Halcyon Doom
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.07.24 18:22:56 -
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I wanted to get into solo PvP since it's been a big interest of mine ever since I started playing the game 5 years ago (before FW existed, before Dust514, before planetology, before T3 cruisers, etc). Solo PvP proficiency was always my background meta goal. I did missions for my first few months in the game years ago and then I lived in null. The PvP in nullsec was really fun but ultimately too time consuming for me since, it turns out, I needed to have a real-life job and make real-life money. In order to thrive in null I needed to play for hours on end.
I haven't been playing consistently for 5 years but I have spent the last 2 months really digging into solo PvP. I tried 2 different factions in FW thinking I would get some good targets. The FW fleets are boring because no one wants to fight 20 frigates. I just end up orbiting a plex beacon with blues for 15 minutes and eventually going afk due to the boredom... but I do like that there are occasionally players from the other factions/neutral looking for good 1v1 fights and tiny fleets vs 1(me). My hope for solo PvP was that I would be able to drive my own play schedule and I wouldn't be tied to a corp's PvP schedules. My dream was that I could hop on, play for an hour, and log off.
I am facing a serious problem with my EVE dream which is it seems like everyone who is not a part of my faction/corp/alliance is out to ruin the game for me. Low sec and null sec are very hostile places to be.. which, honestly, I sort of love about Eve Online... but is also incompatible for me as a player. Eve is one of the best games ever made but I just feel like the game is not suiting to my play style at this point in my life. I think the problem is I need so much time and patience and ISK to find a truly good fight. I don't feel like my log-on/log-off play style is going to change any time soon (or ever).
Every time I take a break from the game there are so many changes. I have to figure what is the latest OP thing to do (ok drone boats are OP now? Ok DDAs and drone boats just got nerfed, but they buffed heavy missiles...sigh...). I don't want to take a break and hope that there is some new mechanic to facilitate solo PvP. I want to play a game where, if a take a break for a few months, I can come back to it and I don't have to re-learn everything. I think I've just hit my limit with Eve Online and I don't want to play it anymore. I'm really bummed because I think the concept behind Eve is beautiful but it seems like the only real shot at solo PvP this game has to offer is high sec station dueling. Other solo play is PvE and I want to PvP with my videogame time.
Solo PvP is something I have thought a lot about and I've done a lot of research. Thinking I might be able to make improvements to my game play, I started watching twitch.tv streams and Youtube videos of other players solo PvP experiences. I was crushed to learn that most solo PvPers are either 1. not truly solo (i.e. loki links off grid) or 2. having the same experiences as me. I have read articles online for advice with no luck. I tried experimenting to develop a way to make solo PvP happen for me and I have not been able to find a solution with which I am happy.
Anyway... I love Eve Online and I hope it stays around a long time. Maybe one day I'll retire from my real-life job and I'll be able to play this game the way it's meant to be played. I'll keep a PLEX in my account just in case... but... for now... Bye.
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