I would like to add my 2isk, if I may, and say
the usual MMO distinction between Role-Players who
*raises sword of might to the night sky
*swoons
etc and players who just âplay the gameâ
Does not hold in eve,
anymore than the distinction between those who pve and 'honourablyâpvp with those who grief, that is common in games with restricted PVP systems, holds in eve.
Whether CODE or AG or militia members, or Goons, or even some PL guy think of themselves as ârole-playersâ- they ARE role-playing.
the persistent nature of the sandbox and its unity, means characters do not have to make up an imaginary backstory about being born a lowly minmatar slave, they are thrust into a virtual world and forced to play a role.
TLDR: EVE is about 75% propaganda and roleplay, 20% waiting for something to happen, 5% PVP (all the forms of PVP: pewpew, station trading, hauling, scamming, producing, mining, mission running for loots to sell).
Further TLDR: You are all LARPERS, and the content is great as a result, I mean no one takes this stuff seriously like they take things like the events on the actual rl news seriously do they?
I mean, no one who gets what eve is, knows itâs history, and has read the ânew player faqâ and help centre topics provided by the devs?