I can only solo, play times and other factors have made that clear to me over my 5 years of time with EVE.

High sec missions are boring, i've done them all many times.

The difference between 0.5 and 0.4 means you might as well build a brick wall.

As a solo'er I have no choice but to come to the conclusion CCP is not interested in supporting solo game play, progress or development, as shown by the amount of effort put into it since EVE came out.

one or two new missions, just the same old with different text, hardly makes progress.

Seriously, short of joining a corp, which I can't do, I have done all that I can do and guess i'm done?

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Do you need further explanation?

Incursions


But what is this brick wall between hi & low sec? I have not seen such, there are stargates that let you pass thru to the other side, like voodoo magic it works for every one AFAIK.

Yes, there are MULTIPLE people playing all on the same servers

I didn't mean to sound like i was complaining.

All I am saying, Is once you have worked up to level 4 missions, as a solo'er there is no where else to go if you can't / don't join corps.

Well then, seeing as there is no solution for fixing stupidity, you should probably just biomass your character and be done with it.

How long did it take you to Max out your ******* skill? Its obviously very high.

Drink Bleach, *****

Reported for hostility and inappropriate language.

But really, u mad bro?

You reported him while you are the asshat hehe

the kids these days so cute bashing around with big language unti a big meanie tells them something back.

Also, with regards to corps, very few of them other than giant nullsec alliances are going to be demanding of you. There are plenty of highsec corps that won't require anything at all from you and will provide some friends and people to talk to and maybe the occasional helping hand when you need it (I can think of a couple times where someone would be running a mission that was just a bit too much for them and I'd bring over a ship and help them finish it). Don't let your playtime convince you that there's no corp out there that you can join, because there are corps out there that understand that RL>Eve (most do from what I've seen).

Get over yourself and join a corp.

Also see some ppl suggesting that "MMORPG" does not, somehow, mean (or encourage) solo play. Strikes me that that is a complete load of twaddle.

I can only solo, play times and other factors have made that clear to me over my 5 years of time with EVE.

Here's something else I always enjoyed. Get yourself a rifter, 3 stabs MWD, guns are optional and see how many jumps into null you can go.
or,
Try a round trip to serpentis prime for starters. Pack some guns and a do a lvl 1 serpentis mission just for lulz. (or wherever the lvl 1 agents are)

I will vouch for what one of the earlier posters have said. If you want EVE and you want a solo experience id look into X3: Terran Conflict.. But put 5 years into that and you're also bound to be repeating missions. You've been around too long and you've stuck to the same gameplay element throughout (judging from what you said not from personal experience). Your brick wall and boredom was bound to happen; I don't think any developer designing and supporting an MMO expects you to stick to a solo play style for long as you have.

Hitting the brick wall in 5 years as opposed to 6 month means 5 and 1/2 years of extra subscription. Mission runners make up overwhelming majority of people who leave, yet there's still no new regular mission content for going on 5 years. CCP has got to be the only company out there so unconcerned about its bottom line.

I didn't mean to sound like i was complaining.

All I am saying, Is once you have worked up to level 4 missions, as a solo'er there is no where else to go if you can't / don't join corps.

In all the years since the game came out, that one fact has not changed. I guess the general feeling is there are so few solo-only players, who enjoy combat, that there is not a need to expand that part of the game.

Yes, I have a narrow focus in EVE and I have finished all I can do, so I'm done i guess.

no need to be defensive of the game people, I enjoyed it.

I think the point is that CCP doesn't want its bottom line to be mission runners. They still make a profit. Could they make more if they just rolled out mission content? Probably. But they don't want that. They want the game they have dreamed of, not a game dedicated to mission grinding.

As much crap as people give CCP (myself included) I like that they stick to their guns, what they want for the game without selling out to the "majority."

That's the problem. A business don't get to pick and choose paying customers. Even now, CCP's bottom line is still mission runners, despite having low retention rate and high turnover. All they did by ignoring the biggest part of their customer base is decrease its overall size and tanking revenue.

"The dream they dreamed of?" It's long gone. Now they dream of Dust, Incarna and god know whatever else. Eve is the neglected first born whored out to pay bills. It should have been about what customers want, not what CCP wants. The "majority" is you and Eve player base in general, and CCP is sticking to themselves.

Spoken like a true cynic.

CCP wants Eve to be a space simulator. Incarna has been in their thoughts for years. Yes they're using it to demo crap for another game. However, I think its a great addition to expand eve. Hell, I can't wait to have "establishments" like bars and such. It'll be great to get away from just "internet spaceships."

CCP has always been a company that does their own damn thing. Mission runners may be a large source of CCP's revenue, but that's to be expected. No reason to cater to it. Give them the bare minimum and continue as planned. They should continue to create the game they want. If you don't like Eve, don't play it. They're still making a ton of money and having a great time, I'm sure.

Looking at the numbers, they sure aren't making alot of money. Their dream could very well end up with 64 players still in 0.0 and one guy mining in empire if they alienate the players that are paying their bills :)

Yes, there are MULTIPLE people playing all on the same servers

Mild hyperbole I think...

Looking at the numbers, they sure aren't making alot of money. Their dream could very well end up with 64 players still in 0.0 and one guy mining in empire if they alienate the players that are paying their bills :)

PvP comprises of who has the biggets blob.

Mission runners aren't a problem, nor should they be catered for.

They come. They grind. They fail to grasp any initiative. They leave. The next batch come.

Eve has always been intended to be a sandbox game, and to that end, the "goal" is for the majority to live in nullsec. Ergo, why all the development ideas are centering around 0.0 development and fixes.

CCP set out to destroy the solo possibility for what ever reason.


I personally wish they hadn't, as now you have to choose which Blob to join or die.

And OP you are completey right about the missions being tedious and essentially boring, the only other thing you can successfully solo these days is mining, and i would simply not advise you to venture into PvP if you prefer the solo style, because as it stands at the moment......

PvP comprises of who has the biggets blob.

And anyone can do solo PvP if you are smart and choose your targets well. No, you might not always win like you will against rats, but where's the fun in that anyways? There are plenty of solo PvPers out there, it's not just blobs galaxy-wide 23/7, you just have to be willing to go look for targets and fly smart.

The problem is what you consider to be "pvp" and the traditional definition of pvp. Cloaky Proteus ganking a unsuspecting transport does not fit the traditional definition, where both sides have the capability to fight. It's just gank. And no, not all of us get off on wandering for hours and then get a free and challenge-less kill.

pvp means player v. player

gank is just a form of pvp

if you want old-west style duels, Eve is probably not for you

As can be expected from TEST. There was a time when blobbing and kb humping wasn't all there is in Eve. Back then, there were many more pvpers in proportion to carebears as well. Then the pvpers left, carebears continue to join then leave after average of 6 month due to lack of mission content, and we're left with... people like you.

Awww thats adorable. You connect my personal opinions to an alliance I've been in for <30 days. Aren't you just to die for.

But really, its been like this for years. Are there blobs? Yes. They're called fleets. There are also small roaming gangs. There are also solo roamers. There are also black ops gank squads.

The whole "back in my day" thing is cute though. You should definitely keep going with that argument.

I'm sorry, but are you living in a hole or are you just delusional?

PS: I'm as much of a carebear as I am a pvper, if not more so. But you keep on making assumptions, it seems to be working really well for you.

So many words just to say nothing.

Yeah, Eve changed because worthwhile people left - the trend to mmo's lifespan...

Posting just to post at this point eh?

The problem is what you consider to be "pvp" and the traditional definition of pvp. Cloaky Proteus ganking a unsuspecting transport does not fit the traditional definition, where both sides have the capability to fight. It's just gank. And no, not all of us get off on wandering for hours and then get a free and challenge-less kill.

To get back to the OP. If all you want to do is run missions, there are other games more suited to that. Please go play them

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Do you need further explanation?

Yes, I have a narrow focus in EVE and I have finished all I can do, so I'm done i guess.

Have you considered soloing vanguard sites? It's quite a bit more challenging than running level 4s :D

This ^^

It requires about a 5 bil setup, but totally do-able if you know what you're doing.

Mission runners aren't a problem, nor should they be catered for.

They come. They grind. They fail to grasp any initiative. They leave. The next batch come.

Eve has always been intended to be a sandbox game, and to that end, the "goal" is for the majority to live in nullsec. Ergo, why all the development ideas are centering around 0.0 development and fixes.