Crusa Alearf
Avon Cosmetics
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Posted - 2011.09.26 14:26:00 -
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Before EVE's release I read all the backstories of the races and chose Minmatar because of their nomadic ties, values and best looking ships. I planned to roam the space searching for stuff that no-one else had seen, returning to my tribe (corporation) to bring valuable rare items and intelligence on enemy movements and galactic happenings.
In beta and after release I realized it was not possible yet, that the space really was just a big nothing with only goals being acquiring wealth and expanding your corporations power.
A few years passed, I'll say here I've never played EVE in hardcore mode, by this I mean that I never played many hours every day. I've been a casual EVE-player, by strokes of luck I've been able acquire some wealth to my name but I pretty much suck in every aspect of the game even though I have great skills.
Anyhow, I always rooted for CCP and the backstory, and let's be honest there just ain't any other game that would offer such a way to immerse yourself. Not even today, where gaming has gone mostly to the opposite direction where it's about short thrills and quick kills. EVE is different.
So many years passed, I played EVE from time to time. Always staying true to my backstory, I've spent most of my EVE years in Masuat'aa Matari and the Ushra'khan until 2011. Because I liked EVE for its story but FW was impossible for alliances and after its release it did not shape the EVE story in any way. After this I came to realize the alliance life isn't for me as I haven't had time to acquire enough wealth and PvP skills so I departed, now I'm trying all the other aspects of EVE. I decided to try exploration. I could not see it worthwhile as in the end you always need to fight some NPCs, which is impossible (at least it seems so) when you're flying a exploration / cloaking ship.
So all I ever wanted to do was explore the world, make a silent impact, be mysterious. It has never been possible.
BUT I still play because I believe that if given the right care EVE can be THE GAME, where everything is possible from living in a station most of the time, to being the silent traveler to the end-all-be-all Alpha/Omega Alliance leader.
In the end what I want to do is irrelevant, what I want is a real working universe where the choices are almost endless! EVE is almost there it just needs to get back on the right track.
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