tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050183471078758937.post5547423448715962163..comments2023-03-23T07:20:54.170-04:00Comments on A CARBON Based Life: Han Solo or is that, Han Social?Turamarth Elrandirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08129383421613323047noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050183471078758937.post-86665752746173117452015-08-24T11:03:16.186-04:002015-08-24T11:03:16.186-04:00Yup... for me it seems EVE is all about the guys I...Yup... for me it seems EVE is all about the guys I fly with not the game itself. But in E:D it is the game and not so much other players, friends or otherwise. But yeah... if no one's home, then... well... no one's home.<br /><br />I feel it's part and parcel of the whole EVE thing... the There is No End Game in EVE. It is like RL in that everyday is just another day, whether you want it or not. And, of course, unlike RL EVE is a choice... you can just not log on, whereas IRL the sun comes up, the bills arrive in the mailbox day after bloody day... =\Turamarth Elrandirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129383421613323047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050183471078758937.post-84409017909248447382015-08-24T08:10:27.566-04:002015-08-24T08:10:27.566-04:00That's the thing keeping me where I am. I rea...That's the thing keeping me where I am. I really enjoy interacting with the players in my corp. Only, if everyone's stopped logging in... meh.Talvorian Dexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349917611382684205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050183471078758937.post-66436089583150721502015-08-24T01:11:35.932-04:002015-08-24T01:11:35.932-04:00Hermit said it best... to paraphrase; "The sa...Hermit said it best... to paraphrase; <i>"The sandbox doesn’t entertain you, you entertain yourself in the sandbox."</i><br /><br />I believe this is the main, crucial differance between sandbox and themepark gameplay. EVE is a true sandbox... CCP just makes sand and shovels... we make and break the castles there. Elite, while a very real MMO is much moar a Themepark than EVE (though it is not a stand alone traditional Themepark). NPC interaction and story is very high and can be the 'whole of the game' if a player wants that.<br /><br />As for changing corps... well, in my case simply aint gonna happen. One of my son's is still in game and the guys I fly with are moar important to me than just playing the game is. I have known Sov n Tsra for years and like my sons. I just really don't wanna fly with anyone else... and the new guys, well, they have grown on me a bit.<br /><br />This is not the first break we have taken, and I doubt it will be the last... but as always, we end up pinging each other and getting back together and I have a feeling we always will... well, for some years to come at least. And I'd rather fly solo in E:D and wait for my friends to fleet up than fly with anyone else. I really can't do the alt thing, tried it... creeps me out not being Tur (and wen I log onto a fem toon, well... the guys have asked me not to... things get, well, weird.)<br /><br />Tsra said it a few years ago when HBHI was moving out of the C2 we had shared with HELPeR for so long... I was saying how I was gonna miss them, and Tsra said, "We'll fly together again, you'll see..." And he said it so matter-of-fact that I felt it in my bones.<br /><br />And we did... and we have... and I really think we always will. =]Turamarth Elrandirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129383421613323047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050183471078758937.post-24557374246952684312015-08-23T23:04:33.962-04:002015-08-23T23:04:33.962-04:00I feel your pain. My corporation looks to have go...I feel your pain. My corporation looks to have gone on hiatus. There's talk about it being "a summer thing", but I have my suspicions that it's more than that. Not ready to clarify it yet, but I'm questioning what unique value it can provide members right now. Hopefully it'll change, but in the interim, I've been logging Talvorian in to solo roam only, and playing socially with my faction warfare character, where I've been having an absolute blast.<br /><br />If Eve doesn't seem to offer anything, the fault isn't with you or the game, but a drift between your corp's activity/style and what you want. Change corps and you may find yourself re-energized and excited again. Eve is a game where stability is the enemy. Corps change, and sometimes, you need to move when you find they're changing in ways that don't match you.Talvorian Dexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349917611382684205noreply@blogger.com