Seth Trucido
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Posted - 2009.02.17 02:21:00 -
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So, I still play EVE, my friend used to play then just had more real life stuff to do so he quit, though he wants to come back.
My friend is, for lack of a better word, not that smart. I mean that in a paticular way to. He can't retain information very well. He learn's somewhat slowly. His brain gets tired of quickly. He also soemtimes read's things backwards.
I could be considered 'smart'. I can do arthimatic in my head quickly (notice, i didn't say 'basic', as I routinly do my Analytical Mechanics problems in my head before I write down any work, am I bragging? ok a little, im kinda proud of it :P ), I can retain knowledge pretty well, I learn quickly. Im quite studious (Im a double major math-physics, sophmore year right now, 3 out of my 4 classess are upper division).
ok, now that my head is big enough to be locked in under a second by a battleship with a cloaking device on, let me tell you what im getting at.
me and him both played EVE equally well. He did maybe even better then I did.
I remember it well, it took me 2 weeks to finnally help him figure out how to play the game, but once he did, he was hooked. he was out ratting, doing missions, tried mining once, did some pvp, which surprised me cause he called me one morning and went "dude i killed this guy! he attacked me and i killed him". one month old and already bagging a pvp kill. Im two years old and my first kill came 4 months into my account lol.
I notice a lot of people talk about how this is a game for 'smart' people. I don't think thats very accurate. I think its better to say that it's for dedicated people. The games initial learning curve is VERY VERY rough. what other game takes several weeks to just figure it out? If someone can stick it out it becomes very second nature.
(Also, I think eve's difficulty comes in from fake difficulty. not the core game itself, but the unituitive U.I. , the compeltly unique geographical structure (most MMO's are in a 2d plain of movement for the most part). The lack of any distuigishing feature for a local. the spreadsheets of data, etc.)
so yah, i dont think its bad if CCP tries to make it easier to get INTO the game, that could do well for everyone. They aren't really 'dumbing' it down.
Also, don't confuse dumbing it down for makeing it safer. those are two compeltly diffrent things, and are a totallly diffrent argument.
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