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NinjaSpud
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Posted - 2011.04.18 21:55:00 -
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Hey guys,
I was just wondering what everyones motivs where behind choosing Eve as your game. And, has that changed over the years you've played?
I first started to play Eve, becuase I'm a big fan of sci-fi games, I love large scale in-depth game mechanices. I thrive off of competition, and enjoy the occasional tear from my victims. I wanted a game I could constantly get better at, without there being a defenitive 'skill cap'.
Now, I continue to play to get better at organizing other people. I love being an FC, and calling out battle tactics. I love planning out a large, complicated objective and actualy being to complete it. The best thing in Eve is accuratly predicting what an enemy is going to do, then countering it.
What about you guys?
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JitaBUGz TheGreat
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Posted - 2011.04.18 22:07:00 -
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Edited by: JitaBUGz TheGreat on 18/04/2011 22:07:49 Really simple for me, It is alot of fun to play.
Plenty of ppl to see around, a living econamy. PVP!!!!!
I hate lvl based games that require kill x mob for x hundred hours to get lvl x. In eve if i have a busy week, or feel like playing BF for a few day, I really dont miss out on progression.
CCP's vision for the game, and there ability to give us most of what we want. PPL just need to realize game development is not easy, and CCP is a company with a bottom line.
SPACE SHIPS!!!!!!!
I can see myself having fun with Eve for many years to come.
Buff blasters:) Had to say it!
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LHA Tarawa
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Posted - 2011.04.18 22:14:00 -
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I started playing for PVP. After a year, I got burned out on same old pointless roams and camps, meaningless killboard stats, etc.
Decided it might be more fun to have something more to fight for than this month's epeen winner, and started looking for a corp I could help build into something.
Then I figured out that is a CRUD ton of work. So now I'm content to just hang with friends, set some goals, and work toward achieving those goals.
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Archadow Maestrom
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.04.18 22:29:00 -
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I've been in and out of EVE for 5 years now and I always end up coming back because it's fundamentally better than all the other MMOs I've played. EVE's real economy, sandbox universe, and PvP system make it leaps and bounds above everything else on the market. You can only kill 10 rats so many times regardless of if it's in Telon, Aseroth, Telara, Norrath, or Tyria.
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Mortania
Minmatar Kinetic Cartel
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Posted - 2011.04.18 22:32:00 -
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8 years ago, I was playing Earth & Beyond, then I heard EVE was coming out and I figured not more than 10 years later I'd be able to walk around in stations again! Hopefully only 2 more years to that reality!
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Richard Aiel
Caldari FireTech Industries
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Posted - 2011.04.18 22:33:00 -
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lol only 2 years
I play cause nothing else is as good.
plus, Ive had this guy since 2007 and I can have fun now ----------------------------------------- If you dont learn from the past you are doomed to repeat it http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1469262&page=2#51 |
Calathea Sata
State War Academy
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Posted - 2011.04.18 22:33:00 -
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In the beginning for spaceship coolness. Later for the level of immersion and depth of the game, also interesting backstories etc
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Shawna Gray
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.04.18 22:48:00 -
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Its the only mmo worth playing.
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Puppet Mas'ter
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Posted - 2011.04.18 23:16:00 -
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Originally by: Shawna Gray Its the only mmo worth playing.
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Ridley Tree
Veto.
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Posted - 2011.04.18 23:23:00 -
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I wished to be a Pirate.
I became a Pirate.
I like being a Pirate, therefor I keep on playing _______
Pirating 101: A Basic Course |
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Katra Novac
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Posted - 2011.04.18 23:27:00 -
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Originally by: Shawna Gray Its the only forums worth playing.
FYP
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Yuki Kulotsuki
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Posted - 2011.04.18 23:29:00 -
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Originally by: Ridley Tree I wished to be a Pirate.
I became a Pirate.
I like being a Pirate, therefor I keep on playing
It must be nice to do what you want and live free. -- Did you know there's an alliance who's name you're not allowed to say, or website you're not allowed to link? |
Raid'En
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Posted - 2011.04.18 23:38:00 -
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Edited by: Raid''En on 18/04/2011 23:47:14
sci-fi universe best market system ever real power to the player original design and gameplay only 1 server lots of content
however, even if i became a bit more okay with pvp with time, i don't think i will ever understand the "aim the player and not the character mentality" (+- harvesting tears). that's not what i call maturity and i hate it a lot.
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Herrring
Amarr National Quality Breaker
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Posted - 2011.04.18 23:40:00 -
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If UO2 came out like it was supposed to I wouldn't have played eve.
Eve is the only successful game right now that allows non-consensual pvp and don't have to rely on equipment.
Also, the single-shard system is pretty cool too.
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Bane Loppknow
Pel Industries
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Posted - 2011.04.18 23:47:00 -
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I honestly don't really enjoy playing EVE all that much. The fun (for me) in any MMO comes from playing with other people, which is difficult if you have slightly antisocial tendencies. I find it difficult to make new friends, and my current friends find EVE to be boring/intimidating/stupid/too expensive, so I spend most of my time on EVE planning/updating skill queues and optimizing ship fittings, which I rarely use.
But the universe and lore! I love it. It's what keeps my subscription active. I'm hoping that when DUST launches it will bring my current friends into the EVE universe, where I'll be waiting with my small band of highly skilled alts.
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Captain Eliiot
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Posted - 2011.04.18 23:48:00 -
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I play Eve cause there aint #@!$ for PC atm and don't own a console anymore so they win by default WOO HOO.
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Tipsy
Gallente X-Factor Industries Synthetic Existence
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Posted - 2011.04.18 23:50:00 -
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To sharpen my Excel skills.
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Mirabi Tiane
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Posted - 2011.04.18 23:54:00 -
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I start playing because of a longstanding respect for EVE derived from my appreciation of sandbox MMORPGs.
I keep playing because of the RP. _____________________________ [Sebiestor tattoos and Intaki hair: NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER SURRENDER.] |
Ridley Tree
Veto.
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Posted - 2011.04.18 23:56:00 -
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Edited by: Ridley Tree on 18/04/2011 23:56:04
Originally by: Yuki Kulotsuki
Originally by: Ridley Tree I wished to be a Pirate.
I became a Pirate.
I like being a Pirate, therefor I keep on playing
It must be nice to do what you want and live free.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AzpByR3MvI _______
Pirating 101: A Basic Course |
Cipher Jones
Minmatar
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Posted - 2011.04.19 00:18:00 -
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Edited by: Cipher Jones on 19/04/2011 00:18:17 i play eve because emo cutting myself to the cure only hurts physically, the emotional scars of eve last forever. . Adapt and overcome or become a monkey on an evolution poster.
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Reyold Bengali
Caldari
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Posted - 2011.04.19 00:42:00 -
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After Sony NGE'd the previous MMO I played, I took a break from gaming for a bit. Then, in the spring of '06, a friend convinced me to give EVE a try, and I've been here since. The things that keep me playing...
1)Friends I've made in-game. 2)Player driven economy. 3)Consequences. Nothing else makes you work at staying alive quite as well. 4)Knowing that anywhere, anytime I could be subjected to those consequences. Or subject somebody else to them.
Over the past five years, some old friends have left, while at the same time new ones have appeared. Other than that, nothing on the list has changed. So, unless CCP decides to completely lobotomize the game, there's a pretty fair chance I'll be here until they shut down the servers and put the hamsters out to pasture (or wherever hamsters retire to). ------- Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience. |
sableye
principle of motion
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Posted - 2011.04.19 00:53:00 -
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I am not sure why I still play, I certainly don't play how I used to (time wise) but when I staretd to play it was best sci-fi game out there and still is, The thing that kept em playing though was the harshness of it all which has degarded over the years as the economy developed but it was nice when losing a cruiser meant something. ----------------------------------------- View The North Star! In All Its Glory!!
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Val'Dore
Word Bearers of Chaos Word of Chaos Undivided
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Posted - 2011.04.19 01:38:00 -
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For the women, obviously.
~No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.~
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Mortania
Minmatar Kinetic Cartel
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Posted - 2011.04.19 01:40:00 -
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Originally by: Tipsy To sharpen my Excel skills.
+Like
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cRazYf1St
tempered steel
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Posted - 2011.04.19 01:45:00 -
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because there is nothing else like eve.
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NeoShocker
Caldari Interstellar eXodus BricK sQuAD.
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Posted - 2011.04.19 02:05:00 -
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Ok, story time.
I played RO for like almost 5 years, ran a successful guild as a guild leader (private servers mind you :s). Here and there I tried other MMOs, but never played more than a week or two on those, except WoW for only a year. At first, I played RO because I feel in love of their music/background music. Community and friends of the guild kept me playing RO for a long time, without them, I would only probably play RO for only 3 months total.
late 3rd year/early 4th year into RO, I was recommended for Eve, but was kinda meh. Kept it only in consideration for a full year if I recall.
Then on the final year of RO, I'm losing good people for competitive play (people starting to go their separate ways). I decided to check out Eve-Online for a change of pace, and since its internet spaceships, sci-fi, and isn't "hack and slash" game. Slowly, Eve-Online pulled me over from RO, then I finally retire/quit RO after half a year or so into Eve.
RO is such a grind and I'm completely burned out, even now. I CAN'T be arsed to touch ANY "hack and slash" games (Lineage II, WoW, AoC, WH, whatever) anymore, no matter how INNOVATIVE it is. Few times I almost bought Age of Conan, Warhammer, and other recent high profile MMO games, but I never got into those because friends that played them, only last a month or two (lol, test subjects ya know?). Even if I get a free lifetime, I wouldn't touch them. I bought lifetime for Star Trek Online (along with two brothers of mine) because I love Star Trek series and I figure Cryptic wouldn't **** up on such a high profile and intellect property game (biggest mistake I ever done), but they did.
Anyway, ever since, I'm still playing Eve-O, I'm 5 years and 11 days (****, I missed my own 5 year anniversary :( ) in now. :) Even now, I still consider Eve-online the best GAME in any category in my book. You CANNOT find any game like this on ANY market at all.
Sometimes it makes me wonder why even long time Eve-O vets quit about *****ing on CCP (I have irks on CCP as well, but don't plan on quitting until they shut down, probably no matter how much they **** up Eve-O).
I know its contradictory because I said I wouldn't touch any "hack and slash" games anymore, but every few full moons I take a peek in official iRO servers (they had a free server few years back, and now the game is 100% free I hear) and play for an hour or two. There are times I want to play it (still do), but I'm the only one person, and don't want to play myself. Second best game probably for me (or maybe third, after Star Wars: Tie Fighter :O ).
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Judicator Saturnius
Amarr Viziam
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Posted - 2011.04.19 03:00:00 -
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Originally by: Shawna Gray Its the only mmo worth playing.
Was going to post something long-ish, but this sums it up pretty well.
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Blnukem 192
Amarr Shadows of the Empire
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Posted - 2011.04.19 03:10:00 -
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I play EVE because it's the best developed game ever.
Each expansion is full of new and original content, which is fully tested and bug free. Also, CCP's customer server is top notch, they respond and deal with your problems swiftly and quickly. The lag free environment is also wonderful, having up to 3 people on grid without any noticeable lag is truly groundbreaking.
Don't even get me started on the well designed UI and sound are. No game can compare.
Originally by: CCP Navigator This is really not worthy of a thread.
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Maplestone
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Posted - 2011.04.19 03:14:00 -
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Edited by: Maplestone on 19/04/2011 03:14:52 Complexity and scope. Eve is not my natural sort of game - I prefer fantasy and dislike PvP with a passion - but EVE simply has the most complex economy of any MMO I've encountered and one of the few with a real sense of scale and player-driven dynamics, so for the time being I call it home.
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Alotta Baggage
Amarr Imperial Manufactorum Armada Assail
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Posted - 2011.04.19 03:16:00 -
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To look at my beautiful portrait
Originally by: Valkoinen Heteromies
I for one would love to be able to walk on stations and fly spaceships in the body of a little cute catgirl!
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Naomi Wildfire
Amarr Spricer WE FORM VOLTRON
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Posted - 2011.04.19 05:34:00 -
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Long time Sci-Fi fan. Played the wing commander series, freespace, freelancer etc a lot and red about eve in a pc magazine. Later on i tried it out and quit a bit later cause of the missing Joystick Control. 2 Years later i rediscovered it and am addicted since then.
I enjoy pretty lots of aspects of the game but most likely the random events, you never know what happens next but you need to plan with it. Sometimes i mess with obvious baits just to get out of a trap, break gatecamps for fun, watch people do stuff and wait for a chance to strike.
The first 2-3 Years i really enjoyed running missions and sometimes ratting in 0.0 but now its all about the pvp and the adrenaline.
There is just no other game that remotely could compete with eve and i tried alot.
Once eve addicted you wont find joy in any other MMO, may it be Sci-Fi or Fantasy.
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Wen Jaibao
Aperture Harmonics K162
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Posted - 2011.04.19 05:41:00 -
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I play because EVE is the only adequately designed sci-fi/spaceship MMO on the market. And looks like there will not be a challenger for many years if ever.
Originally by: Naomi Wildfire Once eve addicted you wont find joy in any other MMO, may it be Sci-Fi or Fantasy.
False. I find myself enjoying RIFT and WoW before it. I'm not a one-mmo guy by any means, and am looking forward to Guild Wars 2 and Star Wars: TOR as well. Opinions, you know.
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Sidrat Flush
Caldari Vannbros Shipyards
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Posted - 2011.04.19 05:42:00 -
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It's the people of course.
Having just joined a different corp in a different region of space I'm still finding my niche but it'll happen and they have positive plans for the future, which I hope to be part of.
That said the people I flew with on and off for four years or more are still friends just in a different region in different corps, this happens. It's a good thing in different ways.
It's not about the different aspects of the gameplay that's just the honey in the Tea that is the community of pod pilots we call Eve.
View The Eve Industrial Organiser Site
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Teranul
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Posted - 2011.04.19 05:46:00 -
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I'm currently playing because
1. It's quite relaxing (when I'm not dealing with PvP) 2. It's so purdy, and getting even purdier by each release 3. Practically free with the PLEX system and 4. It's the best sci-fi MMO on the market.
I also like the fact that, as an NPC-corp-loyal independent, I am beholden to no one and can play and explore the game at my own pace. This isn't something even remotely unique to EVE, though. It's just a nice thing, since all you ever hear about with EVE are the stories of political machinations and crazy PvP encounters and the like. It's a very nice way to unwind after a hard day at work.
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Br41n
Amarr Ministry of War
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Posted - 2011.04.19 06:52:00 -
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I used to roam around in the awsome pleasure hub stations, now i have no idea why i'm still playing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pinky: Gee, Brain. What are we going to do tonight?
Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
Lain Umi
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Posted - 2011.04.19 07:08:00 -
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i basically asked myself this question a few weeks ago...why am i paying $15 a month for this? i couldnt think of a good answer so i just cancelled for now, once again. the new features brought me back as usual, but most of the game remains stupid so im done until ships are rebalanced, 0.0 and FW are fixed, etc.
a better question for me would be: why do i keep resubbing? the answer is simple. EVE is overall a bad game, but it's the only decent sci fi / space ship / pew pew MMO out there. i hope there are some decent sci fi mmo's in the work. anyway, once GW2 is out, EVE will be far from my thoughts.
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Internet Knight
The Kobayashi Maru
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Posted - 2011.04.19 08:04:00 -
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Originally by: NinjaSpud Hey guys,
Hi NinjaSpud. I've seen you around.
Originally by: NinjaSpud I was just wondering what everyones motivs where behind choosing Eve as your game. And, has that changed over the years you've played?
I started playing EVE so I could have something to occupy my time while studying for school. Yes, it's changed. I stopped studying for school and got a job. Now I pay for EVE's skill changing and PI. Mostly nothing else. It's an addiction. I wanna get out. But I'm addicted to the thrill of just having a *chance* of dying.
Originally by: NinjaSpud I first started to play Eve, becuase I'm a big fan of sci-fi games, I love large scale in-depth game mechanices. I thrive off of competition, and enjoy the occasional tear from my victims. I wanted a game I could constantly get better at, without there being a defenitive 'skill cap'.
I also love large scale in-depth game mechanics. Very in-depth. EVE is that. I also love space games. I played a game, Escape Velocity. I loved it. One day I told my best friend that I wished Escape Velocity could be multiplayer. He then pointed me here. Good stuff.
Originally by: NinjaSpud Now, I continue to play to get better at organizing other people. I love being an FC, and calling out battle tactics. I love planning out a large, complicated objective and actualy being to complete it. The best thing in Eve is accuratly predicting what an enemy is going to do, then countering it.
Yeah, I'm not so good at that. I just play the damn game.
Originally by: NinjaSpud What about you guys?
Hi! I like cookies. Wanna cyber?
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Brutus John
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2011.04.19 08:18:00 -
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Originally by: Tipsy To sharpen my Excel skills.
I lol'ed, never thought I would be trying to figure out VB for "fun".
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Scorpionidae
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Posted - 2011.04.19 08:49:00 -
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Because its fun!!! And getting a kill on my first day helped to but I think he staged it.
Scorpionidae
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Roh Voleto
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Posted - 2011.04.19 08:55:00 -
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It's the closest thing to massive multiplayer Elite I know, and thus the closest to the game I have been dreaming of since I was an eight year old with a C64.
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J Kunjeh
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.04.19 09:39:00 -
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Edited by: J Kunjeh on 19/04/2011 09:40:18 Lots of reasons: [list]Complexity and depth Constant iteration and evolving It's gorgeous and getting better all the time Spaceships emergent gameplay persistent, un-sharded world CCP's unique vision and persistence to do things their way the backstory and fiction the passionate fans sci-fi setting and simulation skill system the game has a strong future did I say spaceships?
I could go on, but those are the most obvious reasons.
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DTson Gauur
Caldari Underground-Operators
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Posted - 2011.04.19 10:35:00 -
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I don't actually know why I'm still wasting my time with this "product", possibly because there's nothing better available. I recently got fed up with the CCP idiocies and dropped from 4 account to 1, sold the chars on the three accounts and retired into highsec. Now I got all the freedom to do what ever I want and a fat enough wallet to support it.
We'll see how long it'll take me to stop logging in to anything else than just to change skills, so far I'm enjoying my "Bitter Vet" status. Nullsec can go to hell for all I care, I've had enough of it for few lifetimes.
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Opertone
Caldari World - of - Empire Cassiopeia.
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Posted - 2011.04.19 13:04:00 -
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i don't want to give up my characters, this is why I continue to play eve... to be more precise, I keep my account to keep my characters trained, i don't play much
the bond between me and my character has been forever ruined since new avatar introduction
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Othran
Brutor Tribe
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Posted - 2011.04.19 13:17:00 -
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Edited by: Othran on 19/04/2011 13:17:43 Unrestricted PvP, scams etc and the general "brutality" of Eve was what brought me back. I'm not so sure that's enough to retain me now, Eve is a pretty unchanging place these days and now I'm a bit wiser to things there's always the suspicion of botting/RMT being behind most of the nullsec sov entities.
Anyway it was the "danger" of Eve, knowing that pretty much unlike all the other MMOs out there I could be killed/scammed anywhere and the GMs wouldn't do a thing.
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Dante Marcellus
Minmatar Someone Else's Problem
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Posted - 2011.04.19 13:34:00 -
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I play because...
There isn't anything better.
I love science fiction.
I love SPACE.
I love watching things explode.
I enjoy the progression system.
I sometimes enjoy just traveling around looking at different things.
And I also really like most of what CCP is doing.
Bitter vets need to lighten up. And if you're reading this, you've fallen into a signature trap. You owe me 1m ISK. |
Suitonia
Gallente Genos Occidere HYDRA RELOADED
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Posted - 2011.04.19 13:35:00 -
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I like the full-loot PvP system and the single server that we all share. ---
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REiiGN15
Caldari Rookies Academy Rookie Empire
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Posted - 2011.04.19 13:50:00 -
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I started to play because of a friend was playing this. He basically bankrolled me while starting up. I just play this when he's on and I keep constantly training. I usually play Xbox 360 and shooting games(not Crap of Duty).
I like EVE, I don't always like what goes on all the time, but that's the fun as it's unpredictable. It has a lot of 'any given moment' kind of situations. There is danger in everything you, sans market and docking up.
I am waiting for DUST 514(If it's going to be called that) and SW:TOR. Besides a month playing Star Trek Online when it first came out, this has been the only MMO I have played. I like it so far, just fix hybrids please. ================================================= What is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right. |
Naomi Wildfire
Amarr Spricer WE FORM VOLTRON
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Posted - 2011.04.19 14:20:00 -
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Originally by: Wen Jaibao False. I find myself enjoying RIFT and WoW before it. I'm not a one-mmo guy by any means, and am looking forward to Guild Wars 2 and Star Wars: TOR as well. Opinions, you know.
I tried Rift, STO, RFO, AO, Mythos and whatnot and still trying to find the EVE of Fantasy MMORPGs which does not include Kill X/X or Collect X/X. That makes me stop playing after a short amount of time.
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Jokerface666
Amarr
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Posted - 2011.04.19 14:23:00 -
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Hehe,
startet.... to check it out, after 30 minutes.. gah no cockpit **** this.... 3 days later i was bored and checked it out again, that was 2 years ago...
Now: becouse of the damn unpredictable human part of every given situation in this game, eve is awfull becouse it is human driven, becouse you can get screwed over at any given time, everywhere by everyone.
I love it it's just not getting boring until you stay docked in a station. You always see someone doing something stupid or awesome. w00t w00t wtfpwnage train |
Kijo Rikki
Caldari Point of No Return Waterboard
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Posted - 2011.04.19 14:39:00 -
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Because its currently the only sci-fi spaceship MMO on the market.
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Chandaris
Gallente Lethal Devotion
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Posted - 2011.04.19 14:49:00 -
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Originally by: Kijo Rikki Because its currently the only sci-fi spaceship MMO on the market.
Erm.. No it's not.. :-S there are actually several playable spaceship mmo's available.. It is however (IMO) the best by far.
Others include:
STO (me, but I think will get better in time) Star Wars Galaxies JTL expansion (old, and mostly crappy) Earth and Beyond - resurrected from the dead as a free to play emulator currently in stress beta 4 and is TOTALLY AWESOME Black Prophecy - currently in open beta testing Jumpgate (the original - very old, still running) Vendetta Online (very old, still running) Battlestar Galactica Online(surprisinly amazing graphics for a browser based game, and F2P) StarQuest Online (an absolutely incredible gaming experience gift-wrapped in the ****tiest graphics known to mankind)
I'm sure I'm missing a couple.
Anyways some of these are good (E&B) but most suck. EVE for me is a gaming experience unlike any other .. The mechanics of the game create an unparalleled amount of options, and control that a player has over his own destiny, and the destiny of the universe..
I can't even begin to enumerate the awesome features of this game..
The cries of 'eve is dying' are ridiculous.. Eve has barely begun.. It's a shame so many people can't see beyond their own boredom, lack of imagination, killboard stats and whatever stupid changed feature ruined their particular money-making mechanic or comfortable corner of the universe.
Nothing in eve is static, conflict drives everything, and new eden is in constant flux.. Empires rise and fall, and the conflics are as real as they can be. as are the emotions, and betrayels.
No other game in existance comes close to achieving this.. the only games that even come close to eve in these regards were StarQuest Online (which will never be popular cus it looks like ****) and Star Wars Galaxies before the CU/NGE ..
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Kijo Rikki
Caldari Point of No Return Waterboard
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Posted - 2011.04.19 14:57:00 -
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Quote:
STO (me, but I think will get better in time) Star Wars Galaxies JTL expansion (old, and mostly crappy) Earth and Beyond - resurrected from the dead as a free to play emulator currently in stress beta 4 and is TOTALLY AWESOME Black Prophecy - currently in open beta testing Jumpgate (the original - very old, still running) Vendetta Online (very old, still running) Battlestar Galactica Online(surprisinly amazing graphics for a browser based game, and F2P) StarQuest Online (an absolutely incredible gaming experience gift-wrapped in the ****tiest graphics known to mankind)
STO, ok you got me there, and honestly I would play it but its Star Trek and its amazingly buggy.
BP and JGE don't count since they're not actually out yet. I did play the old JG but no one else plays it anymore so its not really an MMO :p
BSG is a browser based game and F2P. I guess I should have pointed out that criteria, an MMO that is not F2P and has a standalone client.
The rest of those I've never heard of so they must not be that great.
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Dante Marcellus
Minmatar Someone Else's Problem
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Posted - 2011.04.19 15:15:00 -
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Originally by: Chandaris
Originally by: Kijo Rikki
Black Prophecy - currently in open beta testing
I'm actually in the beta for this game... it's... not so great. And if you're reading this, you've fallen into a signature trap. You owe me 1m ISK. |
Chandaris
Gallente Lethal Devotion
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Posted - 2011.04.19 15:16:00 -
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Originally by: Dante Marcellus
Originally by: Chandaris
Originally by: Kijo Rikki
Black Prophecy - currently in open beta testing
I'm actually in the beta for this game... it's... not so great.
Did you play eve in 2003? It sucked **** too :)
Just saying.. There are other games out there.. That eve is the only one is a fallacy, its just that its the only popular one.
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NinjaSpud
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Posted - 2011.04.19 15:17:00 -
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Originally by: Kijo Rikki
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STO (me, but I think will get better in time) Star Wars Galaxies JTL expansion (old, and mostly crappy) Earth and Beyond - resurrected from the dead as a free to play emulator currently in stress beta 4 and is TOTALLY AWESOME Black Prophecy - currently in open beta testing Jumpgate (the original - very old, still running) Vendetta Online (very old, still running) Battlestar Galactica Online(surprisinly amazing graphics for a browser based game, and F2P) StarQuest Online (an absolutely incredible gaming experience gift-wrapped in the ****tiest graphics known to mankind)
STO, ok you got me there, and honestly I would play it but its Star Trek and its amazingly buggy.
BP and JGE don't count since they're not actually out yet. I did play the old JG but no one else plays it anymore so its not really an MMO :p
BSG is a browser based game and F2P. I guess I should have pointed out that criteria, an MMO that is not F2P and has a standalone client.
The rest of those I've never heard of so they must not be that great.
Don't forget Sins of a Solar Empire, or nexus the Jupitor Incident. Those games were epic
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Chandaris
Gallente Lethal Devotion
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Posted - 2011.04.19 15:19:00 -
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Originally by: NinjaSpud
Originally by: Kijo Rikki
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STO (me, but I think will get better in time) Star Wars Galaxies JTL expansion (old, and mostly crappy) Earth and Beyond - resurrected from the dead as a free to play emulator currently in stress beta 4 and is TOTALLY AWESOME Black Prophecy - currently in open beta testing Jumpgate (the original - very old, still running) Vendetta Online (very old, still running) Battlestar Galactica Online(surprisinly amazing graphics for a browser based game, and F2P) StarQuest Online (an absolutely incredible gaming experience gift-wrapped in the ****tiest graphics known to mankind)
STO, ok you got me there, and honestly I would play it but its Star Trek and its amazingly buggy.
BP and JGE don't count since they're not actually out yet. I did play the old JG but no one else plays it anymore so its not really an MMO :p
BSG is a browser based game and F2P. I guess I should have pointed out that criteria, an MMO that is not F2P and has a standalone client.
The rest of those I've never heard of so they must not be that great.
Don't forget Sins of a Solar Empire, or nexus the Jupitor Incident. Those games were epic
They were, BUT they were not MMO's..
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Kijo Rikki
Caldari Point of No Return Waterboard
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Posted - 2011.04.19 15:29:00 -
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Honestly if Sins made an MMO I'd be onboard.
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Melkath Bandrom
Caldari State War Academy
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Posted - 2011.04.19 16:01:00 -
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I play cuz it's what I enjoy. I have 4 accounts with 6 active characters. If I get bored with one character/profession, I just switch to another character/profession. I have a mining corp if I don't wanna pewpew. If I dont wanna mine, I go mission for R&D standings. I am sorta antisocial and don't interact much with corpmates etc so thats about my only negative experience with Eve...and thats of my own making, not a result of game mechanics.
In a way, I find making Isk satisfies me. In Eve I'm a RICH BASTARD unlike in RL...lol
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Ris Dnalor
Minmatar Fleet of Doom RaVeN Federation
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Posted - 2011.04.19 16:04:00 -
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Originally by: Chandaris
Originally by: Dante Marcellus
Originally by: Chandaris
Originally by: Kijo Rikki
Black Prophecy - currently in open beta testing
I'm actually in the beta for this game... it's... not so great.
Did you play eve in 2003? It sucked **** too :)
Just saying.. There are other games out there.. That eve is the only one is a fallacy, its just that its the only popular one.
I quite liked eve in 2003. What you could and could not do were far less limited. More 'sandboxy' if you will. Even though there are technically more physical options these days, there are many more constraints as well.
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Val'Dore
Word Bearers of Chaos Word of Chaos Undivided
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Posted - 2011.04.19 16:07:00 -
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Originally by: Kijo Rikki Honestly if Sins made an MMO I'd be onboard.
Amen to that.
~No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.~
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Patient 2428190
DEGRREE'Fo'FREE Internet Business School
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Posted - 2011.04.19 16:18:00 -
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Its less s*** than every other MMO I've tried and I've been here far too long already ...Then when you stopped to think about it. All you really said was Lalala. |
HeIIfire11
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Posted - 2011.04.19 16:31:00 -
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Originally by: Naomi Wildfire That said i'm flying all races and think every race is fun and they are balanced.
I admit I did lol...very hard infact.Good one,made my day
You were joking right?
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Ana Vyr
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Posted - 2011.04.19 17:37:00 -
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Edited by: Ana Vyr on 19/04/2011 17:42:38 Edited by: Ana Vyr on 19/04/2011 17:41:48 For me, it's the love of sci fi and the complexity of the game model, and the fact that you can enjoy said complexity without having to be at the keyboard 100% of the time. It's a relaxing game to play as an industrialist. I don't have to schedule play time around my family. Very convenient.
When I want guild interaction (drama) and heavily focussed gaming (can't tear eyes off the screen or it's a wipe), I play WoW. I tried nullsec alliance play for a while a couple years ago in EvE...the extreme drama and the fact that you really can't trust anyone not to screw you over for ISK in EvE, made that lifestyle unbearable. You really need to focus and have massive gameplay time to make that work, I think. In WoW everything is bite sized, you can form a raid and run it inside of three hours. EvE wasn't like that at all...sometimes it took 3 hours to form the friggin' fleet, and the action can be unending at times. That sort of thing doesn't work well when you have a couple of young kids and many other responsibilities. After all that effort, you are rewarded with a slideshow, watching tiny litte red X's blow up other red X's, with all the graphics bling that is so beautiful in EvE turned off. I just don't understand the appeal, unless it's from a pure military strategy standpoint, and only the officers really got to partipate in that bit. Shrug, to each his own.
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J Kunjeh
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.04.19 17:55:00 -
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Edited by: J Kunjeh on 19/04/2011 17:55:42
Originally by: Ana Vyr
When I want guild interaction (drama) and heavily focussed gaming (can't tear eyes off the screen or it's a wipe), I play WoW. I tried nullsec alliance play for a while a couple years ago in EvE...the extreme drama and the fact that you really can't trust anyone not to screw you over for ISK in EvE, made that lifestyle unbearable. You really need to focus and have massive gameplay time to make that work, I think. In WoW everything is bite sized, you can form a raid and run it inside of three hours. EvE wasn't like that at all...sometimes it took 3 hours to form the friggin' fleet, and the action can be unending at times. That sort of thing doesn't work well when you have a couple of young kids and many other responsibilities. After all that effort, you are rewarded with a slideshow, watching tiny litte red X's blow up other red X's, with all the graphics bling that is so beautiful in EvE turned off. I just don't understand the appeal, unless it's from a pure military strategy standpoint, and only the officers really got to partipate in that bit. Shrug, to each his own.
And some people wonder why so many pilots have no desire whatsoever to go out to 0.0. I personally would love to go out to null at some point, but stories like the above surely make me wonder if it's even worth the effort.
~Gnosis~ |
Ana Vyr
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Posted - 2011.04.19 18:01:00 -
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I didn't mean that to be disheartening per se. It's just a reflection of why I wasn't able to enjoy alliance life. In a nutshell, I just didn't have the time for it.
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Solstice Project
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Posted - 2011.04.19 18:11:00 -
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Freedom Of Choice.
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Lost Greybeard
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Posted - 2011.04.19 18:47:00 -
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Skill advancement tied to real time (rather than grinding) and a complete reliance on pvp, with location and context only defining the _manner_ in which PvP occurs.
Basically, it's the MMO closest to a real RPG rather than a Korean-model "RPG". ---
If you outlaw tautologies, only outlaws will have tautologies. ~Anonymous |
Solstice Project
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Posted - 2011.04.19 20:19:00 -
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Edited by: Solstice Project on 19/04/2011 20:20:29 Edit: Oh, the profanity filter misses some words i guess ... ^^
Originally by: Lost Greybeard Skill advancement tied to real time (rather than grinding) and a complete reliance on pvp, with location and context only defining the _manner_ in which PvP occurs.
Basically, it's the MMO closest to a real RPG rather than a Korean-model "RPG".
Okay. That ... and freedom of choice.
= the fact i can ...
... say **** (you), ****, *****, *******, sucker, idiot, moron in public ... ... can name my ships in offensive ways others definitly get disturbed from (it's a tactic ^^) ... ... blow up a noob because he annoys me, smacks in local or for no particular reason ... ... can hunt somebody, almost kill him and then hunt together with him ... ... can scare the **** out of ppl while being AFK ... ... trade, produce, just fly around looking at stuff ... ... DISCO IN A BATTLESHIP IN HIGHSEC (still have to do that one) ...
To sum it up, what made me love EvE is THIS particular video ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlZ0EcsneSg
Freedom of choice.
Welcome ... to EvE Online.
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J Kunjeh
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.04.19 20:21:00 -
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Originally by: Ana Vyr I didn't mean that to be disheartening per se. It's just a reflection of why I wasn't able to enjoy alliance life. In a nutshell, I just didn't have the time for it.
I know you didn't. But I'm already very familiar with the amount of time and dedication a null player can end up putting into the game. And yeah, I don't have the time to spend 10 hours straight fighting one battle. I wish my time were that free!
~Gnosis~ |
Nyreanya
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Posted - 2011.04.20 00:34:00 -
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It's a heartbreakingly beautiful game. There's no quick win, it's a gradual EVEntual climb to the top, and even when you get there there's more to aspire to. It's a universe driven by the players, everyone fighting for rEVEnue, rEVEnge, are achiEVEment. It's an EVErlasting sandbox where the clEVEr and persEVEring are rewarded. |
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Holy One
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Posted - 2011.04.20 01:27:00 -
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pvp. but with the proliferation of caps and the summer taking hold its dried up completely since incursion.
seriously dead last two months.
ubsub time till winter I guess.
BBQ makes me hungry for more... |
Methesda
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Posted - 2011.04.20 03:18:00 -
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Unlike <every> other MMO I've tried (which is a few), Eve is the only one that I can play as little or as much as I like, and I never feel like I've been left behind, or that there isn't something new to try.
I have taken a number of breaks during my time, and I've never regretted firing up the account again, so this is true on a long term scale as well as a day to day scale.
Also, the community here is vastly more mature than any other I've ever met. There are still some bad words said between adversaries, but I have never felt that there are a lot of people in Eve who play solely to verbally abuse others.
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Christopher AET
Segmentum Solar Intergalactic Exports Group
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Posted - 2011.04.20 06:47:00 -
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Because I look after many children and I feel responsible for them. Any CEO of a decent size corp probably knows what I mean. Also choosing a target and slowly crushing them over many months. (Ambushes/Threats/Misdirection/omgwtfcapdrop). It's the fact that fighting a war requires so much. Espionage. Propaganda. Subversion. Aggression. Subtlety. Overt fury. All viable tactics when applied properly.
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Lissian
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Posted - 2011.04.20 11:32:00 -
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I can only go by my first impressions as a new player, but where do I start? The limitless sandbox gameplay... The wonderful graphics, sound and music... The unique and interesting skill system... A clever character deletion system, that lets you can change your mind, and stops hackers deleting chars immediately... An in-game mail system that actually stops spam being sent to you... An amazing character creator/customiser... The fact that EVE feels more like an environment than a game...
As I've discovered, it's the wonderful community that makes EVE what it is, and why I play it. Couple of nights ago I finally got around to asking for some help on an SOE epic arc mission - Chasing Shadows; Parthus' cap drainer was proving a little... expensive. So I put out a request in local... I had a very nice offer I had to turn down as I was invited to fleet with three very friendly and helpful players, one of which not only helped me defeat Parthus but also very kindly offered to stick around for the rest of the arc, helping me with Dagan. And then they gave me advice as to what to do next. That never happened in WoW, unless you were in a guild. Just making a request in a regular chat channel and getting help like that? Never.
That's why I play EVE.
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Seul Manus
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Posted - 2011.04.20 13:37:00 -
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No other game like it ATM, and its slowly becoming a WoW type world, once we can walk in stations.
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Garbol Hellbrecht
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Posted - 2011.04.20 14:21:00 -
[76]
I like how my wallet icon blinks. oooooh... shinny....
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Norian Lonark
Gallente Black Thorne Corporation Black Thorne Alliance
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Posted - 2011.04.20 14:23:00 -
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Originally by: Shawna Gray Its the only mmo worth playing.
This sums it up. I tried other MMO's but nothing really compares to Eve or has been able to hold my attention for as long. For all the things CCP might get wrong they get a hell of a lot more right.
The first MMO I ever played was Ultima Online the reason I played that was the freedom choices you could make player driven world the immersion and number of great people playing the game..
Sadly for me UO became stagnant I tried a number of MMO's played for a few months and moved on because everything else was the same cookie cutter grind then I came across Eve and that feeling when I first booted up UO came back and has stayed the community is great, CCP has great vision and the game gives freedom, complexity and immersion that nothing else out there offers.
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Jodie Amille
Gunship Diplomacy
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Posted - 2011.04.20 15:48:00 -
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Eve is, and has been for a few months, a 15$ per month chat client and character development system.
I am debating cutting back to one account again cause pvp has become terrible due to people being raging vaginas and refusing to undock without 30 friends with them. --------
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Vani Nostro
Gallente
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Posted - 2011.04.20 16:10:00 -
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Aside from the overall setting, immersion and strategy-like gameplay which I find pretty good there are two other rather important things:
1. It is not converted into mainstream crapware by the big game companies yet.
2. It has a mac client (even if it is through wrapper software it is still playable in OS X)
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Sader Rykane
Amarr Midnight Sentinels Midnight Space Syndicate
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Posted - 2011.04.20 16:37:00 -
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Originally by: Calathea Sata In the beginning for spaceship coolness. Later for the level of immersion and depth of the game, also interesting backstories etc. And now, to troll the forums like a ****in champ.
finished your post for you.
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Ioci
Gallente Morrigna Order
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Posted - 2011.04.20 18:11:00 -
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I don't know why I keep playing. 2 years ago I spent $1000 a year on EVE and was religious about Skills and never losing a minute. Now I spend maybe $200 a year, could care less if I lose a day or 2 with inactive skills. Anything I wanted 4 years ago I gave up on. Have no long term mission. I don't hate EVE. I brag it up every where I go but for me it's not as enchanting. It is still fun in small doses and it has brilliant concepts even if there are mechanical barriers that make most of those concepts unobtainable. |
Fulmar Muse
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Posted - 2011.04.20 18:59:00 -
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2 words ... --> !!!STAR WARS!!! <-- something to do with that
....that, and I love the complexities and wonder that you find in something as deep and huge as eve!!! it's like those weird bushes you saw whn you was a kid, where you was certain there was giant and his pet tarantula living inside...
that kind of shi7... that's why really.
"Keep on doin what you doin, do it gud.. huuh!"
Super fly] |
Spacewarp
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Posted - 2011.04.20 19:08:00 -
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Where else can i fly in the biggest meanest spaceships, armed to the teeth with big guns and still be named a carebear :p ?
Honestly: the fact that you can become almost whatever you can think of is awesome in EVE. And when your chosen path isnt working that well as you expected?......you dont start a new toon, but just the smae in a total new direction. I LOVE EVE!
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Zyress
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Posted - 2011.04.20 20:28:00 -
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Really it's all about spinning my ship in station really quickly
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Yue Rubens
Fnord Works Initiative Mercenaries
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Posted - 2011.04.20 20:55:00 -
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Edited by: Yue Rubens on 20/04/2011 20:57:30 Edited by: Yue Rubens on 20/04/2011 20:55:57 To OP:
Many years ago I played X-Beyond the frontier (part 1) and loved the idea, but urged for it to be multiplayer. To discover the same principles in EVE fascinated me.
My main excuse to play eve is that I come into contact with the english language, as I study translation at university.
When I founded fnord works 4 years ago with leshie I never thought it would go this far, and I have to say my reasons to play eve have and continue to change daily.
Liked the industrialist side, then began to warm to pvp. Now I love small/med gang pvp in my scimitar, it's one of the main reasons I play. Most other content in eve is pretty dull and badly designed (nice work on the incursions tho ccp^^), but that's not what this is about.
Nowadays, I don't really care what I do as long as it keeps my corporation going. It's with who I do it what matters, and for what I do it. EVE is the people you play with.
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Tyberius Rage
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Posted - 2011.04.20 21:38:00 -
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I ask myself this question all the time.
There are many negative aspects of EvE that I greatly dislike. First and foremost is much of the negativity that is displayed between people. Quite frankly many people treat one another with disdain and disrespect without regards for the impact one causes on another. This game breeds a culture of hate through war that is really unhealthy psychologically. Second I dislike much of the cheating that takes place within the game itself. Whether it comes from RMT, Botting, Stealing, or Scamming. There seems to be a culture that goes along the lines of, "Well it has happened to me, so I cam going to do it to someone else. - As if two wrongs make a right. Instead it creates a vicious cycle that continues to breed within the game, and carry's outside the game as well. I am a firm believer that people think that because you can not see the person face to face that it is OK to treat one with little regard to how ones actions affect another. It is a rather sad picture of how corrupt humanity is, and EvE generally feels. I don't feel it is all in good fun. Because I have personally been a part of factions that spew such behavior, and quite frankly it is disheartening. So if I had to close this rant, I would like it like this, "Can't we all just get along?" Seriously, yes, it is just a bunch of pixels, but the people staring at the pixels are real and what each of us does truly affect one another. I personally don't hold any hope that this will change. All I can do is be as honorable as I can be, and hopes that people will treat me the same. The last thing I hate is how EvE feels like I am wishing my life away. I think it comes with the way you develop your character - in REAL TIME. It's kind of like watching your child grow up (I have 3). While it happens the time goes by slowly, but one day you look back and your kid is 18 and you wonder, where in the hell did time (and my life) go. I started playing EvE when i was 32, and now I'm 37 - I don't know where the last 5 years of my life went. I really don't even have anything to show for it as I don't even have the same character I started with. This makes it even even worse. Depressing.
Now, I love EvE because it is massive, beautiful, and exhilarating to play. EvE is a game that is 98% of the time passive, and 2% of the time aggressive. That aggression brings out such an adrenalin rush that after your nerves calm, you rush around looking for a way to get that feeling again. It is like a doped out person looking for his next high. This can't be healthy on the nervous system. I also love dreaming about the future, and what it would be like to live in space and fly around in space ships. It makes me sad to know that I live in this time, and will never see what will become. I guess playing EvE fills my sci-fi fantasy. I enjoy it greatly. I love EvE because it is quiet, and alot of times I can collect my thoughts and meditate on the plethora of things that go through my mind. I love EvE because it is played by other adults, and so I don't always feel like such an immature kid because I still love to play video games. But I mostly love EvE because I get to be a part of something outside of the real world that I don't really get to be a part of outside the game. That is a community of nerdy computer geeks who relate to me, and whom I relate with as well.
Anyway, now that I written this lame ass book, all I can be grateful for now is that I wrote it on an alt nobody knows.
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