Being in .0 really renewed my EVE experience. I am so fed up with the same old boring mission running.Uzique wrote:
Cool EVE Online article... almost made me want to resubscribe!
http://www.destructoid.com/eve-the-unfo … 7961.phtml
thisBernadictus wrote:
Being in .0 really renewed my EVE experience. I am so fed up with the same old boring mission running.Uzique wrote:
Cool EVE Online article... almost made me want to resubscribe!
http://www.destructoid.com/eve-the-unfo … 7961.phtml
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nah in a month you could be in a decent cruiser easy, hell even a decent BC, and that's all i use.Uzique wrote:
yeah but it takes you like 6 months of mind-numbing skill training and monotonous mission-running to even be up to the starting scratch in 0.0
and dont try and sell me the idea of being a 'tackler' or anything like that... boring as shit. when you've played competitive-pvp in games like WoW for years, and then some sci-fi geek tries to sell you the idea of orbiting a ship whilst firing a tractor-beam laser for 5 minutes as 'immersive, intense action'... you just want to smear your poop on their chest. all of the small-scale fights ive been involved with in EVE, or all the pvp-videos ive seen on youtube between smaller fleets look dull as hell. 3 microscopic ships circling around one slightly bigger ship, auto-firing a laser every 2 seconds. the game practically plays itself. zzz.
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Bevo wrote:
I'm a Tackler, Sniper, Cap Support, Cyno, Scout and soon to be Dictor pilot. Don't underestimate a something as important as a Tackler. We had a HAC pilot tackle a Paladin (Amarr Marauder - Worth around 1.5b ISK) in the middle of it's mission with full stage agro. The Paladin died, and with it 5b worth of fittings. A ship you need to train close to 6/9 months for to fly properly was killed by an low skilled HAC pilot, who had a web and scrambler on it's ship. That ship is 40m with fittings.Uzique wrote:
yeah but it takes you like 6 months of mind-numbing skill training and monotonous mission-running to even be up to the starting scratch in 0.0
and dont try and sell me the idea of being a 'tackler' or anything like that... boring as shit. when you've played competitive-pvp in games like WoW for years, and then some sci-fi geek tries to sell you the idea of orbiting a ship whilst firing a tractor-beam laser for 5 minutes as 'immersive, intense action'... you just want to smear your poop on their chest. all of the small-scale fights ive been involved with in EVE, or all the pvp-videos ive seen on youtube between smaller fleets look dull as hell. 3 microscopic ships circling around one slightly bigger ship, auto-firing a laser every 2 seconds. the game practically plays itself. zzz.
I like the way you dont actually have to pay for eve though, that's nice.Uzique wrote:
keyword: little
i love eve's concept and love reading about it... but playing it is part text-based MUD, part point and click adventure game. it's a dire experience compared to the high-paced fluidity of other mmo's combat and action.
Yep, but its scarily easy to pay by isk. Today i popped a ship, that if i convert all the loot to isk, i'll be able to pay for my account for 3 or so months.Uzique wrote:
what do you mean you dont actually have to pay for eve? it has a subscription. paying via ISK is only accessible for the players that have already spent their £50 quid on 6 month's worth of character-building, surely? seems like a bit of a gimmick to me. i would honestly love to get into EVE, the universe sounds varied and brilliant and full of dynamic and engrossing greatness... but then i download it, start a trial, play for a few days and just realize i've spent ~20 hours staring at a glorified IRC chat-screen with a black, space-themed background as i point and click my way around absolute nothingness. the combat is too uninspiring and uninvolving to really hook me in and compel me to 'want' to grit-through the boring start-up crap.
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Last edited by FatherTed (2009-09-02 13:55:06)
Lol. There is no grind in this game, because it's time based. Making isk is easy as fuck. You just do missions over and over, or go rat. Hell, even ratting isn't as bad of a grind as it is in other MMO's.Bevo wrote:
Grinding is IMO the biggest issue in this game. The pvp is really fun once you get into it (small gang/solo), but isk making is terrible. Tedsex seems to have much better luck than I.
The PVE is terrible and it makes me want to stab myself in the forehead with a pocket knife.
ed: no zeek, just the 15.
You'd be quite wrong. I've been playing since late '04.HaiBai wrote:
Lol. There is no grind in this game, because it's time based. Making isk is easy as fuck. You just do missions over and over, or go rat. Hell, even ratting isn't as bad of a grind as it is in other MMO's.Bevo wrote:
Grinding is IMO the biggest issue in this game. The pvp is really fun once you get into it (small gang/solo), but isk making is terrible. Tedsex seems to have much better luck than I.
The PVE is terrible and it makes me want to stab myself in the forehead with a pocket knife.
ed: no zeek, just the 15.
That's nothing, honestly. Go play an MMO like Maplestory. The max level limit is 200, and it took 4 years for it the first person to reach it. The first person ever, who also played for like 17 hours a day, grinding nonstop. It takes 5 hours to level up when you're level 50. Not to mention, it's just pure killing shit. You go in the exact same circle, killing the same shit, for days. Trust me, this game does not have a hard grind.Bevo wrote:
You'd be quite wrong. I've been playing since late '04.HaiBai wrote:
Lol. There is no grind in this game, because it's time based. Making isk is easy as fuck. You just do missions over and over, or go rat. Hell, even ratting isn't as bad of a grind as it is in other MMO's.Bevo wrote:
Grinding is IMO the biggest issue in this game. The pvp is really fun once you get into it (small gang/solo), but isk making is terrible. Tedsex seems to have much better luck than I.
The PVE is terrible and it makes me want to stab myself in the forehead with a pocket knife.
ed: no zeek, just the 15.
Running level 4s for 5 hours to afford a HAC to pvp in is dumb.
I'm not comparing it to anything, I'm saying it's the biggest issue in the game. And it is. Regardless of other shit games. It's the reason why I hardly ever play.HaiBai wrote:
That's nothing, honestly. Go play an MMO like Maplestory. The max level limit is 200, and it took 4 years for it the first person to reach it. The first person ever, who also played for like 17 hours a day, grinding nonstop. It takes 5 hours to level up when you're level 50. Not to mention, it's just pure killing shit. You go in the exact same circle, killing the same shit, for days. Trust me, this game does not have a hard grind.