OMG - null-sec is for a few people that live eat and breath EVE. That is the truth of the matter. There are far more pople that play this game on a more casual basis. They are not interested in holding territories. They just want to play a sci-fi game. EVE is one of the only really decent sci-fi games out right now. If another triple AAA - good sci-fi game - was on the market - that had the same sandbox qualites - EVE would die.

Nullsec is the purest part of the EVE sandbox.

75% of characters if I remember right

There are more people playing than just you - remember that....many, many, many, more.

i dont know why people think that pve automatically means mining.


Why most people play solo or mostly solo;

1. have you ever tried to do something with a lot of people in this game. It takes forever just to form up let alone run a sweep of lowsec or spent hours station camping/gate camping. If its a weekday and you have a job to go to then solo is sometimes the only option.

2. Running missions/nullbearing is always a good way to raise isk

3. If you only have an hour or two to kill then group work is not an option.

4. lots more that i cant remember

You don't.

Unfortunately, there are no hard numbers to that effect.

OMG - null-sec is for a few people that live eat and breath EVE. That is the truth of the matter. There are far more pople that play this game on a more casual basis. They are not interested in holding territories. They just want to play a sci-fi game. EVE is one of the only really decent sci-fi games out right now. If another triple AAA - good sci-fi game - was on the market - that had the same sandbox qualites - EVE would die.

Apparently the survey results indicate that most people do two very naughty things.

1. play solo
2. are pve only.

In fact, only about 1/4 of all players are interested in the pvp aspects of the game.


This is unacceptable.
We obviously aren't trying hard enough to force them into lo sec.

Time to step up the ganking. They resist, but once they lose some hulks and are forced down they'll enjoy the game.

So masternerdguy makes up the majority of all plaeyrs...him...his lone account?

So nullsec is only for hardcore gamers but if there were another game out with a mechanic like nullsec (read: sandbox) it would be wildly popular and kill Eve.

it looks like your pet monkey might be posting again for you.

.... it would require you to form real connections with other people ...

So masternerdguy makes up the majority of all plaeyrs...him...his lone account?

A lot of them just refuse to try other aspects of the game. A girl (omg, a real one too!) in my corp quit EVE last week because all she wants to do is mine solo. She felt she was being forced to play a certain way & wouldn't submit to that. I could not stop laughing.

No...if there were another good sci-fi sandbox game out there. Doesn't even have to have as much PvP as this game has - it would bury EVE.

... like you.

That's what drives me off every time.

You are not, and I repeat not, one of the better features of EVE.

Unlikely, but it's entirely possible that people like him are not a minority or a small percentage of players.

Apparently the survey results indicate that most people do two very naughty things.

1. play solo
2. are pve only.

In fact, only about 1/4 of all players are interested in the pvp aspects of the game.


This is unacceptable.
We obviously aren't trying hard enough to force them into lo sec.

Time to step up the ganking. They resist, but once they lose some hulks and are forced down they'll enjoy the game.

No...if there were another good sci-fi sandbox game out there. Doesn't even have to have as much PvP as this game has - it would bury EVE.

Unlikely, but it's entirely possible that people like him are not a minority or a small percentage of players.

Oh my, another person who thinks a sandbox is some kind of ultraliberal hippie "be anything you want to be whenever you feel like it" dream.

Fun fact: The real world, where you have a job and taxes, is a pure sandbox. You *can* do anything, but you must acquire the prerequisite capital (resources), team (friends), and knowledge (science) to do it.

Nullsec is the closest you can get to the real world in EVE.

unlikely given 75% of ppl are in high sec

Why does someones play style infringe on your play style. I'll never understand this. These open ended games were meant to play as the player wishes to play it. If she was paying for her sub, let her play as she wishes to.

GǪexcept that 75% of people are not in highsec.

We've seen your hi sec community in action with the recent incursion nerf.

"We're a vital and relevant roleplaying community CCP and the bonds we've forged will endure through time"

--1 nerf later--

"ISK/hr for incursion not good enough I'm gonna solo level 4s again"

Yep. You guys totally have the drive, determination, and skill it takes to build a nullsec empire. You only complain about it because nullsec is too hard for you because it would require you to form real connections with other people and actually fight for something.

If I want the real world, I'll turn off the "game" and walk out my front door. This is supposedly a game - remember?

If I want the real world, I'll turn off the "game" and walk out my front door. This is supposedly a game - remember?

Interesting... youre saying the CCP that tweeted they were was.... lying then?

Fine. Then admit you are anti-sandbox.

Fine. Then admit you are anti-sandbox.

I'm all for sandbox. The problem is - you are not. You want thegame to revolve around you and your gaming style and forget that there are tons more people playing this game than just you.