jacobvandy wrote on Nov 15, 2016, 22:29:
No kidding... I liked what I've played of EVE, I was first in a null-sec corp for a few months and later did the solo missions thing until I earned a battleship from scratch. But there are TONS of people on there who fuck with you just for kicks. I guess they feel pretty strongly that you shouldn't be allowed to feel safe like you can in other MMOs that have PVE-only servers or designated PVP zones.
It's interesting the duplicity of CCP. The game launched as a total sandbox right up until a small group of people essentially killed the game by gate camping a major hub gate - "the police" didn't exist. The GMs came in, and rather than something nice like a warning followed with a temporary ban, they simply teleported all of them to the most remote system in the game.
Likewise CCP has come down heavy on "exploiters", though what is an exploit and who is punished for it comes down to whim and nepotism. The thuggery and corruption isn't too shocking when you look at the behavior and attitude of the company itself.