Dying Sucks

 


No reasonable player likes to be caught and explodified inside of Eve Online. Heck, even I have an aversion to ending up in a flaming wreck of debris and it has happened to me three thousand times. I get it. It ain't fun. But man, some of you sure are a bunch of whiners about it.

I've noticed a marked increase in the amount of times I get conversation requests that start with "Why!?" or (insert profanity here). Or local begging text, "Please no!" or words to that effect. Man, it is really starting to bum me out. (A little) (Not really to be honest)

Look, as to the why? Because you are in space. Once you undock you are a target to someone, somewhere. Maybe you get lucky and that person ain't around at the moment. But sooner or later they will be. It is not personal. Or, in some cases, it might very well be personal. I don't know you. And I don't know what you've been doing. You may very well have made some enemies. I can tell you that I don't have any enemies and that if I am the one doing the explodifying, it isn't personal. I never undock and say to myself, "I'm going to go find Ubbertits2004 and make him pay!" Sorry, doesn't happen.

My play style and your play style probably clash. You don't want to explode and I want nothing more than to make you explode. Both of these goals are legit, perfectly legal, and condoned by the gamer gods and Bob. I'm not evil. I'm just a gamer who has chosen to play the game in a way that I find interesting. In my case that is to warp about and try to explode stuff I find in space, steal the loot, and cackle on the way home with my cargo hold full of faction mods. This is how I make a living. You might do other things. Those things are also legit. I have no gripes with your play style. Do whatever you want. Jolly good show. Have fun.

Now a few of you have the right idea. Sometimes you'll convo me and ask how to prevent me from doing that again. And I will always try to explain. There are entire nations of people in Eve that are willing to help you. Tons of videos. Guides. And other helpful sources of information. Some (like me) might say there are to many of those and you people are getting way to good at getting your pods out after a fight - but that is just my personal opinion.

The best of you dock up and re-ship into bigger ships. I fully support this activity. Please continue doing that. There may not be a lot of guides out there recommending this course of action, so let me be the one. I love it when you do this. I may even go home and re-ship myself. It'll be fun. Bring your friends.

And no I am not setting you blue. Or your alliance, or your 2 man corporation. We don't have blues. I don't recommend them. Friendship is built on the back of ammo usage. This is proven scientific knowledge and we have to trust those scientists.

I understand that Low Security space is scary and dangerous. You are welcome. We try.

It's a game. Have fun. Pick up your corpse and try again next time.