Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2010.11.10 11:54:00 -
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 Originally by: Niccolado Starwalker
Originally by: Taharqua10
What is it going to take for CCP to realise that Eve is a brilliant game but the execution of the game is somewhat flawed. One example of this is the interface, functional but really boring.
I looked at the X series of games recently & whilst the mechanic is different the interface is miles ahead of what we currently have in Eve & remember Eve is nigh on 10 years old.
Eve is not going to die any time soon but if a competitor with the same concepts spring up & corrects the major issues of lag, interface & reasonable bug testing CCP could find itself in trouble.
Don't get me wrong, I love the game for its uniqueness-there is only one Eve at present but that could change, but its getting very bland. It has simply become uninspiring. The interface is textual & boring and very simple things like the inability to compose an email without your message running around the typing area is frankly amateurish.
There will always be people who will moan about anything but I see very little evolution within Eve & to be honest I do not blame people who quit the game as they go on that search to find something that can fulfil there gaming needs. Eve has that potential for every player but I think CCP has lost its way & that opens the door to competitors to take the mat from beneath their feet.
Its difficult to make it more fancy because of the games complex nature. As such the UI might be boring, but its functional. And that is whats important after all.
The problem with that is, that in addition to the dull design, the level of functionality has for a long time been also poor, but granted things have been getting improvements lately. Things like waiting for over 7 years to get proper quick keys for basic game actions is down right unforgivable.
Just because you can actually clumsily do the necessary actions using the UI doesn't meant that it is any good. Good means it is easy and fast to use, helps to manage all the info the game provides in a better way and is intuitive to boot. For a long time EVEs UI has been the polar opposite of those things and still has a lot of room for improvements in many areas. The complexity makes achieving all those things harder, but CCP shouldn't try to use it as an excuse for not working on improving things.
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