No one is doing that, though.

You though jumped in and continuously try to tell people something
that isn't what the OP was talking about.

I have lived through enough threads already where people try to
educate people about what PvP actually means and why this game is a PvP sandbox ...

... which is said directly from the developers themselves.


You should be removed for trolling and eeliberately talking crap in the New Players area.
You're just as bad as these horrible people in rookiechat who have no ground tk teach
anyone anything.

Reminds me that I need to petition them.

so...what you say here is commonly refereed to as a Strawman argument.

The Devs have clearly stated that the intent and focus of this game is a PvP sandbox. No one claimed it to be part of the EULA or TOS only that it is the focus and the intent of the game design. That does not mean that you can not play the game in a linear fashion or as a strict PvEer. However if you were to do so and then complain how you don't like the game or that it should be changed to suit your play style you would be literally ignorant.

As a PvE focused player myself, when new players come here in the NC Q&A section of the forums stating that they have a similar interest I like to inform them that their play style is contrary to the intended game design. Not that they can't play the game that way, only that they are swimming up stream so that they know what they are in for.

It's a stupid question to ask.
1. because you do not know what "PvP" means.
See my post above and the link to the definition on wiki, which is sufficient.

So to answer the question accurately:

You must PvP, because you can not avoid it.

You do not have to combat others with ships ...
... but you do not have the option to opt out of it ...
... if others want to do so, in what way ever.

If someone wants to kill you, he can and will kill you.


This fully and accurately answers your question.

And stop abusing "PvP" ...
... because we want smart, knowledgable people around here ...
... and because else I will make sure people will force it onto you until you get it right.


Clear ?
See ?
That's how easy it is.

Welcome to EVE, now go die to smartbombs or something.

Yes and no.

In a general sense... you will ALWAYS be in competition and potential conflict with other players.
If you harvest resources before someone else can harvest them, you deny other players that potential wealth.
If you explore and find salvage/relics/modules before someone else can, you deny other players that potential wealth.
If you destroy lots more NPCs than others, you make more ISK from those bounties, which in turn devalues the ISK of everyone else.
If you build more then anyone else, you are crowding out others on market and stepping on their potential income.

And anyone in the game can use any of the above as a pretext for blowing you up in a direct ship engagements (fair or not). Or sometimes they don't even need the pretext at all and will do it for giggles.

And all of the above does not require consent to be done.


However... you are not mechanically obligated to engage back in a direct ship-to-ship confrontation. There is always a way around everything else in the game if you do enough research and understand the mechanics well enough.
And you can engage in "PvP" without ever having to fire a shot at another player.


What EVE is, is a multi-faceted PvP game.
Ship-on-ship violence is often the easiest to see form of PvP... but it isn't the only way to be in conflict with others.
Conflict with others.
That is the key phrase.


edit: as for where this is all written... take a look at the Official Newbie FAQ: http://web.ccpgamescdn.com/communityassets/pdf/EVE-Online-New-Pilot-FAQ.pdf

-Part 1, Section 5-3


-Part 2, Intro


- Part 2, Section 7-Intro


And if you read the DEV blogs, forums posts, and tweets for long enough... the Developers' intent are pretty clear; to bring everything into a reasonable balance between "tears and laughter" (their words, not mine).

once you
enter New Eden you must consider every action you take as a form
of PvP since this is the core game concept.