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Broadly speaking, a carebear is some one who does not play Eve the way you want them to so that you can get easy kills.

Mostly people who live in the uber safe space of 0.0, with the multiple intel channels the biggest risk is the odd awoxer.

Mostly people who live in the uber safe space of 0.0, with the multiple intel channels the biggest risk is the odd awoxer.

I guess it's a different definition for everyone - for me, it's risk averse people who care way too much about losing their assets, involving:

- People whining to nerf the posibility of what they call 'non-concensual PvP' (imho there is no such thing in eve - you agree to all types of PvP when you launch eve - even when you never undock and do station trade all day long).

- People so scared of combat PvP they wont even try to defend themselves.

-ppl who QQ about a ship so much CCP has to nerf the tank of said ship just cause the QQers cant kill it - or "it takes too long qqqqqq" (DRAEK - well unless as with the new ones BCs actually ARENT meant to HAVE tanks)

Oh hey yeah because secure null sec space absolutely does not take a massive combined effort from thousands of players in an alliance to claim and hold does it?

You awful, awful pubbie.

"and to WH goers its anybody that looks at local." - there is no local in WH but yeah lol

Oh hey yeah because secure null sec space absolutely does not take a massive combined effort from thousands of players in an alliance to claim and hold does it?

You awful, awful pubbie.

You stupid, stupid goon.

Carebears are risk adverse, here are a couple examples

1. People who don't like getting shot by titan XL guns, ask for a nerf
2. People who shoot hulks using destroyers, because battleships are non-insurable
3. People who complain highsec is too safe, but cry when CONCORD is buffed after finding loopholes
4. People who complain incursions produce too much isk, but want to shoot people instead of competing for isk
5. People....certain conditions apply advantages to themselves...not to others but not ok when others ask the same in return

No matter how you whine it...one side doesn't like something but can't cope when other side does something to them but then other side complains when the one side ups them (<-- too confusing, but nobody likes it when the other has the advantage in something but neither side likes it when the other side gains the advantage). We are all carebears, doesn't matter if you pull the trigger since you are throwing away the ship or just sitting in a belt.

How about

"Fly what you can afford to replace, but don't admit that you are risk adverse to losing something of value so long as you can smash up something of value to the other guy - - maybe its time CCP creates skill point loss when ever your ship is destroyed since isk / items are replacable but time isn't "

To say that Carebears are defined by being risk-adverse is a misnomer. PVPers, no matter how hardcore, are partially risk adverse too. For the same reason Carebears are hesitant to take their mining ship outside of high sec is the same reason a PVPer might be hesitant to take their T2 fully faction module fitted Battleship out into unfriendly space alone.

A carebear is simply a player who does not wish to engage in other players in direct combat. EVE is more of an economic simulator than a combat simulator to them.

The reason why EVE is so great is that it's combat elements and economic elements are equally complex and interesting. Not everyone is going to enjoy the deep minutia of combat, just like not everyone is going to enjoy playing the market.