Dorian Wylde
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Posted - 2011.03.22 14:34:00 -
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 Originally by: Bartholomeus Crane
Originally by: CCP Navigator
There have been so many experiences in EVE which just raised my adrenaline, made me laugh or got me excited. Some of these, in no particular order:
* Getting your first battleship after spending so long saving up and training skills
* Living in Curse during the height of The Five. So many random small fights as well as huge operations of taking down large starbases with Battleships only.
* Warping to a belt and finding your first officer, blowign it up and then hurrying to the can while all the time checking local and hoping for a super pay day
* Coming to my first Fanfest and discovering how many other players had the same excitement about EVE that I did.
I see:
* Battleships and their fittings are dirt cheap because the EVE economy is buggered up by oversupply and lack of demand. So the thrill of saving up for it is gone, with not much thrill in waiting for skills to complete.
* Blobbing is the order of the day (and is boring) and small gangs are hotdropped all over the place, in Curse or most everywhere else in 0.0. And sov warfare means a lot of blobbing, shooting structure and waiting for endless timers. Not a lot of thrill there left either.
* Sanctums and ratting in general is just a mindless repetitive way for earning Isk and crossing fingers and toes for perhaps the chance for an officer kill through the sludge and drudgery of it all is not very thrilling either.
* Fanfest is turned into a festival of spin and broken promises over the years, and the thrill of meeting guys who play the game I can do at the local wateringhole as well.
All this sounds rather like the thrills of years past. So, gramps, the question is: when was the last time you actually played this game? Do you get a lot of thrills and excitement out of moving those extractors around a little?
Sigh ...
For a new player, which is what he was talking about, a battleship is still expensive, and a major milestone and accomplishment.
Not going to get involved in another blob whine. Bringing more people than your enemy is basic tactics.
Not thrilling for you maybe. Just because you don't like something, or fail at it more likely, doesn't mean everyone feels that way. Ratting is a good source of income, and the randomness makes those of us who don't enjoy being spoonfed everything appreciate it all the more. Random is fun. Predictability is boring.
Fanfest sucks for those of you who are dumb enough to go into it thinking they're going to reveal major secrets, or sign ironclad promises about what they talk about. Fanfest is about celebrating the game. If you don't enjoy the game, which your post makes clear you don't, fanfest is going to suck for you. Do the rest of us a favor and stay away, don't ruin it for the rest of us.
More dev's and CM's need to post like Navigator. It's good to see what other people enjoy, despite the killjoy ******s like Bart. People like him are simply baffling, if the game is so terrible for you, stop playing, and leave the rest of us who can find enjoyment in it. We're sick of your whining.
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