In fact from watching PVP guide videos it is PVPers who dont have much of a social life, what with spending HOURS looking for targets etc Im not against PVP, just saying

But guys you don't get it, mining is something you can do in Eve while doing ten other things

Hulks don't shoot back, dummy.

We do get it, and this is precisely why they are dying by the thousands during my event.


Mine AFK, Die AFK.

cos you of turn away for a sec, you could be popped.

Now do you understand the Glory of Mining

Pffft in this world there's two kinds of people. Those with guns and those who dig.

You dig.

Pffft in this world there's two kinds of people. Those with guns and those who dig.

You dig.

Most EvE players would rather destroy things than create them. It's the nature of the game.

What I don't get is why nobody seems to see the calm serenity of mining as a relaxing thing to do. I work all day in a chaotic environment. I get home to the chaos of my family life. After I finally get the last kid down to bed, walk the dog, and review the day with my wife, it's really nice to sit down with a beer and just mine for an hour or two to unwind from all that stuff.

Doesn't anybody else do this? Mining is perfect for this sort of thing.

Because shooting players is always going to be more fun than shooting immobile rocks. Even the most carebear of the carebears have the option of shooting braindead AI constructs that at least attempt to shoot back.

Minerals are going down everywhere but jita

You have really nailed it man, mining is just the thing to zone out after a hard days work while enjoying the awesome Eve Space graphix and contemplating the meaning of the Universe and everything in it.

Gankers do try mining, you'll probably enjoy the relaxation of it, and you won't be so.................. angry in RL and angry in Eve.

Chill out

Pardon me, but exactly what is so glorious about ugly ships shooting lasers at ugly rocks for hours upon end?

Well it keeps your analytical brain working as your creative brain does other things

Sure mining as a primary activity isn't all that exciting, but mining as a "background" activity is.......fun ....in a "background fun" kinda way

Not sure they mine for FUN, I think they do it for money.

About this carebear shoot back thing........... ummm yeahh

That's the only way I would ever imagine mining to be bearable to anyone that isn't insane or mentally handicapped, if your doing something else while you mine. However it defeats the whole point of playing the game. Think of it this way, people don't go buy a movie ticket and let the movie run while they do other errands. The point of a game is to actually play it, and a profession based entirely on making a few mouse clicks every 10 to 20 minutes without any real strategy to it is hardly playing the game, and quite frankly hardly fair. Even mission running, possibly the second easiest profession in EVE requires 100 times more things to deal with than mining. Even fitting is different. A mission fitting needs to be able to apply DPS and tank DPS with multiple sub categories such as cap stability depending on what else you put on your ship. A mining fit only needs mining tools, everything else is purely optional.

Mining needs a complete overhaul, it needs to be more intuitive and not mindless.