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Posted - 2015.09.29 12:34:44 -
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Webvan wrote:Easy and hard question, whatever you make of it. "What is EVE to you and is it your primary game?" end: tl;dr ______ EVE to me is a difficult and deep mmo. Something of a dying breed of yesteryear. I really dislike f2p games, no fan of any of them, none. I played some that turned into f2p, left. EVE offers one of the last refuges for oldschool mmo players. What was the PR campaign years back? " EVE never fades". That means to me something that is, but doesn't change yet remains, to no compromise. CCP had a vision, something they have strived to pursue, differently than other games, differently than the latest fad game idea or clone. Not always the case, there has been confrontation, players vs developers (e.g Jita riots). But out of it, they showed integrity, didn't just blow off the vets and strive for players they didn't have (I can name games that did), it drew me back. I think the game means to them more than just a job, more than just some way to make a big quick profit. I can respect that, and keeps me here. EVE is an art; the art of game development. That just seems something you don't see any longer, beyond the eye candy. Yeah, my primary game. If I'm not playing EVE(or not subbed), I'm playing nothing. I took some time off late last year and into early this year, I was playing nothing, dealing with irl stuff. If I'm not playing EVE, I'm not playing anything. EVE is first for me, even in my thoughts when not playing, to a degree. It challenges my brain, requires thought and planning, I like that. I play a couple other games, they are challenging too, but when I decide each evening what I'm going to play if anything, EVE comes to mind first in the list.
Pretty much the same. I have dabbled in other games over the last few years (i sometimes play Star Trek Online for short periods, and I played mechwarrior online briefly because I've been a Battletech fan sine i was 12), and tried a few like War Thunder, Warships, Tanks, League of legends etc.
EVE online has revealed something about me to me: I'm not a gamer anymore. I was as a kid, as a teen, and as a young adult, but now other than a momentary romp every few months to play GTA or Destiny or God of War on my step kids console, I don't care for video games much. I'm not anti-Game, it's just that after 41 years of living I've changed so much that game don't appeal to me like they once did.
I'd rather go out and play paint ball and FEEL something than play some FPS video game. I'd rather grab a football , gather some buddies, drink beer and work up a sweat than pretend I'm some current NFL star on Madden. I have zero need to feel like I'm some epic hero. I AM AN EPIC HERO in real life every time I get a paycheck and feed my family. Games let me immerse myself in another world, I don't need to be immersed in another world, the world I live in is freaking awesome.
But EVE is an exception. Sometimes I'm at work and an EVE thought pops in to my head and I look at a clock to calculate both how long till I go home and what time is it in Iceland (thus EVE) lol. Or like last night, right before bed I started to wonder about how good a navy Drake with FoF missiles, a Gecko and an MJD would be for PVE... Damn it, too late, gotta work overtime tomorrow morning, need sleep, but damn it, FOFGECKODRAKE!
EVE is just somehow different for me and to me than 'games' are. It's like a hobby, sometimes not 'fun' but always deeply interesting. |