Singoth
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.11.20 13:46:00 -
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I am a casual player. Maybe a rare sight in online games, or maybe not.
The most important factor for me is: fun.
Sounds cliche, but it's actually the truth.
Why on earth would I commit to a game that I don't find fun?
You see, I only play games to have fun. Whether I have fun alone (ie: i had this long period of being a miner+manufacturer, which is a pretty lonely living), or together (faction warfare, nullsec warfare), doesn't really matter. If I don't have fun doing it, I won't do it. It's that simple.
And it's not just online games. I have this same trait with single-player games.
And of course, a secondary important factor is content. Content is a very important issue for me, as I am a player who does not play the game in one single way.
No, I want to try every single career, every single game mechanic MUST be used by me once. The more game mechanics and the more content, the happier I am. So obviously, I like EVE's sandbox, as it allows me to do exactly that.
But if I don't like the game in the first place, you can add all the content you want, I'm already out of there.
Luckily, EVE is pretty awesome in that regard, as I think it has the most extensive content in game history.
Just some stuff I have done (and still do) in my 4 year time I play EVE:
- missions. (the first time running a level 4 solo mission was the greatest feeling, seeing as I used to run these in 4-5 man fleets with lesser ships.)
- plexing. (high, low, and null.)
- faction warfare. (currently trying that out.)
- mining. (high, low, and null.)
- manufacturing (high, low, and null.)... helping build capitals and titans being the highlight here.
- Wormhole exploration.
- Planetary Interaction.
- Ganking.
- RvB PvP.
- Nullsec sovereignty warfare.
- Leading a fleet (first op failed miserably.)
- Highsec warfare.
- Piracy in null/low.
- Mercenarism/Bounty Hunting. (not really a huge success here, but maybe Retribution will spark this career up for me again.)
- Spying (using an alt, obviously.)
- Corporation theft (250 mil in 2 days time. Ka-ching.)
Is there more to do? Surely there is. Currently I'm into faction warfare, digging deep into that. And then again, I switched back to some careers over time, like mining and manufacturing. Building my own destroyers and stuff for lowsec Faction Warfare.
I hope to go back to null one day, and fly a Titan. That would be one of the greatest achievements I have.
I also hope to get back into wormholes one day, try out courier contracts, scam people off their money, and overthrow a full alliance from nullsec. (requires a load of work.)
Less yappin', more zappin'! |