Well, I would, but I haven't had an SA account for 3 months yet... plus I only lurk there.

The invention of the falcon is a pretty sure sign that solo pvp is done by the extremely lucky or foolish.

I remember you - you were that moron advocating CQ/WIS.

Yes - I play mostly solo. That doesn't mean I like spacebarbies online, highsec l4s or highsec insursions.

That's not so surprising, really. Power projection in 0.0 works too well, there is no breathing space in 0.0 for small entities, which basically means that you have to chose which of the feudal lords you want to serve. Whatever happened of small corporations geeking it out on their own.

I am still advocating WiS because, no matter how dead is that horse, it still is the difference between EVE reaching the 20th year or collapsing along the way.

That's not so surprising, really. Power projection in 0.0 works too well, there is no breathing space in 0.0 for small entities, which basically means that you have to chose which of the feudal lords you want to serve. Whatever happened of small corporations geeking it out on their own.

Well, you can be pretty much social if they're not minng the same minerals as you do...

yes exactly, more tools like pvp flag on in highsec and wis for the op's emoting character where he can dress up with a bunch of dudes and emote each other.

I am still advocating WiS because, no matter how dead is that horse, it still is the difference between EVE reaching the 20th year or collapsing along the way.

With FiS growing in complexity, stagnation and catastrophic failure are the natural consequences of everything that adds to its complexity. Sooner than later, there will come a "iteration" that's too much to chew or fails horribly.

So without WiS, there is no way EVE can acquire enough complexity to keep attracting players without wasting itself in the process.

That doesn't canges that more FiS content for soloers and casuals is needed, and it can be acquired sooner and quicker than WiS.

(BTW, the last we knew about WiS, was the "prototype" of it as another big F-You to soloers, +á la Incursions)

In my mind solo play has no substantial place in a MMO and it baffles me when people try to convince me otherwise.

I've always expect MMOs to get people playing together, building communities, having fun and even expanding beyond the boundaries of the games.

This is why I never got into WoW (yeah another wow reference)

I joined because a bunch of friends were playing it but they were all level 60.

So I started working my way up, every so often one would stop by and drag me up some levels (which wasn't fun for me).
When I went looking for others at my level no one else wanted to group to do anything because "they were too busy leveling themselves".

So I soloed through the boredom to level 60 and then lost any interest at all when I realized that all it was was more of the same.

EVE doesn't need more solo activities, it needs more tools and repair work done on the tools we currently have. Some incentive to play together would be an added bonus but this catering to a solo player in a multiplayer game just doesn't make sense to me.

If only there were single player games out there for people that wanted to solo.

You joined a bunch of bads. If you don't want to be bad you have to join a decent guild (but then they WILL have requirements) and then you'll find help, be given gear and whatever.

actually, it's wow, by the time they've sourced gear for you you'll be about 10 levels too high to use it.
leveling up in wow is so easy that it's borderline pointless and i'm surprised they don't just give you premade level 90 characters.

Heh no idea, last time I played that game was when it was still decent, that is 5 years ago.

with recruit a friend bonuses, people have managed to do 1-max level in like 24hrs. /played

sounds like a pro-wow player.

Considering emoting and dancing brings in a lot of crowd it might actually be a business to implement those toy features.
But it needs to be made well, and CCP are just terrible at making quick, catchy and effective things like those.
I still recall the terrible gear available for Aurum for otrageous prices... and some ****** off CCP boasting his $1500 pants.

That's the quickest way to get a revolt (which happened), not to implement an easy cash cow like other MMOs have done.

but how do you and a bunch of dudes get together and emote each other if you only want solo content?

TL;DR: solo players are by CCP's words a majority in EVE and have been largely ignored. One of the approaches to EVE's next decade it's dealing with us and the person in charge is CCP Seagull. Follow the link and make your voice heard.

Solo player's don't want to play solo. This game pushes you in that direction. It is the players responsibility to interact with people and that is where the problem lies. There should be more activities that encourage players to play together. Missions, mining and most other activities that aren't pvp related can be achieved solo and there is no point in asking others to do these boring tasks with you. I don't have any interest in chatting up a storm about useless ****. I would rather just get to work.

This is a big part of why people get winded early on playing EvE.

Also, nothing encourages me to get to know people because this game promotes theft, griefing and bad attitudes.

I don't feel safe playing EvE. I don't trust anyone. This is not because I am paranoid or have a hard time trusting people. It's because EvE promotes this and encourages it. It is not logical to play with others who are socially rewarded for abusing, stealing and griefing.

This is an MMO for players who have the pirate mentality.