EVE: Backplot

[sobrique]

One of the things I rather like about EVE Online is the very dark morality to it. Oh, and the fact that it has nice backplot.
The character you play, is one of the elite. The pod pilots who can control ships, almost unaided. The 'pod' allows unprecedented control of fleet ships, and the origins of which are described in the Jovian Wetgrave short story.

Which leads to a lovely short chronical, called The Hands of a Killer. The pod elite, are cyber-psychotic. Effectively immortal, and transcending 'normal' human boundaries, leads to quite a chronic degredation of morality.

And it makes for some beautiful roleplay :)

Comments

[crashbarrier.livejournal.com]

plot ideas?

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

The Caldari empire is _very_ cyberpunk. Megacorps run the state, with only the pod pilots breaking the mould of corporate patronage.

[jorune.livejournal.com]

Excuse me for being a sceptic, but how much roleplay is there in EVE?

It seems to be a small percentage of the experience, which appears to be repetitive and time consuming. What percentage of the game's players indulge in roleplay on a regular basis? Granted there is roleplay between the cov lot but is the roleplay you speak of 'you are an actor on a stage' or 'thousands of spectators watching a select few'.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

That's like asking how much roleplay there is in a D&D game. The answer is 'it depends'.

You can go all the way through, hacking and slashing and rolling numbers.

Or you can find a group who enjoy the RP aspect, and run with it. I'd say the majority only marginally roleplay - much of the 'in game discussion' might as well be in character.
There's still a notable proportion who do read up on the backplot, and do play a character.

That 'R' in MMORPG stands for 'roleplay' don'tchaknow.

[mcnazgul.livejournal.com]

So what does the P stand for then?

:)