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Xzar Fyrarr Minmatar Brutor tribe	Posted - 2008.12.19 02:50:00 - [1] If you play solo 90% of the time, tell about your experiences playing solo. Is it fun for you? Is it some type of RP background that you are living up to? Etc Etc. I personally prefer to play EvE solo, 50% due to time and 50% due to my stubborn attitude. I find that when I'm playing, I get into a whole lot of situations that are not smart at all. 6 hostile battleships vs my lone typhoon. [All are relatively young players most of the time with the occasional 2003 / 2004 / 2005 players] I don't know how I get in these situations half the time but these are the things that keep me from canceling my subscription before summer of '09. Getting into stupidly sticky situations and somehow getting out of them and loling in local as the flame and spam commences. I most likely die a heck of a lot more than I get kills while flying solo, but that is but a small set back. Isk and modules can easily be earned back . There are also those odd moments in lowsec. Once I remember just sitting in Siseide, Heimatar region, cloaked in my rapier in a belt within very easy on board scanner range of the Amamake gate. So, I just decide to wait at the belt at 38km and see what might drop in. After about 30mins of waiting and an hour of being afk, a tempest is mwding away from a megathron and rokh. So being the lol player I am, I decided to simply web the tempest until the 2 hostile battleships got within scramb range of the pest, warp out , recloak, and warp back in to see if the pest dies. I later got an EvEmail from the pest pilot asking me why did I do that when he could have escaped. I don't really have an answer for it, I found it amusing, he probably did not. Another random story. I draw aggro to a maelstrom that is doing some pirate mission... I forgot what the names of these missions are called. Wait, it was Recon 1 - 3 I proceed to loot his wrecks and salvage them, I am blinky red at this point. He doesn't shoot me. I passively lock him to see where his shields are holding at. 40% and falling relatively fast. I scan his modules. Nothing incredibly fancy but the isk values of the guns alone will pay for a new cruiser or assualt frig. So... I decided to bump him, note he was aligning for warp at this moment. His drones were trying to kill the scrambing frigs , I think he had 3 or so on him, I can't remember. Bumping him at least 6 times with my very miniature stabber compared to his maelstrom, I was about to give up and just warp out. But then his shields completely disappeared. He still hasn't shot me. Armor gone- hull gone- Poof, ship is no more. I bookmark wreck and warp out to get my typhoon to scoop the loot. 20 or so mill was made from the modules that were fitted. When I look back on that... I probably shouldn't have bumped him, but, I was flashy red to him. In the amount of time it took me to close range with his ship, assuming he had good skills, he could have easily made me warp out with my ship burning on fire, realign, and warp his ship out too. But, he didn't. Solo pvp may be dead in the eyes of a lot of eve players, but "my" version of solo pvp is alive and well. Flame away.
Ocih Amarr	Posted - 2008.12.19 03:18:00 - [2] Solo in Eve is AFK cloak for hrs on end, to uncloak and be a dink in rare moments. Die alot and lose ISK on a regular basis.. you know because it's recoverable. ??? I can kill belt rats in .5 with a Domi fitted with small T2 Pulse lasers.. It's quite easy, there is 0% chance I will die. I don't suggest it.
Sanguis Sanies Amarr	Posted - 2008.12.19 03:52:00 - [3] that guy who didn't shoot at you may have been a macro mission runner. ._.. ._ .._ __. .... .. _. __. __ ._ _. Desu Sigs
Faife Noctiscion	Posted - 2008.12.19 04:00:00 - [4] Edited by: Faife on 19/12/2008 04:00:51 i used to solo, for about 2 years in my experience the game quality decreases a lot if playing with a corp that sucks, and improves a lot if they play your style. really. opens a whole dimension of the specialized t2 ships that are pretty useless by themselves (vagabond excepted) i would recommend hitting up various public rooms of corps that play like in your style, and seeing if you hit it off. nothing lost if not. -- i am a humble and inefficient ammo to dps converter
Mara Rinn	Posted - 2008.12.19 04:04:00 - [5] Originally by: Sanguis Sanies that guy who didn't shoot at you may have been a macro mission runner. Or perhaps he was trying to kill the scrambling frigates so that he could warp out?
Ocih Amarr	Posted - 2008.12.19 04:14:00 - [6] Originally by: Mara Rinn Originally by: Sanguis Sanies that guy who didn't shoot at you may have been a macro mission runner. Or perhaps he was trying to kill the scrambling frigates so that he could warp out? It makes no difference what he was doing. He could have beat 2 Battleships and died anyway, why?? Because he was SOLO!!!!
Infinity Ziona Extortive	Posted - 2008.12.19 05:18:00 - [7] I solo exclusively in EVE. If I wanted to join a team I'd go play soccer or something. My mode of play is war dec-ing mid sized industrial corps (30-100 people)and then using hit and run and first strike tactics take them out over a period of weeks till they either disband or pay a ransom. I always insert 1 or 2 alt spies into the corps and using multiple accounts try to find lone pilots or if they come in groups to hunt I will try to alpha strike one before escaping. The rules of thumb is spend time for intel gathering (cov ops alt, in-corp spies), never hang around too long once you have struck a blow and never fight if you dont have the extreme upper hand (which you conspire to have before you attack). I remember a time I was in Jita docked at 4-4 I had 9 angry guys outside cause I had spent the week killing all the newbies they had been trying to recruit. I undocked and tried to tank n kill one before redocking but I knew I was gonna lose so I waited for the timer and when I finally docked I had negative armor. There was great whining and gnashing of teeth outside and much talk of hacking. For me its a lot of fun, but its also a lot of work and kills are not fast but they're very satisfying. So far I'm about 250 kills to with 1 ship loss and no podding's so its possible to solo and be successful but its much more profitable to run missions or sit on a gate and farm kills. Ganking Buddhist Nun
SideControl	Posted - 2008.12.19 05:41:00 - [8] While I have almost always been in a multi person corp, i have done most of my pvp'ing in the last couple months solo or small 2-3 man gangs. The beauty of the taking on several targets in your one ship is this - if you lose, you lost to greater numbers. Who can blame you for that? If you win - You **ing won against better odds. Awesome But imo whats best about solo pvp is fighting other pilots 1v1. While I am sure there are a lot of corps/players out there that violate 1v1 rules, I ask for 1v1 often and have yet to have one broken. Spending a ** ton of time over your fit/skills to determine how best to kill an opponent is great, spending a LOT of time trying to find the exact guys you can kill is not. = [ Solo play is great, but joining a corp that supports solo play while also giving you access to gangs and buddies to get to know is the best of both worlds. Maybe that is why I have not joined a 'serious corp' and tend to spend my time in layed back corps with a good group of players.
Sphit Ker	Posted - 2008.12.19 05:43:00 - [9] I fly solo because I don't quite like being held accountable. Altho I quite enjoy being part of the whole damn thing, I chose to step away from my warmongering brothers to have a reclusive life. Ironically, the best fun I had in EVE was some corporate teamwork such as a being part of a large convoy going deep into 0.0 or a mining op. I was a hauler and a quite efficient one at that. That said, I long for team play. With all pretensions aside I just might be the best 3rd hand you can have. Expect no small talk. I get along just fine. I won't call you. I owe you nothing. S'pht'Kr
tarin adur Gallente Corp 1 Allstars	Posted - 2008.12.19 06:37:00 - [10] Yes,i thrive on it, i love doing what most would call suicide, and succeeding. for example running my taranis into 10+ man gangs to gank a ceptor. Or soloing a hurricane in my Taranis, then dying to rats while trying to scoop loot
Qordel Caldari School of Applied Knowledge	Posted - 2008.12.19 06:52:00 - [11] I play with myself all the time, but I'm hoping to play with others as soon as I have more experience.
Kainoss Gallente Phantom Squad	Posted - 2008.12.19 07:02:00 - [12] Originally by: Qordel I play with myself all the time, but I'm hoping to play with others as soon as I have more experience. TMI TBH ------------
Major Deviant	Posted - 2008.12.19 07:23:00 - [13] You say you play 90% solo. Well there are cases worse than this. I play 100% solo and done so in every single MMO out there that I had put my hands on. Only Eve though can be rewarding enough to a solo player to keep you coming back. In that other game for example, I soloed my way to 70 and found out that the only endgame left was group based and you had to pimp yourself to strangers to experience it. I hate when people try to tell you "why are you plying solo, this is a MMO, GTFO". The answer is quite simple actually and I think it applies to most solo players out there. Firstly and most importantly, because we do not team up with other people it doesn't mean we do not play with them. We just play against them (with the very rare fleet up with strangers). Secondly, solo players from my experience, are usually older players age-wise. RL situations (kids, job, etc) do not allow someone to commit enough time and invest in human relationships with strangers. Some of us are not fortunate enough for our real life friends/partners/family to be gamers. In my case none of the people I know share my passion for computer gaming (or understand it). Thirdly, some of the solo players out there play as such because of their personality. Not everybody wants to be the popular kid on the block, some people are just anitsocial and I do not see anything wrong with it. Personally I am an exrovert by nature but when it comes to games I am an introvert by choice. I do not play this game to make friends. Lastly, some of us have been gaming since the days of Spectrums, Amstrads, Commodores and Ataris and our gaming experience comes mostly from single player games. We have a certain mindset and well it is not easy to teach and old dog new tricks. The problem with single player games thoguh is that you will eventually beat the AI. Not so in a MMO as it pits you against other human brains. And THAT is the ultimate challenge and fun for a solo player.
Ankhesentapemkah	Posted - 2008.12.19 08:38:00 - [14] Solo player here. I don't like to feel the obligation to log in, or apologize to people if I haven't shown up for a week. Or being frowned upon when I want to do silly things like capturing a few hundred plexes in factional warfare. If I want social obligations in a game, I'd go play WoW or something. I rather enjoy the game by myself, and social obligations cause stress to me, that's just my personality. --- NEW MOVIE!
Fyde Harkonnen Caldari Deep Core Mining Inc.	Posted - 2008.12.19 08:48:00 - [15] I play 100% solo these days. Having only recently returned to EvE with a wallet full of ISK and no character I purchased this guy a little over a week ago now. Am loving the game once more! I tend to play solo for several reasons. Firstly, I cannot always get online due to wife aggro and being a solo player makes life easier here. No need to apologise to corp mates for not showing up etc. Second, I have always played solo in pretty much any game. Yes, I'm ashamed to say I played WoW for a bit. Was unguilded the entire time. I think I'm just too old and grumpy to play with the l337 kiddies anymore.
Kerosene Caldari Emergent Chaos	Posted - 2008.12.19 09:34:00 - [16] Originally by: Ankhesentapemkah Solo player here. I don't like to feel the obligation to log in, or apologize to people if I haven't shown up for a week. Or being frowned upon when I want to do silly things like capturing a few hundred plexes in factional warfare. If I want social obligations in a game, I'd go play WoW or something. I rather enjoy the game by myself, and social obligations cause stress to me, that's just my personality. What he/she said without the WoW bit. I find players who've played less that 3 years frustrating to play with now for some reason too... __ Eve. Eve eve eve eve. EVE. Eve. Eve eve eve eve eve eve EVE eve eve. - Kerosene The way to stop isk farmers is to STOP BUYING ISK.
Baron Holbach Pernicious Creed	Posted - 2008.12.19 10:11:00 - [17] i try to solo as much as possible, but for battleship pilots its a lot harder now then before. for those wanting to pirate in intys/af's and hac's its better days for solo pvp though seeing there is a lot of faction warfare plex's you can hunt in.
Mrs Snowman	Posted - 2008.12.19 10:39:00 - [18] so.. when people are saying they "solo" what exactly are you doing? - just running missions? Missions get extremly boring, exploration in high-sec is pointless, mining... I keep coming back to eve, but only a few days after I find myself stone cold bored again, so I very much feel that the only enjoyment to be had in eve is when your doing stuff with other players to acheive a goal thats larger than anything you can acheive on your own. So id love to know what "solo" players are actually doing thats so awesome
Neamus	Posted - 2008.12.19 10:54:00 - [19] Edited by: Neamus on 19/12/2008 10:56:18 I struggle to understand it to be honest. Massively singleplayer online? I think most pilots enjoy a solo adventure every now and again, but to do it 90% or even all of the time? EvE is all about player interaction and working as a team.. I'm not flaming, I'm glad that you enjoy EvE whatever your playstyle, but have you considered Freelancer? Or perhaps X3 Reunion?
Karille Gallente Sharks With Frickin' Laser Beams	Posted - 2008.12.19 11:02:00 - [20] Originally by: Mrs Snowman so.. when people are saying they "solo" what exactly are you doing? - just running missions? Missions get extremly boring, exploration in high-sec is pointless, mining... I keep coming back to eve, but only a few days after I find myself stone cold bored again, so I very much feel that the only enjoyment to be had in eve is when your doing stuff with other players to acheive a goal thats larger than anything you can acheive on your own. So id love to know what "solo" players are actually doing thats so awesome When people say solo they generally mean 1vs? PVP. Ideally the number represented by the ? is as close to 1 as possible. Vote for Karille next CSM cycle. Forum players need a voice too.
Sheriff Jones Amarr Clinical Experiment	Posted - 2008.12.19 11:12:00 - [21] Edited by: Sheriff Jones on 19/12/2008 11:13:48 Edited by: Sheriff Jones on 19/12/2008 11:13:32 I'm one of the very definitions of "solo". I tried a corp once, but didn't find the "op now, this here, etc" too comforting at that time. So, i do my thing as i've done for 5 years. I mission, mine, trade, haul, go to random ops if the call comes, and only "constant" social activity is my channels and when we go be "super serial" with the bro I find EVE enjoyable pasttime so that's probably why i can solo. You need a right mindset, then it's as easy as being in a 5000 person corp. Also, discussion skills help and can get you anything Also, i do other stuff "solo" in EVE i can't discuss Not THAT you perverts. My opinions represent the opinions of my corporation completely. I'm the CEO damnit.
Sade Onyx	Posted - 2008.12.19 11:21:00 - [22] Originally by: Karille When people say solo they generally mean 1vs? PVP. Ideally the number represented by the ? is as close to 1 as possible. Thanks, but your sarcasm is poorly put together since in no way is it a reply that answers anything. Are you trying to say that everyone who 'solo's' in eve are all pvping ? and that they are all doing 1 vs 1 pvp? - like you have a choice to 1vs1? Regardless of wether or not I think thats the kind of entertainment that could keep me playing for months or years I rarly see or hear about pvp that is exclusively 1v1. any kind of pvp is nearly always in low sec or null sec meaning your quickly going to come across organised guilds that will crush your soloing.
Hornymatt	Posted - 2008.12.19 11:21:00 - [23] Originally by: Mrs Snowman so.. when people are saying they "solo" what exactly are you doing? - just running missions? Missions get extremly boring, exploration in high-sec is pointless, mining... I keep coming back to eve, but only a few days after I find myself stone cold bored again, so I very much feel that the only enjoyment to be had in eve is when your doing stuff with other players to acheive a goal thats larger than anything you can acheive on your own. So id love to know what "solo" players are actually doing thats so awesome For me it's pretty much there in your question - I do whatever takes my fancy without being required to sit on gatecamps etc. for hours on end hoping to bag something valuable (I know corp life has probably changed since the first "me" tried it out). Basically, I'll rat in 0.0 for a while, get bored and CJ back to empire, mission a little (usually hi-sec admittedly), then maybe some exploration (hi-sec and lo-sec, not 0.0), followed by some invention and / or production, maybe set some trade orders up. Pretty much whatever takes my fancy as and when I want, and if there's some RL stuff going on I'll give Eve a miss for a while (well, theoretically at least ). I must have another bash at factional warfare again too. Apart from the occasional informal ganging, solo play usually fits in quite well with my Eve timing. Also I don't do Vent or TS which pretty much rules me out of corp stuff these days anyway I believe.
Karille Gallente Sharks With Frickin' Laser Beams	Posted - 2008.12.19 11:29:00 - [24] Originally by: Sade Onyx Originally by: Karille When people say solo they generally mean 1vs? PVP. Ideally the number represented by the ? is as close to 1 as possible. Thanks, but your sarcasm is poorly put together since in no way is it a reply that answers anything. Are you trying to say that everyone who 'solo's' in eve are all pvping ? and that they are all doing 1 vs 1 pvp? - like you have a choice to 1vs1? Regardless of wether or not I think thats the kind of entertainment that could keep me playing for months or years I rarly see or hear about pvp that is exclusively 1v1. any kind of pvp is nearly always in low sec or null sec meaning your quickly going to come across organised guilds that will crush your soloing. Thanks but that wasn't sarcasm, that's what I like to do solo. Vote for Karille next CSM cycle. Forum players need a voice too.
Major Deviant	Posted - 2008.12.19 11:39:00 - [25] Originally by: Sheriff Jones Edited by: Sheriff Jones on 19/12/2008 11:13:48 Edited by: Sheriff Jones on 19/12/2008 11:13:32 I'm one of the very definitions of "solo". I tried a corp once, but didn't find the "op now, this here, etc" too comforting at that time. So, i do my thing as i've done for 5 years. I mission, mine, trade, haul, go to random ops if the call comes, and only "constant" social activity is my channels and when we go be "super serial" with the bro I find EVE enjoyable pasttime so that's probably why i can solo. You need a right mindset, then it's as easy as being in a 5000 person corp. Also, discussion skills help and can get you anything Also, i do other stuff "solo" in EVE i can't discuss Not THAT you perverts. What he said. Furthermore I have only one account, no alts save this one I post with and my main is a jack of all trades but master of none. Feeling like mining? I can fly a hulk. Feeling like hauling trading? I can fly a freighter. Missioning? I can run 4s in my drake for a couple of corps. Exploring? I hop into my cov ops frig. PVP? This is what I am doing right now in FW which is a solo's player dream come true for Eve, even if it is still needs some work from CCP. I am losing T1 frigs and cruisers left and right and loving it. And yes I do score some kills otherwise I would just be a masochist. BTW I can not fly Battleships and do not intend to do so in near future, as I find small ship PVP much more exciting and as someone above said, I can't see soloing in one very viable. Maybe when I start itching for a new challenge, I will look into science and industry for manufacturing and invention. Many will say that I am gimping my character by spreading out too much, but hey what do you care? This is how I enjoy this game and in the end as far as you are concerned I am an easier target for you, am I not? And I know that I will never be better -skill wise- than you will ever be in the field you specalize in. A notion I thoroughly enjoy when I beat some players in their own turf. Bottom line: most solo payers do not play to win or to become number one. We play to have fun.
Zhora Six	Posted - 2008.12.19 11:48:00 - [26] Originally by: Ankhesentapemkah Solo player here. I don't like to feel the obligation to log in, or apologize to people if I haven't shown up for a week. Or being frowned upon when I want to do silly things like capturing a few hundred plexes in factional warfare. If I want social obligations in a game, I'd go play WoW or something. I rather enjoy the game by myself, and social obligations cause stress to me, that's just my personality. This. (No point in me trying to say it better... )
Mrs Snowman	Posted - 2008.12.19 11:53:00 - [27] I get that people do missions or mining or whatever takes their fancy, but where is the excitement, the adventure, the adrenaline rush the feeling of acomplishment and pride? I guess peoples idea of entertainment is just radically different from mine. - some people just watch TV all day and are perfectly happy, me?.. I dont know but i've just got to get out there, party, socialise, explore, discover... do stuff with other people. Dont get me wrong, some games are great for soloing even tho they are mmo's, but eve?.. I dont know but I just dont get any sense of acomplisment or satisfaction. Though I should bare in mind that is been a long time since I last played and have not tried FW yet - But even that isnt exactly 'solo' is it?
Tippia Raddick Explorations BlackWater.	Posted - 2008.12.19 11:53:00 - [28] Originally by: Major Deviant Furthermore I have only one account, no alts save this one I post with and my main is a jack of all trades but master of none. Feeling like mining? I can fly a hulk. Feeling like hauling trading? I can fly a freighter. Missioning? I can run 4s in my drake for a couple of corps. Exploring? I hop into my cov ops frig. PVP? This is what I am doing right now in FW which is a solo's player dream come true for Eve, even if it is still needs some work from CCP. I am losing T1 frigs and cruisers left and right and loving it. And yes I do score some kills otherwise I would just be a masochist. BTW I can not fly Battleships and do not intend to do so in near future, as I find small ship PVP much more exciting and as someone above said, I can't see soloing in one very viable. Same here, except I've had the luck of finding a corp that (so far ) lets me do these things as well as x up for a roam and go shoot stuff and have two additional channels for mindles banter. Best of all worlds, tbh. Oh, and you're absolutely right: battleships are for sissies No sig for me, thankyouverymuch.
Mrs Snowman	Posted - 2008.12.19 11:57:00 - [29] Originally by: Karille Thanks but that wasn't sarcasm, that's what I like to do solo. Right, but your forgetting the part where 1 vs 1 = 2... your still interacting with another player, your playing with someone else. thats not solo. Solo is you doing stuff on your own without the interatction of anyone else, like solo missions, solo mining, solo hauling. The moment you 'pvp' is the moment you are no longer soloing since it requires at the least a second person.
Karille Gallente Sharks With Frickin' Laser Beams	Posted - 2008.12.19 12:03:00 - [30] Originally by: Mrs Snowman Originally by: Karille Thanks but that wasn't sarcasm, that's what I like to do solo. Right, but your forgetting the part where 1 vs 1 = 2... your still interacting with another player, your playing with someone else. thats not solo. Solo is you doing stuff on your own without the interatction of anyone else, like solo missions, solo mining, solo hauling. The moment you 'pvp' is the moment you are no longer soloing since it requires at the least a second person. It's exactly in line with the OP's version of solo. Vote for Karille next CSM cycle. Forum players need a voice too.
Xzar Fyrarr Minmatar Brutor tribe	Posted - 2008.12.19 20:36:00 - [31] Good reasons. Adding on to my original post that I forgot to include it seems; I find that my personality isn't exactly the same as some eve players. I don't care if I lose a ship. I am non caring - to an extent - if someone else loses their ship.
Janu Hull Caldari Terra Incognita Ethereal Dawn	Posted - 2008.12.19 20:45:00 - [32] I tend to solo quite a bit. My preferred pasttime in EVE is ratting. Belts, cosmic anomalies, whatever. Its not that I don't enjoy group activities, in fact, I love POS bashes and fleet battles, as well as corp ops of various types. But for the most part, I do my own thing and do it very well. I spend a lot of my time chatting online with my girlfriend, because we're about 1100 miles apart right now. The pacing of EVE solo PvE suits me just fine. I can talk to her with minimal distraction. In the event of an emergency, my ego may be used as a floatation device.
Queue K'Umber	Posted - 2008.12.19 22:08:00 - [33] I play mostly solo even though I started a corp. After 2 weeks in a very old player's corp I had to leave. The only goals were these nebulous promises that swayed back and forth between 0.0 activities, low sec stations and recruiting the best pvp players around. Sounded good but timezone differences and an unexpected RL situation changed that. Any discussion about skill training, missions or anything like that turned into "i can fly that already" or "i have every bpo include each t2 bpo". Well good for you. I'm 2 months old and struggling to even survive a level 3 mission or tank .5 rats in a Retriever. I didn't need money, a rundown of skills at level 5 or crap popping up in the middle of my screen just as I'm about to lose another ship. I needed to be left the hell alone or involved in some fruitful group endeavor. I went back to my own corp when my wife surprised me and decided to start playing and wanted help with the learning curve. A few RL friends joined EVE when I did and we all pretty much do our own things in the corp. Sometimes we run corp ops but mostly we share info, isk, fittings and help if asked. If they (or I) bail on a mission or op it's understood that RL trumps Imaginary Spaceship Game, no apologies or explanations needed. No obligations and no pressure. It's the best of both worlds.
Sutter Kane Caldari Zombie Inc.	Posted - 2008.12.19 22:23:00 - [34] WHat this solo means ?, is it related to Rolo ?
Redd Sectoray Grand Neurotic Usurping Retaliation Force	Posted - 2008.12.19 22:26:00 - [35] I tend to play solo most of the time. I've been in various corporations in the past, but in EVE as well as in other multiplayer games, there always seem to be a people around that I don't feel like dealing with when I'm supposed to be enjoying myself. Think of people like drama queens that throw hissy fits whenever things don't go their way, people that need to be in the spotlight every single minute they're around, people that try to sucker others into helping them out, people that feel they need to spin a web of lies in order to be accepted in a group, people that need to complain about everything, the list goes on really. As such I prefer playing solo mostly, and have a small group of people I enjoy socializing with both in-game and out who I team up with for stuff now and then. I set my own goals, I do whatever I'm in the mood for and I like it that way. No obligations, no strings attached.
Sigul Siento	Posted - 2008.12.20 00:11:00 - [36] Edited by: Sigul Siento on 20/12/2008 00:13:19 When I first started a little over a year ago, I joined a random corp fairly fresh. It was a mix of oldish and new players. Wasn't too bad, got some advice, some free stuff, but started realizing my character was dreadfully made. Then they got wardecced, and I got killed. No fun when just trying to learn. Then more wardecs. I figure screw this, scrapped the char and made a new one. Didn't join a corp this time around, rather focused on learning the game and find out what I actually wanted to do. Roamed around until I found my calling, and stuck to playing alone, for many of the reasons stated by others. I can do what I want when I want (what I want obviously doesn't involve playing (nice) with others). And most corps seems to want you to join them with a microphone and actually talk to them. The hell I will :p In short, with nefarious plans and a cloaking evice you can have fun and profit solo.
Corstaad Minmatar Vardr ok Lidskjalv	Posted - 2008.12.20 00:16:00 - [37] I've stuck to solo pvp my whole time in EvE. I of course get run over alot but get quite a few good fights between bad ones. I think its a balance of patience and disregard for your ship. Yesterday I jumped maelstrom in a unfriendly system as it left a gate. I of course knew I'd get jumped on by all the locals but its only a ruppy so could afford to look stupid with a much lesser ship. To my surprise the guy wasn't using drones didn't have a tank and my 1600plate ruppy was spead tanking him. Anyways mid ways in the fight I get jumped by two BS's, BC,and two caracals. In the end I kill his ship before I blow but was very happy with the fight. Thats just a example of a decent fight from my side. I lose alot of ships to me assuming people are nubs and plain good fights. In all I'm pretty happy about how solo pvp is in this game it reminds me of daoc/mordred. Recently I've been doing more gang work to test out support ships I haven't got a chance to fly. ECM is a new favorite of mine since I used to love CC in other games. Finally taking out my rapier is pretty fun to. I do this in FW so its pretty tame for my support nubness. My new fun goal is to solo more in 0.0. I'm about to cloak a Vaga so incoming nub screams on the way.
Dantes Revenge Caldari	Posted - 2008.12.20 00:22:00 - [38] I solo most of the time even though my corp would prefer me to do stuff with them. I spend so much time at work what with 12 hour shifts that I have little time left to play so I prefer not to have people relying on me. There have been times when all I do is log in to change skills for a month at a time without ever playing the game. It all depends on my work rota as to what time I have to play. Unfortunately, CCP has given litle for solo players even though there are a lot who play solo. Lowsec piracy is about the only thing unless you want to play against NPC's all the time in missions etc. I don't care about kill scores and stuff like that, the fun is in the fight rather than who wins. I used to love the game a few years back when you could find a lot of 1v1 fights and other players had the honour to let you both duke it out to the finish without interfering. I even had guys tell their corp mates to stay out of it even when they were losing. Now the game seems to be more about who has the most kills so it's not possible to get a decent 1v1 without half a dozen others joining in to gank one or the other. Those of us who like solo play and 1v1 fights would love an arena where only two players can enter and only one exits. To hell with scramblers, I would go down fighting even if I wasn't scrambled and have done on more than one occasion. That's where the real fun comes in, when two people consent to a duel to the death and would die rather than turn chicken. Even though I lost, it has still earned me respect that I was killed even though I could have warped off and escaped. That sort of honour is not present in this game any more. It used to be important once but now it's all about blobs and ganks and killboards. The honour has gone and a lot of those players who are left now don't even understand the word. Flame on, it doesn't matter to me, I've heard it all before after being in the game nearly 5 years now. -- There's a simple difference between kinky and perverted. Kinky is using a feather to get her in the mood. Perverted is using the whole chicken. All this has happened before and will happen again
Khwalik Ghetto Kings	Posted - 2008.12.20 01:51:00 - [39] I play solo, although I do run a 2nd account alot of the time, logistic, scout, hauler, command link etc. Been playing just over two years now and for the most part all my time has been solo. I've belonged to one moderate sized corp on this character, went on my own and have pretty much done my own thing ever since. I do have some people I fly with time to time on this character, but 90% of the time it's just me running two accounts when I play EvE. I find like alot of people said already it's just less hassle and works with my crazy schedule. I do have a PvP alt in faction warfare that does some fleet work but I'm rarely on that character these days. Always said that if the right situation presented itself I'd look at joining a corp or prehaps a small alliance. solo isn't for everyone I guess but it suits me okay.
BhallSpawn	Posted - 2008.12.20 01:56:00 - [40] Be interesting to see the lack of caldari characters soloing. They really need to add a description on the races for what they can and can't do in terms of game mechanics. maybe that would help those of us who took caldari and got @#$@# up the a$$ by ccp.
Wideen Warped Mining Strip Mining Club	Posted - 2008.12.20 01:56:00 - [41] in before Chribba. Tjena hoppsan O/

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