Gerhard Stringfellow
The Scope
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.04.15 01:37:03 -
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Edward Gibbon wrote:I've been playing Eve for years now, longer than I ever planned to. Other games grab my attention from time to time, but I always come back. One of the things that always had me coming back was the community, but that seems to be getting badly fractured. It's been a while now and these CODE people seem to be gaining numbers. They've got their supporters and their detractors.
My problem with them is two fold: They're fanatics (they exactly the same language and tactics of the Gamergate crowd, but that's another post that's just going to cause a lot of problems), and that provokes a fanatical response from those who oppose them. This doesn't ultimately help any one. But my largest problem is their utter insistence that the game be played exactly their way, and the increasing efforts they're going to make sure that Eve is only played their way.
I love the emergent gameplay that I've seen over the years. As someone whose life revolves around economics and sociology, this game never fails to be interesting. That interest is waning though. I've got a family these days. I can mine, and play with the kids at the same time. I can blow stuff up when they're asleep and I can focus more attention on things. These CODE people don't seem to want me mining, and if I'm only going to be able to shoot stuff exclusively, then I'll play other games.
It's like they're trying to turn this into League Of Legends: A game can only be played in one very specific way with a toxic community that enforces those views.
Dude, just go somewhere else. Hi-sec is huge, the gankers aren't everywhere at once, and you probably need to take a vacation from mining around Jita IV anyway. The game isn't broken and you need to find a way to make it work, just like anyone else in EvE has too. It isn't fun losing ships, but it's something that affects everyone; you can't expect the world to create a safe place just for you or people that play like you do.
CODE has their goals and as much as I disagree with them, they aren't breaking the rules of the game in any way and you need to find a way a to make it work for you. Maybe you should move to a different system, or tank your mining fit appropriately, or join a real mining corp that takes the appropriate action to protect its fleets. It seems to be the popular thing these days, and not just in EvE, to cry that you're being oppressed and your problems are everybody else's fault but yours.
And I'm getting tired of people claiming they're oppressed; if what you're doing now isn't working, you need to alter how you're playing. Goons don't cry to CCP if they lose to PL, and vice versa, even though the ships they're losing cost a hell of a lot more than a mining barge or exhumer. Instead they look at what they can and can't do, and react accordingly and realistically. Don't go crying to CCP.
tl;dr if you don't want to get exploded, find a way to protect your ship instead of whining. |