EVE Online??

[Sparhawk]

I just logged into EVE and was reading a dev blog about the changes in the upcoming "expansion". For goodness sake I actually felt anxiety over the changes. Every couple of years they stir the pot per say of game mechanics, then hours upon hours and days upon days... months upon months of time investment are upended, sometimes for the better, but most often at a disadvantage to the status quo. I used to get this kind of anxiety jumping through null sec gate camps loaded with a billion isk worth of cargo, now I get it when CCP announces an expansion.

[Yskonyn]

My problem is that I've read so much about people being rat bastards in Eve that I'm very, very leery of everyone. Combine that with not wanting to get into the same feeling that Corp/Guild activities turn into a second job because you *have* to show up to stuff to be a good Corp/Guild member, and I'm having a devil of a time finding a Corp.  I'm also not keen on the idea of being in a Corp with a bunch of 17 year-olds.

This is probably because the EVE community is rather small, but its core of players is very VERY dedicated to the game.
They don't see it as a job at all. They just love the game like nothing else and many bigger Corps work accordingly.
Still, there are quite a few smaller, more casual, Corps out there with good sense of cameraderie. You just have to look a bit harder.

For me, EVE isn't very well suited as a solo player. I really think being in a (even a small) Corp elevates the gameplay significantly, but of course that is personal.

And yeah, the changes coming in the summer expansion do look stellar! But I'll have to restrain myself. I KNOW I do not have enough time for EVE at this point in time. :)

[Huw the Poo]

For me, EVE isn't very well suited as a solo player. I really think being in a (even a small) Corp elevates the gameplay significantly, but of course that is personal.

Absolutely.  Being in a corp utterly transforms the game, to such a degree that I couldn't imagine playing it solo - and this is coming from someone who generally prefers to solo in MMOs.

[Toonces]

[TheCommandTent]

^ I hear an echo  :P

[DeathTouchWilly]

Hey Greybriar I'm actually poor enough in this game to ask if don't want your stuff and  you're SURE you won't  play again I'll take it.  ::) Here's some advice from a coworker when I told him I was playing EVE:

•   If it's in local chat, ignore it, it's a scam.
•   If someone insists you open a trade window with them, it's a scam.
•   If it's a contract that someone's posted in chat, it's a scam.
•   Corp Recruitment - If you have to pay a fee to join it's a scam.

[Yskonyn]

LOL. Good points.

But please.. don't be afraid of scams too much. The internet seems to have countless of stories about the EVE community being a vile bunch of backstabbers.
In my years of playing the game I have only once come across a scammer (which was so obvious is was laughable). You should not be afraid to start playing just because of those stories.

[Greybriar]

Hey Greybriar I'm actually poor enough in this game to ask if don't want your stuff and  you're SURE you won't  play again I'll take it....

My subscription has already been cancelled so even if I were sure I wouldn't play EVE again I couldn't give my stuff away. Sorry. Good tips by the way.

I saw two instances of a member of a corporation in EVE betraying his corporation. The first time it was by someone who had been a trusted member for years and he caused his corporation to lose its base and everything its members had worked for since the early days of the game. The second time was when an officer in a relatively new corporation sold everything the corporation owned. The fact that I couldn't trust anyone in EVE was the main reason I quit the game.

[carnator]

^ I hear an echo  :P

I posted it before both of you, I'm just new and didn't know how to embed the image. 

[Nefaro]

Well.. I'm gonna sub for a month and see what happens. 

I do enjoy this game, despite repetitiveness.  Hopefully I can expand on my character's skillset & funds enough to expand my operations.  ;D

[Sparhawk]

EVE is diverse enough that repetitiveness doesn't have to be a problem. It can be so with new characters or specialized characters that don't have multiple skill sets. Once you train up a character there is so much to do it's crazy.

[Nefaro]

Oh damn.  I had forgotten that I'd already worked my way up to running Level 3 security missions in my Amarrian Harbinger-class battlecruiser.  :D

Unfortunately, I'd forgotten which of my two characters was the main one and just happened to claim all my leftover promo items and log in with the last one to be logged in.  WRONG!  I just dumped two gift ships into my lowly alt's ownership.  ::)  Oh well.. at least I'm closer to some bigger fish than I had previously recalled.  ;D

The wormhole exploration is one thing I'd especially like to work up to but it's not something you just load up & do without plenty of research & training.  Not to mention getting efficient at firing probes and localizing points of interest takes practice (and money of course).

[Huw the Poo]

What promo stuff did you get, Nef?

[Nefaro]

What promo stuff did you get, Nef?

There was some smaller stuff I haven't really spied, but I also still had a small Level 2 Frigate and some special Cruiser that had bonuses for every weapon type.   The latter one looked interesting but I dunno how practical it was.

I believe some of those things may have been left over from years ago..

[LongBlade]

This is the recent battle that was accidentally triggered and eventually dragged in over 3,000 players

http://www.destructoid.com/one-pilot-s-mistake-leads-to-massive-battle-in-eve-online-243509.phtml

I don't play EVE, but I do sometimes like reading the stories of game events.

That is pretty epic. A couple of things stand out.

First, the author's comparison to WWII is off base.

Pilots called in their corporations to help out, and then entire alliances began to show up. PL is a part of the HoneyBadger Coalition, and they decided that they would also rally their forces to the fight. Something like this can be a good excuse to blast someone you don't like. If anyone had a grudge against someone, this was a good time to join the opposing side. It's sort of like how everyone got involved in World War II.

However, in searching the document, someone called Startyde noticed the error, too. That more aptly describes WWI.

Second thing I noticed is that in this battle, the attackers are the ones who lost. I'm pleased to see that warping into the heart of an enemy empire is a bad idea. Heh.