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Theodor Tsero
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.10.18 14:03:01 -
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Hello,
I have a question regarding the needed game time I need to spend to Eve online at least. I be able to spend about 3 up to 6 hours weekly to Eve Online in maximum. Does it make sense to play the game with such a low time invest 8n your point of view? The game is very interesting for me. I love the setting and the possibilities which the game offers to me to build up a carreer and to be free to do whatever I want to do. But I don't know whether it makes sense to play this game with low time. Maybe you can give me an answer or a hint.
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Cartheron Crust
Matari Exodus
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Posted - 2015.10.18 14:20:48 -
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There are plenty of corps out there that are based on casual gaming. There are also more "srsbsns" corps that also cater to more casual gaming. In short, yes, but it would be of great importance of you to find such a corp.
I probably play max 8 hrs a week now. More usually about four to five. |
Thierry Orlenard
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.10.18 14:29:45 -
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You can even stay in your NPC corp (the one you're in now) and simply do your thing, whatever that thing may be.
Some things are much better done within player-run corps, especially pvp, but even then you should be able to find something to fit your schedule, with a little patience in your search. Keep an eye on the Alliance & Corporation Recruitment Center for some possibilities. |
ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2015.10.18 17:11:22 -
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There is no minimum time frame that you need to spend in this game. It's not like other MMOs where if you don't stay level capped and in the latest gear that you are left behind.
I just recently had RL friend come to the game and without my help he was in null sec running fleet ops in a large null sec power block. I've also come and gone from this game on various levels of activity. I am currently very busy with work and while I might be logged in for 3-4 hours per evening most of the time I'm doing work on my work computer and just checking chat channels from time to time to keep up with friends. My actual "play time" currently is pretty low.
I also know of people that have gotten busy at work and only logged on to skill queue for months at a time.
This is a game and the goal should be to have fun. If you are enjoying yourself then that is all that should matter. If you are asking about keeping up, like I stated previously there is no level cap in this game and nothing preventing you or limiting you for participating in anything or having fun.
Also worth noting that while not by any means required there is a lot of out of game resources for this game. So there are lots of videos and podcasts etc... as well as reading material that you can enjoy out of game while on public transportation or what ever.
So the game is very flexible. It has room for the super casuals as well as the hardcores. |
Theodor Tsero
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.10.18 20:52:53 -
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Thank you all for your thoughts. I think I will use my trail account till short before the end of the free time. Then I will decide depending on my in game progress and with your comments in mind to continue with the game or not. |
Tipa Riot
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
1584
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Posted - 2015.10.18 21:25:21 -
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Can confirm the game is casual friendly, just take your own pace, set yourself goals and works towards them. Skills will train without you being logged in, so you may miss this particular fleet or this lucky loot, but there is an infinite pool of those to come. No problem spending just 2h every other day with missions or exploration, or if you want PvP fleet action, checkout Spectre Fleet and Bombers Bar, there are plenty of fleets announced every day*. Be creative, figure out what other players do, talk to people, but don't let yourself feel obligated. Then New Eden will be a nice place for you.
*I highly recommend getting in contact with PvP as soon as possible, in a controlled way with more experienced players in fleet. EvE is a hardcore PvP game with a lot of non-obvious mechanic twists you need to know in order to be successful in player combat or to avoid being an easy prey. Knowledge is power.
I'm my own NPC alt.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE
1915
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Posted - 2015.10.18 22:07:42 -
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I've been playing rather casually lately. I think it is nice to be able to log in and fly around a bit. don't have to be on ts or in mandatory ops.
with a few hours a week, research/manufacturing, trading, missions, pvp are all options. I'd suggest learning to use courier contracts get other people to move your stuff to where you need it, and not use your own time. Most of the time that stuff will get moved and be there for you when you next log in.
@ChainsawPlankto
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Remi Renaud
Alwar Fleet Alwar Alliance
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Posted - 2015.10.19 01:46:43 -
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I play with a chill bunch of players who understand that RL always has to come first.
EVE is pretty special in that the average age of the playerbase is higher than other MMOs. As a result, most players have their own responsibilities like work, family, etc.
As long as you're having fun with whatever you're doing, you're playing EVE right. |
ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
858
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Posted - 2015.10.19 01:54:42 -
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Theodor Tsero wrote: I think I will use my trail account till short before the end of the free time. Then I will decide depending on my in game progress This is not a progression game. There is no level cap. There is no inherent end goal. This is a sandbox game that you play to have fun with friends. Either friends that you bring here or friends that you make in game.
Your questions seem to revolve around trying to keep up with some type of progression and while I understand that a lot of other MMOs and probably almost all other MMOs have some type of progression aspect to them Eve does not. Yes we have skill points but they don't hold you back from participating and there is nothing in game that you can do to advance them. You just queue them up and play.
Play and have fun and let fun be the units by which you measure your success. I can't say this enough let go of any ideas that you got from other games about "keeping up". |
Mephiztopheleze
Republic University Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.10.19 02:10:56 -
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That's plenty of time each week to have some fun in. Your skills will continue at the same pace regardless if you can only log in for a couple of hours a week.
I would advise you to get a mostly-passive income stream up and running ASAP so you can spend your precious game time doing things that interest you, rather than grinding ISK at newbie rates (eg: slowly).
Planetary Interaction comes to mind as a solid choice for 'mostly-passive income'.
You might want to check out one of the NewBro Friendly Corps run by the major nullsec power blocs. KarmaFleet and Pandemic Hoard would suit you down to the ground.
Occasional Resident Newbie Correspondent for TMC: http://themittani.com/search/site/mephiztopheleze
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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat Working Stiffs
5458
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Posted - 2015.10.19 03:26:56 -
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Been busy this past week... I didn't login
EVE uses as much time as you want to give it. |
Sabriz Adoudel
Black Hydra Consortium.
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Posted - 2015.10.19 04:40:20 -
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There are aspects of the game that won't work well if you have a limited playtime. Generally, don't expect any changes you make to the environment in space to persist more than 24 hours after you log off (e.g. if you put up a tower, or contest sovereignty in a system and win it).
There's a lot you can do that doesn't involve those game systems. I've never owned a POS or contested sovereignty.
I support the New Order and CODE. alliance. www.minerbumping.com
Sabriz's Rule: "Any time someone argues for a game change claiming it is a quality of life change, the change is actually a game balance change".
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Theodor Tsero
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.10.19 07:00:07 -
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Thank you again for your very friendly answers. I think I have a little bit more understanding of the game as before. For me it seams that Eve is simular like a parlor game a bit. That is one more aspect why the game becomes more and more interesting for me.
With "progress" I guessed I will see how many time I will have spend real to the game. Maybe my post was a little bit missleading. |
Mephiztopheleze
Republic University Minmatar Republic
236
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Posted - 2015.10.19 09:29:40 -
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Theodor Tsero wrote:Thank you again for your very friendly answers. I think I have a little bit more understanding of the game as before. For me it seams that Eve is simular like a parlor game a bit. That is one more aspect why the game becomes more and more interesting for me. You're most welcome our new friend. EVE is, above and beyond all else, a SOCIAL game. The cliche is: The Best Ship In EVE Is FriendShip! and, trite and twee as it may be, it's the 100% truth.
Go Forth! Make Friends! Make Enemies! Make People Go POP! But above all else, go forth and have FUN! EVE is YOUR sandbox. Not mine, not anyone else's, it's YOUR sandbox to do with what you want.
Theodor Tsero wrote:With "progress" I guessed I will see how many time I will have spend real to the game. Maybe my post was a little bit missleading.
Progress can be measured in any number of ways in New Eden.
Kill:Death ratio, ISK Efficiency, Wealth, Skillpoints, Influence and a host of others. I prefer the 'how many times have me and my friends laughed this month' metric myself.
Occasional Resident Newbie Correspondent for TMC: http://themittani.com/search/site/mephiztopheleze
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Obadja
State War Academy Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.10.19 11:50:35 -
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the time based sp gain makes it even more casual friendly than other mmos, where you have to grind for sp.
The EVE mantras:
# Don't fly what you cannot afford to loose ## Work in RL Play in Eve ## Don't buld a relationship towards your ship, it won't hold ## Press F12, do the Career Agent missions ##
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Tipa Riot
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
1588
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Posted - 2015.10.19 14:33:52 -
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Obadja wrote:the time based sp gain makes it even more casual friendly than other mmos, where you have to grind for sp.
The only actual "problem" as a casual is ISK. Because you don't have time to grind, you need to find a very efficient way to get your in-game items funded. Some recommendations from my expierience ...
- go cheap, check the prices, buy/use meta modules
- open eyes while roaming, loot, scan for lost drones, salvage T2/T3 ships
- relic exploration in Sansha nullsec space is dangerous, fun, can be done solo as long as you want, and is profitable
- don't hesitate to pop a PLEX every now and then when running out of ISK
I'm my own NPC alt.
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ergherhdfgh
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
858
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Posted - 2015.10.19 19:09:55 -
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Theodor Tsero wrote:
With "progress" I guessed I will see how many time I will have spend real to the game. Maybe my post was a little bit missleading.
This was not a dig at you but a point of clarification. Many players that come to this game from other MMOs that are heavily focused on "progression" have a difficult time letting go of that concept. I myself did when I came here from WoW back in 2009. I try to save other players the frustration that I went through in my first few months by telling them that if they let go of the concept of progression the game of Eve becomes much easier to understand.
I did not mean for it to sound like a personal attack I just wanted to help clear up a common misconception.
Welcome to Eve and if there is any way that I can help feel free to send me an ingame mail. If it's something that I can't do or don't feel comfortable doing I'll tell you so asking can't hurt. |
Theodor Tsero
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.10.20 06:51:46 -
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ergherhdfgh wrote:Theodor Tsero wrote:
With "progress" I guessed I will see how many time I will have spend real to the game. Maybe my post was a little bit missleading.
I did not mean for it to sound like a personal attack I just wanted to help clear up a common misconception.
I didn't inderstand as an attack Thank you for your offer for ingame help. I will send you a massage in case of questions which appear to me.
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Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat Working Stiffs
5464
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Posted - 2015.10.21 20:37:38 -
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Mephiztopheleze wrote:Progress can be measured in any number of ways in New Eden.
Kill:Death ratio, ISK Efficiency, Wealth, Skillpoints, Influence and a host of others. I prefer the 'how many times have me and my friends laughed this month' metric myself. I like Bravenewbies Inc.'s metric of "Fun Per Hour". |
Tipa Riot
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
1633
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Posted - 2015.10.22 14:15:16 -
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Agreed, "fun per hour" is a good measure, it's all too easy to get sucked into grinding and doing stuff because others say so ...
I'm my own NPC alt.
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Deck Cadelanne
CAStabouts
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Posted - 2015.10.22 17:25:31 -
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Tipa Riot wrote:Agreed, "fun per hour" is a good measure, it's all too easy to get sucked into grinding and doing stuff because others say so ...
^ This, right here. This all you should worry about.
The key is find some like minded friends in the game. The rest will follow
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional."
- Hunter S. Thompson
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Sabriz Adoudel
Black Hydra Consortium.
5429
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Posted - 2015.10.26 00:02:30 -
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Tipa Riot wrote:Obadja wrote:the time based sp gain makes it even more casual friendly than other mmos, where you have to grind for sp.
The only actual "problem" as a casual is ISK. Because you don't have time to grind, you need to find a very efficient way to get your in-game items funded. Some recommendations from my expierience ...
- go cheap, check the prices, buy/use meta modules
- open eyes while roaming, loot, scan for lost drones, salvage T2/T3 ships
- relic exploration in Sansha nullsec space is dangerous, fun, can be done solo as long as you want, and is profitable
- don't hesitate to pop a PLEX every now and then when running out of ISK
Eh, I have lots of ISK (I'm not space *rich*, but my net wealth is in the low twelve figures, maybe 125-130 billion ISK not counting the value of characters I don't intend to sell. Maybe 0.2-0.22 trillion if you include that).
I still seldom fly anything remotely expensive and spend more time in my trusty 35 million ISK travel-fit interceptors (which I have *never* lost one of) than I do in anything else.
My biggest losses by far have been market transactions rather than ship losses - I don't think I've had one ship loss over 400m.
Ships are consumables and tools. You should only spend as much on the tool as the job warrants.
I support the New Order and CODE. alliance. www.minerbumping.com
Sabriz's Rule: "Any time someone argues for a game change claiming it is a quality of life change, the change is actually a game balance change".
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