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''However'', with an increase in power often comes a drastic increase in price. Powerful ships and modules are expensive, either because they are expensive to manufacture or because they are rare. Further, the increase in price is very rarely in line with the increase in power - players will charge millions of ISK more for a stat increase of a couple of percentage points. Thus, it's not always worth it to shell out the extra money for a more powerful module. | ''However'', with an increase in power often comes a drastic increase in price. Powerful ships and modules are expensive, either because they are expensive to manufacture or because they are rare. Further, the increase in price is very rarely in line with the increase in power - players will charge millions of ISK more for a stat increase of a couple of percentage points. Thus, it's not always worth it to shell out the extra money for a more powerful module. | ||
'''<span style="color:yellow">The number one rule in EVE is: "Don't fly what you can't afford to lose."</span>''' Other players can attack you at any time, anywhere. They may suffer consequences for doing so, but many players enjoy destroying expensive ships, no matter the cost to them (and many of them are very good at doing so cheaply). So while your ship may be strong, it is never completely safe, and the more your ship is worth, the more someone else may want to blow it up. Even the strongest ships can't fight off a fleet of players who have resolved to destroy them. | '''<span style="color:yellow">The number one rule in EVE is: "Don't fly what you can't afford to lose."</span>''' When a ship gets destroyed, it's gone. Some of its modules or cargo may drop as loot, but the odds that your killer will leave them for you to retrieve are slim. Other players can attack you at any time, anywhere. They may suffer consequences for doing so, but many players enjoy destroying expensive ships, no matter the cost to them (and many of them are very good at doing so cheaply). So while your ship may be strong, it is never completely safe, and the more your ship is worth, the more someone else may want to blow it up. Even the strongest ships can't fight off a fleet of players who have resolved to destroy them. | ||
EVE is a game of balancing risks and costs. Fitting a cheap ship with cheap modules means you'll barely care when you lose it, but it may not necessarily win fights. A lot of gameplay in EVE is preparing for conflict, and determining how much money you want to risk in order to achieve your objectives. Having the best ship money can buy is great, but if you spend all of your ISK on it and then lose it, it's gone. "Gear" in EVE is a means, not an end. | EVE is a game of balancing risks and costs. Fitting a cheap ship with cheap modules means you'll barely care when you lose it, but it may not necessarily win fights. A lot of gameplay in EVE is preparing for conflict, and determining how much money you want to risk in order to achieve your objectives. Having the best ship money can buy is great, but if you spend all of your ISK on it and then lose it, it's gone. "Gear" in EVE is a means, not an end. | ||
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