RedClaws
Amarr
Dragon's Rage
Ethereal Dawn
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Posted - 2009.03.11 08:16:00 -
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Edited by: RedClaws on 11/03/2009 08:18:48
Hi there,
Updating: (Score 9/10)
Got home last night and started up Eve. It told me that the version was incompatible but didn't show me the option to update.
I went ahead and downloaded the new full client because I had read that the download speeds were better on that link. I got 3 mb/s so I was extremely pleased about the speed. Meanwhile a Brittish friend of mine (I'm belgian) didn't seem to get over 200kb/s.
Effects (The ones i've seen): (6/10)
I like how I can now see weaponsfire at whatever range i'm zoomed at but there are quite a few effects I don't think improved much.
Warp : The splashes of dark blobs are a bit too big imo. Might just be because I play in a high resolution. Warp fade in and out might need some tweaking, otherwise it's fine.
1400mm Artillery: I liked the old one better with the shell flying. This one with the line of white smoke and the puff of smoke at the gun just doesn't look right.
Lasers: Improvement at zoomed out range but when you look at the gun itself it's only meh... Compared to lasers in other games this can use a big improvement.
Gate jumping: I had to adjust for a bit but I'm liking it now.
Cloaking: I prefered the old premium cloak, just make that one slightly faster and make it cloak/decloak at the start of the ship to the tail. It would be perfect!
Jump Drive funnel : Please make a new one, it was awesome.
Web effect: slightly hard to notice but ok.
Armor repair and hardening: Turning on 4 hardeners prevented me from seeing the armor repair graphics. Hardeners probebly need some turning down.
Overall a slight improvement in some areas, worse in others. At this day and age, and with current technologies Eve , in comparison to other spacegames, falls behind in effects.
Sounds (The ones I've heard) (4/10)
The sound engine got updated but I still had a hard time listening to it.
Acceleration gates : When using them they make your speakers pop and lose the left channel untill you warp away from them. Bug.
Weapons fire: For some reason I didn't hear any change, even with the full new client download. Hard to hear because it's not consistent with what you see.
Gate fire sound: Somebody here said it was very load. It was very quiet for me.
Overall I'm not pleased with the sound engine. Too much popping or dropping of sounds and too inconsistent with the graphics. I'll most likely turn it all off again very soon.
Content (to be seen/10)
The people seemed to have a lot of fun in the wormholes. Let's see if it lasts.
and personally I do really like the scanning changes.
So on average a 7/10 but since the new content made a lot of peeps come back to eve and try stuff out i'll give this patch a 7.5/10
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