tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829401646612727780.post654664357223070156..comments2024-02-07T08:32:53.306+00:00Comments on Stabbed Up: MMOs: PacingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829401646612727780.post-13740890489536897992009-10-09T00:23:25.344+01:002009-10-09T00:23:25.344+01:00I'm not soloing because I'm scared. I'...I'm not soloing because I'm scared. I'm soloing because I don't spend a lot of time playing Eve at the moment.<br /><br />I've pootled around in low sec and null sec but basically you exchange isk for fun. At the moment I'm in an isk-building phase. So that's another reason.<br /><br />Eve is an extreme example of pacing. I expect at some stage to be in a hectic pvp situation where I lose ships by the truckload. I expect to have a ton of fun doing that. However for the time being I want to build myself up economically and that's pretty interesting too.<br /><br />Just about the only way a corp would increase my isk generation is by letting me in to farm officer spawns and they generally don't accept random new people to do that. Especially not smart-arses like me :-)Stabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716211705647213383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829401646612727780.post-16288339204850303722009-10-08T15:10:15.996+01:002009-10-08T15:10:15.996+01:00Leaving highsec solo in EvE is only scary until yo...Leaving highsec solo in EvE is only scary until you do it. Just limit your risk exposure. Hop in a T1 Cruiser and go pop someone. Or better yet get popped and you'll find losing ships is really not so scary at all. Also get in a corp you like. Eve is probably one of the worst solo MMOs and one of the best group play MMOs, particularly in PVP.Beowolf Schaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915777542500091414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829401646612727780.post-72919990040247804632009-10-03T00:15:47.240+01:002009-10-03T00:15:47.240+01:00Which leads us to the endgame: single player game...Which leads us to the endgame: single player games that you have to pay a subscription to play. (Very possibly SWTOR.)<br /><br />This does not sit well with me. Soloing, yes. Paying to play a game that offers no good reason to be online, not at all.Teshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11760350503235227686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8829401646612727780.post-65491543674014754762009-10-02T09:04:29.789+01:002009-10-02T09:04:29.789+01:00Well, one of the thing that has really changed ove...Well, one of the thing that has really changed over time is how the massive from MMO has simply lost its meaning. Nowadays, MMOs are about many players soloing on their end without ever communicating. <br /><br />It's certainly not massive by any good definition of the term.<br /><br />This leads to a playerbase who views social interaction as a choir rather than a a game feature and a playerbase who has no shame of acting like a jerk as there is no significant drawback in being unpopular.<br /><br />I don't think that what has been lost is due to trying to make "every moment exciting" but how we've also let all incentives to socialize slowly whither away as well.Borror0http://my.ddo.com/Borror0noreply@blogger.com