Hi there,

When i first joined the fine ranks of the capsuleers of this beloved universe, i did not know what it was that i wanted to do in the game, maybe you reading this will be in a similar position, in which case i have been there.

I tried everything from mining to ratting to PvP but alas, these were not for me. Instead i found a love of jumping my carrier around regions at will and roleplaying the local faction rats in the correct ships with correct full faction fits as one would assume thats how they are & should be fitted. I portrayed myself as a soldier of fortune taken as a child by Sansha but escaped his clutches to fight for the highest bidder. sometimes even for capsuleers themselves!

However the aspect of this game that i love has sadly been torn away from me by the true evil of this game: --------- CCP ------------. CCP has ruined my immersion and roleplaying experience and as perhaps the integral part of this fine game i am amazed that more people are not rising up in arms about this. Immersion is central to EvE without immersion what is this game???!!!! Now you may be reading this and thinking you aren't immersed in this game, but you are, we all are. how do you know who the real you is anymore. i see Rifters when i look at cars. Busses are Titans to me. EVE IS REAL.

These Jump Changes in Phoebe have ruined my play style and i for one am appalled that these changes are just allowed to happen with no LORE explanation. did we all just wake up one day and our Jump Drives decide they didn't want to work anymore? WHAT THE HELL CPP. I demand an explanation from CCP themselves as to how this all fits in to the game as a whole. because it is ruining my fully immersed experience.

I get so immersed in this game that occasionally in the evening when i am -in the zone- pod goo goes everywhere while playing eve. its pretty thrilling. but i feel it is a necessary aspect of this game. does this happen to you?! i think i might have a problem.

but still back to the real issue here. EvE has changed, with zero explanation. If you were fully immersed with a lady / man / manlady friend of yours (take your pick) and suddenly they changed into something completely different infront of you, what would you think? There is no logical explanation.

Did the Sleepers do this to make K-Space the new W-Space?!

I dont know about you but if these issues affect you i hope you will support my cause at the Jita Monument on the 9th December 2014 to protest the actions of CCP. please spread the word & join me in showing CCP that we cant be bullied out of this game & the immersion factors that make it so important and dear to us.

I love you all fellow Capsuleers,

Fly safe o7

*Nods*

Well said, well said.

Look, this is EVE and EVE is real. Role-playing isn't real. Meta-playing *is* real. You don't role-play in EVE, you meta-play.

The jump changes fit in with EVE's meta-playing lore, so there is no "LORE" problem with EVE.


If you want to "role-play" (i.e. pretend to play) EVE, then go create an EVE LARP.

Hi Thomas,

its good to hear from you again. i thought you had quit not too long ago. i miss you and our bi-weekly RP sessions. hit me up soon?

please spread the word of this noble cause.

o7

Elite:Dangerous will kill EVE.

Adapt or die

Space got more dense, just like I did reading this. It made jumping harder. Like swimming through treacle.

I'd blame this god chap the Amarrians keep harping on about, I'm told he works in mysterious yet supposedly glorious ways.

Elite:Dangerous will kill EVE.

Adapt or die

The lore behind jump drive mechanics was the thread that bound my disparate headmates together across the vast and lonely reaches of the New Eden Star Cluster. I need the official word on these changes so I can update my fics.

Ccp will kill eve.

I would definitely be interested in learning your opinions on this matter and hope we can come up with some socially acceptable space lore that answers all these questions to the best of our ability.

Roleplaying might not be real for *you* but it is an integral part of this game for many of us. Just because you don't play a certain way doesn't mean that way is wrong. EVE is a *SANDBOX* and we all build sand castles differently.

I, for one, agree with the OP. I don't spend hours reading and rereading EVE Chronicles just to have all of this tossed aside just because the Nullbears have Null brains and can't play this game without making it unfun.

I don't think it's too much to ask for those of us that have invested in the backstory of this game (that you all benefit from, whether you realize it or not) to have some explanation for why suddenly our jump drives started making us tired.

-Terra Jaynara

I've found it too painful to even keep trying. The best I recommend is that
* CONCORD did it. They already put limits on various Empire technologies via their uber-magic.
* EVE's Occupational Health and Safety Agency discovered that the previous jump ranges were causing space cancer (or something) in ship crews, and have restricted jump ranges accordingly.
* Pirate Faction research into advanced warp/jump technology has disrupted the fabric of space to the point that jumping now causes dreadful migraines in capsuleers (and their crews.)
* Alternately, the increased number of wormholes is symptomatic of disruptions in the fabric of space and this degradation has reduced jump ranges. We should probably investigate that.
* There was that one episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where warp travel was breaking down space which lead to a planet becoming effectively off-grid due to a needed warp travel ban to avoid causing local space to explode.

Space got more dense, just like I did reading this. It made jumping harder. Like swimming through treacle.

I'd blame this god chap the Amarrians keep harping on about, I'm told he works in mysterious yet supposedly glorious ways.

No, it was BOB through his agents in the Kingdom of fire and Ice, taking out his revenge on the unbelievers who were spiteful to his accolytes when the hammer of hyperion landed, and now in his infinite mercy he is blessing his beloved wormholers with new space where they can harry and torment them from blessed Thera.

Those who are enlightened and wish to enter his all encompassing kingdom, may enter this new space soon and worship him close to their shrunken kingdoms of man.

Blessed be BOB

Ps, Thanks fozzie, and thanks to your team, EVE looks like it is really coming back to life in a big way.

I've found it too painful to even keep trying. The best I recommend is that
* CONCORD did it. They already put limits on various Empire technologies via their uber-magic.
* EVE's Occupational Health and Safety Agency discovered that the previous jump ranges were causing space cancer (or something) in ship crews, and have restricted jump ranges accordingly.
* Pirate Faction research into advanced warp/jump technology has disrupted the fabric of space to the point that jumping now causes dreadful migraines in capsuleers (and their crews.)
* Alternately, the increased number of wormholes is symptomatic of disruptions in the fabric of space and this degradation has reduced jump ranges. We should probably investigate that.
* There was that one episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation where warp travel was breaking down space which lead to a planet becoming effectively off-grid due to a needed warp travel ban to avoid causing local space to explode.

I'm not reading this thread. I don't even want to post in it.

Edit: aw crap