# General Discussion **URL:** https://forums.eveonline.com/c/communications/general/83.md?page=391 [Latest](https://forums.eveonline.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.eveonline.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forums.eveonline.com/tags.md) **Page:** 392 --- ## [Try to improve things for large battles](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/try-to-improve-things-for-large-battles/53027)
**Author:** [@Bill\_Goldberg](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Bill_Goldberg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/try-to-improve-things-for-large-battles/53027 "2018-01-24T14:12:02Z")
I get it, EVE is old and the back end cannot be easily optimized without large changes in the source code. From what I’ve heard every system uses only one thread (=1 CPU core) on the server to handle the simulation in th… --- ## [For Newbros by a Newbro](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/for-newbros-by-a-newbro/52126)
**Author:** [@Rippan\_Tarem](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Rippan_Tarem)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 9:13am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/for-newbros-by-a-newbro/52126 "2018-01-24T09:13:56Z")
I have been playing Eve for a little over a month and just wanted to share some of the things I have learned that I wish I had known when I started. I am sure nothing I put here is new. There are a TON of resources avail… --- ## [Dear CCP,](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dear-ccp/52703)
**Author:** [@Dom\_Arkaral](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dom_Arkaral)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/dear-ccp/52703 "2018-01-24T04:48:51Z")
What happened to your dear HTFU attitude when it came to players crying over stuff? In the past 3 years I’ve seen EVE evolve from HTFU Online to Sissies Online. Please stop catering to the weak players, go back to your… --- ## [Mine botting](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mine-botting/52771)
**Author:** [@Loki\_Bheskagor](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Loki_Bheskagor)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mine-botting/52771 "2018-01-23T21:30:16Z")
OK , I get it, you don’t want to talk about my account directly, fine. Lets just bring up the fact that you have no reasonable means of judging what a bot is at this point. Toons aren’t being challenged in any certain wa… --- ## [Multi character training cost](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multi-character-training-cost/52060)
**Author:** [@scosha\_Kumamato](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/scosha_Kumamato)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/multi-character-training-cost/52060 "2018-01-23T15:59:34Z")
Why does Multi character training cost so much? Currently a normal subscription for a month is £9.99 which is fine and you have the option of creating 2 other characters but you can only train 1 of the 3 at a time, whic… --- ## [Really boring posts lately, don't become boring](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/really-boring-posts-lately-dont-become-boring/52827)
**Author:** [@Expendable\_Unit](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Expendable_Unit)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/really-boring-posts-lately-dont-become-boring/52827 "2018-01-23T15:10:41Z")
I really enjoyed reading a lot of the posts here, but what happened to the many trolls, etc. I miss this troll brigade guy (whatever his name was), I also miss all these people that I could easily identify who they were … --- ## [Moving between toons on one acocunt](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/moving-between-toons-on-one-acocunt/52801)
**Author:** [@Andrea\_Caldeas](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Andrea_Caldeas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/moving-between-toons-on-one-acocunt/52801 "2018-01-23T11:29:47Z")
I have often found it strange that one can not log back to the character selection screen to switch to another character on the same account. I suppose with so many people using only one character per account, but multip… --- ## [Remove Restrictions on Alpha's](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/remove-restrictions-on-alphas/51221)
**Author:** [@Radical\_Posture](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Radical_Posture)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/remove-restrictions-on-alphas/51221 "2018-01-23T10:17:55Z")
How about if you spent money training skills you actually get to keep those skills. Omega state will be a paid state to train skills. Thoughts… --- ## [Crashing on session change every second jump](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/crashing-on-session-change-every-second-jump/50966)
**Author:** [@Carniflex](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Carniflex)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2018, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/crashing-on-session-change-every-second-jump/50966 "2018-01-23T08:26:01Z")
A quick question - is anyone else crashing on every second session change when playing two clients? It seems to me EVE is practically unplayable for me atm because as soon as I log in a second client my other client cras… --- ## [Account Issues - Refund](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/account-issues-refund/52670)
**Author:** [@Pachee\_Nation](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Pachee_Nation)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/account-issues-refund/52670 "2018-01-22T21:19:06Z")
What a shower CCP have become? Waiting 38hrs now for a reply to a Ticket re payment issue. Quick enough to take the damn money. Pachee --- ## [What to do in low sec](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-to-do-in-low-sec/52531)
**Author:** [@Piugattuk](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Piugattuk)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-to-do-in-low-sec/52531 "2018-01-22T18:35:35Z")
So I’ve decided to give life in low sec a try with my alphas, I’ve visited a few, besides all the PVE which will be difficult to do, I’ve been watching the comings and goings of the locals, besides shooting each other an… --- ## [The o7 Show](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-o7-show/52449)
**Author:** [@Dimehag\_Aurilen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dimehag_Aurilen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/the-o7-show/52449 "2018-01-22T18:05:04Z")
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what happened to the o7 show? Haven’t seen a new episode since Feb 2017(?) Always made for good background noise when nobody was online. --- ## [Black Friday in EVE](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/black-friday-in-eve/41182)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C0ld](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Captain_C0ld)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/black-friday-in-eve/41182 "2018-01-22T13:02:55Z")
We are getting closer to 2017’s Black Friday so I have to ask - any special sales in EVE? Any news? Anything? :slight\_smile: Or we will just have to wait for the actual day to come and see? CCP might want to surprise us… --- ## [Delve, Goons and the MERs](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/delve-goons-and-the-mers/47496)
**Author:** [@Teckos\_Pech](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Teckos_Pech)\ **Replies:** 331\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/delve-goons-and-the-mers/47496 "2018-01-22T10:07:42Z")
So in looking at some of the past threads on the MERs I see that there are often comments about Goons doing something Bad™ because well, they have really high ISK from bounties, the mining by Goons sets the maximum value… --- ## [Get Rid of Built in NPC Insurance Payouts](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-built-in-npc-insurance-payouts/52598)
**Author:** [@blake\_m\_miron](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/blake_m_miron)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2018, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/get-rid-of-built-in-npc-insurance-payouts/52598 "2018-01-22T08:07:50Z")
Get Rid of Built in NPC Insurance Payouts. Such as when you lose a Badger Industrial you by default gain 410,000 Isk credits. This floods the game with yet another Isk Faucet and Hurts the Free Market and Player Driven… --- ## [Gnosis needs rebalance?](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/gnosis-needs-rebalance/52032)
**Author:** [@Ghazi](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ghazi)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/gnosis-needs-rebalance/52032 "2018-01-21T23:23:54Z")
Hey there guys, I started this thread because i feel that gnosis needs some love. I think its being used less and less because of changes made to the game as a whole. Personaly i think ships that dont get used need to… --- ## [Thank you, chat bubble, for saving my ship!](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/thank-you-chat-bubble-for-saving-my-ship/52279)
**Author:** [@Kaivarian\_Coste](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kaivarian_Coste)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/thank-you-chat-bubble-for-saving-my-ship/52279 "2018-01-21T17:07:49Z")
So I was flying through NPC null in my hull-tanked Viator, and spotted a local spike. Suddenly a new chat window opened, and someone posted my name. Very strange, I thought. Maybe they were trying to recruit me? Nope. S… --- ## [How to search information in the old forums?](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-to-search-information-in-the-old-forums/52452)
**Author:** [@Yiole\_Gionglao](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Yiole_Gionglao)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/how-to-search-information-in-the-old-forums/52452 "2018-01-21T14:54:49Z")
I’ve tried the obvious path (google keyword + eve forums) but that didn’t work, in a horrible way: I got a lot of results on the keyword, and then the front page of current eve forums… but no trace of the old forums. Ev… --- ## [Why can't players start in a pirate faction?](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-cant-players-start-in-a-pirate-faction/18987)
**Author:** [@Bucky\_McBurny](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Bucky_McBurny)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/why-cant-players-start-in-a-pirate-faction/18987 "2018-01-21T13:09:21Z")
Ok I’ve been playing for a while now and was wondering why CCP have never implemented letting players start as Sansha or Gurista etc. The ships used by these factions are already in game so there wouldn’t be that much of… --- ## [Variation in PvE combat](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/variation-in-pve-combat/52363)
**Author:** [@Lady\_Anstian](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lady_Anstian)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/variation-in-pve-combat/52363 "2018-01-21T10:42:36Z")
With a combat mission or a combat site/anom a spawn wave might vary a little in terms of makeup or numbers. But the details don’t vary that much. It might be 3 or 4 frigates. In a site/anom the commander may/may not spaw… --- ## [Academic Research on Player Motivations to Participate in Virtual Economies](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/academic-research-on-player-motivations-to-participate-in-virtual-economies/52359)
**Author:** [@Ayana\_Yuliae](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ayana_Yuliae)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/academic-research-on-player-motivations-to-participate-in-virtual-economies/52359 "2018-01-20T21:25:11Z")
Hello players, I am a high school senior in an AP Research course undertaking research on what motivates players to participate in the economies of MMORPGs, and I need your help. In order to conduct my research I am dis… --- ## [CCP Falcon Chatbox feature](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ccp-falcon-chatbox-feature/52322)
**Author:** [@Baba\_Ji](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Baba_Ji)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ccp-falcon-chatbox-feature/52322 "2018-01-20T20:52:15Z")
CCP Falcon. Do you want to save some time in your moderation of these forums? A chatbox might help. Much of the posting is a carousel of shitposting minutia. It could be so it can be closed by those who wish not to read… --- ## [Just had my agro timer reset 3 times sitting at at station](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/just-had-my-agro-timer-reset-3-times-sitting-at-at-station/52328)
**Author:** [@Vilinius\_Maximilius](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Vilinius_Maximilius)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/just-had-my-agro-timer-reset-3-times-sitting-at-at-station/52328 "2018-01-20T18:47:05Z")
ii just had my agro timer reset 3 times at a station while i was trying to dock. nobody trying to agro me while i was docking… along side my drones simply vanishing from my list before agroing players landed on grid… mi… --- ## [Is this the end?](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-this-the-end/50363)
**Author:** [@Nirro\_Quantum](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Nirro_Quantum)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/is-this-the-end/50363 "2018-01-20T15:40:30Z")
Sliding by after a few years hiatus to see how EVE is goin, every other post is people quitting or raging about the games direction. What is the main factor causing all of the uproar? Find it hard to believe that it’s ju… --- ## [Can I activate on my account EVE Online Standard Pack?](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/can-i-activate-on-my-account-eve-online-standard-pack/52240)
**Author:** [@Aya\_Audeles](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Aya_Audeles)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/can-i-activate-on-my-account-eve-online-standard-pack/52240 "2018-01-20T12:47:50Z")
I’ve been playing Eve before. I bought some PLEX in 2016. At the moment my current status is alpha. I’ve never use any codes to activate game time in Eve. So the question is, would this work on my account https://store.m… --- ## [What's the meaning of this?](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/52185)
**Author:** [@Skander\_Parzival](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Skander_Parzival)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/whats-the-meaning-of-this/52185 "2018-01-20T12:26:12Z")
Are sleepers supposed to be friendly? --- ## [Notifications through Eve Portal or similar app](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/notifications-through-eve-portal-or-similar-app/51955)
**Author:** [@Halmyre](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Halmyre)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/notifications-through-eve-portal-or-similar-app/51955 "2018-01-20T09:47:40Z")
Hi guys and girls, I was wondering if the Eve Portal app sends you a notification when your citadel gets attacked, or if there are similar apps or discord bots etc that do this? From searching Google I’ve seen a few th… --- ## [Discussion: Is Ratts/Ratting is the solution to all problems?!](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/discussion-is-ratts-ratting-is-the-solution-to-all-problems/51811)
**Author:** [@Amanari\_Talar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Amanari_Talar)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/discussion-is-ratts-ratting-is-the-solution-to-all-problems/51811 "2018-01-20T09:47:38Z")
Hello fellow pilots, I’d like to start the discussion of eve’s issues of overrun vermin. It is the problem that ccp adds rats to every nook and cranny of the game. As a Tripple A developer, i can tell you this is a “che… --- ## [Seeking wisdom on astroid belts](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/seeking-wisdom-on-astroid-belts/52109)
**Author:** [@Ash\_Beldrulf](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ash_Beldrulf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/seeking-wisdom-on-astroid-belts/52109 "2018-01-20T09:24:32Z")
I have noticed that the asteroid belts in the system I mine are not respawning to full value after server reset. Why is this happening? I have heard CCP has some weird algorithm that does this. Does the algorithm only… --- ## [Signatures in Nullsec](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/signatures-in-nullsec/52146)
**Author:** [@Hailey\_Fitch](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Hailey_Fitch)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2018, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/signatures-in-nullsec/52146 "2018-01-20T08:33:57Z")
i notice that we got more and more WH signatures in oure Nullsec constellation. Did CCP change something on the spawn code? i must say, my new job is: closing several times a day WH’s. you have this phenomenon too. I’… [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/c/communications/general/83.md?page=390) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/c/communications/general/83.md?page=392)