Solo Play

[Eternal_Montage]

Solo player checking in here. We should start an ingame channel or something.

@Beast_of_Revelations

It has been demonstrated conclusively that you can yawn and rake-in ridiculously more ISK than you ever could as a solo player.

Are you referring to having access to anomalies? Can you give a few examples?

[Ganellon_Devians]

@Beast_of_Revelations

… So if you have billions as a solo player, you could have had trillions as a cog in the machine of a big…

I prefer the Freedom of a solo life in EvE instead of trillions of ISK

Solo since 2013.

[Jeremiah_Saken]

Solo since 2013. It is hard, it is rewarding, it is dangerous, it is freedom.
If you want a bit social ingredient find yourself public chat like Signal Cartel.

@Eternal_Montage

Solo player checking in here. We should start an ingame channel or something.

introverts unite separately in your own homes

[Piotr_Leusten]

@zluq_zabaa

@Beast_of_Revelations

It has been demonstrated conclusively that you can yawn and rake-in ridiculously more ISK than you ever could as a solo player. So if you have billions as a solo player, you could have had trillions as a cog in the machine of a big nullsec cartel. The deck is stacked against you as a solo player. The game encourages you to be a cog in the machine of a nullsec cartel, and rewards that over anything else.

I think it’s more complicated than that. The game doesn’t set any longterm goals for you or anyone. There are many possible goals people can set for themselves in the game. I won’t even try to name them all.

Each individually set goal will have a bunch of benchmarks and milestones. ISK is always an issue, but how much you really need, depends on your goal.

Example 1: your goal is to be enjoy the game being an explorer who hunts for relic and data sites and occasionally does some PVP around these. You don’t need Trillions for that, not even hundred Billion. Once you reach 20 Bil, you’ll have enough to constantly replace ships for a very long time, even if your profit from running the sites should drop.

Example 2: your goal is to PVP in all types of ships, all types of scenarios, all areas of space. You’ll need lots and lots and lots of ISK for that. Not only will you have constant losses, but also you have costs to setup your characters and infrastructure. The question here is: how much are you willing to compromise?

Having more ISK certainly gives you more options, but getting these ISKs takes time and thereby limits your options at the same time. Personally I think beyond a certain point (depending on the playstyle) trying to get even more ISK blocks your own gameplay experience. It’s a perfect excuse to not do what you actually want to do.

The issue with Sov Null is not that organized groups can make a lot of dough, but the ability to offer that for many people in a tiny amount of space. If they had to spread out further, things would be far better.

^^This.^^

My main is an explorer. I’ve amassed about 70 billion in cash, and honestly have no idea what to do with it, because I don’t need that much for exploring – my ship loss rate just isn’t that high – and my account is PLEXed for the next year. So I think I’m just going to spend the next year doing nothing but fun exploring stuff and experimenting with various things, and not worry about whether I’m making money or not.

I think people forget that ISK is a tool for achieving your real goals, not an end in itself.

[Keno_Skir]

@Beast_of_Revelations

So if you have billions as a solo player, you could have had trillions as a cog in the machine of a big nullsec cartel. The deck is stacked against you as a solo player. The game encourages you to be a cog in the machine of a nullsec cartel, and rewards that over anything else.

Rubbish. I make crazy ISK in highsec with one character. In EvE as in life the greatest rewards go to those who can think for themselves.