Radical
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Posted - 2003.06.24 12:32:00 -
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Hi all, just ste my opinion on this subject from one who I bleave has experience on this topic. I have played virtualy all commercial online rpg's ( AC, AC2, AO, E&B, UO, PlanetSide ) other than Ac & AO I gave up on all of the pretty quick I gave up on E&B & Planetside after 2 days they were pathetic. AC2 lasted 1 week just to basic a game aimed at those who dont have time for depth in a game more aimed at those who have an hour here & there not 15 hours a day.
EVE so far I agree like most others its basicaly a mining sim, there is huge depth to this game once its all working properly, such as a stock market, huge corp wars & battles, bounty hunting MOO :)
This game has huge potential, great graphics & sound the few things which would make it better.
1) I think would be STATION creation - build your own corp station have your own factories & research labs no one but you can own or buidl in that station but any are welcome to trade at it.
2) Autonimous sentry guns auto firing at anyone with a WANTED on there name tag - these could bee placed at all important sections of the space your space station is located in.
3) they say corp wars would be prohibitave caus of loss of ships but as long as they are insured you get back 95% of the ships value so its not a huge loss, i think once more people are in cruisers & battleships these will be more prominent - just needs corps to advertise the fact so people can enjoy buy watching from a distance or something. or pick a side and help out.
4) the main boring part so far thats very prominent to me is mining - I know there is trading for cash and fighting for cash and some other ways but mining is the mainstay of most peoples income, and when your employed by a corporation and you are mining 100% for them and they pay your bills its a bit hard to be enthusiastic about mining full on.
its easy to be solo and mining you keep all you earn the harder you work the more you earn - like real life its why more & more people work for them selfs at home ( I DO :) the harder i work the more i earn but when u work for a corp its all given to you just as long as you give them all the ore you mine - so there are 2 elemts
1) your unenthusiastic about mining ful on for a corp caus you dont keep what u make.
2) you dont feel like you earned whats given to you caus you didnt pay for it yourself.
its a catch 22 - I like to solo but know I want get to be involved in the fun stuff like wars & battles unless in a corp, I also need a corps access to factories to build stuff to make purchasing cheaper.
SORRY for ranting hard to get across a clear point - my points are as many as the depth of the game theres alot of em. I like the game and so far on the surface of reading the NDA lifted restriction of STAR WARS GALAXY it has the potential of beating that game. but it does need more in the game.
I know we are basicly still in the first month or so and there is aways to go yet to the prime time of the game give it 6 months or so and it may have huge potential. but why do these game manufacturers over look the obvious we all judge a game based on when we play it - and those who are going to play the game will play it at the release of it. so we base our opinions on a contentless game :(
LOL i can find a finsihing sentance i keep finding more things to say :)
In closing - I like the game enough that if i dont pay to play after the first free month i will come back after a few months and give it another go - i still have 3 weeks togo on my first month, i doubt i will see any improvments in the game before then so if nothing comes of this game well we still have SWG to goto next.
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