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Paynus Maiassus
UNITAS.
Brave Collective
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Posted - 2014.12.15 23:44:15 -
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Kaye Kaye wrote:I like solo game play and was trying to find a reason to continue subscribing. I'm a casual gamer and was hoping for suggestions from those solo players who've ran through the linear game stuff and found a reason to continue playing more than 3 months. I've done the mission/mining/trading things and they're just rinse/repeat actions.  Is it the social aspects of the game that keep you here?  Or is there some hidden coolness that drives you to want to log in again.
Well, you haven't made 500 billion ISk trading yet, so you can keep up with that. It's certainly not rinse-repeat. Try setting a goal of making 10 billion per month trading. See if you can make it just rinsing and repeating without seriously learning all kinds of markets in Eve and learning your competition etc.
You could also try manufacturing without mining your own minerals. Say try to make 5 billion a month manufacturing. You'll find many manufacturers sell for less than the mineral value of their wares. Try actually making a profit at it. And a big profit at that.
Try wormhole exploration, looking for the data and relic sites that have 100 million ISK payouts.
Get into solo PvP. Try solo frigate PvP in the faction warfare zones. You'll need to be all maxed on skills and implants and flying a 100 million ISK ship. And you'll still get your tail kicked by everyone with a booster alt.
Basically, you think you've done it all, but you haven't set your goals high enough. Basically the suggested goals are those that you can accomplish yourself, with no group or friends.
Beyond that, when you have set some proper goals, you'll learn you can't accomplish them without friends in most cases. You'll never be a small gang PvP FC without a small gang. You'll never be a BLOPs hunter-killer without a BLOPS fleet to call in.
You can set your sights on the geopolitical. How about this for a goal: set up the HERO coalition with a supply of supercarriers. Now THAT would be a goal.
Basically, if you're looking to the developers to provide you with content, you're missing the boat. The developer content is pretty much a grind. Some of it can be fun (WH exploration, for instance) but for the most part missioning and mining are things to just do as a grind. They are NOT what Eve is about. Yes, Eve is a social game. Those groups that do center around developer content are primarily social if they are any good. I have been in some fantastic highest mining corps. The members just log in and mine. Nobody has any game aspiration other than that. However, they log in regularly, pop beers, talk about the ball game, life, the universe, and everything, and otherwise hang out with friends.
So yeah, basically those are your options:
1 - enjoy the social aspect of the game. Find a group you like to hang out and mine, run missions, whatever, and otherwise hang out with friends.
2 - set some REAL goals. If you you trade, try to own the universe. If you build, try to make mega ISK supplying entire regions. If you pew, become an alliance fleet commander and lead 200-man fleets to victory.
3 - turn to content made by players, rather than the game. Support an alliance as a builder, a logistician, as a PvP fleet member, or a fleet commander. Get in with an up and coming group like the Phoebe Freeport Alliance and try to keep them alive. Or get with a struggling and precarious mega power like HERO coalition and keep them in the fight. Or work your way into supporting the old guard of Eve power, like N3 or CFC and rise through the ranks.
Sounds to me like you've just taken a look at the basic building blocks of the game provided by the devs and mistakenly thought that was what Eve was. You haven't even started yet. |
Cage Man
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Posted - 2014.12.15 23:52:38 -
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How many accounts do you have ?
I had a ton of fun with 2 accounts by sending one toon in to null in a bomber with a covert cyno and then jumping in a sin and running other peoples anoms.. the challenge is doing it without getting ganked.
You could also try some of the open pvp roams offered by rvb ganked, redemtionroad and others.. adds a little excitement to your eve experience if you a solo player.. also incursions make a good change.
If you haven't been in null, you could join a renter corp and go do some null ratting/exploring without the null drama. There are some that don't care what you do or even if you log on very casually...(if you interested in this, I can send you a few names to contact)
You can also solo in FW.. if you worried about youre standing use an alt, fw can be fun even in a frigate, things like pvp, offensive and defensive plexing and lvl4 missions are all great for solo content.
It is of course better to do it in groups.. places like brave newbies are great also for casual play
The thick plottens...
CCP, When can my crane get its black paint job back??
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SkyMarshaller
SkyMarshaller Corp
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Posted - 2014.12.16 00:15:09 -
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My personal suggestion would be to set up a second account & use one account when you want to play solo & with the other join a corporation to explore the myriad of other possibilities open to you in EvE (Cage Man has already given you a fair list of possible future ventures).
Good luck. |
DaReaper
Net 7
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Posted - 2014.12.16 00:29:07 -
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even as a casual player it is HIGHLY recommened that you join a corp.
You can solo just fine, but the ability to go 'you know what, my corp mates are doing x, I'd like to give that a try' improves your eve life dramaticly.
Think of it like this:
EVE is like going to the beach. Sure you can go there by yourself with yoru towel and beer and whatever and just have a lazy day, but that experience can be added to if you go hang out with the group playing volleyball, or talk to the cute guy/girl you see a bit down the beach, or even have your own friends join you for a party.
Can you play eve solo? sure, is it as fun? no.
EVE is not Disneyland... but even if it was, its more fun waiting in your 1-3 hour line to ride the new ride with friends and family then alone. Trust me, I have been to Disneyland more times then I can cout, both alone, with family, and friends, and having others enhances the experience.
Inotherwords... join a corp
OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining!
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Darth Terona
Black Rebel Rifter Club
The Devil's Tattoo
20
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Posted - 2014.12.16 01:24:19 -
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Garnoo wrote:What's next for a new solo player?
make alt - booster alt is awesome for sols-pvp :D
Linked/scouted pvp is NOT solo pvp... |
Serene Repose
1750
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Posted - 2014.12.16 01:54:02 -
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Caldari 5 wrote:Main reason for continuing to play is to continue to achieve goals that you have set yourself. It's a lot like life that way. If you're waiting for the pistol to go off, the race done left you behind. You can sit in front of the telly and dial-in your vote on cue, or you can venture forth and make something of yourself. Flip a coin.
Treason never prospers. What is the reason? Why, if it prospers, none dare call it "treason."
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Kaye Kaye
Mining and Trade
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Posted - 2014.12.20 16:29:34 -
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Thanks all for the replies.
I decided to just update the skill queue and then removed the software.
Maybe the game will become more solo friendly later and I may try it again.
You all seem very cool though.
Happy Holidays
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Sol Project
I'm So Meta Even This Acronym
583
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Posted - 2014.12.20 16:34:26 -
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I think what's really important is that you have attitude.
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling ...
... Gotta make you understand!
You should never gonna give you up,
never gonna let you down,
never run around in circles!
Funny christmas video
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Livonia Velorea
The Fiendish Pixies
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Posted - 2014.12.20 17:10:12 -
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Solo lowsec piracy and exploration are the way forward.
There's just too much fun to be had killing/ransoming belt farmers, killing FW pilots, jumping PI transports, hunting exlporers, evading local pirate gangs and soo much more. Best thing about it... it's all possible in frigs. As you make more iskies and gain more SP you simply up the risk by flying Faction or Assault Frigs pimped with faction and deadspace mods.
Pew Pew!
I pew you too! <3
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Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
1606
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Posted - 2014.12.20 18:01:24 -
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To bad the OP has decided to leave the game before I could post. Left some likes though. I feel too that one you have 'settled' as a solo player before trying piracy. Piracy is where things became social for me, basicly making friends with other pvpers. That's when decided to actually seek more player interaction (of all forms) and it stuck. |
Tear Jar
Emolgranlan Code Enforcement Branch
221
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Posted - 2014.12.20 18:23:25 -
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Kaye Kaye wrote:I like solo game play and was trying to find a reason to continue subscribing. I'm a casual gamer and was hoping for suggestions from those solo players who've ran through the linear game stuff and found a reason to continue playing more than 3 months. I've done the mission/mining/trading things and they're just rinse/repeat actions. Is it the social aspects of the game that keep you here? Or is there some hidden coolness that drives you to want to log in again.
You can do suicide ganking. The New Order has a very helpful solo friendly suicide ganking community(this is a great use of your 20 day free alt too). Discussing ganks with others and occasionally grouping up to take down bigger targets is a lot of fun. Its pretty casual friendly because you can join and leave the groups as you please.
Its very easy to log in for an hour, do a few ganks, then log off. |
Aston Martin DB5
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.12.20 19:16:01 -
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I tend to agree with the OP. I'm a solo player myself and I've done the missions, exploration, and mining thing but it doesn't really grasp my entertainment level. I would have to assume for the vast majority of EVE players it's the social aspect through fleets. I wish missions were a little more interesting like in StarCraft 2 where they have little vids in the bottom left with information regarding your mission. Be nice to see a live Aura popping up giving you up to date information as well.  |
DankoShepard
CutThroat Mining and Manufacturing
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Posted - 2014.12.20 19:17:19 -
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Kaye Kaye wrote:I like solo game play and was trying to find a reason to continue subscribing. I'm a casual gamer and was hoping for suggestions from those solo players who've ran through the linear game stuff and found a reason to continue playing more than 3 months. I've done the mission/mining/trading things and they're just rinse/repeat actions. Is it the social aspects of the game that keep you here? Or is there some hidden coolness that drives you to want to log in again.
From your post I see you do mostly PVE content, have tried exploration in low sec space or perhaps wormholes?
You can also try faction warfare wich is a mix of PVE and PVP... |
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
Cynosural Field Theory.
1461
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Posted - 2014.12.20 20:19:45 -
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Kaye Kaye wrote:I like solo game play and was trying to find a reason to continue subscribing. I'm a casual gamer and was hoping for suggestions from those solo players who've ran through the linear game stuff and found a reason to continue playing more than 3 months. I've done the mission/mining/trading things and they're just rinse/repeat actions. Is it the social aspects of the game that keep you here? Or is there some hidden coolness that drives you to want to log in again.
get into scanning and get a scan frig. Enter Wh space and scan yourself through 6000 gateless systems....get killed in the process several times but never quit.
TunDraGon is recruiting!
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CCP Eterne, 2012
"When in doubt...make a di++k joke."-áRobin Williams - RIP
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