Random drivel

Editors note:   this was written months ago,  but not posted for some reason.   So I post it as it is and unfinished

Fake edit, this post stemmed from some thoughts about my future and has become some sort of, well general about different views of what eve is, and how it should be played. 

I’m kinda considering my future.  Many of my friends have moved on, or emoragequitted. 

But then again I’ve always been a solo player, so should this be a problem?  But, and this is the crux the matter, I’m a 3rd class citizen.  No, not because I’m a mini, but because the person that controls me IRL has 2 other accounts that are considered to be his mains. 

Ones a Caldari miner and mission runer that hasn’t mined in a year.  The other is a Gallente pilot that’s skilled at flying stuff. 

After getting kicked from their 0.0 corp for inactivity (I did tell them I was taking a break),  ive been chatting to a 5year old mining corp that seems good. For at least the Caldari.   I’m happy for the Gallente to stay in an NPC corp for the time being.

Now, this new corp has a probem they seem to have gone and  got themselves on some shit list that Highsec war deccers seem to use.

They currently have 3 wars going on.  From what I understand, they’ve been at war for the last few months with one or another corp.

All well and good, eve is designed this way.  There is very little moaning by the carebear corp, as they are aware of this.  But there is a resigned attitude.

The problem is the members are either not logging on or just leaving corp.  While many of the leavers say they will return, and probably have good intentions to do so, the longer they are out the harder it is to remember about the corp.

The loyal members ( I specifically used that term) have stuck around, and often tried to keep going about their business.

Why do carebears jump the corp Rana?  I wants to kill ‘dem untilz ‘dey crys,  ‘den we farms them again.

Eve is a sandbox game.  This have massive positives and some pretty large negatives.

From the carebears view they want to mine, mission etc in their own world with their friends, without interference.   While this is possible, eve was not designed this way.   Interaction between humans is the norm for this game.  Many if not most griefers, PVPers, and 0.0 guys interact on a daily business with many more people outside their corp then your average carebear.

This is a good thing.  As I said eve was designed as a mmo.  It’s not a solo game.  Human to human interaction with all their strange and un-predictable ways is what makes this game.  Be honest, would you still play it after all these years if it wasn’t for the humans? 

Anyway,  along with this welcome interaction,  comes a big problem:   unwelcome visitors.  Be it a can flipper or an entire fleet of gankers appearing out of no where,  It’s unwelcome.

There are pilots out there that think “This is my game, you have no right to interfere with my gaming experience as I’ve paid for this”. There are several variations of this, somewhat extreme view, they usually boildown to,  perceived ownership of the wreck, can, or game.

If ya read the eula (too dry by half). One line springs to the front.   The esrb notice.  It states : game experiance may change during online play.   Very true.   My experience in *REF* off and online show that

So, we know from above that many carebears are insular in their view of eve.  Many have no interest in 0.0, wars, FW, indeed anything that may distract them from playing the game the way they want to.

There is nothing wrong with this way of life.  They are no more important to the game then a -10 pirate.  Equally they are no less important.   Economically? That’s for another post.

On the otherhand gankers, pirates, and privateers,  want interaction.  They need it to be called the above names.  Otherwise they become ratters or mission runners. 

We end up with 2 groups that are not 100% opposed as many people have multiple accounts.  The carebear account providing for the PVP account.  But you can be the biggest pirate on one account, but you will not welcome a gankers doing what comes naturally to them now will you?

Going back to the 5year old corp,  they are considering disbanding.  Some are thinking of quitting all togetther citing the aparrant lack of protection in space.  They have no experience in PVP, and often cannot fly above a cruiser.   What are theyvsupposed to do to stop the wars?

1, disbanded.
2, attempt a payoff of every corp that declares?  Therefore bankrupting them selves or at the very least playing the game to pay for the wars.
3,  dock up.  They’ve done this for 2 months.

Some of these leavers are  this time if it wasn’t