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Atropos Kahn
Caldari Solarflare Heavy Industries Kahora Catori
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Posted - 2009.10.23 13:35:00 -
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Doing a solo roam through 0.0 can be a great experience... usualy on a weekday... during late night ... when fewer people are on...
It is like hiking... you get away from it all and just enjoy the EVE verse for what it is...
I took a Blaster Harpy out not too long ago on a nice solo roam through 0.0... just a lazy slow roam, with no destination in mind... came across a juicy Raven... I engaged him in a belt and his Drake friend came and disposed of me. Still fun though...
I suggest taking out a Sabre though... moar better... (or a Curse/Pilgrim from what I understand)
My 2 isk..
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NyteTyger
Gallente NiteSun Enterprises
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Posted - 2009.10.23 13:36:00 -
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I run solo mainly because of erratic play times, which seems to be a running theme. My corp is just me and my sons (hence the name), and a couple of their real life friends. Being in the same corp makes it easier to insure we all have access to the ships and money. Plus, I pay for our accounts with isk, so to support that I need to be able to devote time to our needs exclusively, without any skim.
Also, the freedom thing. I can do what I want when I want to do it. I've always got a small gang online at the same time as I am, and, as luck would have it, they all always want to do exactly what I want them to, when I want them to do it.
I do miss the interaction and fleet battles, so I've been thinking of joining a corp with my main. But that comes with so many 'conditions', it's probably not even worth the effort. Alliance would need to set my corp blue so I could still have access to my boys and my supply chain, without opening them up to corp/alliance politics.
Oh, and let's not forget the voice comms requirement most alliances have. I've got a house with two teenagers, a one year old, a dog, and a cat. The LAST thing you want is me on your voice comms. Sure, they always say 'You can listen, you don't have to talk', but that always turns into 'I can't take the time to read fleet chat in a battle, you need to be on comms!'
Dunno, just too much hassle, not enough return.
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LaVista Vista
Conservative Shenanigans Party
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Posted - 2009.10.23 13:37:00 -
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It's curious to see so many lone wolfs so quickly turning up in this thread.
Maybe we should have our own ingame chat channel like all other minorities!
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Dharh
Gallente Ace Adventure Corp
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Posted - 2009.10.23 13:39:00 -
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Maybe ya'll should form an alliance of one man corps?
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BurnHard
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Posted - 2009.10.23 13:45:00 -
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Edited by: BurnHard on 23/10/2009 13:45:55
Originally by: LaVista Vista It's curious to see so many lone wolfs so quickly turning up in this thread.
Maybe we should have our own ingame chat channel like all other minorities!
Yes, we could even start our own corp .
Wasn't there an alliance called "Freelancers" a while back?
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Suas
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.10.23 13:45:00 -
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Originally by: LaVista Vista
Originally by: BurnHard
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People can be ****s, especially random people. Better to avoid them in the first place (but in that case, why play an MMO?)
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Love to do my own thing: personality like a cat, mostly a loner, but occassionally come around for some affection
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Unreliable to corps in terms of log-in times. Don't play 23/7, cannot commit to fleet operations, although enjoy them occassionally when time permits.
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Not making progress with corp, because time taken on corp jobs takes away from time needed to earn shiny bling, more efficient to rat/mine/mission alone.
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More challenging to live out there (WH, 0.0) on your own efforts.
Damn spot on!
I feel the exact same way, which is why my PVP character's employment history takes a few years to load. There's only 1 corp which I truly love, however they are low-sec pirates, which I find limiting after a small while.
You...have a PvP character? What's the name?
Also, use the above trick - the faster CCP fix things the faster Armoured C is posting less again. _________________________
HELLO! My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. PREPARE TO DIE! |
LaVista Vista
Conservative Shenanigans Party
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Posted - 2009.10.23 13:48:00 -
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Originally by: Suas
You...have a PvP character? What's the name?
I do, yes.
The name isn't that much of a secret. But if you do the research, you will find out.
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Suas
Perkone
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Posted - 2009.10.23 13:57:00 -
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Originally by: LaVista Vista
Originally by: Suas
You...have a PvP character? What's the name?
I do, yes.
The name isn't that much of a secret. But if you do the research, you will find out.
You're the EVEConomics guy, you're supposed to do the research for me! _________________________
HELLO! My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. PREPARE TO DIE! |
Khemul Zula
Amarr Keisen Trade League
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Posted - 2009.10.23 14:01:00 -
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*looks at 100% tax rate*
Erm...think I'm doing it wrong.
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Michwich
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Posted - 2009.10.23 14:18:00 -
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Edited by: Michwich on 23/10/2009 14:17:54 The lonewolf is a complete individual in both mind and body. He does not need the company and collection of dysfunctional personalities to form one cohesive unit, he is one cohesive unit. An army of one. Having the strength and skill of 10 men allows him to play games solo and profit more than most would in groups. Others are viewed as either burdens or competition and are either ignored or destroyed. Simply profit.
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Gsptlsnz
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Posted - 2009.10.23 14:23:00 -
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Edited by: Gsptlsnz on 23/10/2009 14:23:44
Originally by: Dharh Maybe ya'll should form an alliance of one man corps?
IMO this is a really excellent idea!
I play solo for a mixture of the reasons already explained,so I won't repeat.
I think the thread proves conclusively there are quite a lot of us, and moderately social as a group. Some form of informal cooperation like an Alliance and/or a channel would be great.
Proposed name for the Alliance: Aimless.
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FlyinS
Caldari Planetary Industry and Trade Organization
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Posted - 2009.10.23 14:25:00 -
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Originally by: Conrad Davanev (anyone remember planetarion ?)
LOL I remember my ex-fiancee telling me I was nuts for getting up in the middle of the night to type in some text. Planetarion was fun though.
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BurnHard
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Posted - 2009.10.23 14:34:00 -
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Originally by: Gsptlsnz
Proposed name for the Alliance: Aimless.
I actually started a corp called, "Pointless Corp" after a bad experience with an idiot CEO of a previous corp. imho "Pointless" or "Aimless" alliance would be an excellent choice.
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Vyktor Abyss
Gallente The Abyss Corporation
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Posted - 2009.10.23 14:49:00 -
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I've actually got an alliance called "Abyss Alliance" and would happily put it forward for any 1 man corps to use for social reasons etc, EXCEPT that once a couple of corps are in I can lose my 1 billion ISK alliance and shiney logo at the whim of a couple of votes.
If it were possible with current mechanics I'd have done this a while ago.
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Captain Tardbar
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:00:00 -
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I play solo because:
1. CEO's are ISK farming their members. 2. If they aren't someone is going to steal the corp wallet anyways. 3. Other corp members are going to shoot you eventually if they don't get the ability to steal from the corp wallet. 4. And if the corp members aren't going to stab you in the back, they are generally making an arse of themselves to other people who in turn shoot you because of something the other corp member did. 5. And when you do get shot by other people outside the corporation... Your corp mates are no where to be found.
Anyways... I think in order for people to work together there either has to be artificial restricts with the corp so that corp members can't shoot and kill other members without concord actions and the corps all might as well be 0% taxes.
Until then... I think sticking with the militia least puts a lot of people at arms length.
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Aarin Wrath
Caldari Dominion Strategic
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:04:00 -
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1. I don't play regularly, and I sometime take week or more long breaks. 2. Corp taking 10% of bounties and you get absolutely nothing in return. 3. Crappy corp members. (99% of the guys I have flown with were cool, only had to deal with one idiot, but man he was an idiot) 4. No alarm clock operations. 5. Do whatever I want. 6. No drama, no politics.
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Haraldhardrade
Amarr Pax Amarr
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:17:00 -
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My reasons :
1. Sometimes I play ten hours a day, sometimes I dont play for 3 months. 2. Its not fun to be on TS all the god damn time. Sometimes I like to play some chill music while playing EVE. (hate the 'please get on tS requests) 3. Sitting in a safespot waiting for enemy to log back on etc is a mind killer. Especially when people you dont like rubbish TS with all sorts of uninteresting drivel. (such as talking about their ship setups baaaaah!!!) 4. I have plans, and until I find someone with the same mindset and humor I shall roam alone. (its hard to find a twin lol) 5. Some people have authority because they are charismatic etc, and people like that are fun to play with, and fun to work for. Just like in RL. But, I have issues taking orders from people who thinks they are all that and play EVE because of killboards. People who try to deny you doing your thing because they are afraid a ship loss will **** up their e-cool. "omg dont fly around solo!!!"
(etc)
Caveo of Minmatar , torva vacuus regimen of deus es plurrimi periculosus of bestia
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Dharh
Gallente Ace Adventure Corp
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:29:00 -
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Although, thinking about it. 1m ISK per month per corp upkeep cost is still a tax.
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Cthulhu F'tagn
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:32:00 -
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My logon time is very random. May not play for a month or more then be on 20hrs a day for a few weeks. Or not. Not what you would call a people person. Most people annoy me, some after a long period, others within 3 attoseconds of meeting them. other reasons as well.
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Callduron
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:34:00 -
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Edited by: Callduron on 23/10/2009 15:35:00 As a mission runner I find I like being on my own schedule and doing my own thing.
Generally I've found if you try to run missions coop with random people they either don't pull their weight and want half or they rock the mission and want 90%+ of the loot for doing so.
I sometimes mission with friends and that's pretty fun.
I may drift into a corps at some stage, probably because either a RL friend or a friend from another game asks me in.
I don't want to join a corps of strangers.
Have to say though that back when I started I went the mining route and joined Lone Star. They were really nice but mining is dreadfully dull. Even worse wardecs were a lockdown and we got wardecced a couple of times, meaning that I couldn't do anything at all. Mining is dull, but not mining is even duller. Paying RL money to hide in a station for a week - no thanks!
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faxtarious
Minmatar Kai-Zen inc.
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:41:00 -
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Taedrin
Gallente White Haven Corp
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:44:00 -
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1) Incompetence - industrialists can't PvP 2) Leadership who believe that members exist to make the corp stronger, instead of the corp existing to make the members stronger - not necessarily 3) AFK people, nobody around to do stuff together - why be in a corp if you aren't doing stuff together? ---------- There is always a choice. The choice might not be easy, nor simple, nor the options be what you desire - but, nevertheless, the choice is there to be made. |
Krikx
Gallente Dark Syde Exploration
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:47:00 -
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Edited by: Krikx on 23/10/2009 15:46:58 I like to be solo because it's easier to stop to jerk it if I don't have other people counting on me.
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SomebodyKickedMyDog
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:47:00 -
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my main is in a corp but i solo a lot. the reason, like others, is that i like to do my own thing. i like to fight who i want to fight, the way i want to fight, roam where i want, and so on. another factor is that in a fleet things can take a lot longer to get done. fleets often spend a lot of time getting organized, waiting for people, making decisions, and so on. i just want to undock and go. another reason is that there aren't always other corp mates online to pvp with or they're doing something different (or not close).
i'm not bashing gang pvp, though. small fleet pvp can be a lot of fun. large fleet/blob pvp, not so much (for me).
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Barakkus
Caelestis Iudicium
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:52:00 -
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Edited by: Barakkus on 23/10/2009 15:53:29 These are the reasons I finally just went off on my own. I had one other character prior to this one couple years ago... 1. Lack of activity. 2. Playtimes, 30 minutes to an hour 2 or 3 times on weekdays, couple hours on weekends. 3. Getting dec'd and everyone docking up or paying a ransom instead of fighting it out . 4. Lack of fleet ops when I am on. 5. Failure of corpmates to come bail you out of a blob, or at least join in the fun. 6. Access to PoS research slots. I'd like to get my research done outside of NPC stations, waiting 50 days+ for a slot sux.
If I ever found a corp that didn't have these problems and could deal with my playtimes then I'd probably join, but so far, I've only run into fail corps or requirements on my time I can't live up to.
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Neo Omni
Gallente
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:54:00 -
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I play solo. Mainly for the challenge of trying to survive on my own.
But I also avoid the petty squabbles in corp/alliances.
Some believe that because EVE is MMOG, you MUST interact with others. Well, not really...
It's nice to interact with real people vs NPC players. But it doesn't mean you HAVE to. What I mean is, it's nice to visit but not have to live there and some corps/alliances are like bad marriages. You stick it out for the kids, but you are not really happy.
Some more tools/features for the lone wolf in the game would be nice.
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Mutnin
Mutineers
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Posted - 2009.10.23 15:59:00 -
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I have a few members in my corp but I might as well be solo, because their accounts expired. Corp wise I could care less about recruiting and don't want to baby sit people that don't have a clue.
As for solo playing, I prefer to PVP and I don't like to be the 20th guy to get a warp scram activated on some defenseless target. That and having to scroll down a list of targets trying to find the primary in large fleet fights over and over is just boring.
I want to make the difference in my fights and win or lose because either I was better or the target was, not because I had a bigger blob. Winning a fight and getting a KM, because I out blobbed the other side just doesn't do anything for me and I'd just assume not undock if that's the only way I could fight.
I'm in it for the challenge so I tend to do a lot of solo roaming because that's where the challenge is to me. That's why I'm in FW, because it gives you the luxury of being able to stay in a small corp but also get back up if you need it or join large gangs if there is a fight or I'm really, really bored.
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Jint Hikaru
OffWorld Exploration Inc
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Posted - 2009.10.23 16:18:00 -
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I was in a great corp for over a year, and really enjoyed it. However the CEO decided he was going to take a break from Eve and didnt want anyone else taking over the corp so everyone was asked to leave and he closed the doors.
Now I have eratic play times and I just like doing my own thing. Sometimes miss having corpmates around to chat and do things with but the lone wolf thing suits me at the moment.
------------------------ Jint Hikaru - Miner / Salvager / Explorer "I've got a couple of Strippers on my ship... and they just love to dance!" ------------------------ |
Zartanic
Red Federation
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Posted - 2009.10.23 16:46:00 -
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Edited by: Zartanic on 23/10/2009 16:51:00
I'm mainly solo for similar reasons to others:
1. My time is highly variable and I sometimes need to log at short notice or not play much for a week or two.
2. I've done the corps bit (in another game admittedly) and got tired of the emo's and politics. I find EVE a lot more mature though.
3. I love the challenge of doing something solo that's normally considered a group activity. In all online game's I've played I've always tried to do 'impossible and silly things' solo just to prove to myself I can.
4. Despite what many seem to think there is a lot of solo content outside missions.
5. I'm quite sociable but EVE is a good way to get away from it all and take a break from mayhem. I think some need that mayhem and a social purpose in a game, others can take it or leave it.
6. I have no need for peer pressure to motivate me and I do not need anyone to pat me on the back If I do well, or shout at me when I do badly. I think many do crave this acceptance with others though to enjoy the game to the full.
7. Many elements of the game that require a corp (pos warfare, gate camping, ganking, blobs, mining) would bore me to tears.
I'm now in RvB which suits me perfectly. I just wish I could do more with them but due to 1. I can't.
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none4u
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Posted - 2009.10.23 17:07:00 -
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Personally I deal with the demands of life all day long, so to play EVE is just something to blow off steam and relax. Do not/want not have to put up with more demands trying to play a game where others insist it should be a second life.
And "OH" I do not trust you people.
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