The storyline lost its relevance when players for the first time logged onto EVE back in 2003; players are the ones that has been writing the story for the game since.

The old introduction video hinted at it whereas the new introduction flat out tells you to shape your own path: dare to be bold, pilot.

This is the saddest thing in this thread.

The stories may be played out by the players, but who's telling them? Poorly written After Action Reports and techno-jargon drivel on EVE News 24 is hardly the pinnacle of good narration. I don't disagree that the players should be central to the story, but that doesn't mean it should be left in the hands of the sort of people who can only communicate in language that is only understood by a niche group.

Furthermore, you may have no interest in the lore, but it is a lure for many others. If EVE is only marketed at one demographic, it isn't much of a sandbox, is it?

After a little while we get infamous CCP Wall of Silence.

I am fine with having EN24, and I'd even settle with Massively or Mintchip, covering than have some british self-absorbed, self-entitled roleplayer(s) deliver us the battle report of the engagement in the system FUK-YU in the year blablabla. No offense.

I prefer to understand what the **** is going on than being put to sleep.

Oh, I do have a interest in the lore but I just don't care about it because storyline in a game like EVE is more about setting the stage than go on a merry adventure and that should be obvious to anyone.

Offence taken, please explain what you mean by "british self-absorbed, self-entitled roleplayer(s)".

Offence taken, please explain what you mean by "british self-absorbed, self-entitled roleplayer(s)".

Perhaps I should speak in old shakespearian for effect?

So with the rollout of factional warfare upgrades, player influence on NPC space has reached an all-time high, and this is only going to increase with the rollout of Dust 514, where (as I best understand it) "instant action" quick matches will take place between NPC corporations, with Dusties fighting for them.

For the better part of two years now, there hasn't been a single factional news update in the News Channels. Apart from the three that we received with the release of Crucible, Chronicles haven't been updated since Christmas 2010. Live events have stopped, and as I understand it, the one major NPC-PC collaborative roleplay organisation, Arek'Jalaan, is dead in the water, with its main representative, Hilen Tukoss, not answering his phone. Apart from a few new articles on the EVE wiki, content regarding the EVE universe has ground to a halt. We roleplayers have absolutely no idea what's going on in the universe we're a part of. We don't know what's happened to the storyline.

During the 2009 Caldari occupation of Gallente space, there were almost weekly news updates about the state of the occupation, which, given that at the time there were no mechanical rewards for system capture whatsoever, were at least somewhat of a reward for roleplayers on both sides, who could argue about the state of the contested zone and engage in various shennanigans. A lot of the most memorable EVE experiences for me have been when I was in space with other roleplayers - the last-ditch suicide defence of a gate against Amarrian slavers with Ushra'Khan, mercenaries who we'd become friends with coming to our aid in our corp's hour of greatest need, old enemies becoming new friends in a fight against the Sansha - these are the moments I remember most fondly.

What we, as roleplayers, want from CCP is simply an answer to two questions - do you plan to resume work on EVE Online's storyline, and if so, when and how? If CCP has no plans to orfurther storyline content, we'd much rather know the truth than wait in uncertainty.

...and why if hulkageddon becomes the year round norm would lore mandated concord not find new and more aggressive ways to combat the problem?

You are entitled to enjoy your content however you wish. If EN24 or Mintchip is how you prefer to get your coverage, that's fine - they do a perfectly good job of catering to their audiences. But there are other audiences who also deserve to be catered for.

Offence taken, please explain what you mean by "british self-absorbed, self-entitled roleplayer(s)".

And who are they? Irrelevant players that pace back in forth in their rooms whose impact on EVE is insignificant because they *never* undock? When they are not whining about WiS or lack of clothes.

Like above but british, I guess.

Excellent, thanks for establishing yourself as a bigoted troll (further evidenced by all your recent posts). Now you've got the sweeping generalisations and casual racism out of your system, perhaps the people with informed opinions can get on with having a proper discussion. Nice of you to drop by though.

Irrelevant players that pace back in forth in their rooms whose impact on EVE is insignificant because they *never* undock?

Says the forum troll alt.

I undock. :(

Not to shoot at things, but to probe things down to shoot at which reminds me.

I'd just like to clarify something that has been bothering me for YEARS. Role-playing is not a very complicated idea, and it can in fact be separated into two very easy to understand concepts. There are roles, and to participate, you choose a role to play and play to that role. Very simple. EVE is a sandbox, and in that sandbox we are encouraged to seek out our own careers; be it mining, industry, pvp, or pve (and that is just some of the overarching, basic roles we play when we are flying around in internet spaceships). Thus, anyone playing EVE seriously MUST adopt SOME role to play, so all of you 1337 PVPer's flying around null and every single pirate ganking any ship anywhere ARE ROLEPLAYERS. You may not consider yourself an RPer, but you cannot play EVE without playing into the role you have chosen for yourself. Period. You may disagree, but just like ganking miners is still PVP (even if they aren't fighting back) playing EVE in any sense other than as a screensaver REQUIRES Roleplaying.

Oh, and all you supposedly "relevant" players "who matter" crying about how you dont care about the story, I should also assume you would like your ships to be grey boxes spitting smaller grey projectile boxes? I mean, all those sexy ships...that comes from the story, from the background, from the CULTURE that was created by CCP. You kill the story, and nothing in the game really matters, aside from spreadsheet ****.

Come on really? You're in way over your head and have no idea what you're talking about. But of course, you're such a shining beacon of eloquence so you cant be wrong

(Hint: your wrong)

Intergalactic summit that way ---->

I'm talking to you though. What led you to believe "RPers" dont undock? And that we're all British. And where did you get the idea that only we are the ones who are self-righteous assholes in EVE? Last I looked it was pretty much everyone.

What can I say? I like to fish and you took the bait.

So in fact you didnt have anything at all important to say. Or you're backing out. Either way, good show old chap. Moving on!

They're all dead.