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hinch
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Posted - 2008.03.07 15:27:00 -
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I rarely post on the forums outside of the sell forums but I do try to read most of the new posts each day.
What I've been seeing alot of recently are people complaining about it not being "noob" friendly and then people rebuffing those comments. There's also the endless threads about low-sec and 0.0 where its basically carebears vs everyone else for the most part.
So I thought I'd share why I play eve and what I do in eve, if any of you also want to share your position and thoughts feel free I always find it interesting to see what other people get out of the game compared to me. Especially with a game as varied as this is.
So a little bit of background I have 2 accounts. One is pure combat and is the char I'm posting this from it has a fair few million SP and is capable of everything combat wise a 0.0 alliance would expect. Except it lives in empire and runs missions once a week thats it.
My other char is a pure industrialist/research/carebear also lives in empire however doesn't run missions she has a high sec research pos which as my signature shows I use for selling BPO's etc :)
Now where have I been I've lived in empire, I've lived for many years in low sec and even tried being a pirate (I fail at this big time btw) and I even spent a year living as a bob "pet" in c3n. Its fairly safe to say I've tried almost every aspect of the game but not all still I'd like to think I have a good view on things.
So this begs the question why if I have 2 chars that are both fully capable of surviving and living in 0.0 do I live in empire and run missions once a week ?
The answer can be incredibly long and complex but can also be very short and simple depending on how much detail I go into.
The simple answer is I like high sec.
Now this isn't to say I don't like anywhere else and its not to say I can't handle myself in a fight or fear loosing ships I just simply like high sec. Due to work (yes I do have a life outside of eve) I really only get a few hours a week to play perhaps 2-3 during the week and if I'm lucky a 3 hour block on one of the weekend days (house work to do and all). When I was living in 0.0 it was great fun and I really enjoyed it but due to time the logistics of getting a new ship or modules or ammo etc was almost impossible for me.
Low sec was alot less of a logistics nightmare however there I had to deal with constantly fighting local pirates instead of ratting/mining/missioning etc.
So now I'm in high sec. I can log on when I want and have no worries or logistics nightmares. I earn enough money each month selling BPO's, BPC's and research services to keep the pos running and the corp offices open (for my 2 man corp me+alt) and I'm happy. I run missions once a month to supply money for ammo and other bits and pieces.
Its not a case of not liking or being afraid of low-sec or 0.0 but its more an issue of time. I simply don't have the time involvement available to support myself in those environments and I'd bet a lot of the other so called carebears that hug high-sec are exactly the same. They play leisurely they play as and when they want without the need to urgently log on for a fleet battle or have to waste an entire day going from 0.0 to empire to get their new ship as that day may be all they get for play time that week.
Sure there's high quantity of high-sec huggers who are just there for ez-l4-cash but not all of us are we're here because we want to be as it suits our play time and play style.
Anyway long post over with now back to not posting for the next 12 months
Furious Angels Research and Development.
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hinch
Gallente
Furious Angels Research and Development
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Posted - 2008.03.07 16:50:00 -
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The reason I left 0.0 was mostly due to our corp actually being absorbed into mostly Dice but a few went to RKK and Evol too. So I did have to option available to join you guys ages ago however I chose not to again mostly due to my available time I felt I couldn't really bring anything of benefit to the corp/alliance with my play time.
As it stands at current I can cover running costs with research which is mostly offline time anyway :) leaving what little time I do have available to do what ever I like. I live one jump from low sec and 5 from 0.0 so if I did fancy shooting or being shot at I have that option. I have my agent/mission station just 5 jumps away if I fancy doing some missions semi-afk whilst finishing up my weekly reports for work. Or I can jump on the indy char and do a little mining for a while.
Bonus is I'm under no pressure to be in a fleet or do something I don't fancy doing that night etc.
Whilst I can't deny I'd love to move back to 0.0 for ratting/exploration/mining again due to time and the whole logistics issues if I loose a ship how do I replace it etc I just can't justify it to myself short of joining an established corp/alliance out there which again would bring me to the worry that I lack the time to really bring something to the community it'd be more about just doing stuff for myself again. I like to be fair and always contribute/pay my way I'd feel more like I was letting down any corp I joined.
Still I do really enjoy the game and the hinch account has been active none stop since its creation. There is enough flexibility in the game and enough different options/things for me to do that the game still hasn't bored me. Unless the game changes drastically though and starts to remove options for the solo/empire/casual player I can certainly see me continuing to play for at least the next few years.
The whole ambulation stuff also has me quite excited I think in the long term that could provide a whole host of new gaming options for me.
Furious Angels Research and Development.
Fully researched BPO's, BPC's and T2 invented BPC's to order.
FA BPO and BPC Shop |
hinch
Gallente
Furious Angels Research and Development
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Posted - 2008.03.07 17:13:00 -
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Indeed alot of I's but then its a common letter I guess :)
Our goals aren't that different and I certainly don't have a "fat" wallet (26 mill as of last night between both chars:) ). I think its more about not wanting to let people down. If I was a member of a big corp (which in the past I have been) then I'd be contributing to that corp with tax/mining/ratting bounties/salvage/loot etc which is all well and good assuming of course the corp places ships etc in which case personal funds are irrelevant. But of course if for example the corp supplied me with a megathron my pvp ship of choice with a full fit thats a good few million right there money which on my play time and current average income would take me several months to recoup the costs.
Knowing this would actually make me feel like I was putting an unnecessary burden on the corp.
All this has lead me to end up being fairly solo playing however I still have the same social aspect as you due to most of my game friends all sharing an ingame channel anyway so we still have the banter and setup discussions etc we just rarely fly together (sometimes we join each other for l4's or use each others research skills etc if/when needed).
So all after all this though the reason I'm in empire is mostly not because of being a carebear its mostly because whilst I'm certainly capable of low sec/0.0 play time is an issue. Living anywhere else would turn the game into a job with demands that needed to be met to survive which would then stop it from being fun anymore
Furious Angels Research and Development.
Fully researched BPO's, BPC's and T2 invented BPC's to order.
FA BPO and BPC Shop |
hinch
Gallente
Furious Angels Research and Development
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Posted - 2008.03.07 17:28:00 -
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There may well be a corp out there that suits my play style perfectly but I'm not looking this isn't a "recruit me" thread its more just an explanation of why I live in high-sec and not in 0.0 or low-sec as people keep crying that us carebears should do.
Of course the blanket naming of all high-sec empire dwellers as carebears is wrong anyway as hopefully explained above I and others live in empire due to our play styles and circumstances not because we just like the safety of afk mining or whatever all day long, and certainly not because we're all L4 isk farmers.
Furious Angels Research and Development.
Fully researched BPO's, BPC's and T2 invented BPC's to order.
FA BPO and BPC Shop |
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