Nephilius
Knights of Athena
Star Council
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Posted - 2012.05.05 06:07:00 -
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Considering the subject matter, saying it was posted better previously is pretty much like saying mining is better than missioning.
I said way back in the day that the removal of learning skills would lead down the slippery slope to things like this. Ever since I started playing this game almost four years ago, all I have heard is that Eve Online is a game of consequences. The results of your choices mean something. Just like if I choose to take my money that is for the electric, and go eat at a very expensive restaraunt followed by a night of partying at a club, the result should be my electric getting turned off for non-payment. Or if I drink mercury, I should die. Stuff like that, you know?
The removal of learning skills removed consequences from the game. Do you focus on learning skills, get them out of the way now? Do you juggle them with other skills in an attempt to find a balance in those initial weeks and months? Or do you ignore them completely, advancing quickly in the short term, but putting oneself at a disadvantage in the long term. Whatever choice you made, there was a consequence for that choice. Now, that consequence is a long distant memory.
And now people want to nix 1-5 implants. One less consequence to worry about, no cause and effect to have to accept, just some BS about how they hold people back from going off into nulsec and getting into pvp. Firstly, people hold people back from those things, not implants. Second, removing those implants will just remove a choice, a consequence, a result...nothing more.
Somwhow though, I'm really not surprised by this...people want easier, less choice, less consequence. You can see it everywhere in this game these days. Nerf it if you can't hit the I-Win button, for example. As time progresses, everything has gotten easier. Players now have it pretty easy compared to when I started. Back then, the character creation process was an in-depth thing, and after you allocated your attribute points, you were locked in. None of this neural remap crap. You had made your choice, and you had to live with it. There's that whole consequence thing again.
So take them out. Be my guest. Just remember that you wanted less choice, less consequence. You wanted your EZ mode, hopefully you get it. Ironically though, removing those 4s and 5s will make those KMs just a little less shiny, so there's that.
I'm not too surprised the thought originally came from a sect wanting to homogenize the game further.
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