Raendel
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.10.09 15:46:00 -
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Quote:In my opinion that's not a good thing and the main reason EVE doesn't have 1 million players but 100k with 3 accounts each.
I'm frankly surprised that EVE even has 100k. The "veterans" turn away a lot of players. Which is sad, because without population replenishment, MMO's die.
Quote:It's for a reason that EVE may well be the most top heavy game around with a lot of old players and not a lot of new ones.
A lot of new players get turned away because of the way the "veterans" behave towards newbies. And the veterans think the game is "invincible" because it's been around for x number of years and has x number of "dedicated lifelong players".
Quote:Oh look some more trained monkeys bashing WoW because they heard that's the thing to do.
My thoughts exactly. 90% of the people on EVE who bash WoW haven't ever even played WoW. I've played both WoW and EVE.
Do you know why I play games? For fun.
Do you know why I played WoW? Because it was fun for me. Do you know why I stopped playing WoW? It stopped being fun for me. Do you know what would make me play WoW again? If it became fun for me again.
Do you know why I play EVE? Because it's fun for me. Do you know what happens when EVE stops being fun for me? I'll give you 1 guess...
I have to say though, that comparing WoW to EVE is pretty dumb. Raiding, arena, and PvP in WoW, IMHO, is much harder and more "involved" than PvP in EVE. EVE is not a "harsh, cruel Universe". EVE PvP is hours of boredom and scanning punctuated by "my ship's bigger, I win!" or WTFGATECAMPPWNT!!!! In WoW, I had 13 buttons for character skills that I had to keep up with during PvP. In EVE, you press your guns and modules and wait.
INB4 "OMG NO, EVE IS VERY COMPLICATED PVP, YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE NEVER (XXXX) OR (XXXX) YOU WOWWHINER. DEEERPPP!!!!!!"
Quote:Anyway OP I understand how you feel but you forget one thing: Skills are not the exclusive source of power or "levels" in EVE, among others there is ISK. They are interchangeable to an extent and the latter CAN be grinded. For example I expanded that metaphorical cage to a size I was comfortable with by playing with multiple accounts from the beginning; that is one example of exchanging ISK for accelerated skill progression. I would encourage you not to think of skills as a barrier between you and fun. If you don't like playing the game as is, no amount of skills will change that and indeed EVE is not the game for you. But if you can let go that urge to get to "level 85" - which is not even attainable in EVE - and think of skills as a series of meaningful choices that continuously expand your possibilities you might find it a welcome change from other games.
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