OT: Eve On Line

[MrToxin]

Atrocities said:
What stops other more experienced long term players from just killing you the moment they see you? Why invest so much into something if it can be taken from you so easily? Figure you run into someone who has been playing steady for three years now. Imagine they are a jerk and just enjoy killing easy prey because they can. That kind of thing isn't fun at all to the victim and from I have seen, this is the way things are in EVE. You have to stay in "safe" zones forever less you be destroyed by a dominating player.

Not necessarily...I spend a good deal of time out in "unsafe" areas digging at asteroids, running missions, and flying around with a buddy or two from time to time. You just need to know how to handle unsafe space.

That's why I made the carebear comment, though...EVE gets a bad rap partly because of the alliance thing and partly because of the "OMGZ, lose your ship to vet, garrrgggh!!!" thing. That's why it isn't for everyone. It isn't a game where you can just run around randomly with relative impunity. That is one of the things I like about it.

Don't simply look at why people leave. Rather, consider what you want in a game and look at why people STAY. If fleet combat and alliances aren't your thing, EVE is not for you. If feeling perfectly safe no matter where you are is your thing, EVE is not for you. That's just how the game is.

Despite what people might tell you, griefing shmucks that have nothing better to do than pwn nubs are actually relatively uncommon. See, you can round up a posse and go smash them. In fact, Goonfleet tends to use the Massive Horde of Newbs strategy to cause a ruckus. Take a big horde of new players, give them all the cheap ships they can get blown up, and tell them what needs killed.