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Pravus Karal
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:04:00 -
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So iv'e been playing for about 2 months now. Making my share of ISK and building ships. I have been pondering about what to do more focused. Mining, exploring, trading, etc. Yet everything somehow seems to end with fighting.
If you want to go mine more interesting things, you get attacked. If you go exploring, you get attacked. If you run cargo or trade, you get attacked.
I really have no interest in PvP, so what exactly is there for me to do if i don't want to stick to high sec space all the time? |

Ovv Topik
The Tuskers
643
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:08:00 -
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Google 'Black Frog'. I have no idea how you apply though.
Or join a mining corp. Safety in numbers. Nul sec is is often quieter than Hi sec for carebearing. "Jita 4 4 Spaceport. You will not find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious!" |

Pravus Karal
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:11:00 -
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What do you mean by "carebearing"? |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3917
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:24:00 -
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Carebearing = The art of doing stuff and go to the end of the world to avoid PvP.
Heads up: EVE is intended to be a PvP game, thus you will find that anything you do in space will put you in the risk of PvP, even in high-sec (for instance: Mine in high-sec and likely in time The New Order will visit you).
So, yes, technically in the end everything ends up in fighting. Specially if you want to increase your income as EVE uses a nice and almost perfectly balanced Risk vs Reward system. The more risk you take, the bigger the possible reward.
EDIT:
I know it's going to be borderline forum rule breaking but:
If you do not have any intention in PvP and do not like the part that you can always be pulled into PvP even if you don't want it, then EVE might not be the game that suits you and you might want to shop around for other games.
This is not to say that you should quit, but just to give you a honest heads up on the game.
Also, you say you do not want to PvP. Guess what you are doing when you sell something on the market....PvP.
Market is 99.9% player driven and thus you compete with your fellow capsuleers for best selling price of your items and lowest buying price for stuff you buy. So you are doing financial PvP. Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2433
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:28:00 -
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Destruction drives the entire EVE economy.
Without things burning, there'd be no reason for anyone to mission or mine or whatever.
Plus, it's *fun*. NPC AI is terrible and predictable. Player "AI" is often just as terrible, but it's unpredictable, which makes it fun. And sometimes, the other player's "AI" isn't terrible, and they win, and you lose a ship and gain a few exciting moments, a lasting lesson and a good memory. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

Pravus Karal
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:29:00 -
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Who or what is the New Order?
So even if i mind my own business and ant away, avoiding combat, someone will come by and shoot at me for it? WTF?
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Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2433
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:32:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:Who or what is the New Order?
So even if i mind my own business and ant away, avoiding combat, someone will come by and shoot at me for it? WTF?
We are a highsec extortion racket. My signature has a link to our website.
We target passive ISK generation such as AFK mining. If you mine at the keyboard and pay attention (and watch your directional scanner for obvious signs of danger), you are pretty safe from our tactics. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

Lost Greybeard
Drunken Yordles
501
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:32:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:I really have no interest in PvP, so what exactly is there for me to do if i don't want to stick to high sec space all the time?
Something that's not Eve Online, I suppose.
Everything in this game comes back to pvp. Even if ships aren't directly exploding around you all the time, you're in direct and indirect competition with at least a few thousand other players for the resources, markets, and territory that you're using for whatever you're doing. So there is always, ALWAYS a completely valid reason for some other person or group to try to undermine you. Even if you're playing space trucker with the shipping contracts... no, ESPECIALLY then, because the only reason for someone to send something by shipping contract is if it's something valuable that their enemies would want to blow them up over.
So... yeah. The answer is pretty much "too bad".
You can avoid direct pew-pew by never undocking, though, and just trading from a station. That takes an unnatural love of spreadsheets, though. |

Pravus Karal
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:36:00 -
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Sabriz Adoudel wrote:Pravus Karal wrote:Who or what is the New Order?
So even if i mind my own business and ant away, avoiding combat, someone will come by and shoot at me for it? WTF?
We are a highsec extortion racket. My signature has a link to our website. We target passive ISK generation such as AFK mining. If you mine at the keyboard and pay attention (and watch your directional scanner for obvious signs of danger), you are pretty safe from our tactics.
Well that is just a complete pile of... I might as well quit the game with people like that around. |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3917
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:40:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:Who or what is the New Order?
So even if i mind my own business and ant away, avoiding combat, someone will come by and shoot at me for it? WTF?
As I said:
YES, you can be pulled into PvP anytime somebody wants.
When you undock, you automatically consent to the fact that anybody in EVE is allowed to shoot at you.
As I said, if you do NOT want to be in danger of the possibility of PvP (and with some small and easy learned skills the risk is very very minimal) then EVE just might not be the game for you.
The only way to avoid direct spaceship to spaceship combat is to never undock. The only way to completely avoid any form of combat (including verbally chat combat and financial combat) is not logging in. Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

Pravus Karal
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:40:00 -
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That brings me to a new question.
How do i reverse my PLEX, so i can quit the game? |

Vol Arm'OOO
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
230
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:41:00 -
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There is always the potential for some form of conflict in eve. Even trading is a form of pvp e.g. market pvp. But if you open the map you will see that there are many areas which are very quite. Even in null sec there are very quite areas and you have the benefit of intel networks. If you move to a quite area and mind your own business the chances of pvp happening are relatively small. Ofc by being pvp adverse, you are cutting yourself off from the best part of the game. I don't play, I just fourm warrior. |

Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2433
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:42:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:
Well that is just a complete pile of... I might as well quit the game with people like that around.
There are a LARGE number of countermeasures to our tactics. Ask around for tips (one I'd suggest is flying a Procurer or Venture in preference to any other mining ship, as they are both pretty much impossible to kill without us losing at least as much as you do; another is never be AFK while undocked, and a third is never to fly anything that you'd be devastated by the loss of)
And for that matter, we are an extortion racket, not omnicidal maniacs. You are able to buy us off too.
Your final option, of course, is to get involved in the darker side of EVE yourself. Attacking other players and stealing their stuff is every bit as much an option as attacking asteroids or NPCs and stealing their stuff, and while some players have worse AI than asteroids, most do not. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3917
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:42:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:That brings me to a new question.
How do i reverse my PLEX, so i can quit the game?
Basically, you can't.
Any game time added to an account is fixed to it.
You can petition CCP with a request for a reimbursement but don't be surprised if they decline the request. But as I'm not CCP, I can't tell you what their opinion on this is. Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3917
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:46:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:Sabriz Adoudel wrote:Pravus Karal wrote:Who or what is the New Order?
So even if i mind my own business and ant away, avoiding combat, someone will come by and shoot at me for it? WTF?
We are a highsec extortion racket. My signature has a link to our website. We target passive ISK generation such as AFK mining. If you mine at the keyboard and pay attention (and watch your directional scanner for obvious signs of danger), you are pretty safe from our tactics. Well that is just a complete pile of... I might as well quit the game with people like that around.
Sorry, but now I have to counter question you:
Did you read up on EVE before you started the game?
The game is nearly 11 years old, so we have over a decade of stories, both about good people (Chribba for instance) as well as the bad people (not pointing fingers, as I don't have enough of them). Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

Vol Arm'OOO
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
230
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:48:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:Sabriz Adoudel wrote:Pravus Karal wrote:Who or what is the New Order?
So even if i mind my own business and ant away, avoiding combat, someone will come by and shoot at me for it? WTF?
We are a highsec extortion racket. My signature has a link to our website. We target passive ISK generation such as AFK mining. If you mine at the keyboard and pay attention (and watch your directional scanner for obvious signs of danger), you are pretty safe from our tactics. Well that is just a complete pile of... I might as well quit the game with people like that around.
Avoiding folk like the new order and highsec gankers is as easy as moving to an out of the way system. Tank your mining ship and blue ball them if they come to you and you will never have a problem. Unless you are an asshat and make yourself a target by saying stupid things in the forums or in local, then people will hunt you down. I don't play, I just fourm warrior. |

Pravus Karal
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:48:00 -
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EVE was pitched as "do what you like".
I'd like to mine to buy myself a nice ship, possibly go explore and kill an NPC rat here or there.
With people of unmentionable adjectives about, like that order nonsense, that puts a big wet turd on the whole thing.
Unfortunately my PLEX doesn't run out for another 60 days and that's it for me and my EVE experience. I can't say it was fun since all of my work and avoiding other people's childish antics is for naught. So i might as well quit.  |

Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2433
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:48:00 -
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Vol Arm'OOO wrote:There is always the potential for some form of conflict in eve. Even trading is a form of pvp e.g. market pvp. But if you open the map you will see that there are many areas which are very quite. Even in null sec there are very quite areas and you have the benefit of intel networks. If you move to a quite area and mind your own business the chances of pvp happening are relatively small. Ofc by being pvp adverse, you are cutting yourself off from the best part of the game.
This is true.
If you want a quiet area with the protection of CONCORD, I recommend a system that is at least 5 jumps from every major trade hub and that isn't a major mission hub, trade route or multiple ice anomoly system.
Oursalert (someone can correct the spelling) comes to mind as a system worth looking into. It has enough of a local market to provide convenient market PVP, but doesn't have enough commerce to attract people like me. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3917
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:50:00 -
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Vol Arm'OOO wrote:There is always the potential for some form of conflict in eve. Even trading is a form of pvp e.g. market pvp. But if you open the map you will see that there are many areas which are very quite. Even in null sec there are very quite areas and you have the benefit of intel networks. If you move to a quite area and mind your own business the chances of pvp happening are relatively small. Ofc by being pvp adverse, you are cutting yourself off from the best part of the game.
This.
Although EVE can be a cruel and harsh place, there are equal if not more countermeasures available to make life pretty easy and safe-ish Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3917
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:51:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:EVE was pitched as "do what you like". I'd like to mine to buy myself a nice ship, possibly go explore and kill an NPC rat here or there. With people of unmentionable adjectives about, like that order nonsense, that puts a big wet turd on the whole thing. Unfortunately my PLEX doesn't run out for another 60 days and that's it for me and my EVE experience. I can't say it was fun since all of my work and avoiding other people's childish antics is for naught. So i might as well quit. 
Exactly
And if another player's vision of "do what you like" is blow you up...he can do that too.
Basically, you are asking if YOU can do what you like, but anybody else has to do as YOU want. Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

Pravus Karal
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:52:00 -
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(Gò»-¦Gûí-¦n+ëGò»n+¦ Gö+GöüGö+
Well that's it for me. I quit. Thanks to nonsense like this order iv'e just been introduced to. Im basically told to go into exile where they can't be bothered to troll you. Thank you for ruining one more thing that might have been a relief from the drudgery of day to day life
Goodbye. |

Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2433
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:54:00 -
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J'Poll wrote: Although EVE can be a cruel and harsh place, there are equal if not more countermeasures available to make life pretty easy and safe-ish
This.
I have *never* lost a ship to unexpected PVP while being vigilant and trying to avoid PVP.
I have lost ships to unexpected PVP while being reckless. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2433
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Posted - 2014.04.03 00:57:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:(Gò»-¦Gûí-¦n+ëGò»n+¦ Gö+GöüGö+
Well that's it for me. I quit. Thanks to nonsense like this order iv'e just been introduced to. Im basically told to go into exile where they can't be bothered to troll you. Thank you for ruining one more thing that might have been a relief from the drudgery of day to day life
Goodbye.
The worst we can do to you is blow up a ship and capsule, which in EVE is a minor setback at most. And trapping someone in EVE is harder than escaping a trap.
This isn't a game like World of Warcraft where losing 'your gear' would be a devastating setback. Your character's SP, your assets (which will be safe in stations), your wallet balance and your in-world reputation with other players are your equivalent of 'your gear' here.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

Pravus Karal
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2014.04.03 01:00:00 -
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Being reckless?!
You mean by going to my local asteroid field which is just a quick warp from the capitol, going out of my way to be out of other's way and earning enough breadcrums to buy a little ship that makes me happy?
Im sorry, but that is the biggest pile of assholing iv'e ever heard of.
Some people would like to play this as an elaborate screensaver. Something that's nice to look at and makes nice background noises. But no, we can't have that. We need twats that go around with some stupid creed, trolling for the sake of it.
**** this, im out of here. Seriously. |

Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2433
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Posted - 2014.04.03 01:11:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:Being reckless?!
You mean by going to my local asteroid field which is just a quick warp from the capitol, going out of my way to be out of other's way and earning enough breadcrums to buy a little ship that makes me happy?
Im sorry, but that is the biggest pile of assholing iv'e ever heard of.
In doing that, you are actually engaging in PVP. Let's say you are mining for Veldspar to sell, in order to buy a Brutix.
You are:
- Reducing the amount of Veldspar available for others to mine - Putting downward pressure on the price of Veldspar - Reducing the number of Brutixes on the market - Putting upward pressure on the price of Brutixes
As such you are harming other miners and other people who want to purchase Brutixes for personal (or corporation/alliance) use and helping people who produce Brutixes.
Part of a game where your actions matter is that... your actions matter. They change the game for other players, even in small ways, that make a difference.
You see this in a big way with events that have become part of EVE's history, like the Gallente Ice Interdiction, where one alliance bought up enormous amounts of a particular mining product, then started shooting at anyone and everyone mining it to produce a short-term crisis of supply. This event lasted a few weeks, caused utter chaos, and while the lost ships of the event are now forgotten, the memory of the event and the story it created remain.
All that said, unplanned PVP is rarer than you might think in EVE. I've been attacked in highsec on about ten occasions - less than once per 2-3 months, and I'm online quite a bit. If you fly ships that are commonly associated with new players, you will likely be shot at much, much less. Noone wants to steal from a newbie as they don't have anything worth stealing.
As an example, I target mining ships a fair amount. The ships I have destroyed are visible on various public killboards. I have *never* killed a mining ship worth under 25 million ISK, so a newbie that cannot afford a more expensive ship than that is going to be pretty much safe from me because they'll be beneath my notice. (I also avoid shooting Ventures, the only mining ship a character under 7 days old can fly). https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

Pravus Karal
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2014.04.03 01:17:00 -
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Sabriz Adoudel wrote: Bla bla bla bla bla, i like being an *******.
Thats as much as i gather from that. Well don't worry about me, i just uninstalled the game. Thank you for ruining something that kept me one more step from actively stabbing someone with a pen to the throat out of frustration IRL. |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3917
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Posted - 2014.04.03 01:18:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:Being reckless?!
You mean by going to my local asteroid field which is just a quick warp from the capitol, going out of my way to be out of other's way and earning enough breadcrums to buy a little ship that makes me happy?
Im sorry, but that is the biggest pile of assholing iv'e ever heard of.
Some people would like to play this as an elaborate screensaver. Something that's nice to look at and makes nice background noises. But no, we can't have that. We need twats that go around with some stupid creed, trolling for the sake of it.
**** this, im out of here. Seriously.
With reckless Sabriz likely means by not paying attention (being AFK), using autopilot while shipping something highly valuable, doing mining or missioning while under a wardec or just flying around with a ship that has so much pimp modules on it that it becomes a loot-pinata.
As for your point:
1. You can move your base to low activity systems. I used to live in a high-sec system in Amarr space that had a general local count that could fit on 1 hand (so less then 5). These were always the same persons in local, so in time you knew what they were doing and what they were flying and thus could spot on D-scan when something was "not normal". This means, GTFO and get yourself safe.
2. You can move away from the general warp in spot of asteroid belts, which makes it marginally harder for them to get to you very quickly (they either need a fleet member near you for a direct warp in or a pre-saved bookmark near you).
3. Nothing prevents you from doing what you want, you just have to play it smart. Learn the ways of the predator and you can understand what to watch for (always keep an eye on local. If you ar emining and you see catalyst on your D-scan...get out). Get to know people / join a corp and have friends around you (safety in numbers - fish don't use that same system because they find it fun...it just works, the chance your neighbour get eaten is bigger if you have more neighbours. The same the other way, you can (counter-)attack a much bigger prey if you are with more people).
No offense, but why if you are not going to actively play the game, waste the money on a subscription. That just doesn't sound logically. Then again, I pay $15 / month for couple of chat channels, so I won't judge. Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2433
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Posted - 2014.04.03 01:25:00 -
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My last 'reckless' loss was running missions when I had a public killright against me (i.e. someone had the right to get revenge against me, and they had made that available to the public, and I wasn't careful enough).
Even then - flying around in a 300 million ISK ship with a sign on me saying "You can legally shoot this player if you pay 10m ISK first AND I have a big bounty" it was quite a while before anyone attacked me. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

Pravus Karal
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2014.04.03 01:26:00 -
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J'Poll wrote: No offense, but why if you are not going to actively play the game, waste the money on a subscription. That just doesn't sound logically. Then again, I pay $15 / month for couple of chat channels, so I won't judge.
Because my happiness and free time is worth more to me than my money.
I always knew i'd be put in the same player pool as angry teenagers who want to vent their frustrations on others from the safety of their bedrooms. But part of me figured that if i go out of my way to stay out of everyone else's way, i'd be free to relax and pretend im a space captain with a nice ship and pretend im exploring...
But no. We can't have that. Even in an economy based game where the resources replenish every 24h so there is practically an infinite amount of money going round, no inflation, no devaluing, where everyone would and could go about without stepping on someone's toes. There HAS to be a group of twats who go about attacking people who are no obstacle to them and no reason than "i can attack you so i will".
That ruins everything and is no excuse. And since my happiness and free time is worth to me more than my money, EVE suddenly has no value to me anymore.
Thanks to idiots like this new order bullcrap. |

Pravus Karal
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2014.04.03 01:31:00 -
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Sabriz Adoudel wrote:My last 'reckless' loss was running missions when I had a public killright against me (i.e. someone had the right to get revenge against me, and they had made that available to the public, and I wasn't careful enough).
Even then - flying around in a 300 million ISK ship with a sign on me saying "You can legally shoot this player if you pay 10m ISK first AND I have a big bounty" it was quite a while before anyone attacked me.
I have no interest in fighting some kid with anger issues in a game where it's not necessary. I put my health and life on the line IRL, carrying a gun and a badge. The last thing i want when i get home after a 12 hour shift is to log on to what should be relaxation, only to be jumped by some **** who does it just because he can and no other good reason. |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3917
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Posted - 2014.04.03 01:34:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:J'Poll wrote: No offense, but why if you are not going to actively play the game, waste the money on a subscription. That just doesn't sound logically. Then again, I pay $15 / month for couple of chat channels, so I won't judge.
Because my happiness and free time is worth more to me than my money. I always knew i'd be put in the same player pool as angry teenagers who want to vent their frustrations on others from the safety of their bedrooms. But part of me figured that if i go out of my way to stay out of everyone else's way, i'd be free to relax and pretend im a space captain with a nice ship and pretend im exploring... But no. We can't have that. Even in an economy based game where the resources replenish every 24h so there is practically an infinite amount of money going round, no inflation, no devaluing, where everyone would and could go about without stepping on someone's toes. There HAS to be a group of twats who go about attacking people who are no obstacle to them and no reason than "i can attack you so i will". That ruins everything and is no excuse. And since my happiness and free time is worth to me more than my money, EVE suddenly has no value to me anymore. Thanks to idiots like this new order bullcrap.
Uhm...
I see 2 very major errors in this:
1. You can do exactly as you want, you just have to find the spot to do it, which require some searching around. Hook me up in game and I can help you out with some pointers.
Basically, EVE rewards you based on how much effort you put into it. Do good amount of research etc and it will be very rewarding and unless you brake any EULA/ToS rules, you can actually do what ever you want.
2. You fail at the whole market part.
EVE has no inflation...WHUT? Then why did is the ISK value much lower now then when I started (when I started a PLEX was just under 300mil ISK, now it's over 600mil...that is twice the value for the same item).
EVE has infinite amount of moeny flowing around...WHUT? Ever heard of ISK sinks (broker fee, market tax, NPC corp tax, production slot rents, NPC orders on blueprints, NPC orders on skillbooks)
Please, before you make assumptions on how things work, research about how they actually work. Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2433
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 01:35:00 -
[32] - Quote
The entire design of EVE is that it is a competitive sandbox.
As much of a sandbox as Minecraft, and as competitive as poker or chess.
The combination is what makes EVE the game it is. I don't recommend it as a form of relaxation, I recommend it as a game where you can set traps for other people while attempting to avoid the traps they set for you, but where you do not need extraordinary reflexes or a near-0 latency connection (unlike some competitive games like first person shooters).
I have a mindset of "Every ship I ever fly is a consumable". With this mindset EVE is fun. Without it, it's a frustrating experience. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

Haedonism Bot
Revolutionary Front
1051
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 01:38:00 -
[33] - Quote
Pravus Karal wrote:Being reckless?!
You mean by going to my local asteroid field which is just a quick warp from the capitol, going out of my way to be out of other's way and earning enough breadcrums to buy a little ship that makes me happy?
Im sorry, but that is the biggest pile of assholing iv'e ever heard of.
Some people would like to play this as an elaborate screensaver. Something that's nice to look at and makes nice background noises. But no, we can't have that. We need twats that go around with some stupid creed, trolling for the sake of it.
**** this, im out of here. Seriously.
Wow...just wow. When I read your OP, I actually had a serious answer to give you. In a moment, I will give it anyway, for the benefit of other newbies trying to find their way in this game. But first, I will advise you, specifically, as an individual player.
This game is not meant to be played as a screensaver. It is a competitive multiplayer game. Just because you don't like that, doesn't make the people who play it "assholes" or "twats". It just means that this isn't the game you are looking for. People who want to play Tetris don't ***** that Super Mario Brothers is a ****** game with ****** players because it lacks falling geometric shapes.
I suggest that you send me all your isk, contract me all your assets, and unsub.
Ok, now to speak to the hypothetical reader who actually wants to play EVE. Yes, in the grand scheme of things, everything in this game ends in spaceships shooting spaceships. The only way to 100% avoid spaceship combat is to not undock. That said, many EVE players have long and fruitful careers in which they almost never undock, because the meta game here is just that deep.
On an individual level, you can play the game with almost no spaceship violence, though, even in dangerous space. However, you can't do that by ignoring PvP or hiding in highsec. Avoiding PvP successfully, in the end, requires many of the same skills as participating in PVP - being attentive and aware of your surroundings, keeping a suspicious eye on neutrals in your vicinity, and having a plan to bug out when the **** hits the fan. In this game nonviolence is an art in its own right, and you will do well if you treat it with that level of respect and try to master it. If you think you can just turn on your mining lasers and go take a nap, however, expect PvP to come to you while you are sleeping. www.everevolutionaryfront.com
Psychotic Monk for CSM9 |

Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2433
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 01:39:00 -
[34] - Quote
Pravus Karal wrote:
I have no interest in fighting some kid with anger issues in a game where it's not necessary. I put my health and life on the line IRL, carrying a gun and a badge. The last thing i want when i get home after a 12 hour shift is to log on to what should be relaxation, only to be jumped by some **** who does it just because he can and no other good reason.
My opponent in that engagement didn't shoot me 'because they could'.
They shot me because I had a fairly expensive module on my ship that they wanted.
They could have tried to steal one from an NPC complex (where they initially come from), but instead they saw the opportunity to take one from me - someone that the game clearly marks as a 'bad guy', but in this case, a human controlled bad guy rather than a computer controlled one.
They trapped me, won, blew up my ship - and the module in question didn't drop. Ah well.
For what it's worth, even though I lost a 320 million ISK ship in the engagement - I had fun and hold absolutely no hard feelings over the loss (and wouldn't even if it was a much bigger loss). If I was going to EVE Fanfest this year and my opponent in that engagement was there, I'd buy them a beer for getting my heart racing that much in the fight. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

Pravus Karal
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
1
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 01:43:00 -
[35] - Quote
Haedonism Bot wrote:If you think you can just turn on your mining lasers and go take a nap, however, expect PvP to come to you while you are sleeping.
For no other reason than because we can. Right.
Well too late for your scavenging, all of my resources are now in the empty void where abandoned characters go, along with the deleted files on my hard drive. |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3917
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 01:43:00 -
[36] - Quote
Sabriz Adoudel wrote:I have a mindset of "Every ship I ever fly is a consumable". With this mindset EVE is fun. Without it, it's a frustrating experience.
Quoting for truth.
Any ship I buy from the market is already considered a wreck and a loss on my killboard.
If a ship does not match that criteria, I'm not buying it as I shouldn't be flying it. Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2433
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 02:30:00 -
[37] - Quote
Pravus Karal wrote: Why am i still here? I guess out of sheer amazement of how low people can sink when there is nobody there to govern them. As a social experiment, EVE sure makes the worst in people come through.
Chess brings out worse. When I play chess, I go around murdering priests, slaughtering pawns and committing regicide.
Rereading this entire thread and seeing the language used in the posts, I'm now 90% convinced that the OP isn't a new player but is in fact a newly-created alt of an established player either trolling or pushing an undisclosed agenda. There's too much EVE knowledge in there for the OP to be a few hours into the game.
Well played, OP. Good fight, you got me. I believed you. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2433
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 02:32:00 -
[38] - Quote
J'Poll wrote:Sabriz Adoudel wrote:I have a mindset of "Every ship I ever fly is a consumable". With this mindset EVE is fun. Without it, it's a frustrating experience. Quoting for truth. Any ship I buy from the market is already considered a wreck and a loss on my killboard. If a ship does not match that criteria, I'm not buying it as I shouldn't be flying it.
Well, I buy ships I have no intention of ever flying to resell at times. I can't fly a Retriever let alone a Mackinaw or Hulk but I've had dozens of each pass through my hands.
Every time, taking notes on just who buys them, and adding their name to my list... https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

Dust Angel
Genesis Pit Affirmative.
0
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 02:35:00 -
[39] - Quote
Pravus Karal wrote: Why am i still here? I guess out of sheer amazement of how low people can sink when there is nobody there to govern them. As a social experiment, EVE sure makes the worst in people come through.
Eve is a fantastic story of empires being built from nothing. Tribal as it may seem, they erected huge monuments of blood, sweat, and tears.
They did it despite people trying to stop them.
They still do it.
Sorry you cant do that Alone. |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3917
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 02:45:00 -
[40] - Quote
Sabriz Adoudel wrote:Pravus Karal wrote: Why am i still here? I guess out of sheer amazement of how low people can sink when there is nobody there to govern them. As a social experiment, EVE sure makes the worst in people come through.
Chess brings out worse. When I play chess, I go around murdering priests, slaughtering pawns and committing regicide. Rereading this entire thread and seeing the language used in the posts, I'm now 90% convinced that the OP isn't a new player but is in fact a newly-created alt of an established player either trolling or pushing an undisclosed agenda. There's too much EVE knowledge in there for the OP to be a few hours into the game. Well played, OP. Good fight, you got me. I believed you.
Well, he said he was in game for 2 months (which checks out with character age).
The funny part about the thread in my opinion is that every single reply he got in this thread was helpful and civilized. Only the OP had to start calling names and got angry about space pixels and that the game won't change to his needs instead of changing his style to suit the game. Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

Maekchu
Black Rebel Rifter Club The Devil's Tattoo
25
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 03:40:00 -
[41] - Quote
Wow, this was a fun read. I cannot understand how someone can get so worked up over space pixels and the inability to adapt.
To any new EVE player reading this, remember that EVE, in its essence is a PvP environment. Even if you don't engage in direct PvP activity, you will engage in indirect PvP activity, no matter what profession you take. You might think mining and industry is PvE, as well as shooting rats. But you still compete with other players on the market for better prices for your loot, thus in this way engage in PvP activities.
Don't get discouraged by ganking as this guy did. If you understand what you do, and do it right. You should not become a target of ganks, or should be able to avoid them.
However, ganking is as much a part of EVE as PvEing is. It's a way some people have chosen to play the game, just as miners have chosen to stare at rocks all day. We might disagree at the different playstyle, but in the end of the day, we should tolerate each other. Because both parts are essential for the EVE economy to work. Industrialists are needed to build ships and modules, injecting assets into the game, while gankers and PvPers are needed to remove assets for the game in order to create demand. |

Lost Greybeard
Drunken Yordles
502
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 05:13:00 -
[42] - Quote
Maekchu wrote:Wow, this was a fun read. I cannot understand how someone can get so worked up over space pixels and the inability to adapt.
He's just trolling. No one could possibly have even the slightest exposure to Eve's advertising or reputation and not know that it's a PvP/competitive game.
It was worth making the "everything in Eve is PvP" post again on principle, since it's the new player forum, but no, OP is pretty definitely not 'real' as such. Don't worry about it. |

Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat Working Stiffs
3365
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 05:30:00 -
[43] - Quote
Risk and loss are just a part of EVE that you either learn to accept and deal with, or you won't enjoy EVE.
I could lose everything, and recover eventually. I just hope if that does happen, it is an epic story I can tell again and again! 
I'm an industrialist. I don't consider myself a carebear. I've been playing EVE for over 5 years now, and have 5 paid accounts because I enjoy EVE so much. Our alliance has an active wardec by a corp that seems to specialize in killing miners... and still I'm having fun. |

Jared Lennox
The Conference Elite CODE.
47
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 05:42:00 -
[44] - Quote
Pravus Karal wrote:Who or what is the New Order?
So even if i mind my own business and ant away, avoiding combat, someone will come by and shoot at me for it? WTF?
Why, hellooou o/ Welcome to EVE, where bad guys win. CODE wishes you to enjoy your stay and consider purchasing a mining permit.
My job here is done,
New Order Agent Jared Lennox
http://www.minerbumping.com/p/the-code.html |

Iria Ahrens
Space Perverts and Forum Pirates
323
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 09:02:00 -
[45] - Quote
Some threads are better in GD.
Sabriz as usual is awesome, jpoll same, everyone gave great answers. Play the game, enjoy yourself, but don't call people names and assume they are attacking you because they are Quote: angry teenagers who want to vent their frustrations on others from the safety of their bedrooms.
People aren't attacking you because they are angry or frustrated. They are attacking you because that is the kind of game this is. If you want to play an fps game but want to play a pacifist, do so if you want, just don't be surprised or angry at all the other players actively hunting you down.
As said above, Eve is the game for everyone to play how they want and is founded on the emergent gameplay that occurs when player's goals clash.
Still, it is rare in NC to have a thread hit 3 pages in less than a day. Grats.
OP, if you really want to complain about getting troll answers, go post in GD. Because you disdained all my counsel, and my reproof you ignoredGÇö I, in my turn, will laugh at your doom; will mock when terror overtakes you; -- Ultimate Griefer's Handbook |

Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
1230
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 11:20:00 -
[46] - Quote
Pravus Karal wrote:I really have no interest in PvP Wrong game then, it's really that simple. Others already explained the game thrives on emergent gameplay and risk-vs-reward mechanics. You might go as far as to minimize PVP encounters and focus on getting away instead of fighting back. You can run, but you cannot hide. PVP will find you eventually.
Pravus Karal wrote:EVE was pitched as "do what you like". Google libertarianism. Or heck, even google what ideology the Church Of Satan proposes, and you get a good idea what "do what you like" actually means. You may classify people that gank, scam and extort to be bad human beings, but did you do this to your friend when you played Cops and Robbers back in the day? No, you were playing a role, a game, and nobody hated you for being the bad guy. |

Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
17668
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 11:41:00 -
[47] - Quote
OP Eve obviously isn't the game for you, there's no shame in admitting it because not everybody gets it. It's not a mass appeal game, and hopefully never will be; some of us like it being dark and harsh, despite not directly engaging in explosions.
As other have said Eve is very much a PvP centric game, there is no safe area unless your a newbie, and in certain solar systems. Everything you do competes with another player, as such the removal of competition via any means necessary, including violence is common practice, and explicitly allowed.
Scams, extortion rackets, suicide attacks, random wars etc are accepted ways of getting ahead and just as valid a way of playing as mining, trading, running missions, building stuff etc are. Cutthroat business practices are taken seriously here.
You may find Star Citizen more to your liking when it's released, similar setting, not so brutal in its design or play.
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Hecules Flanagan
Noob Mercs Monkeys with Guns.
0
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 12:34:00 -
[48] - Quote
Pravus Karal wrote:Haedonism Bot wrote:If you think you can just turn on your mining lasers and go take a nap, however, expect PvP to come to you while you are sleeping. For no other reason than because we can. Right. Well too late for your scavenging, all of my resources are now in the empty void where abandoned characters go, along with the deleted files on my hard drive. Why am i still here? I guess out of sheer amazement of how low people can sink when there is nobody there to govern them. As a social experiment, EVE sure makes the worst in people come through.
I feel you may benefit from some kind of psychiatric help. You say you carry a gun and yet keep referring to wanting to rip out peoples throats etc. You hint you are a cop and yet you say Eve brings out the worst in people. Seriously? I take it you have never been to a murder or a ****. THEY show the worst in people. Eve is a game for God sake.
I worry about you and anyone you encounter as you are a loose cannon ready to blow. |

Vol Arm'OOO
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
231
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 12:55:00 -
[49] - Quote
Pravus Karal wrote:EVE was pitched as "do what you like". I'd like to mine to buy myself a nice ship, possibly go explore and kill an NPC rat here or there. With people of unmentionable adjectives about, like that order nonsense, that puts a big wet turd on the whole thing. Unfortunately my PLEX doesn't run out for another 60 days and that's it for me and my EVE experience. I can't say it was fun since all of my work and avoiding other people's childish antics is for naught. So i might as well quit. 
Well not every game is for every player. I personally cant stand wow, and theme park games in general. I also have a particular dislike for anything made by soe. Good luck in your new game. If you have acquired any stuff can I have it before you go? I don't play, I just fourm warrior. |

SKINE DMZ
S U P R E M E - M A T H E M A T I C S A Band Apart.
381
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 13:37:00 -
[50] - Quote
Wow I normally visit these areas for some refreshment, to help.. but here.. this guy... can we frame this as the definition of a carebear? I disagree |

Zanzbar
The Elysian Knights League of Infamy
200
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 13:54:00 -
[51] - Quote
Pravus Karal wrote:EVE was pitched as "do what you like". I'd like to mine to buy myself a nice ship, possibly go explore and kill an NPC rat here or there. With people of unmentionable adjectives about, like that order nonsense, that puts a big wet turd on the whole thing. Unfortunately my PLEX doesn't run out for another 60 days and that's it for me and my EVE experience. I can't say it was fun since all of my work and avoiding other people's childish antics is for naught. So i might as well quit. 
phrases such as "eve is hard" and "be the villian" are widely used in their web adds.
and "going into eixle" is not what people are saying you need to be safe in highsec, the are basic things you learn to look for just like in real life. the suburbs may not be as dangerous as the getto, but in either place you should look before you cross the street, and that about as basic as the things needed to stay alive in highsec are. |

Marc Callan
Interstellar Steel Templis CALSF
426
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 14:25:00 -
[52] - Quote
SKINE DMZ wrote:Wow I normally visit these areas for some refreshment, to help.. but here.. this guy... can we frame this as the definition of a carebear?
So long as we can agree that people who don't match that definition aren't. "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegurt |

Marc Callan
Interstellar Steel Templis CALSF
426
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 14:39:00 -
[53] - Quote
Seriously, though:
There's competition all over the place; it's a sad fact in EVE. People will undercut you in the marketplace, people will kamikaze you for your equipment (or sometimes just to have an evil laugh), people will roll out fleets of mining barges and empty a system's asteroid belts within an hour of downtime, people will be general all-purpose sadistic beepity-boops.
But they're not everywhere. It's entirely possible to find an out-of-the-way system that can become a sort of "suburban home". There are resource-rich empire systems that will go months - literally - without a gank, and that will provide a nice productive Zen-like experience. You've just got to dig into resources like the Dotlan maps and find them.
Low-sec is pirate/militia country; it's either a war zone or a hunting ground, so the "interesting" stuff comes with significant risk. Null is even more so, unless you happen to have an "in" with sovereignty-holding outfits, in which case, it's potentially the safest space around, if you're willing to pay the price. "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegurt |

Lotsa Pain
University of Caille Gallente Federation
3
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 14:53:00 -
[54] - Quote
Pravus Karal wrote:EVE was pitched as "do what you like". I'd like to mine to buy myself a nice ship, possibly go explore and kill an NPC rat here or there. With people of unmentionable adjectives about, like that order nonsense, that puts a big wet turd on the whole thing. Unfortunately my PLEX doesn't run out for another 60 days and that's it for me and my EVE experience. I can't say it was fun since all of my work and avoiding other people's childish antics is for naught. So i might as well quit. 
You can't play eve alone! At the begin you can explore it yourself. Once you start to get into it in earnest you need to join a group of players who are like minded.
There are groups for everyone, from drooling and expletive spewing riffraff goon groups to academic idealists. Funny thing.... many players belong to a spectrum of groups. One alt the facade alt of the proper tradesman and gentleman, the other alt the impersonation of evil. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde... Go, accept the role play of it all. Enjoy slipping into skins and out of them. Eve is and should not be your real life equivalent.
PLAY!
Observe, learn, go down the rabbit hole and peel the layers of the onion eve is... slowly and with good humor. Once ganked, look at the facts.... most likely you asked for it. Prepare, outsmart....
Best of luck and give it another try. Enjoy the chaos....
LP |

Yarda Black
Epidemic. Nulli Secunda
97
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 14:58:00 -
[55] - Quote
Pravus Karal wrote: So iv'e been playing for about 2 months now. Good stuff. I expect that also means you know my final advice is not an insult
Pravus Karal wrote: Yet everything somehow seems to end with fighting. Yeah. Awesome game this EVE
Pravus Karal wrote: I really have no interest in PvP I do. Others too. You play with others. You know this.
Pravus Karal wrote: So what exactly is there for me to do if i don't want to stick to high sec space all the time? The exact same thing as in high sec just to begin with. Just more "intense", more interaction, more MMO-like.
Others dont need to mess up your day by attacking you. The best way to make that happen is by accepting the possibility of it. Cos that allows you to deal with it. Both mentally as ingame. You can actively avoid being attacked. As a matter of fact, its easier to do that OUTSIDE h-sec. Where you can see them coming.
So my advice: HTFU
Welcome to EVE m8
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J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3922
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 18:20:00 -
[56] - Quote
Yarda Black wrote:Pravus Karal wrote: So iv'e been playing for about 2 months now. Good stuff. I expect that also means you know my final advice is not an insult Pravus Karal wrote: Yet everything somehow seems to end with fighting. Yeah. Awesome game this EVE Pravus Karal wrote: I really have no interest in PvP I do. Others too. You play with others. You know this. Pravus Karal wrote: So what exactly is there for me to do if i don't want to stick to high sec space all the time? The exact same thing as in high sec just to begin with. Just more "intense", more interaction, more MMO-like. Others dont need to mess up your day by attacking you. The best way to make that happen is by accepting the possibility of it. Cos that allows you to deal with it. Both mentally as ingame. You can actively avoid being attacked. As a matter of fact, its easier to do that OUTSIDE h-sec. Where you can see them coming. So my advice: HTFU Welcome to EVE m8
Fixed the link for you. Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

Slymah
Reoples
200
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 19:29:00 -
[57] - Quote
Skittish Toombs. Very skittish. |

Genseric Tollaris
Greedy Goyim
197
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 23:32:00 -
[58] - Quote
Hecules Flanagan wrote:Pravus Karal wrote:Haedonism Bot wrote:If you think you can just turn on your mining lasers and go take a nap, however, expect PvP to come to you while you are sleeping. For no other reason than because we can. Right. Well too late for your scavenging, all of my resources are now in the empty void where abandoned characters go, along with the deleted files on my hard drive. Why am i still here? I guess out of sheer amazement of how low people can sink when there is nobody there to govern them. As a social experiment, EVE sure makes the worst in people come through. I feel you may benefit from some kind of psychiatric help. You say you carry a gun and yet keep referring to wanting to rip out peoples throats etc. You hint you are a cop and yet you say Eve brings out the worst in people. Seriously? I take it you have never been to a murder or a ****. THEY show the worst in people. Eve is a game for God sake. I worry about you and anyone you encounter as you are a loose cannon ready to blow.
Yeah, this guy definitely should not have a gun and a badge if he can't handle a video game.
And Sabriz, I'd buy you a beer too .
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Sabriz Adoudel
Mission BLITZ
2450
|
Posted - 2014.04.03 23:35:00 -
[59] - Quote
Genseric Tollaris wrote:And Sabriz, I'd buy you a beer too  .
Nothing is stopping you. Free beer, best beer. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=326497 --áPsychotic Monk for CSM! https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=238931 - an idea for a new form of hybrid PVE/PVP content. If you want to mine in highsec, read www.minerbumping.com. |

Seraphi Nephalis
Seraphi Nephalis Corporation
3
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Posted - 2014.04.04 01:53:00 -
[60] - Quote
I think part of the problem is that when you first start EVE there is an illusion of save PVE. It took me a LOT of reading and a LOT of questions to realize just how dangerous even HighSec can be. If a person jumped into EVE because they thought it was a really in-depth space sim, and didn't look past the surface, I can see how they'd be VERY surprised when the true nature of the game was fully realized.
In the case of the OP, it seem pretty clear to me that he'd been enjoying himself for some time, and was fortunate enough to get away with a fairly lackadaisical approach for far too long. He become emotionally invested in a certain playstyle. Then the rug got pulled out from under him. Or rather, the blinders removed from his eyes.
I think the saddest part is that he didn't actually suffer any losses. It was the IMAGINED losses and the threat of POSSIBLE attacks that had him the most bent out of shape. He wasn't even willing to consider that changing his view of the game might result in enjoyment.
Oh well......plenty of browser click games out there for him, I guess. |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3927
|
Posted - 2014.04.04 02:25:00 -
[61] - Quote
Seraphi Nephalis wrote:I think part of the problem is that when you first start EVE there is an illusion of save PVE. It took me a LOT of reading and a LOT of questions to realize just how dangerous even HighSec can be. If a person jumped into EVE because they thought it was a really in-depth space sim, and didn't look past the surface, I can see how they'd be VERY surprised when the true nature of the game was fully realized.
In the case of the OP, it seem pretty clear to me that he'd been enjoying himself for some time, and was fortunate enough to get away with a fairly lackadaisical approach for far too long. He become emotionally invested in a certain playstyle. Then the rug got pulled out from under him. Or rather, the blinders removed from his eyes.
I think the saddest part is that he didn't actually suffer any losses. It was the IMAGINED losses and the threat of POSSIBLE attacks that had him the most bent out of shape. He wasn't even willing to consider that changing his view of the game might result in enjoyment.
One of the most interesting things is that during my own research of how the game works, I've discovered that there's all kinds of ways to make it hard for suicide gankers to get you. Even something as simple as using a mission room cleared of rats to mine in. Not to mention wormhole space, or joining a corp that has a pretty secure lock on a part of nullsec where you could do your thing in relative peace.
To each his own, I guess.
I do agree, if you look just at the tutorials...they are very very limited in teaching that EVE is a harsh place and that no place is safe. Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

Daniel Plain
Science and Trade Institute Caldari State
1904
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Posted - 2014.04.04 04:43:00 -
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Sabriz Adoudel wrote:Pravus Karal wrote:Who or what is the New Order?
So even if i mind my own business and ant away, avoiding combat, someone will come by and shoot at me for it? WTF?
We are a highsec extortion racket. blasphemy!
"I don't troll, I just give overly blunt responses that annoy people who are wrong but don't want to admit it. It's not my fault that people have sensitive feelings" -MXZF |

Luwc
Biohazard. WINMATAR.
83
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Posted - 2014.04.04 08:03:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:
I really have no interest in PvP, so what exactly is there for me to do if i don't want to stick to high sec space all the time?
Quit the game.
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Zappity
Stay Frosty. A Band Apart.
935
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Posted - 2014.04.04 09:52:00 -
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OP, given your firm commitment to leave this game I wish to respectfully submit my application for receiving all your stuffz.
Of course, given that you are not actually a new character but rather a forum alt of a bitter highsec bear who was probably ganked a few days ago I doubt I will see a blinky contract any time soon. You know too much lingo. Try harder next time. Zappity's Adventures for a taste of lowsec. |

Gregor Parud
412
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Posted - 2014.04.04 10:09:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:I really have no interest in PvP, so what exactly is there for me to do if i don't want to stick to high sec space all the time?
EVE at its core is a pure pvp "bash each other's heads in" game and you can adapt to that in several ways:
- wishing it away and not at all give it any thought. this is what most people do and when PVP knocks on their door they'll spaz out and blame everyone but themselves. Don't be that person - embrace it and partake in it, this is the "ideal" reaction but since everyone plays differently and EVE being a sandbox it's fine to not choose to do this - Acknowledge the fact that EVE is a nasty vile place and put in effort to minimise the risk involved by knowing your ****, being prepared and making powerful friends in high places. "If you want peace, prepare for war".
Option #3 is viable and doable, if you put in effort to learn the whys and hows of combat, wars, ganking etc then you effectively learned how to minimise the problem to a point where it simply won't be an issue. |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3931
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Posted - 2014.04.04 11:02:00 -
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I really doubt the OP still reads the forums.
He wasn't obviously the "right type" of gamer for the game and blamed the game on his leaving. All I wonder, why did it take him 2 months to find that out. Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

Velicitia
Emergent Avionics
2120
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Posted - 2014.04.04 11:08:00 -
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Living in the rookie system(s) maybe? One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia |

Gregor Parud
412
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Posted - 2014.04.04 11:38:00 -
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J'Poll wrote:I really doubt the OP still reads the forums.
He wasn't obviously the "right type" of gamer for the game and blamed the game on his leaving. All I wonder, why did it take him 2 months to find that out.
Perhaps, but other newbies might read this thread, so we'll stick to it :) |

Balshem Rozenzweig
Akademia Milicyjna The North is Coming
37
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Posted - 2014.04.04 11:40:00 -
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EVE is about blowing stuff up and dying. When you look at it this way you will realize the problem just isn't there, because you are not loosing something you shouldn't.
Replacing your ship is like a repair bill in WoW. It's not that big, but you have to, however, be careful as to not to see the losses accumulate into big sums. Singature Radius 48 m |

Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat Working Stiffs
3372
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Posted - 2014.04.04 11:48:00 -
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Balshem Rozenzweig wrote:Replacing your ship is like a repair bill in WoW. It's not that big, but you have to, however, be careful as to not to see the losses accumulate into big sums. That's probably the best comparison I've read.
I can really relate: In WoW, I was a tank for a raiding guild, most of my downtime was spent earning gold to pay for repairs (and flasks, etc.), as my armor was completely trashed at the end of an evening of constantly being beaten upon. |

Ro Fenrios
Armilies corporation
5
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Posted - 2014.04.04 15:11:00 -
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As someone who soon is approaching his fifth month in EVE, a newb in other words, I too was amazed, or shocked how brutally you get jumped by older players in supposingly safe high sec. We never got ganked, but rather wardecced and chased across the galaxy. No matter where we went, we were pursued and week went by with just running. It was perhaps furstrating, but during those weeks we became more determined and got sort of 'fighting mentality'. Sure, there was no hope in engaging punch of T3 ships with just T1 destroyers and cruisers, but we decided to make our offender really work for those kills.
We vowed never to become like the punch that chased us. We would not forward the ill made to us to next generation of newbs that would follow after us. Rather, we decided to do opposite. The wardecs, and other ill done to use shaped us. We were forced to adapt, run, hide and venture into places that were unthinkable for us before. Low sec for one. I myself began to like low sec, that no nonsense place, where you surely meet people that can obliterate you, but can also extend their hand and say "you ok, buddy?"
After time you begin to appriciate friends, people that are willing to pay their time for you, help you and if need be, even stand between you and someone meanie coming to get you. We made lot of friends in low sec, and by the time second wardec came to our still newb corporation, we did not even have to run anymore. We were right at home in border systems of 0.4-0.5 and our offenders coming to get us in their shiney ships did not ever venture beyond high sec, not even when we were taunting them at the gate, just one jump away.
While I would not go thanking the people who tried to harm us, I would say I would have never ventured into low and null and discovered how things are over there without being forced to leave. its a big leap for someone just months old, but not impossible. Learn and adapt, and soon you can do whatever you want.
And really. For all those mean people, there are also some really good guys around. You may not find them as easy as hostiles, but they are around and they are what make this game worth every minute - friends.
I too repeat what everyone else has repeated here already. EVE is PVP game and very brutal sort in that. This is the world you get when players can influence and control its events. We are human, after all. |

J'Poll
CDG Playgrounds Affirmative.
3933
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Posted - 2014.04.04 15:43:00 -
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Gregor Parud wrote:J'Poll wrote:I really doubt the OP still reads the forums.
He wasn't obviously the "right type" of gamer for the game and blamed the game on his leaving. All I wonder, why did it take him 2 months to find that out. Perhaps, but other newbies might read this thread, so we'll stick to it :)
Wait, are you suggesting that new players are using the search function / opening other threads? Personal channel: Crazy Dutch Guy
Ever wanted to PvP but can't find people to fly with. Look no further and this chat: Redemption Road |

Feyd Rautha Harkonnen
Lords.Of.Midnight The Devil's Warrior Alliance
832
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Posted - 2014.04.04 17:33:00 -
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Ro Fenrios wrote: ... While I would not go thanking the people who tried to harm us, I would say I would have never ventured into low and null and discovered how things are over there without being forced to leave. its a big leap for someone just months old, but not impossible. Learn and adapt, and soon you can do whatever you want. ....
Reading that I envisioned that scene from 'Quest for fire', where the ape-men are shown by the slightly more advanced ape-men how to start a fire...
Now, let me offer you a piece of flint and tinder.
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Would you like to know more? |

Robby Altair
108
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Posted - 2014.04.04 18:01:00 -
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"Does everything end up with fighting?"
Yes. Room 3420 Boelter Hall UCLA |

Seraphi Nephalis
Seraphi Nephalis Corporation
21
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Posted - 2014.04.07 19:27:00 -
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Feyd Rautha Harkonnen wrote:
I'm glad you posted this. Now I know what to watch out for when running missions.
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Mass Doe
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
3
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Posted - 2014.04.11 04:34:00 -
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Sabriz Adoudel wrote:Pravus Karal wrote: Why am i still here? I guess out of sheer amazement of how low people can sink when there is nobody there to govern them. As a social experiment, EVE sure makes the worst in people come through.
Chess brings out worse. When I play chess, I go around murdering priests, slaughtering pawns and committing regicide. Rereading this entire thread and seeing the language used in the posts, I'm now 90% convinced that the OP isn't a new player but is in fact a newly-created alt of an established player either trolling or pushing an undisclosed agenda. There's too much EVE knowledge in there for the OP to be a few hours into the game. Well played, OP. Good fight, you got me. I believed you. Edit: If I'm wrong, I apologize.
Yes i agree. There has to be an end goal in making isk. Like in the real world making money. In this game it is about carrying out a great human experiment of life in an Anarcho-Capitalist system. So you would have to be pretty strange to use it as a glorified screen saver. So yea i saw troll on this one from the beginning of the second page.
So whats the point? |

Malcolm Shinhwa
Bad Touches
1862
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Posted - 2014.04.14 17:53:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:Who or what is the New Order?
So even if i mind my own business and ant away, avoiding combat, someone will come by and shoot at me for it? WTF?
Have you ever considered that maybe a more traditional MMO might be more your style? Just about every other MMO allows you to grind boring PvE content completely unmolested by any other player.
But if your mind is made up, and you want PvE content with no hanky panky and still want to play EvE, we do have a solution for you. Its called SiSi (an appropriate name if ever there was). Do what you want on SiSi. Although it is still possible for someone to violence your boat, in practice just move to some distant system and the the odds of any of the other 100 or so people playing running into you are very remote. "You're a d-bag. But you're a caring d-bag." -- Sindel Pellion
***** Psychotic Monk and DJ FunkyBacon for CSM ***** |

Earthan
Infinite Point Nulli Secunda
2
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Posted - 2014.04.14 18:55:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:So iv'e been playing for about 2 months now. Making my share of ISK and building ships. I have been pondering about what to do more focused. Mining, exploring, trading, etc. Yet everything somehow seems to end with fighting.
If you want to go mine more interesting things, you get attacked. If you go exploring, you get attacked. If you run cargo or trade, you get attacked.
I really have no interest in PvP, so what exactly is there for me to do if i don't want to stick to high sec space all the time?
Well i heard all about high sec dangers, but imho if you are not flying mutli bilions ships, or transporting such worth, you are pretty safe in high sec.There are alwys missions you can run/
Most gankers earn teir isk that way , if it doesnt pay for them to suicide a fair number of ships , they wont do it.
Alternatively there arte whole mining/PVE corps that should give you all the safety you need.
Im a pvp /0.0 pilot all my life, so i guess my view is different, but really in my 10 years fo playing eve i maybe got killed 5 times when i wasnt really with full premeditation risking it. All other times (much more lol) it was with full consiousness " Ok it might be risky but i want to do it".
Its your choice if you play or leave, but dont be intimidated by all the griefers (tough i got nothing againt them , each of us can play how he likes, as long asit is within game rules.)
I owuld play my way and not worry to much about it , learn a few basic safety rules, and enjoy Eve your way:) |

Vortexo VonBrenner
SolMod
1035
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Posted - 2014.04.14 21:44:00 -
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Sorry to see you go, OP. The risk of getting blown up at any time is actually part of what makes EvE fun. The whole game is not direct pvp, certainly, but pvp is a big part of the EvE world and drives the game, actually. For instance; someone buys the minerals you mine to build ships. Ships are in demand because they get blown up...in the various forms of pvp. Circle of EvE life and all. So ultimately pvp in general is, maybe seemingly oddly, not really something to hate. There are many things to do in EvE, though, besides direct fighting, if that's not your thing. Just have to accept you're never going to be 100% "safe" usually. Stick around and give EvE a...shot. You might like it and be glad you didn't quit right away. Whatever your decision, I hope you find enjoyment in whatever games you play. o7
I'm listening to-áBj+¦rk, playing EVE, eating fishsticks, and I'm cold....this is immersion gaming. |

Capt Starfox
Northstar Cabal Tactical Narcotics Team
684
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Posted - 2014.04.14 23:26:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote: Thank you for ruining something that kept me one more step from actively stabbing someone with a pen to the throat out of frustration IRL.
Sir, if you see this before you quit the game, please seek professional help. A video game should not be the buffer between you and violently harming someone in real life; in fact, you should not have the desire to harm someone in real life to help ease some of your frustration at all.
It is good that you will not play this game. I would hate to see what you would do to yourself, or worse, someone else when you lost your first ship. Abandon all hope ye who x up in fleet
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PsychoticMonkCSM9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |

Tor Norman
Brave Newbies Inc. Brave Collective
129
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Posted - 2014.04.15 08:51:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:EVE was pitched as "do what you like". EVE was pitched wrong. EVE is: You can try to do what you like. Just because you try to do something, doesn't mean you're entitled to success. In EVE, the challenges you face almost always come from other players, hence why it's a PvP game and anyone that plays it needs to either embrace it, or play in a way they don't fall victim to it. WTF did I just read? |

lollerwaffle
Perkone Caldari State
278
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Posted - 2014.04.15 13:24:00 -
[82] - Quote
Tor Norman wrote:Pravus Karal wrote:EVE was pitched as "do what you like". EVE was pitched wrong. EVE is: You can try to do what you like. Just because you try to do something, doesn't mean you're entitled to success. In EVE, the challenges you face almost always come from other players, hence why it's a PvP game and anyone that plays it needs to either embrace it, or play in a way they don't fall victim to it. Well, it's not really pitched wrong though. "Do what you like" means exactly that.
It doesn't mean you will have the knowledge, experience, tenacity, will or drive to succeed. Just means the option is there.
It also means that other players can do what they like. |

lollerwaffle
Perkone Caldari State
278
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Posted - 2014.04.15 13:31:00 -
[83] - Quote
Marc Callan wrote:Seriously, though:
There's competition all over the place; it's a sad fact in EVE. Why is the presence of competition a sad fact? |

lollerwaffle
Perkone Caldari State
278
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Posted - 2014.04.15 13:34:00 -
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Seraphi Nephalis wrote:If a person jumped into EVE because they thought it was a really in-depth space sim, and didn't look past the surface, I can see how they'd be VERY surprised when the true nature of the game was fully realized. Well, it IS a really in-depth space sim though. Space sim doesn't mean mollycoddled safety. The simulator includes baddies who are played by real people and have the intelligence of real players, instead of scripted AI, isn't that realistic enough in a sim?
Agree with the rest of your post in general though. |

Silvetica Dian
Manson Family Advent of Fate
954
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Posted - 2014.04.15 15:39:00 -
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Pravus Karal wrote:Haedonism Bot wrote:If you think you can just turn on your mining lasers and go take a nap, however, expect PvP to come to you while you are sleeping. For no other reason than because we can. Right. Well too late for your scavenging, all of my resources are now in the empty void where abandoned characters go, along with the deleted files on my hard drive. Why am i still here? I guess out of sheer amazement of how low people can sink when there is nobody there to govern them. As a social experiment, EVE sure makes the worst in people come through.
Do you also tell people that shoot at you in a standard shooter game that they are a-holes? Eve is a role playing game and lots of people play different roles on different chars. Eve is a game where your team mates can betray you at any time and thus trust becomes a valuable commodity. If you do betray /steal etc then often the consquences will follow you for the rest of eve. These conequences may be good or bad for you depending on the other players. We create our own storylines and sometimes they are known to just a few around us and sometimes they reverberate across eve. Everyone is free to ATTEMPT to play the way they want and everyone else is free to try and stop them. Personally i find that peoples experience in eve says more about them than the people around them. People with good social skills who learn quickly and adapt find great pleasure in eve. People who tend to react to the new with hostility and cursing tend to find eve a unpleasant place. Dear OP with your level of negativity , hostility, aggression and entitlement i worry that anyone allowed you to carry a gun....... Luckily i live in a country where we don't allow people to carry guns (including 99% of the police) as we are observant enough to have spotted that people with guns sometimes shoot other people and that this helps no one. Money at its root is a form of rationing. When the richest 85 people have as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion (50% of humanity) it is clear where the source of poverty is. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/20/trickle-down-economics-broken-promise-richest-85 |
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