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Jame Jarl Retief
Murientor Tribe Defiant Legacy
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Posted - 2012.12.27 19:08:00 -
[1] - Quote
masternerdguy wrote:
- I Am Special - Nobody is special. Everyone is a worthless until proven otherwise. Your value is solely what you bring to the community.
- EVE is Relaxing - EVE has never been relaxing. It has been about hard work and commitment. You might have fun, but it will take a lot of work to get there.
- EVE is About Small Gang / Solo - EVE has never been balanced around small gang or solo, and this has never been pushed by any of the advertising. In fact the opposite is pushed.
Who says those are misconceptions or misunderstandings of whatever?
"I am special" is debatable, but I guess it works. When I was starting out, I was a CEO of my own corp to dodge the NPC corp tax, I did what I felt like, and it was all pretty special.
EVE WAS totally relaxing for me. I ran L4s in high-sec. Most of the time I was half-asleep doing it. And even now, with all the drone changes, I can still run them half-asleep and totally relaxed. And these days, I spin the button in FW in a semi-comatose state in the evening sometimes.
Small gang/solo? I spent the better part of my first 6 months in the game solo. And a year after that mostly small gang/solo. So why says the game isn't balanced for small gang/solo? There's tons of people who derive tons of fun from solo and small gang stuff. Case in point, just look at FW right now. Most of the folks there are deriving tons of fun from that.
Bottom line? I don't feel the "misconceptions" that you listed are misconceptions at all. They're a playstyle choice. One that is supported by the sandbox that is EVE. If you were correct, then that would mean EVE isn't a sandbox any more.
And in closing? I totally understand why people don't want to go to null. It's the precise same reason why I ALWAYS prefer to join a 60-man-or-less guild in any MMO, as opposed to a 600-man-or-more guild. I prefer being on the first-name basis and familiar with each guild member. As opposed to being a faceless, nameless Cog #27812 in a thousands-strong zerg with no personality or meaning.
It's a choice. Just like some people choose to mine, or be a pirate, you should respect that choice and not push your misconceptions onto other people. |