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Uhuburu
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Posted - 2010.11.14 10:48:00 -
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Personally, I haven't played since over a year now. Came back 3 times since I started in 2004. Only, now I'm sure I won't return to EVE anymore. For me it's such a major time consumer, it really wrecks your RL. Also, its getting boring with more and more of the same. So why did you quit?
Oh and btw since I do believe EVE has the best playerbase: You could have my stuff, but you are way too late.
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Shiro Kotaki
Caldari State War Academy
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Posted - 2010.11.14 12:10:00 -
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It's never too late! Can I have your stuff?
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Akita T
Caldari Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2010.11.14 12:34:00 -
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Originally by: Uhuburu So why did you quit?
I never did quit. I just heavily dialed back whenever I felt I had too much. And put on skills weeks or months long. I wasn't all THAT hyperactive to begin with, not in-game anyway... so no risk of burnout, like it happened to you.
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Mara Rinn
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Posted - 2010.11.14 13:04:00 -
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I quit because it was bed time and the other half told me to turn the computers off.
As for MMOs being time consumers? They only consume as much time as you give them. Rather than logging on and just doing whatever, set yourself a goal before you log on. Something like this:
Originally by: Nanve Self
Tonight I will log on after dinner, scan the market for PI goods and determine what I can set my factory planet manufacturing to make the most possible ISK by breakfast tomorrow morning. I will buy the raw materials, set up the factory planet to start producing goods, then log off. I will accomplish this within one hour of logging in.
The goal is realistic, measurable, and consists of a series of concrete actions, each leading into the other. The outcome of the activity has been determined before starting.
Alternately, you can treat EVE Online as a variation on the theme of IMVU :)
Just remember to set yourself hard limits and log out by bed time.
Like I'm about to do right now...
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Mashie Saldana
Minmatar Veto Corp
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Posted - 2010.11.14 14:44:00 -
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I did have a 3 month inactivity break in 2006/2007 due to lack of a proper internet connection. I never stopped skilling though.
It was driving me nuts to not be able to get my daily pew fix.
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Tranka Verrane
Mentors Administration
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Posted - 2010.11.14 16:16:00 -
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You do realize that you can't post here without an active account? This, therefore, isn't the best place to ask the question.
Also all forms of entertainment, and in fact all of life, is a time sink. Criticizing games for that is ridiculous. Life is rated on enjoyment. If you don't have to do something to survive or pass on your genes, and you don't enjoy it more than something else you could be doing, then don't do it. It's a fairly simple equation.
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Ndugu
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Posted - 2010.11.14 20:07:00 -
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Originally by: Tranka Verrane You do realize that you can't post here without an active account? This, therefore, isn't the best place to ask the question.
This is not my account obviously, its inactive. I don't blame EVE for being to time consuming either. Maybe I should change the question in: Why do you think you might quit EVE?
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Papa RainDance
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Posted - 2010.11.14 21:53:00 -
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That's one thing that's great about EVE is you don't have to quit! Me, I'm a very casual player, I get, if I'm lucky, 10 hours of play time per week. That's what great about EVE; no need to time sink to advance!
If you play to much and feel like you're timesinking, dial back and you will still advance at the same rate. If you're like me and use EVE for recreation and have a good life outside EVE, drop an extra 15 bucks on a PLEX and sell if for ISK. I don't have time to grind missions and whatnot, and having a few extra hundred million ISK makes the game ALOT more enjoyable!
That's just me though, and I am a new player so maybe I'll get disenchanted like you. But I think I have no problem walking away for a month or two, only logging in to change skills =P
Cheers mate!
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Kilrayn
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Posted - 2010.11.14 22:00:00 -
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Originally by: Uhuburu For me it's such a major time consumer, it really wrecks your RL.
Hmm, seems you've never played a game where attendance is both set to about 4 hours 4 days a week, and recorded. Those with unaccaptable numbers/performance were not taken or kicked.
Originally by: Uhuburu Oh and btw since I do believe EVE has the best playerbase:
While best is always relative, the player community here is outstanding, another good reason for leaving a game similar to the one mentioned above...
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Fenrose Armstrong
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Posted - 2010.11.14 23:26:00 -
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I leave and come back every once in a while (but that is probably true of every MMO I play and like). I get involved in a game for a while and, when I find it is more work than fun, I move on to another game. That said, EvE is one of those games I keep going back to.
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Baneken
Gallente School of the Unseen
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Posted - 2010.11.15 05:55:00 -
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Edited by: Baneken on 15/11/2010 05:57:45 for me the reason to take a 6 month break was when my Hyperion got lofty scammed (I had about +8mil sp under my belt) and I knew lotro, Warhammer and AoC were going to be released soon (I had already ordered collectors edition box for all 3). As it turned out all of those games were disappointing in the end so I returned back to EVE.
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Toshiro GreyHawk
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Posted - 2010.11.15 07:26:00 -
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I quit playing every update for about 5 days. I set my PI Extractors to 96 hours, set all my accounts to at least a 5 day skill - and go play Planetside (yes it's still there).
In a way ... I feel bad that I don't make a greater contribution to the game ... as I was a professional in software development for 20 years. But ... the thing is ... debugging stuff - is what I did for work. I don't come here to work. *shrug* I did that for 20 years ... and now I'm tired.
I play MMO's because they are a time sink. I'm retired now and need something to do. Unfortunately for my gaming ... I've got a number of other things IRL that impinge on it but - whatever - it doesn't really matter - it's just a game. Whenever I'm done with RL for the moment EVE gives me something better to do than watch TV ... which ... other than another game ... would be what I'd be doing without it.
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Pookie McPook
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Posted - 2010.11.16 12:36:00 -
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I've stopped playing a few times since 2006 but I never "quit".
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Lost Greybeard
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Posted - 2010.11.16 13:36:00 -
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I haven't actually let my subscription lapse, but it might between now and January from lack of playing.
Reasons?
-- Odd hours and corp makeup render it difficult to fly with them, and some of my friends have departed the corp, making chat boring once more.
-- I've simply exhausted what I can really do at this skill tier, and without a reliable source for joint pve or pvp I don't have much that doesn't get repetitive (even solo pvp gets monotonous since the terrain never changes, so tactics are near-identical every fight).
-- I wouldn't say I have a 'life', but I have a job. One that doesn't involve "yarr" or Veldspar. And I do, in fact, enjoy the job more than any game other than real RPGs (pen and paper) or actual roleplay (theater), so even if I didn't have the profit motive it would take severe priority.
-- Fallout: New Vegas. Yes, that's right, I admit it: NPCs in a bethseda game are literally more interesting to talk to than 99.999% of the EVE player-base. Plus, if you set it on hardcore mode and take the perks that make it easy to cripple you and such, it can actually be kind of a challenge. Eve is a good 'sometimes game', but it's way too deterministic to be a challenge. No offense, but Eve combat is standard MMO combat with everything but white damage removed... not really much in the way of combat decision trees to make it appreciably different from a spreadsheet. I mean, that's one way to ensure that balance is easy, but as a design decision it's a bit... lame. ---
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2010.11.16 15:26:00 -
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I quit cuz I was forum banned, then like a week or two later I said I'm not getting sp need to resub!
I've let accounts lapse for a bit due to being a bit short on cash a while ago.
so yea that's about the best I've done at quitting.... dammit I suck at quitting
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