As a unit of measure of success in this game, accumulating Isk is as good as any other. PvP is commonly known as ship vs ship, but there is/was Market PvP, beating other players to the punch by lowering prices. Of course, CCP decided to change market rules by penalizing players for merely lowering their price.
Across the board, CCP has decided that non-predatory players are no longer welcome in the game. Solo/small corp players owning structures needed a target placed on their backs, so rules were changed making destruction of those structures much more profitable to predators. ESS is another example of CCPās sneering at a certain play style and changing the game to reflect that attitude.
The mind-numbing idiocy of magically changing the mineral content of all ores, and then assigning asteroid/ore content to a solar systemsā security status tipped this game into ridiculous space fantasy.
When a consumer purchases a product and there is a decline in the qualities that made it attractive to buy, the consumer loses interest in it.
I donāt suck into the propaganda that I should commiserate with the devs dilemma of having to fix a flawed MMO, especially when it is accompanied by a degradation of the product I originally purchased.
I can at least look objectively at where the game is headed, and can laugh at the Fanboi cult that sees my view as some sort of loyalty test to the game.
Spare me the āthings changeā cliche. Now that the game developers have become overtly hostile to play styles they once encouraged, Iām outta here, I see enough schizophrenic behavior in RL, and donāt need to put up with it during my relaxation time.
I rarely log in now, mainly itās just to keep skill training active. However I still maintain a sub in the hope that CCP will eventually pull their heads outā¦
Most mentally-stable people play games for the entertainment value. The word is self explanatory: GAME.
Thatās why games like Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassinās Creed and Skyrim kick-A. Theyāre open-world with true player choices, no mechanics to force the player to play a certain way. Total freedom within the fictitious world. Theyāre FUN to play.
Pay attention, CCP
FUN
is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as
Light-hearted PLEASURE
enjoyment or AMUSEMENT
boisterous JOVIALITY or MERRYMAKING
ENTERTAINMENT.
Although particularly associated with recreation and PLAY.
You think you can code that into EVE? Thatād be swell, thanks.
Partake ? Would you mind telling me how I can āpartakeā when I canāt afford a ship, itās modules, insurance, ammoā¦?
Can you tell me how to āpartakeā when I canāt manufacture what I need to - well, partake?
OH wait, I understand.
Iām supposed to āpartakeā by getting a Venture, fly to -0.5 and get myself blown out of the skies for another playerās pleasure.
Thanks but NO.
Pew pew in Red Dead or Ass Creed?
You need to get your head out your azz and realize that EVE isnāt the only game online.
FYI, there is no pew-pew in those gamesā¦ oh, and they are TRUE open-world sanbox, too. Not like what youāre getting ripped off with.
It just means current eve is not viable to a certain type of player that found eve 2 years ago a delight, the type of player that just wants to horde and not touch pvp.
I literally solo roamed into null a few hours ago, caught a gila in my harpy took it to 10% shield before a myrm, proteus, brutix landed on grid I had to pull range from the gila he warped off and wrote ālooserā in local I asked him to come bring a pvp ship to rejoin the fight and he said āI donāt do pvpā.
Now I wonder why null sec - supposed to be the most dangerous space in eve online (which itās not, low is the most dangerous but that is besides the point) yet it is attracting these people that donāt like combat at all. I do not get it.
Afraid of what ?? Itās not like weāre gonna lose our lives, is it?
Weāre not afraid. I personally donāt see the point of grinding for a week to lose a ship in less than - literally- a minute. Thatās not fun, thatās just a waste of a week grinding.
As I said. Because I canāt mine enough to build a ship and donāt have the necessary tools/skills to manufacture and donāt have enough income to buy original blueprints ( if I even find one to buy and can afford it )
only to get it destroyed willy-nilly for someoneās else amusement.
If CCP wants there to be destruction, thereās gotta be construction first. In order for players to construct thereās gotta be materials and in order for there to be materials thereās gotta be ore in stock and for that the ore needs to be found and mined - BLAP! sorry, F-you and your ore
Nope.
All I make when I mine is maybe 1mil an hour. Thatās when Iām not ganked.
āit will probibly take more than an hour to loose your shipā
Nope. Last time I got a Venture I lost it less than an hour afterwards.
I mine in 0.4 and 0.3 to even find the ores that are worth more than a penny a ton.