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Eve Online is continually fascinating to me. People basically have jobs playing that game. It's bewildering to me. I tried playing Eve Online once. I think it t

by bmitc 5y ago

Eve Online is continually fascinating to me. People basically have jobs playing that game. It's bewildering to me. I tried playing Eve Online once. I think it took me quite a while to get through the initial setup, and then I was just placed in space. I had no idea what was going on, and then someone took me out.

carlosdp 5y ago
Eve is an example of what the whole "play to earn" thing could actually look like and not be micro-transaction fueled casino-psychology games, imo! There are people who basically do play full-time, running a corporation or something, and even kinda roleplay a bit, and some of the best leverage that into what resembles a salary by doing Twitch shows or selling merch and such. So in essence, the players are paying these people to effectively become NPCs in the game to better their enjoyment of it! And it's been going for 20 years now. Eve Online is the prototype for the metaverse.
teh_klev 5y ago
Join a corp, that's where the fun lives.
- lucisferre 5y ago
  If by fun you mean spreadsheets.
  - teh_klev 5y ago
    Nah, just by being a body available to fleet up and fly. I was in a UK corp which didn't take itself too seriously and had a hilarious time ganking other fleets run by less fun oriented higher ups. We also had spies in other corps and could tap into their TeamSpeaks...good times.
  - LanceH 5y ago
    Some of the spreadsheet guys just need bodies flying stuff so they can spend more time on the spreadsheets. During my peak Eve time around 10 years ago (I no longer play), I had left spreadsheets behind and was using full on databases to keep track of things and identify opportunities in the market and manufacturing.
    - acrobatsunfish 5y ago
      Congrats for also winning Eve
- eveplayer123 5y ago
  I played Eve for a few years and had plenty of fun without a corp, although I think it steepened the learning curve because there were too many competing interests. I landed on a number of fun activities that I enjoyed and felt an adrenaline rush while doing solo, like stealing loot from pvpers and, especially, gate campers, disguising myself in a Venture and killing other miners, killing MTUs, and hauling through dangerous places (especially Pochven). Overall, I think the game became more fun for me solo when I started putting myself into danger and hanging out around pvpers. I had to get accustomed to dying in cheap, replaceable frigates to get a sense of what was safe to fly and not get angry and ragequit the game because of some loss. I think corporations alleviate a lot of that by having generous buyback programs and, often, free ships for members. Definitely still possible to forego all of that if you’re so introverted you don’t even want to join some corp’s comms.
drexlspivey 5y ago
Eve Online is the real Metaverse

by bmitc 5y ago

carlosdp 5y ago

Eve is an example of what the whole "play to earn" thing could actually look like and not be micro-transaction fueled casino-psychology games, imo! There are people who basically do play full-time, running a corporation or something, and even kinda roleplay a bit, and some of the best leverage that into what resembles a salary by doing Twitch shows or selling merch and such. So in essence, the players are paying these people to effectively become NPCs in the game to better their enjoyment of it! And it's been going for 20 years now. Eve Online is the prototype for the metaverse.

teh_klev 5y ago

Join a corp, that's where the fun lives.

lucisferre 5y ago
If by fun you mean spreadsheets.
- teh_klev 5y ago
  Nah, just by being a body available to fleet up and fly. I was in a UK corp which didn't take itself too seriously and had a hilarious time ganking other fleets run by less fun oriented higher ups. We also had spies in other corps and could tap into their TeamSpeaks...good times.
- LanceH 5y ago
  Some of the spreadsheet guys just need bodies flying stuff so they can spend more time on the spreadsheets. During my peak Eve time around 10 years ago (I no longer play), I had left spreadsheets behind and was using full on databases to keep track of things and identify opportunities in the market and manufacturing.
  - acrobatsunfish 5y ago
    Congrats for also winning Eve
eveplayer123 5y ago
I played Eve for a few years and had plenty of fun without a corp, although I think it steepened the learning curve because there were too many competing interests. I landed on a number of fun activities that I enjoyed and felt an adrenaline rush while doing solo, like stealing loot from pvpers and, especially, gate campers, disguising myself in a Venture and killing other miners, killing MTUs, and hauling through dangerous places (especially Pochven). Overall, I think the game became more fun for me solo when I started putting myself into danger and hanging out around pvpers. I had to get accustomed to dying in cheap, replaceable frigates to get a sense of what was safe to fly and not get angry and ragequit the game because of some loss. I think corporations alleviate a lot of that by having generous buyback programs and, often, free ships for members. Definitely still possible to forego all of that if you’re so introverted you don’t even want to join some corp’s comms.

drexlspivey 5y ago

Eve Online is the real Metaverse