Any time used to learn something is never wasted or lost.
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I have my own personal multibox army because I donāt want to be constrained by the playing times or time zones of others. When I want to do a particular activity, I want to do it now.
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When I log on, Iām usually the only corp member logged in. Even when I do see one, I have no idea what system theyāre in. Almost everything I do is solo.
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I like this quote. The curse of knowing everything or a lot of things Eve will be getting bored and then wanting to quit. Better to be broke and idiot but having fun in the game for a long long time.
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73% of respondents considers themselves a solo player is surprising even tho i voted solo myself. I wonder what the percantage would be if you asked in for example WoW or Albion Online community.
WoW, same for me, solo.
Dofus, solo.
No Mans Sky, solo.
Never played Albion online.
I am in a clan in Raid Shadow Legends, yay me 
WoW - solo
Albion? Never heard of it
No Manās Sky - solo though I havenāt played in years. I see itās gotten a lot better. I should get back into it.
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This poll proves that the vast majority plays soloā¦which CCP should take onto consideration after making solo play as difficult as possible to deliberately force players into corpsā¦and nerfing ships like the Orca that offered some protection from gankers while solo miningā¦ i think this is one of the main reasons that new player retention is so bad and that the total number of players has been steadily decreasingā¦ The new additions to the game gave been great, but they didnāt do anything to stop the decrease of playersā¦ New player retention needs to be addressed and leveling the playing field so that solo players are not at a deliberate dissadvantage seems to be the source of this problemā¦ I would suggest actually making solo status a thing with solo bonuses to level the playing field while not being allowed to fleet up while in that stateā¦ I love this game and want to see it flourish, but something needs to be done about the current path it is onā¦
The Orca can have 700K EHP using nothing more than T2 modules. How much more protection do you need?
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A poll on this forum represents maybe .001% of the EVE playerbaseā¦
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EVE is never going to be a single-player game, no matter how bad you want it to beā¦
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A poll on the forums.
I bet solo players are overrepresented here - non-solo players usually have other places to discuss EVE with peers, like their corp discord and equivalent.
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Equity and equality are not the same thing. Why should new players automatically be on-par and able to compete with veteran players who have been playing for 10+ years?
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iām talking about when they took the low slot away about 5 years ago because gankers complained that it was too hard to gankā¦ I havenāt used it since then, so things may have changed since then that Iām not aware ofā¦
Iām not saying thatā¦ What I am saying is that they should not have it so lopsided against solo play to force players into corpsā¦ Thatās what is clearly affecting player retentionā¦ I donāt want it to be solo game, but something needs to be done to retain players and rejouvinate the player baseā¦ This is just my suggestion to address this problemā¦
You are playing an MMO with 30,000+ other players. Again, EVE is not a solo gameā¦
Having said that, can you still play EVE solo? Absolutely. Are you going to be limited in what you can do? Yes.
Can you imagine the sheer chaos of 30,000 players trying to forge their own little empires and do their own thing? Nothing would ever get done. Good luck trying to defend your Citadel with your little 3-man alt corp, or worse, solo.
I doubt any of thatāll happen since the primary focus of the game is, and always has been, shame those in High Sec until they move to null sec. Which is very stupid because thereās nothing wrong with wanting to play in High Sec. Null sec has so many features that end any and all pvp once you have a large corp that many places have become safer than high sec. Anti-cloaking structures are one. Cynos that bring in huge fleets, etcā¦ They got rid of local for a while and null suddenly became dangerous again even to the big corps. Canāt have that! Iām sure CSM was all over that getting CCP to reinstate Local. I suppose Null is too dangerous without local and too safe with itā¦ unless youāre solo in Null. I tried that and hated it. Just hated solo in Null Sec. Worst experience in any game. I survived for a month and I never ever want to repeat that experience. Nothing but frustration and boredom.
New people start in High Sec and they get shamed for it. Ever wonder why high Sec is so safe now? Itās empty. Ever listen to Null Sec people talk about High Sec? āDScan Dscan DScan! You have to DScan all the time!ā Yeah, Iām sure those 3 people in the system minding their own business are not going to be a danger to me even if I was mining right now. High Sec is really all the game I desire. If I ever want to go into Null sec, Iāll buy 100 Ventures, pay someone to move them to Null, and join one of those really big corps that provide so much protection. Iāll then mine until Iām out of Ventures. Wooā¦ fun!
I donāt know what can be done about High Sec at this point. Itās been nerfed into the ground so badly that thereās no going back. It is what it is now. Mining sucks unless youāre moon mining. PI is interesting, but the User Interface for it looks like something out of an old DOS game. Itās that bad though no one wants to improve it. It looks like someone spent an hour writing the code and making the UI. Then they packaged it together despite it barely working. Ice mining is almost decent, but those structures require so much damn fuel that it pretty much ends your entire profit margin- not that you really get anything out of having structures in High Sec- unless of course youāre moon mining and youāre lucky enough to get a Glistening collection of ore after 2 weeks of waiting. Nothing else is really worth the effort.
Fortunately for me, I like flying around and I PLEX for all of my ISK or I would have quit after seeing what High Sec has become. There are ways to solo and make money in this game, but the easiest is just to PLEX. I have a huge collection of ships that keep me entertained. I have Exhumers, a T2 Logistics Cruiser, T3 Strategic Cruiser, Avalanche, Deluge, Bowhead, Vindicator, a Sin, and many more. I can even pilot an Ansher, but I donāt have one yet. I have no need for one that would justify the cost.
So far, Iāve seen people make a lot doing Abyss in small groups, but Iām sure there will be a petition by CSM to have it nerfed since it can be done in High Sec.
I solo because I have no desire to be treated like a blue collar worker in a large corporation in Null Sec. Thatās why I play like I do in High. Freedom is what I enjoy. I explore and do whatever I feel like doing at the time.
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