# Development focused on story and lore instead of actual game mechanics and experience. Waiting for alternative to Eve Online **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 30, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396 "2026-05-30T22:19:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![somegirlsarehot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/somegirlsarehot/32/497212_2.png) [@somegirlsarehot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/somegirlsarehot)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396/1 "2026-05-30T22:19:53Z")
While Eve Online is a good game, i personally dislike how the development of Eve Online prefers building the universe, the story, and the lore, instead of focusing on the game and game mechanics and systems. If Eve Online completely removed all development and focus on Story, Lore, etc, of players, npc factions, etc, then i would enjoy it more. However, the story and lore of Eve Online is a very important part of the game. And seems like development for Eve Online wants to include story and lore in the game, instead of abandoning all story and lore and just making a good game with no fancy stories or whatever of the NPC factions. I shall wait for another game to be made, that is very similar to Eve Online, but does not focus on the lore or story of the npc factions, and instead ignores lore, story, etc, of the world, and of the npcs in it, and just focuses on making a fun game. NOT telling a story. Something that also makes us fly our ship manually like a airplane. Not like Elite Dangerous where the camera is inside the ship in the cockpit But rather, something like Starscape on ROBLOX, where the camera is behind and outside the ship, and we control the ships movement ourselves, instead of just going hee hee har har click one button orbit 5000 meter gg i go sleep now for 2 minutes while my ship and game move and play themselves like a self driving car. … … While Fenris Creations (new name of CCP) will likely never abandon Eve Online, thats probably a good thing. It makes space for new game development studios to come up to make something that is very similar to Eve Online, but better, less outdated technology, and has game mechanics and controls that actually make the player play and fly the ship, similar to airplane games where the camera is outside and behind the plane, or Starscape on ROBLOX, instead of a game where you just click orbit 5000 and then you fall asleep. and most, if not all of the game, is heavily outdated, and probably impossible to fix too. Cheers to eve online, and lets hope for another game thats better than it, and also less outdated. Definetely something broken in this 26 year old game. ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396/2 "2026-05-30T22:33:23Z")
> [@somegirlsarehot](#): > > Something that also makes us fly our ship manually like a airplane. > [@somegirlsarehot](#): > > ROBLOX > [@somegirlsarehot](#): > > 26 year old game ![21aqbc](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/6/2/6212ea4d4ddb3a45ee321897765ffa50198e6773.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396/3 "2026-05-30T22:37:20Z")
No Man’s Sky, Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen, X4, and many more are what you are wanting → You missed that left back there at Albuquerque… ---
**Author:** ![Meridan\_Night](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/meridan_night/32/488304_2.png) [@Meridan\_Night](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Meridan_Night)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396/4 "2026-05-30T23:26:18Z")
I have seen a lot of immature whining on these forums, but this really takes the cake. You’re pissed off developers _also_ focus on aspects of the game you couldn’t care less about, so you wrote a full book-length thread on it to whine like a 12-year-old? It’s not like there are, I don’t know – _other players_ who enjoy the lore aspect of the game? Or is it that the developers only have to see to _your_ needs and nobody else’s? It’s also not like the lore is the only thing they’re focusing on. Get your mommy to change your diapers, and stop being such a cry-baby. > [@somegirlsarehot](#): > > I shall wait for another game to be made, that is very similar to Eve Online, but does not focus on the lore or story of the npc factions, Do let us know how that goes. ---
**Author:** ![Anabella\_Rella](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anabella_rella/32/515671_2.png) [@Anabella\_Rella](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anabella_Rella)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396/5 "2026-05-31T00:04:20Z")
While I don’t agree with the tone of some of the replies in this thread I do agree with their main ideas. You do understand that the RPG part of MMORPG stands for Role Playing Game and that the storyline, lore and history of the game are part and parcel of Eve, WOW, Star Citizen, Guild Wars and every other online multi-player game out there, right? I don’t know how you would separate the RP aspects and backstory elements from ANY MMORPG including Eve. Even offline single player games like Civilization or The Sims place you in the role of playing God. I just don’t understand how you’d think you could cut Eve off from the RP aspects. ---
**Author:** ![QuakeGod](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/quakegod/32/480339_2.png) [@QuakeGod](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/QuakeGod)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396/6 "2026-05-31T00:06:31Z")
> [@Anabella\_Rella](#): > > I just don’t understand how you’d think you could cut Eve off from the RP aspects. By turning it into a brain-dead flight sim/FPS shooter, that’s how… ---
**Author:** ![Anabella\_Rella](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/anabella_rella/32/515671_2.png) [@Anabella\_Rella](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Anabella_Rella)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396/7 "2026-05-31T00:17:09Z")
Sorry but, even that would be an RPG. ---
**Author:** ![Malak\_Starfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malak_starfire/32/501915_2.png) [@Malak\_Starfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malak_Starfire)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396/8 "2026-05-31T00:39:36Z")
Uh, you do know that players make the player lore right OP? Those of us in empire space prefer the story, but null and WHs are for the player lore and has the most amount of sandbox. FC just got done messing with null sec mechanics, they ofc are going to turn back to the Empires. Oh and null gets to benefit from some of the stuff that is happening in the Empires, like where the new upcoming faction rorqual drones are going to be coming from, Gallente or ORE LP stores. ---
**Author:** ![Christine\_Creed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/christine_creed/32/510186_2.png) [@Christine\_Creed](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Christine_Creed)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396/9 "2026-05-31T00:40:17Z")
Just thank the almighty gods that i had some bourbon to drink after re…err skimming that…whatever it was. And yes, it seems to be the same author that makes posts about not training skills and i cant do level 2 missions…or something like that. _Shakes head_ _drinks another shot_ ---
**Author:** ![Malak\_Starfire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/malak_starfire/32/501915_2.png) [@Malak\_Starfire](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Malak_Starfire)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396/10 "2026-05-31T00:41:02Z")
> [@Christine\_Creed](#): > > And yes, it seems to be the same author that makes posts about not training skills and i cant do level 2 missions…or something like that. Oh gods, it is the same character -\_- ---
**Author:** ![DeMichael\_Crimson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/demichael_crimson/32/514115_2.png) [@DeMichael\_Crimson](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/DeMichael_Crimson)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396/11 "2026-05-31T01:55:54Z")
Besides player actions, the RP Lore aspect of this game helps to give Devs direction for content creation and allows them to seamlessly implement new content as well as make changes to existing content in the game… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/development-focused-on-story-and-lore-instead-of-actual-game-mechanics-and-experience-waiting-for-alternative-to-eve-online/512396/12 "2026-08-29T01:56:48Z")
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