I truly don't give a rat's ass about EVE lore. It affects my in-game decisions in no way whatsoever.

I respect RPers, but I just can't bring myself to be one of them.

Mr Epeen

I truly don't give a rat's ass about EVE lore. It affects my in-game decisions in no way whatsoever.

I respect RPers, but I just can't bring myself to be one of them.

Mr Epeen

I truly don't give a rat's ass about EVE lore. It affects my in-game decisions in no way whatsoever.

I respect RPers, but I just can't bring myself to be one of them.

Mr Epeen

trolling some frogs

Wait. When did we turn into frogs??

Great responses in here! For everyone who says lore has no bearing on their gameplay, just wondering what made you choose your race / character? Did you just skip over the details and roll out a character to get into the game without really delving into the info? Character customization is one thing (pretty sure we all love to tweak our avatars from time to time) but how conscious of your race choice were you when you crafted your characters?

Only reason i started playing

I can actually echo that sentiment. I've been a sci-fi fan and writer of creative fiction for most of my life and when I came across EVE and gazed upon its aesthetic (website, youtube videos) I had to know more, which I did, and which inspired me to sub so I could get the full effect. I wasn't really that interested in the PVP aspect of the game, I just wanted to get inside and see more of the awesomeness. EVE's game play is another thing entirely, but the sheer magnitude of universe building that went into the design of this game is stunning and really goes a long way to draw one in, should one be so inclined as to dig in and absorb the entirety of EVEdom.

Well, sounds like we might see you in The Summit sometime.

If we haven't seen your main there already.

Whether it comes to the race/faction you choose to the ships you fly to the decisions you make in game, how much actually has to do with the universe that CCP has created for this game and how much has to do with just getting into space and making things blow up real good?

I don't role play or participate in role play events.

It matters quite a lot for me when I make my characters, but not much at all when in game. My grasp of EVE lore is very basic however, and goes something like this:

Amarr = Racist religious fanatics with sticks up their butts.
Caldari = Corporate tools with sticks up their butts.
Gallente = Artsy fartsy hedonists and friends of the Minmatar.
Minmatar = Every man for himself or his tribe, and now the most free people of New Eden, despite their past.

I haven't read the books, and I don't bother to read the chronicles or whatever. I formed my opinion of the empires from in-game and promotional materials and that opinion hasn't changed since 2004.

Anyway, the lore matters enough to me that I would never make an Amarr or Caldari character. Or at least not a main character. But I'll fly Amarr and Caldari ships, and fly in fleets with pilots from those races. I'm even based out of Amarr space these days, and spend most of my time trolling Caldari space. I don't role play or participate in role play events. But I do have some Minmatar pride, and this character is my most pirate-minded character, and was made with that in mind. My others are less aggressive, but still all Minmatar. This also seems to be my character for ship toasting on the forums.

EVE could be a much cooler place if its lore was actually worth a ******* penny. Science fiction is a genre where atmosphere and setting is pretty much 90% of the enjoyment (to me, anyway). I think the first Mass Effect (never played the sequels) was a successful game because of how much time was spent making sure the setting and lore was explained and fleshed out -- the world felt real and believable. EVE has interesting lore and could have awesome atmosphere (especially if something ever comes from WiS), but it's all useless because nothing in the game depends on it -- it's internet spaceships with some lore somewhere way in the background.

I like internet spaceships as much as the next guy, but EVE could be quite a bit more, I think.

Eve lore is awesome. I read The Burning Life and Empyrean Age and thought both of them were great. In my opinion it is more realistic lore than for example Star Wars. And more imaginative when going into detail than Stargate.

In-game lore stuff is not very interesting, everyone is too busy flying their ships for that. If the door ever opens perhaps things will change.

We might see some of that with Project Legion (even if only on a cursory level) but I'm not sure just how far the long term plans are for it. I do believe that EVE could be so much more than just spaceships shooting at each other (not that there's anything wrong with that) but for as gorgeous as this game looks and for all the intricacies of backstory and world building that went into it, it would be a real treat to see an increased effort to up the immersiveness to epic levels.

I'm not chatty enough to be a role player. I'm far less talkative in-game than on the forums, particularly in local. I role play a mute small-time spacepirate. There hows that?

Born on the planet Ogo, part of an intellectual elite, preparing to subjugate the barbarian hordes on Pluto... yeah I'm just not cut out for this...

I totally agree with you. The EVE universe is fantastical AND believable all at the same time, and it feels more "right" than most of its peers, as well as other intellectual properties like Star Wars, Star Trek, etc. This is a fully formed entity from top to bottom, and I can't help but wonder what else CCP has in store for it, because the limitations of being a simple space combat sim (sort of) only go so far. For some, I'm sure that's far enough. But for others...

And then there's movies... EVE movies would be cool if done well. No one ever makes movies with lots of cool spaceships. Star Wars still hasn't been beat in that regard and that was nearly 40 friggen years ago.

Sometimes EVE's universe does seem horrendously under-utilized.

Born on the planet Ogo, part of an intellectual elite, preparing to subjugate the barbarian hordes on Pluto...

EVE has a unique universe

Whether it comes to the race/faction you choose to the ships you fly to the decisions you make in game, how much actually has to do with the universe that CCP has created for this game and how much has to do with just getting into space and making things blow up real good?

Nothing. Traditions (lore) are invented to provide feeling of safety / security / stability and contradict to EVE's idea and atmosphere.

p.s. perhaps if there were quest lines I could be interesting in the lore - but I didn't see anything past SoE's introduction tutorial arc.

It doesn't

But thats both a blessing and a curse, so I don't consider that to be one of its flaws

You assume much, young Jedi!

EVE lore effects my gameplay and my character's decisions very little. I love to roleplay, and I love sci-fi in general, but I have almost no affinity with EVE's lore.

I find EVE's lore to be convoluted, piecemeal and often debated and argued due to it's deficiencies and the modular way people have added to it over time.

I enjoy playing a character who deliberately shuns most conventions. She's Achuran, but never knew the homeworld, so doesn't subscribe to much in the way of Achuran philosophies, history, lifestyles or stereotypes. Likewise she turned her back on Empire and society at large after becoming a capsuleer and instead chose a life in wormhole space where the culture and "lore" is basically whatever each individual makes it.

Having said all that there is still some racial leanings my characters inherit - such as a preference for Caldari ship types. She also harbors some disdain of her race's traditional enemies, the Gallente, due to some time spent serving in the milita, so you might sometimes find her trolling some frogs here n' there. But beyond that I keep my characters, and their RP, very general and free flowing. Lore can be fun to stay tuned too, but sadly for many RP'ers it's merely something they use to try and bring substance to a character who has otherwise got no personality.

The lore is quite interesting, and would be interesting to see the game built more around bringing that to life. However it is understandable that most ignore it completely. From a ingame decision standpoint not really, though I would want to fight for the Republic or Thukker if FW ever actually meant anything substantial.

E: Also CCP making a SP game that was a crossbreed of Skyrim and Mass Effect, that follows more in depth the lore would also be a good idea. So long as they don't pull a ME3 and do a terrible ending.

I truly don't give a rat's ass about EVE lore. It affects my in-game decisions in no way whatsoever.

I respect RPers, but I just can't bring myself to be one of them.

Mr Epeen

I like it a lot more than CCP do these days.

Players can make their own global history but the fortnightly chronicles really helped flesh out the game world by taking a look into the lives of normal inhabitants of the ships and stations in Eve.

For Vivec, lore is important.

He flies only Amarr
He missions in Amarrian ships
He flies, he fights, for the honor of the Empress

Every npc is some portrait with a barely pronounceable name that appears as if it were just randomly generated.

Whether it comes to the race/faction you choose to the ships you fly to the decisions you make in game, how much actually has to do with the universe that CCP has created for this game and how much has to do with just getting into space and making things blow up real good?

R... P... Overload... GAH!

I appreciate the level of detail present in the lore, and how the lore translates to ingame events. I'm not playing D&D in eve though.

so he is eternally OOC.

doh.

The lore of EVE Online is the lore of the null sec alliances. Who cares about the rest? For all i care they introduce the Jove who look suspiciously like space pandas suddenly. Doesnt affect my playstyle at all.

It matters to me. I adore science fiction.

Philip K. ****, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein and others invite me to peer into their worlds. EVE lets me exist there. Backstory is crucial.

To me it's like the garnish on a fine dinner meal. It's not something that many will express a great deal of appreciation for but it is something that they notice - at some level.

For me Lore is like Salt.

according to lore our ships have crews.....but for some reason the only non-capsuleer crews in the game exist in.....industry. The one part of the game NOT done in space ships!

/facepalm

The factions are too simple and PC to be really fun.

*Drops another exsanguiated corpse of a 4 year old out of the blood-milker and into the flensing shaft*

Sorry, what did you say? I can't hear you over the begging and screams

pretty sure Omir Sarikusa toned down the child draining.