Asuri Kinnes
Caldari
Adhocracy Incorporated
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Posted - 2009.03.08 16:02:00 -
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 Originally by: Primnproper
Edited by: Primnproper on 08/03/2009 11:08:06
Most of the distain, which is normally aimed at those who only like to mission, mine or trade is not nessisarily because they want to mine, mission or trade, its because thats all they want to do...
And by only taking part in one small area of the game they not only are missing out on so much of what eve has to offer, they are also reducing the numbers of people available to play with (and I do not just mean gank) in the other areas of the game.
And by staying so focused in one area of play they develope very narrow views of whats good for the game and then campaign on the forums for such things at the expense of the game itself.
Of course there are only pvp people who are just as guilty of this.
But the majority of the pvpers I know also run missions, trade, invent, produce and some even mine becuase pvp takes a lot of isk to support it sometimes (unless your amazing at it anyway  ) and becuase of this they end up seeing a lot more of the game and developing ideas of how to change the game which fit it with it as a whole instead of only benefiting one style of play at the expense of all others.
Again of course this is not always true there are those who only pvp and only want changes which benefit pvp, but give them 6 months or so and they'll be skint and needing to engage in some sort of isk making activities, at which point there horizons will be expanded.
Whereas the people who only ever play to make isk will never be forced by circumstances to play the game another way (and no war decs don't count cus most of the time they corp hop or just hide untill the deccers get bored and give up) and so they only ever care about boosting their playstyle at the expense of all others.
And I think the final reason why there is such a movement to change their playstyles is cus to the rest of us only playing to make isk sounds so bloody boring and we can't understand how someone can still be playing this game for more than a couple of months doing only isk making activities.
We just want you to come and join in with the fun, thats why we want peeps forced into lowsec and the like, because we think if you only gave it a try you might like it and then we'd have more peeps to play with (both to kill and be killed by) which could only be good.
I agree that people like to see "their" section of the game pimped out. Hardcore PvP'rs and Hardcore PvE'rs both are guilty of this, and I can understand the (not fear...) "concern" that the Hardcore PvP crowd has that the game will change in ways they don't like, because of the economic power of the "bears"...
However, any discussion of how the game is played, must be carried out against a knowledge of the background of what is happening in Iceland right now. (I concentrate on whats happening now, because I'm only 13 mos. old in game, and, whats happened in the past is past...)
It is very possible that CCP is one of only a few profitable business' left in Iceland.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/121108dnbusiceland.31cc1d2.html
http://www.worldmoneywatch.com/Iceland-Economic-News-Iceland-Bankruptcy.htm
and from that article: "Action steps:
Consider a vacation in Iceland...prices are half what they were a month ago. "
So, to be quite honest, CCP is NOT about to "force" anyone to change their game style...
TBQH - the part of the above quote I bolded? So what if it sounds boring to you? I've flown 0.0 space, I've fought in low-sec (won some, lost some). I like my missioning, exploration and mining... I have -0- point -0- interest in being in a null-sec holding corp or alliance. I just can't be bothered.
Maybe some day, I'll be all passionate (and even care) about xyz alliance holding sov... But that day isn't today.
AK
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