Aaewen Hrothgarson
Inhunnr Shuggnr Enterprises
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Posted - 2012.06.22 08:28:00 -
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Natasha Fatality wrote:Hi fellow citizens of New Eden :)
I used to play WoW, that's really the only other MMO I've ever played.. well, except for a brief foray into the failsauce that was The Matrix Online. And then some Guild Wars whilst trying to kick my WoW addiction. I wonder, does DC Universe Online count as a legit MMO? Meh...
Anyway, I've have heard that this game isn't really like WoW or any other MMOs out there for that matter. I'm confused as to how it's so very different. Is it because it's in space? I mean there was a Star Trek MMO, right? You got to fly a spaceship, do quests and stuff. You got to walk around in your spaceship. There was a Star Wars MMO, right? Clearly it isn't space that really sets this game apart.
I don't really get what it is about EVE that makes it so vastly different from other MMOs. Maybe I'm not familiar enough with MMOs to understand the difference. Enlighten me?
Well, here are some:
*Usually MMOs have a persistent world with prepared content. Eve is a "sandbox" for the players and just has some basic lore and NPC's to make money of. Outside of empire only player actions form the game world. So eve has no pre made content, but a player written history.
* Usually you are tied to a level system and most people try to catch up to the "end content" by mindlessly grinding. In eve you cant grind xp. progress is tied to real time.
* There is no "end content" contrary what some null sec alliances say. Just a "current top content" in different fields. Most prominent , but not the only one is getting sovereignty and wield military and economic campaigns. Or corner a market at the stock exchange, or discover new wormholes, or build the strongest industry, or ... You can even be a reporter who tries to summarize what happens in different parts of the eve cluster (over 5000 systems ...)
I am quite sure there are more.
Edit: Oh and twelve year olds do not rule pvp due to superior hand-eye coordination. And no silly jumping too. |