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Hedion University Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2016.10.04 06:03:12 -
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InterStellar Architect wrote:I've been playing Eve for over 5 years and I like the game. But there is a certain aspect of the game that I've developed a hatred towards - that's meta gaming.
I've participated in fleet fights where the fight did not happen because of spies.
Imagine a bunch of guys sitting down at a table playing poker. There are spectators in the background watching, and each competitor has a spy in the spectator area, reporting which cards the opponent has. This is like a perfect analogy to spies in Eve. Nobody would watch or be interested in the world poker tournament if this happened.
Now I am not sure why the spies do it, perhaps because they want to feel important, or maybe for certain ISK incentives.
In Entropia Universe, I read each player can only have one account/character, and if you have more than one character that's a ban-able offense. This would fix the Spy problem, but Eve Online will never be like that because the game is based on pure sandbox. And so many people have multiple accounts already (I have 5 accounts myself).
Eve Online is the only game that I know of, where people involved in alliance / corporation leadership are so uptight about what they say, because they are worried about leaking intel. Basically everyone can be a potential spy, until they are proven not. And even when they are proven not, they can still be a spy.
So my attitude towards all of this is: hey this is a fricking game, don't you get enough of this crap in real life?
Anyway, just I'm just venting about the certain aspect of this game that I hate, anybody feel the same way?
Sounds like Entropia is doing it right. If you can have altts, you can avoid consequences for actions, which is why is ironic when CCP touts EVE as a game where actions have consequences. Need to ship some war material to your null alt to keep fighting?
Well, you won't pay some hauler exorbitant hauling fees for it, because that would actually promote player interaction and economic behavior. No, you insulate yourself by paying for an alt or more accounts to haul with a neutral character that no one knows is yours, so you can get your stuff to you much more easily, and practically for free.
Nothing wrong with a sizable group of people unhappy with content letting their sub lapse for a week to demonstrate this. I think it is in everyone's interest to send a message, rather than let enough straws build up to break the camel for good.
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