# What’s the purpose of Ganking?

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**Created:** [January 16, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/what-s-the-purpose-of-ganking/51512 "2018-01-16T16:53:30Z")\
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The game does have a [lore and backstory portal](https://community.eveonline.com/backstory/), and there are players who roleplay, have a character background, etc…

It’s just not like in other MMO’s where they mostly stand on the mailbox, half-dressed, and “roleplay”, or go to the tavern and “roleplay” via just chat. In here, you roleplay through your actions; you don’t speak in thees and thous, you speak normally, and otherwise all you have to do is take the [in-character news](https://community.eveonline.com/news/news-channels/world-news/) that CCP posts every now and then as if they’re reality.

So, figure out where your character stands in relation to all the empires:

- Amarr: “We are holy and superior, and the lesser races need to be enslaved so they can see the light. Lineage and pedigree are what separate the truly gifted from the unwashed masses.”

- Minmatar: “Freedom is valued above all else, and esp. against Amarr slavers, terrorism and mass destruction of civilians are acceptable if the result is freeing Minmatar people.”

- Gallente: “Every individual has the right to do whatever they want, and that includes the right to have as much entertainment (drugs, alcohol, sex) as they desire.”

- Caldari: “The rights of the many trump the desires of the few, and your corporation is your family. Instead of the decadence of the Gallente, efficiency and hard work are valued.”

- Pirates - you can read their back stories and lore and see if you agree with their world views.

- Other players - Because of our access to clones (and thus immortality), and our access to immense wealth (ISK), we are regarded as quite insanely dangerous to “normal” people. There are a few chronicles that illustrate this. The ships we fly have crews, and we don’t really care about them when we PVP, so, insanely dangerous. Lots of room to roleplay here.

And then, when you play, missions usually happen against “pirates”, exploration sites contain relics or ruins from old lost civilizations, and wormhole space is populated by Sleepers (remains of an old civilization), that you can read about. So everything that you do in-game has meaning, if you care about it.

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