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Calleb
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Posted - 2011.02.09 09:38:00 -
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Originally by: Krxon Blade Edited by: Krxon Blade on 08/02/2011 18:24:57 During last year I've been playing EVE only for hour or two per week, which is next to nothing. During last month even less.
I spend much more time here on forums, mostly reading.
This almost looks like break from game and step before quitting but I simply cannot quit because of huge amounts of time I've spent playing during last five years.
So I wonder if anyone here is in similar position?
lol - I thought for a moment this was a post I had written and forgotten about. currently I am looming towards the end of a 3 month subs period and then unless something happens I will be breaking my skills training for the first time since july 2003.
Recent content updates have done nothing for the solo player, and RL stops me spending long periods of time in game so its difficult to join in group activities.
The only up side is that paying subs is not a chore as RL means real money ;)
I have enjoyed most of my time in game - but I think I might just be growing out of it
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Chai N'Dorr
Selectus Pravus Lupus
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Posted - 2011.02.09 10:03:00 -
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Yup, I go through phases of not-playing but paying. I think that's one of CCP's smart business plans: timed progression. So even when I didn't play but kept the account busy, I had something 'new' to come back to. _ Wherever I park my pod, that's my home. |
Krxon Blade
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Posted - 2011.02.09 10:20:00 -
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After reading all similar answers I came to conclusion that CCP somehow (by using subliminal messages created by EVE adds) brainwashed us and created every online game developer wet dream: Players who pay but doesn't use server resources. -- Eve Online related stuff |
Neamus
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Posted - 2011.02.09 10:45:00 -
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I'm just back from a break of about a year.. I've been playing on and off since 2003 and every time I leave I swear that I'll never come back, but I always end up doing so. And I usually wish that I'd kept my account running for training...
Anyway I'm quite into EvE again right now, not sure how long that will last but I think a break every now and then is good.
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Siigari Kitawa
Gallente Senex Legio Get Off My Lawn
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Posted - 2011.02.09 10:54:00 -
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I'm finishing some high-end level 5 skills right now. Just trying to polish off some stuff that I have wanted for a while but haven't bothered to train. Mostly things like gunnery specs and other miscellaneous ship skills.
I find that a nice long 25+ day skill makes you feel good when you log in and see a huge chunk of time knocked off of it. I'm regularly logging in about once or twice every week to visit with friends and participate with corp activities as real life has really held me back from participating more. :( But I hope that once I get my real life business squared away I'll be able to do a considerable bit more, and with tons of awesome skills to level 5. :D
GG skilltraining online ;D
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Jame Jarl Retief
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Posted - 2011.02.09 13:59:00 -
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Originally by: Chai N'Dorr I think that's one of CCP's smart business plans: timed progression. So even when I didn't play but kept the account busy, I had something 'new' to come back to.
Agreed!
When I was just 5 years younger than I am now, this timed training thing seemed the dumbest idea ever. But then again, I had the time and the energy to spend 3-5 hrs almost every day in-game. Today, when on a good day I have maybe enough time to knock out 1-2 missions before having to log off, I am absolutely loving the feature. This "coming back to have something new" without having to grind for it is a real godsend for someone who isn't as young and free as he used to be.
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Myra2007
Millstone Industries
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Posted - 2011.02.09 14:06:00 -
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Originally by: Valhallas
I would be keeping that stuffs to myself dude
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Originally by: Professor Slocombe
I will only buy tickets if the prize is your stuff and you leave Eve. Forever. You irritating self obsessed cretin.
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Swynet
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Posted - 2011.02.09 14:37:00 -
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Edited by: Swynet on 09/02/2011 14:37:44
Quote: During last year I've been playing EVE only for hour or two per week, which is next to nothing. During last month even less.
I spend much more time here on forums, mostly reading.
This almost looks like break from game and step before quitting but I simply cannot quit because of huge amounts of time I've spent playing during last five years.
So I wonder if anyone here is in similar position?
Well I don't play since that much and I already spend more time in this forum than IG. It's not that I don't have time to play,it's just that I'm quicly bored with IG activities. Infortunatly I've chosed the bad race to train so the borring missions the borring gate camping the borring rating is more painfull and frustrating than tears collected in forum.
Also there are many interesting people around this forum when you put away the dozens of trolls
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XXSketchxx
Gallente Remote Soviet Industries
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Posted - 2011.02.09 14:51:00 -
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Forums are the true end game.
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Antihrist Pripravnik
4S Corporation Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2011.02.09 14:59:00 -
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Originally by: XXSketchxx Forums are the true end game.
Confirmed.
I don't have time to play recently, but I visit forums occasionally during my short work breaks.
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Bjron
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Posted - 2011.02.09 18:13:00 -
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Started in 05, played for 4 months and quit. I wish so very very much I had just kept paying and playing off and on as I would be able to do just about anything I wanted with 6 years of training time under my belt.
Came back some where in 08 with this guy, and played two, almost three months and once again wished I had just kept paying/training.
Back then I could play every day all day in 05, and 4-6 hours a day in 08. I could get things done faster on other games like wow/war/DDO .
Now I am back and have two accounts, $30 a month is a small price to pay seeing as I can play and do something I enjoy (stock piling ore/mins) mining/missions chatting and work on my goal of getting started in P.I and a POS.
I only get mon/wed/fri to play now and ill have Saturdays till the race tracks open back up.
Its nice to set something to train mon night and come back tuesday long enough to check on my queue, or set new skills to train, and when I come back wed after work I have a large part of a skill trained or a few low level skills.
I can play when I have time, and even when I am playing I can chat up corp mates/friends or in the browser on FB talking to my girl.
I figured that playing 3/4 days a week and paying maybe $30 a month is better than buying a game ill beat in a week or two at $20 to $60, even if I only buy two new games a month at $40 (like I was doing) its still cheaper to have two accounts in EVE and I can play when I have time.
SW:TOR is coming out, and I am going to try it, but I am sure I will be still paying for my EVE accounts, $45 a month might sound like a lot (and it kinda is) but by that time Ill be back to working two jobs (my main steady, and my summer at the race track) making extra cash so its not that much.
Its a $1.50 a day if I have 2 eve accounts and one SW, and to be honest I was buying two games a month, some times new games at $50/$60 each, and going to the movies/eating out about twice a month, costs me 2 gallons worth of gas to go too town and back, so $6, +tickets/food ($7-10).
So I end up saving money by staying home, well thats how I look at it.
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Kuronaga
The Drekla Consortium
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Posted - 2011.02.09 18:51:00 -
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Normal eve player phase, nothin to worry bout.
Quit for a while, play other stuff, take long vacation.
You'll be back eventually, usually when an expansion launches and you start getting an idea of fun things to do again.
You gota make your own fun in eve, ya know.
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LOL CYBERKNIGHTS
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Posted - 2011.02.09 18:54:00 -
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thts how mmo's work. You keep paying because you dont want to lose your "progress", eve works even better because if you stop paying your progress is halted...
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Kuronaga
The Drekla Consortium
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Posted - 2011.02.09 19:03:00 -
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Originally by: LOL CYBERKNIGHTS thts how mmo's work. You keep paying because you dont want to lose your "progress", eve works even better because if you stop paying your progress is halted...
very few decent MMO's will delete your characters when they go inactive, so there isnt much to lose.
Your progress, however, would be "halted" in any subscription based MMO where you suddenly decided to stop paying...
Eve, if anything, is much kinder about it. They don't force you to play every waking moment to progress.
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El Liptonez
Blackwater USA Inc. Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2011.02.09 19:05:00 -
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Basic military service in Germany here... So eight days of playing each month. But doing a good job keeping the ISK coming in to pay for both of my accounts.
WoW bit the dust tho.
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Meridius Dex
Amarr Rape of Virtue
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Posted - 2011.02.09 21:37:00 -
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Started on '07, played like a lunatic almost every day for 2 years, then took all of last year off. I was just burned out on the blob mechanics of the game (you are either baited and blobbed or part of the gang that sits around doing nothing but.. baiting and blobbing). The fact FW was never improved after its release and returning to 0.0 just looked like nothing but bubbles (and yet more blobs) left me cold.
So I spent a year learning forex trading and playing my Xbox, quite happily. I came back for the new character creator (5 free days works, as does the $20 60-day sub. Good thinking, CCP). But after mostly moving stuff around, a couple of fights, and trying to learn exploration, nothing much is catching fire. I paid for another 60 day plex with a chunk of my ingame ISK but not sure if I'll bother re-subbing when it runs out.
Sadly, it's only Incarna, the new forum design and a few other promised improvements (that may never come, let's face it... :ccp:) that still have me interested in the game. - Dex -
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Barakkus
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Posted - 2011.02.09 22:01:00 -
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Originally by: Chai N'Dorr Yup, I go through phases of not-playing but paying. I think that's one of CCP's smart business plans: timed progression. So even when I didn't play but kept the account busy, I had something 'new' to come back to.
Pretty much this. I have 2 free station pass accounts primarily for EQ2 from being an ultra SOE fanboy at one point, but the game model of grinding to endgame makes it extremely difficult to pick it back up after quitting for a while. I log in every once in a while since my accounts will never expire, and I just can't get into it after taking more than a year off. It's terribly hard to do anything in those types of MMOs if you haven't kept up with the endgame. There is no endgame in EVE, so it's much easier to pick back up after extended breaks. - - [SERVICE] Corp Standings For POS anchoring
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Tiffanie Twisted
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Posted - 2011.02.11 03:02:00 -
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I haven't played much in the past several months. Maybe at some point in the near future when I get bored with SC2...
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Seira A'nor
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Posted - 2011.02.11 03:14:00 -
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Originally by: XXSketchxx Forums are the true end game.
Seems to be the case for me also.
I'm currently paying for 3 accounts, I log in only when my iClone(Iphone app) tells me to change training..
Haven't played for 4months+
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Luminos
Durid is 4 Fite
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Posted - 2011.02.11 03:26:00 -
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On the bright side, a thread like this seems to provide that little extra push to finally cancel the monkey on my back. Err.. subscription. ______
I feel as though I could do anything. For example, stab this cheese knife into the Self-Taught Man's eye. |
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Sharon Anne
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Posted - 2011.02.11 07:05:00 -
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Originally by: Luminos On the bright side, a thread like this seems to provide that little extra push to finally cancel the monkey on my back. Err.. subscription.
Psst little girl, are you sure you don't to take another plexie, you know you wanna ^^
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Telemicus Thrace
Thrace Inc
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Posted - 2011.02.11 10:10:00 -
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I got like that a few years back. I had been living in 0.0 for about 18 months and Eve had turned into raiding party / gate camp / POS fuel run / ratting.
I was bored, tried FW, didn't quite work for me. Most of my mates quit so I followed suit. I stayed away for a couple of years, had a blast and all that but when a free day and the option to buy game time with ISK popped up I thought what the hell.
I tried FW again as I always preferred small ship skirmishing to fleet action. It still didn't quite do it for me but one day I'll get the urge and give it a burl again. Oddly enough I found a new challenge, raise the ISK for my PLEX with as little effort as possible (I play Eve in dad mode and as the kids get olders I need the AFK option more and more).
I hate mission grinding but I discovered I enjoy trading. Cutting deals, hauling goods and analysing the markets. Not exactly graft for an old freedom fighter but I do all this on what was once my lowly hauling alt now turned apprentice trade captain.
The RP community can look at it as me returning to help Shakor build a new Republic ;)
I'm playing again but not paying, which provides a bit of fun in it's own right. I will admit if I was paying I probably wouldn't find anything to do and would probably just quit.
Once my industry starts to develop a regular surplus I might need to broaden my horizons. Perhaps by then I will have been tempted back to the front lines again.
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ReclyeMe
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Posted - 2011.02.11 12:42:00 -
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I think my last break was 7 months and I kept paying for both my accounts during that time and didnt even bother to update my training. All that lost training o well.
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Discrodia
Gallente The Scope
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Posted - 2011.02.11 12:46:00 -
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Define 'playing'. I wander the forums, Scope, and occasionally Help while ship spinning a faction BS in Jita, and I consider that far more entertaining than actually playing the game for the most part.
I had a 6 month period where I kept my account active and tried almost every other MMO out there (APB, WoW, DDO, City of Heroes, STO, WAR, ect) and honestly EVE's community is the most interesting (and most fun)
Originally by: anonymous WE JUST DID SCIENCE!
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Krxon Blade
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Posted - 2011.02.11 17:42:00 -
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Originally by: Telemicus Thrace
...raise the ISK for my PLEX with as little effort as possible...
...I'm playing again but not paying, which provides a bit of fun in it's own right...
Sorry but you are paying - with your free time as currency
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Luminos
Durid is 4 Fite
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Posted - 2011.02.12 19:57:00 -
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Edited by: Luminos on 12/02/2011 19:57:57
Originally by: Discrodia Define 'playing'. I wander the forums, Scope, and occasionally Help while ship spinning a faction BS in Jita, and I consider that far more entertaining than actually playing the game for the most part.
I had a 6 month period where I kept my account active and tried almost every other MMO out there (APB, WoW, DDO, City of Heroes, STO, WAR, ect) and honestly EVE's community is the most interesting (and most fun)
God help CCP if somebody figures out how to hook an outside IRC client into EvE game chat. ______
I feel as though I could do anything. For example, stab this cheese knife into the Self-Taught Man's eye. |
Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE
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Posted - 2011.02.12 20:26:00 -
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Originally by: OC 2av2 That is because you are reading forums and posting in it instead playing the game. You know... the day has 24 hours... only...
I'd say: STOP reading + posting here and GO PLAY the game.
I can read/post on the forums with my phone, can't get in game with it
I've mostly just been logging in to switch skills the last few weeks. looking forward to having more free time to play. I've also pretty much run out of goals
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Templar Dane
Amarrian Retribution
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Posted - 2011.02.12 20:35:00 -
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You bored guys need to shoot somebody. It certainly spices things up.
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