You’re kind of contradicting yourself there, since you’ve recently been a new player, and have been attracted to and retained by the game.
Also, if the game didn’t attract and retain new players, then the player chart would perpetually trend down due to attrition, which isn’t the case, as it seems to oscillate at a fairly stable level over the past decade.
New players are trying the game, just not at a rate similar to when the game was new. This is normal. Most of the gaming world has heard about EVE by now, just like other major MMOs. No game like this grows in perpetuity, and stability is a feat in and of itself.
Still. I have a small SP farm, and each character is only logged in maybe 4 times a month for 5 minutes each time. And that will only decrease once they get out of the free training period, and I’ll only have to check them once every few months.
Still takes only a minute, though? The setup is having a separate corporation, with a corp hangar. The extractors are stored in a tab. Log in an account, quickly extract the skills, put the injectors into another tab, and reset the queue. Repeat with all accounts, then trade the injectors to the transportation/market character. Takes only a few minutes per account, no matter how you look at it.
The risk/danger, and as such the resulting profit, comes from the transportation and market order management.
Not yet, at least. I might move the farm characters to a hub once they’re ready to simplify the process a bit.
Some transportation might be necessary to capitalize on price differences anyway. Thankfully, CCP gives me all the tools I need to ensure that losses are effectively a non-issue.
Look up my KB. I have only been playing for about a year but what’s important is the amount of hours played and not the time frame. I put money into the game to get the ships needed and have allot of WH experience.
To give you an example…
I lost n Astero the other day. I ■■■■ you not, the guy had 4 accounts. He used a bomber to get the lock and three Tengu’s. I assume he used overkill as he was worried I had a Proteus on an alt. All players I know have at least 2 accounts. many have 3/4. So when you see the player count at 30k, it’s deceiving. In reality, there’s probably about 10k-15k players most of whom are veteran players
But can you be sure that all of those accounts were his? I’ve multi-boxed in PvP, and I can tell you that it gets super-difficult using more than 2. And even with just 2, my efficiency and ability to manage the kill chain is severely impacted.
Yes, there are exceptions, but exceptions are not the rule. I’m sure that most multi-boxing takes place with industrial and PvE activities.
I cannot be 100% ofc but they were all the same name and the way in which the gank went down suggested he was camping the site. But even if they were not all his, it’s common knowledge that this game is populated by alts mate. I am the only guy in my corp who only has the one toon. Some have 4. Nobody knows for sure what the real numbers are and so I we cannot say anything with complete certainty. I can only go by what it feels like. But just looking at the 30k, I want there to be more players. I was hoping that after CCP being partly brought out by that Chinese company, we’d see loads of Asian players. There are many but I’d of thought there would have been allot more
It was a Korean company, FYI. The Chinese actually have their own, locally-administered EVE server.
I’m sure that we did get some new Korean players from that, but in all honesty (and without prejudice), this isn’t their sort of game. They are actually crazy about e-sports, and match-based games (think LoL, Starcraft) dominate their market.
you arent a trader… you are fanboy. you dont even know how new relist fee destroying our profit and it cause market unblance. why? because producers have too produce and sell items at period. if you cant sell your item you cant start next one. so? again you are fun boy and plz think. ask yourself. Who buy your junk?
We. If we cant buy market will break apart… ofc you cant tell the truth because you are fanboy. this economic cycle already start break apart… this isnt about world war bee or summer. ofc when we stop play you will cry and ask ccp for stock market and buy your junk…
for your useless sample. first learn times is isk… or whatever. you have too look how many gila selling daily than how many gila ready sell at market then you have to calculate how many times you have to change your price before selling, each time you try to change item like 160 mil you will lost around 1.5 also you have calculate jita to rens travel time for 25 jump because people generally doing contracts at jita. Atm Rens Hek Dodi even Amarr have market unblance. Some items under Jita prices some items are too much expensive. Because of CCP isk regime. but you are ignorant person. you try to lesson to other whic you dont know anything about. Your ignorance shining like start when you talking about market… lmao… we live in market hubs… we have stocks we have plans. but ccp simply ruin our game even without give anything positive. even smallest UI change a dream for us…
EVE not worth for my time anymore. But like many player we invest too much. But i am smart person. I already know, it willnt be better than today. leaving early wise move for damage control… like a real market. like real life: perception is reality. and current problem came from ccp ideas. their changes in game. why i say to you " fanboy " because of this. you blindly defending even without know recent changes or knowledge about how actual market works. how to recent change stuck newbro way to trading…
so what you will see in future? More unblanced prices at non jita market. your junk price continue drop. you have to come to jita sell your junk. You have to come to jita for ship fit. because maybe one item cheap at non jita market other items will be double or triple price tag(this is already accouring but we will see with bigger magnitude). step by step. non jita markets will die. jita prices will be cheaper but your junk much cheaper while plex prices will same or abit higher… so you need spend more time. earn less. but again why i am talking. you dont need know for protect ccp…
Some shocking daily experience: rookies ask far more often about “how do I mine” than “how do I start in PvP” or “how do I get into a fleet”. And part of that has been studied by CCP. Therein lies at least one factor of retention issues
It doesn’t make the presentation pure BS, it shows that part of the EvE audience is better versed in how to make correct presentations e.g , by providing goal, scope, method, and presenting the full analysis of the measurables and, of course, conclusions. Nothing new there, and they don’t exactly seem to have quality assurance for blogs and presentations. Just take a look at the last devblog from team security …
You know, time pressure, having to keep too many balls in the air at the same time, relative importance, they be forgiven when they drop a stitch.