I think you will find that even though the majority of people in the MMO world see Eve as an absolutely amazing MMO and one that many wish the big AAA companies would use as inspiration, most people feel the time you have to invest in Eve just to be able to get to a part that is fun is quite difficult to justify in this busy metropolitan world we now live in.
The idea of jumping 20 jumps to join a corporation in 0.0 space, is a perfect example. And the time it can take to complete a simple PvE mission and salvage all the ships.
It is these things which put many MANY people off playing Eve.
For example I just resubscribed and tried out the new Planetary interaction abilities. I spent the better part of my entire evening just placing everything on the planet and setting everything up, just to find it actually didn't really make much for me anyhow. It is that long term fun issue that puts many people off.
But if you ever changed that in Eve, I think you would break what makes the game so unique and amazing, but unfortunately is another reason so many can't find a niche to enjoy in it
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EVE Evolved: Power players and player retention
Apr 3rd 2011 6:42PM (Massively)The idea of jumping 20 jumps to join a corporation in 0.0 space, is a perfect example. And the time it can take to complete a simple PvE mission and salvage all the ships.
It is these things which put many MANY people off playing Eve.
For example I just resubscribed and tried out the new Planetary interaction abilities. I spent the better part of my entire evening just placing everything on the planet and setting everything up, just to find it actually didn't really make much for me anyhow. It is that long term fun issue that puts many people off.
But if you ever changed that in Eve, I think you would break what makes the game so unique and amazing, but unfortunately is another reason so many can't find a niche to enjoy in it
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