# Interaction and the social aspect of Eve Online **URL:** \ **Category:** New Citizens Q&A\ **Created:** [May 13, 2019, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/interaction-and-the-social-aspect-of-eve-online/159370 "2019-05-13T08:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Natocha\_Daisy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/natocha_daisy/32/474632_2.png) [@Natocha\_Daisy](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Natocha_Daisy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/interaction-and-the-social-aspect-of-eve-online/159370/7 "2019-05-13T13:20:58Z")
> [@Josh\_Elize](#): > > What I mean by this is say I want an escort to null or a mercenary to protect me or a buddy to roam with, Hi, I recently made a suggestion for a mercenary feature. You can read the discussion here: > [@Mercenaries - A good idea?](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/mercenaries-a-good-idea/155811/258): > > I do wonder if you are trying to make it too complicated. Would it not be simpler to have a few options, such as mercs on patrol, mercs on defense, or mercs on fleet/formation/wingman duty? You simply get a merc or however many of them that join your squad and follow broadcasts. Simple, easy and most of the backend is already there. You would need a way to keep them flying with you, so formations for members in fleet would be a way to resolve that. This would also be a good way to implement … > [@Josh\_Elize](#): > > Anyway how do you guys, especially as a newbro or someone with very little repertoire, manage the “herding cats” or social aspect of Eve Online? For the successful, did you go through a lot of effort or was it a natural progression? How many of you are in the same boat? To answer this: I simply treat Eve Online as a solo game with a chat forum. It’s easy to socialize in a chatroom, because it’s cyberspace, not ‘real life’ as such. Many people treat it as ‘real life’ and are comfortable joining corporations and befriending otherplayers regularly on voice chat: this doesn’t work for me. It’s best to do what you’re comfortable with and don’t step out of those boundaries to please other players. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/interaction-and-the-social-aspect-of-eve-online/159370)._