Demica Diaz
The Scope
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.09.05 11:48:00 -
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Kiera Avos wrote:I'm new, obviously, but after having been here it month it seems like eve is 90% pvp. It's like the claims of being able to be "anything" is just a bunch of crap. Before any of you jump to conclusions, no I did not get podded or attacked, but from all the constant kill reports in the locals/help/corp chats and people everyday complaining about how they were podded for mining/exploring/un-docking.
What really IS there to do in EVE? It just seems like a big time sink if it's just a pvp oriented game. Some of us want to go out and explore and not get camped, some of us DON'T WANT to pvp and we shouldn't be forced into it.
Bah, I wish I hadn't subbed before really getting to know what EVE was all about, but what can you do, you can't turn back time.
I'm NOT saying that everyone in eve is either a crybaby or a bully, not at all... there's a LOT of nice people in the game, but I really can't stand false advertisement crap.
I have been fitting my ship for exploration (by fitting I mean training and training and ******* training) but after hearing about all these griefers and constant ganks on people who can't defend themselves (because they don't have a pvp ship) I'm starting to get really disillusioned with this game. I mean, what's the point of exploration if you're only going to get ganked? Are my options either PVP or stay docked and play the market? Even then you have to venture to gank-central Jita.
Can someone clear any of this up for me, because I would rather be mistaken about this being a pvp-oriented game.
Who gave you this doomsday impression of EVE? Yes there is PvP in this game and you will die sometimes, none is immune to it but as where some players specialize in hunting and killing others master their skills in avoiding to not get killed and both are equally important. In EVE you take risks and make decisions based on how much you willing to risk to complete your goal. Much like in real life you take risk of walking through forest in middle of night to get home faster or follow road that will take longer but at least you know you wont get lost.
I do trade and I have been in Jita countless times and all stories I heared from people (wont say their names) when I was newbie on how dangerous Jita is, is all overexaggeration. Just because there are 2500 people in Jita, stuff happens more often than in 20 people systems, but it does not mean its gank land where you die constantly.
In the end of the day, read a lot, ask often. Find how stuff work. Know how people PvP in EVE so you can learn to counter them and avoid direct contact. You said you going for exploration, well covert ops frigate is good start to avoid stuff, but ship alone wont save you if you do not know all the "tricks", and that comes with experience and even sometimes ship losses from which you learn to not to do same mistake again. If you truly dedicated explorer aim for Strategic Cruiser (T3) with Interdiction Nullifier subsystem and covert ops sub system, that will make you immune to 0.0 sec bubbles that prevent other ships from warping if they are in it. That will increase your survival by miles but like I said before, ship can take you so far, its the pilot skill and knowledge that will have great impact on your survival and avoiding. |