, while some blend all 4 together to achieve mass appeal…i.e. Skyrim, WoW, GTA, HALO.

Please ‘Grade’ EVE’s ability to satisfy each element of a gamer’s personality using the criteria of the Bartle Test given below:

Explorer – WH space, scanning, and sightseeing the landmarks (EVE Gate) is some developed content in this area. Arguably, being the first to try new expansion content can be lumped in here too. Apocrypha is an example of an expansion devoted to the Explorers; arguably the most successful expansion in terms of player growth and content creation in recent years.

Socializers – This is the “end game” of EVE, personifying the meta game and corp / alliance interaction. This is another area EVE excels given its sandbox nature. BoB/IT vs. Goons/Goons2, Bad Bobby, Corp management, Diplomats, and the Dominion trailer (NOT the expansion) are examples of catering to Socializers.

Killers – This is the sexy part of the game that inspires Clarion Call, Garmonation, and a lion’s share of the positive press and consequence driven PVP. This is also the focus of nearly all expansion trailers, 0.0 complaints, and market/economic “winning.”

Achiever – With the removal of public standings the only thing for this demographic is the private satisfaction of your own PVE achievements or getting a medal awarded for winning an Alliance tournament. Killboard efficiency is also a type of “achievement,” but beyond the API export CCP has nothing to do with developing that aspect of the game.

Reply Example:
Explorer: C+
Socializer: B-
Killer: A
Achiever: D

Reserved to tally all the "grades"

Right after Incarna (ie Nex) was instituted, I'd give a D.

Now... its up to a C+ with hope for improvement based on how they proceed.

Here's a hint CCP: FiS, WiS, doesn't matter too much as long as you provide actual content (large groups of fixes works too). And don't neglect things that are broken, just to add something new.
Keep working at it, and maybe you'll get us up to 75k active users.


EDIT: oh you added content... great now I have to change my answer.

Where is the dress to impress evaluator?

That is A+, plus we have the walking down which is usually ignored for running in other games.