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Banor Garsk
Ludere Unlimited
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Posted - 2012.09.13 19:21:00 -
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Hey guys, I'm just asking this for the sake of asking.
Why do you build? What do you get out of industry? Millions of ISK? Satisfaction? Providing things for corp mates and friends? Just curious really. I build for some supplementary cash and because I'm a welder in RL. Building is in my blood. |
Skorpynekomimi
263
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Posted - 2012.09.13 19:31:00 -
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ISK.
Satisfaction. |
Alyssa SaintCroix
Leihkasse Stammheim
32
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Posted - 2012.09.13 19:37:00 -
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I enjoy being a piece of the puzzle. I like knowing that maybe the ammo or mods I made today were on the ship that took out a capital the next day. I don't think I'd say that I do it for the profits, mine are fair, but I suppose they could be larger if I was more serious.
It's something to do I suppose. I never enjoyed trading and not all too fond of mission running. |
Bath Sheeba
Another Success Story
57
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Posted - 2012.09.13 20:29:00 -
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Like an old testament writer I am all about the profits.
I build because it is a 50% return on my money and that I can use to do other things with.
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Ginger Barbarella
State War Academy
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.09.13 20:47:00 -
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Needing to use your brain to accomplish something is a lot more rewarding than just pew. If all I wanted to do was shoot stuff I'd play Halo or some other fps all day. |
Zyella Stormborn
Alpha Strategy
In Umbra Mortis
53
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Posted - 2012.09.13 21:06:00 -
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Mining, Building, Inventing, really anyone that does any of those is for the same reason. It presses their buttons. Its fun for them. ;) |
Huttan Funaila
222 EVE
2 2 2
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Posted - 2012.09.13 21:06:00 -
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In most games, crafting, is a type of "achievement" in Bartle's taxonomy of game players. Richard A. Bartle wrote:Another common tactic is the counter-example that isnGÇÖt: GÇ£I like building/crafting/fishing, but that isnGÇÖt one of the types!GÇ¥. Well yes, it isnGÇÖt GÇô but have you asked why you like building/crafting/fishing? Because you want to get your fishing skill up? YouGÇÖre an achiever. Because you want to give fish to your friends? YouGÇÖre probably a socialiser. Because you want to see what kinds of fish you can catch? YouGÇÖll be an explorer,then. Because you hope to lure someone else into joining you so you can suddenly attack them while theyGÇÖre armed only with a fishing rod? Well, that would make you a killer. ItGÇÖs wholly possible, too, that you simply like the fishing mini-game, in which case youGÇÖd fall into the meta-player category: youGÇÖre not playing the MMO because itGÇÖs fun itself, youGÇÖre playing it so you can play the fishing mini-game for fun. Source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartle_Test
- I do it to see what I can make (this usually loses the most isk).
- I make stuff so I have ships, ammo and modules to use, and so do my corpies.
Someday, I'm going to figure out how to make money making stuff for sale. Other folks are doing it, so clearly I'm a scrub. |
LuckyQuarter
Lucky Galactic Expeditions
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Posted - 2012.09.14 02:25:00 -
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Purely because it's a strategic puzzle with players competing obliquely against each other. It wouldn't be fun if there was an instawin button or if it was just against the computer -- nor do I find 0.1 isking worthwhile....rather, I want to make continuous ever increasing amounts of ISK where the ISK can be reinvested. CCP could make it better by letting manufacturing companies slowly over time differentiate their products from other... |
Piugattuk
CLOROFLORFILAPLANKTONPLATES
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Posted - 2012.09.14 04:18:00 -
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Ginger Barbarella wrote:Needing to use your brain to accomplish something is a lot more rewarding than just pew. If all I wanted to do was shoot stuff I'd play Halo or some other fps all day.
Nicely said, I know its hard for a non industrial to understand the satisfaction but its there. |
Vanria Vexed
Posiden Industrial
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Posted - 2012.09.14 04:44:00 -
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I get a great amount of enjoyment in RL and in EVE from creating and building. EVE just provides a different kind of challenge than RL manufacturing.
Playing EVE at times feels like putting a 10000 piece puzzle together, enjoying the accomplishment of succedding in completing it, then having some random stranger walk by and flip your table over. |
Samillian
177
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Posted - 2012.09.14 08:20:00 -
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I build because I like to and I take joy in each and every positive wallet flash.
NBSI shall be the whole of the Law |
Shanara As
Psy Corp Ltd.
233
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Posted - 2012.09.14 08:37:00 -
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LuckyQuarter wrote:Purely because it's a strategic puzzle with players competing obliquely against each other. It wouldn't be fun if there was an instawin button or if it was just against the computer -- nor do I find 0.1 isking worthwhile....rather, I want to make continuous ever increasing amounts of ISK where the ISK can be reinvested. CCP could make it better by letting manufacturing companies slowly over time differentiate their products from other...
thats exactly the reason I will get into production / building. this stream of income. the constant positive flash of the wallet...
the leverage effect it creates.
plus I see it as an enormous challenge for me to get the grasp on it until i am able to manage it to the level that i am cost effective and making good money off of it.
i am challenged by excel sheets and trying to manage it all, understand it all and bring it life
"Gotta spend money to make money"
"A fool talks, a wise man listens"
"He who doesn-¦t wanna listen, talks the most"
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Gumby Ambraelle
Broken Wheel Mercantile and Trading Company
Illusion of Solitude
35
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Posted - 2012.09.14 10:56:00 -
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the satisfaction of knowing that I am making a contribution to my corp...
To see a corpmate die in a fiery explosion , or to watch them pilot a ship to create a fiery explosion for a visitor to our home... and to know that I created the ship or the ammo or the mods
to see the shinny bubble around the POS and know I am nmaking the fuel that keeps the bubble up
and on the rare occasion to make a few ISK.... (but it is very rare ;-) am I doing it wrong)
I like flying around and wondering did I build the ship I see out there, did I supply the ammo for the fight I witnessed?
I like to solve the puzzle, to overcome the logistics to get everything I need into our home and back out again.
I build because it is fun.... |
Azrael Dinn
The 20th Legion
Mildly Sober
10
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Posted - 2012.09.14 12:10:00 -
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For the fun of it.
Nothing wins a well planed huge complex build  |
Pinstar Colton
Sweet Asteroid Acres
261
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Posted - 2012.09.14 14:49:00 -
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The satisfaction of long term planning bearing fruit despite market fluctuations and pirates working against you.
In the cat-and-mouse game that is low sec, there is no shame in learning to be a better mouse. |
Invictra Atreides
Toward the Terra
95
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Posted - 2012.09.14 14:50:00 -
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Its in my nature. Cant go against it.
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"I donGÇÖt know everything, I just know what I know." |
Korsiri
Mousetrap Building Inc.
70
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Posted - 2012.09.14 16:22:00 -
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Because it's complicated. |
Brooks Puuntai
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2012.09.16 11:01:00 -
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Why do people build stuff in RL? The satisfaction of actually building something from the ground up is appealing to many. The more complicated the more interesting. The isk can be nice aswell. |
Marcus Caspius
66
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Posted - 2012.09.17 05:33:00 -
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'cause I have time on my hands and don't have to pay some dude for my Dreads and ships that goes pop!
Grammatical error and spelling mistakes are included for your entertainment!
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Asklepiodes
Bre-X Heavy Industries
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Posted - 2012.09.17 11:00:00 -
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It's all about the isk and self sufficiency. I went into building when capitals were introduced to the game and prices were insane. Corp needed them so I knuckled down and started mining/buying/building. Nowadays I fund our replacement program, infrastructure expansions and fleet doctrines through it. Nuff said really. |
highonpop
Eve Liberation Force
Fatal Ascension
304
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Posted - 2012.09.17 16:03:00 -
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I build stuff I need. I rarely build stuff to sell, since you make more off the materials needed than you do your final product.
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R.I.P Vile Rat
http://evemaps.dotlan.net/live/Outpost/Rename/2012-09-12 |
Vincent Athena
V.I.C.E.
991
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Posted - 2012.09.17 16:36:00 -
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I build for ISK. I wanted to add value to my mining. I can sell what I build for 30% to 50% more than the minerals would sell for.
http://vincentoneve.wordpress.com/ |
Jason McCoy
Boricua en la Luna
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Posted - 2012.09.17 17:54:00 -
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Awesome topic.
On one account im an elitist pvp *******
On the other im a moon mining monkey - my new venture. I already own and operate six moons, all proving + profits in the 40% or above ranges.
I must say, the moon mining is much harder compared to the pvp. For the mining I have to move the moon stuff out of low sec, to a staging system. From there I have to load up the freighter and sell off to good market.
Jugling six poses, to see what combination is the most profitable is a huge task. Even more so, considering the moon market is so volatile. |
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