In fact, you are a little worried about who you sell the ships to, because you have thought about this topic. And that is already good. By compromising with your conscience, you understand that you become a little worse for it. If the compromise is small, then it will not spoil you much.
You donāt owe me anything at all, and I donāt owe you anything. And Iām not discussing any specific incident that happened to me. Iām discussing the problem as a whole. Use common sense. Are there a lot of arms dealers and Somali pirates among the players?
Exactly. The other day I ran into a tabletop gamer. A minister IRL. A real nice guy. But his character is one ruthless, snarky, will step over your character bleeding body to pick up a copper coin bstrd.
Yet to look at him and talk with him. He is just this mild mannered soft spoken guy. Who works at a hospital and at a hospice as one of the on call ministers.
What I am IRL is different from what I play in game. Though yes, I choose to make my 'toon look like an old man. Maybe as a fun house reflection? Maybe. But what I do in game is far different from what I act when not in game.
New Eden is a ruthless take no prisoner hyper capitalist simulator. One where in the Devs own words at this years Fan fest is a āplace where might makes rightā.
If a player is having trouble getting behind that idea. Then, yes, that player is going to have some real troubles.
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Thatās right, I have a hard time accepting this idea. Because I think about how much harm Iām causing to another player. Itās a very slippery slope. So, I write that the idea of āāthe game as a whole is immoral. However, the players themselves have already rejected it. The existence of large corporations is based on trust and on the moral principles accepted in human society.
LOL no have no worries about who buys from me or what they do with it in fact. Game balance is one thing. Yes ganking in highsec should be more than just my ship gets blown up and then i jump into the next catalyst for a rinse and repeat.
As a dev said in answering a question fan fest. āIn the game might makes rightā. You have a problem with that. Then, yes, you are going to have troubles in the game.
For myself. I am learning as much as I can where I am for now. One day I might be in a corp that will have decād UNI. I will have no problem in blowing one them out of the sky. In fact I might even message that player and thank them for the fight. Whether I win or lose.
When in a class. Someone brought that very issue up and was told. That should that happen. There will be no hard feelings. It is a game. That players are encourage to learn as much as they can and then go off to other corps for experience of what other corps do.
At the end I am by own admission a filthy industrialist. One that sees Isk and opportunity. When Goonswarm was in the middle making its major move.
I thought there was going to be a major war. After all how many times does the Imperium move everything including the kitchen sink to new digs. I figured with my then current skill set and BPās I had on hand. I could make upward of a sweet half to a billion Isk. That fight sadly never took place and lost that potential ISK. ahh well. These things will happen.
Still over time I made Isk, so there is that. If there is a major war brewing somewhere. I want to know about it. Cause that means opportunity. Might makes right and Isk is king. If you have a problem with either of that. That is a you problem. Me I am perfectly happy to make Isk off those who fly and blow up ships. It is just Isk in my pocket.
You need to learn to separate reality from virtual reality. Do i think about people on the otherside of the keyboard? No. They chose to play this harsh virtual reality
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In IRL I do as well. In game. well, not so much. If a new player gets shot up and whines. My only sympathy to him is. This Eve. It is going to happen. Want to learn how best defend yourself? Find a corp that will legitimately teach you. Or join Uni as it is the oldest teach/learnie corp in the game. Or not and learn with every ship that needlessly gets blown up.
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A boring answer that has been given here many, many times. It explains nothing and has nothing to do with ethics. It doesnāt get any better just by repeating it. Besides, you have no idea what the difference is between ordinary reality and virtual reality. You probably canāt explain what reality is at all.
Let me ask you a question. What is the determining factor for you when you decide whether something can be done or not? What is the main criterion for you?
Youre the only one with a problem. Everybody else knows EVE is not a nice and friendly game
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So you think EVE is a bad game? What makes you think I have problems? No need to spam short meaningless lines.
I said eve is not a nice and friendly game. Doesnt make it a bad game
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What is ānot a nice gameā? Letās say Iām ānot a nice manā. Does that mean Iām a bad person?
It makes no sense to me to discuss the terms āniceā or ābadā before you even have understood the term āgameā.
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Do you understand this term? Explain.
Within a game you can play pretend to be a bad guy without being unethical or bad in real life.
But you seem to struggle with that idea.
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This. A thousand times this.
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Great. Do you think that a bad deed in the game canāt be considered bad? Can you prove it?
In eve scams happen all the time. To the scammer he/she has done nothing wrong. Of course to the one that has been scammed it is wrong. At the same time in this game it is permitted and will not get you banned. There plenty of actions in this game that would get you banned in any other game.
But here it is essentially a free for all. Make your Isk as you see fit. Rob your corp. Why not. It has happened and will again. Want to be the biggest baddest Pirate in the game. It has been done. Though all this things does come with consequences. In the case of robbing your own corp as you go out the door. You may nt be as trusted as the next player, But in the last time it was done. It was all good. As the corp the player was joining knew what he was about to do and was OK with it.
In the case of that Pirate. His infamy was such that anywhere he went. There was a shoot on sight. As I understand it. He tried to sell the 'toon and no one would buy it. The name had become that infamous.
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Throughout New Eden there are players who have done a lot of āgoodā Mikeās Magic School Bus. Which I support from time to time. And some which are real characters. A few that are either have or are trying for that infamy.
Any playstyle that does not break the EULA. Which does put some limitations on players. Mainly you can not go out and purposefully harass someone either in or out of game.
But ārightā or āwrongā. Well that depends on which side of what you are standing on at that moment. Read some of the Lore or even a couple of stories. āRightā or āwrongā is in the eye of the beholder. To paraphrase an old saying.
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Have you ever heard of people getting charged with murder, fraud, theft, etc based solely on their in-game actions? There is your proof. Itās make believe, if you canāt tell the difference, then video games are not for you.
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