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Devon Krah'tor Magis.Erudire.Ratus.Knoen 32	Posted - 2012.11.27 22:49:00 - [61] - Quote I feel that I am in good company here. Sure I'll try a new game from time to time, but I find mostly they are re-hashed crap with the occasional gem 'Parappa the Rappa lol' etc... Eve is the closest thing to a truly sandbox game, sadly she is aging, along with the rest of us. Greater.Insight.Skill.Knowledge
God's Apples The Tuskers 26	Posted - 2012.11.27 23:02:00 - [62] - Quote The only other games I can enjoy are DotA 2 and LoL probably because of the social aspect. I still sometimes play morrowind because after 6 years I still haven't done everything and oblivion and skyrim are boring with less than 100 hours on them there's nothing to do. I'm not sure if it's just that video games released now are blander than used to be or I was just 9 at the time, but beating Mass Effect 1, KOTOR, and Morrowind just felt awesome. Even with the rush you get from PvP gone now there's no game that can come close to EvE in terms of complexity, immersion, and gameplay.
Joelleaveek Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation 119	Posted - 2012.11.27 23:30:00 - [63] - Quote I am unwilling to try other MMOs mostly because people will talk about how good its gonna be or whatever, but then they will talk "PVP zones" or what server i should be on. I guess Eve has completely ruined "normal" MMOs for me.
Nyancat Audeles Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation 38	Posted - 2012.11.27 23:34:00 - [64] - Quote Joelleaveek wrote: I am unwilling to try other MMOs mostly because people will talk about how good its gonna be or whatever, but then they will talk "PVP zones" or what server i should be on. I guess Eve has completely ruined "normal" MMOs for me. Never played another MMO, EvE was my first, but if I understand correctly, you're saying most MMO's have "zones" or designated servers where you can PvP and no where else? That's kind of stupid. I'll be sticking to EvE forever then.
Terranid Meester Tactical Assault and Recon Unit 68	Posted - 2012.11.27 23:36:00 - [65] - Quote Theres plenty of good games these days, skyrim ,dishonored, company of heroes, arma 2 etc. Good year for games I think and next year might be good with arma 3, planetary annihilation and star citizens. Those are just my tastes of course. EvE Online is just the best MMO for me out there atm, but it doesn't always please me, so then I have the others [non-mmos] to look forward to. EvE always gives me the urge to come back however. Nothing like it. Marlona Sky wrote: It is just how we remember things. I promise you most of the games you played were crap. Panzer Dragoon Saga will always be boss though.
Joelleaveek Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation 119	Posted - 2012.11.27 23:56:00 - [66] - Quote Nyancat Audeles wrote: Joelleaveek wrote: I am unwilling to try other MMOs mostly because people will talk about how good its gonna be or whatever, but then they will talk "PVP zones" or what server i should be on. I guess Eve has completely ruined "normal" MMOs for me. Never played another MMO, EvE was my first, but if I understand correctly, you're saying most MMO's have "zones" or designated servers where you can PvP and no where else? That's kind of stupid. I'll be sticking to EvE forever then. It's also the only MMO I've ever played :) These are just the things i hear.
Jake Warbird Republic Military School Minmatar Republic 1789	Posted - 2012.11.28 03:47:00 - [67] - Quote Even the Eve forums are better than most new releases. /supported
Mara Rinn Cosmic Goo Convertor Cosmic Consortium 2128	Posted - 2012.11.28 04:27:00 - [68] - Quote I played World of Warcraft for a long, long time. I was never involved enough to get in with the bleeding edge raiding guilds, but I carved a niche for myself as a pick-up-raid healer and tank. After Burning Crusade I stalled a little, trying out different classes, exploring the quest lines in different areas (WoW is a great PvE MMO), and doing my own thing. But after a month my friends were raiding and I wasn't. So I took time off work, focussed on leveling one character, doing all the quest lines required to get into whichever were the starting raids (Gruul? Serpent shrine Cavern?), and getting the entry level gear I needed. Then I got put on the wait list and burned out. While sitting outside the raid instance one night I was looking over the new iMacs thinking about whether it was time to upgrade yet or not. For some reason EVE Online caught my eye: I had heard about this space MMO before, had no idea what it was actually about, but knew that it was only for Windows and never looked into it further. But here it was, on the Apple Store: download now for a free trial! GÇ£What the heckGÇ¥ I thought, GÇ£I won't be raiding tonight unless someone drops dead, may as well give it a go.GÇ¥ The first thing that got me about EVE was the lack of direction, and the lack of constraint. I managed to get lost after jumping through a star gate or three looking for tutorial agents, asked for help in NPC corp chat, and was directed to a system I hadn't been to before. The people I had taken up with invited me along to L4 missions. The game didn't stop me entering their dungeon just because I wasn't high enough level, or there were too many people in the fleet. So there I was in L4 missions flying a logistics Osprey (cap stable even with very low skills), healing my new friend who was flying a battleship.There was no GM intruding to tell us that this strategy was breaking the rules. There was no restriction on where I could go or what I could do. I had the freedom to write my own story! I still play WoW sometimes. I bought the WotLK expansion and leveled one character to 80. By the time the next month's subscription was due I had no desire to keep playing. I was not going to be doing anything new, just pressing play on the same story everyone else was watching. This was MMO on rails, EVE had spoilt me. Last night I took my Dranei paladin into the Scarlet Monastery, the first time I have been to that instance since Burning Crusade launched (at the time, my friend needed lots of silk to level tailoring so we got it by being daft in SM with port warriors wearing shield spikes), and I couldn't believe the attitude of the other four players: I was being told how to play my character not only by the game itself as a paladin, you only have these spells, and you can't use daggers or staves) but by the other players (hey doofus, why do you have a shield spike? Pull this group, skip that group, don't you know anything? Oh, and I am not healing you if you are stupid enough to get caught by blades of light). EVE has spoiled me. Other games are still great: I am slowly playing through Zelda on the Wii, for example. At least in Zelda while I am playing through a pre-scripted story, I don't have other players telling me to play the game their way :) But then, some things never change. Day 0 advice for new players: Day 0 Advice for New Players
galenwade Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic 34	Posted - 2012.11.28 04:32:00 - [69] - Quote Chribba wrote: I agreed with the above posters. Other games simply have no attraction. Yea how many games can you say there are that make you want to run up to their HQ building naked ,waving wads of cash .
Arya Greywolf Deep Core Mining Inc. Caldari State 27	Posted - 2012.11.28 05:00:00 - [70] - Quote I used to be a solo-pvper like you, but then I took a hot-drop to the face.
Mars Theran Tribal Liberation Force Minmatar Republic 457	Posted - 2012.11.28 05:03:00 - [71] - Quote I used to play other games simply due to the fact that they alleviated boredom, then I found EVE. It not only alleviates boredom, but the forums do to, and I like it. It's win-win. zubzubzubzubzubzubzubzub

Chribba Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire 5667	Posted - 2012.11.28 05:15:00 - [72] - Quote galenwade wrote: Chribba wrote: I agreed with the above posters. Other games simply have no attraction. Yea how many games can you say there are that make you want to run up to their HQ building naked ,waving wads of cash . Only one... only one! GÿàGÿàGÿà Secure 3rd party service GÿàGÿàGÿà Visit my in-game channel 'Holy Veldspar' Follow me on Twitter @Chribba

Merovee Gorthaur Legion Of Mordor 62	Posted - 2012.11.28 06:02:00 - [73] - Quote Funny, I've notice after EVE came out that the shelf size in the game stores and electronics shop started getting smaller. Now its like not even there except a small shelf in the back of large stores and mostly WoW stuff. Oh, you're talking about console games, ok nevermind
Mrbluto Dark Harlequins F.E.R.A.L 26	Posted - 2012.11.28 07:09:00 - [74] - Quote I am an older gamer, I started off playing Battlefiled 1942 as my first online multiplayer, Moved on through the BF series with the same bunch of guy. MMO's never really interested me and paying a monthy sub for a game was just for idoits. Then a friend from my clan joined Eve. Then 2 more did, with in 1 month we all had. It took over our clan forums so much so that our BF clan folded. We were all playing Eve 8 hours a day and more at weekends. I have been playing for 6 and a half years and still love the game. The EX wife hated it but I meet my girlfriend who also plays Eve so I am playing more than ever. I have 'given up' many times but am back within a few hours. I think for me it's a very soical game I can spend housr on TS just chatting and haveing a laugh with the corp/alliance guys. You are right there is just something about Eve!
Ritsum Perkone Caldari State 32	Posted - 2012.11.28 07:18:00 - [75] - Quote This is like the 4th time I have returned to eve... Though I am still excited about the new FFXIV ARR update since I am a FF RPG fan myself... Eve lets you do things that other games will not even let you think about doing and I think it is that whole darkness that surrounds every aspect of EvE that will keep making me return... I am a proud High Sec Pve player. Got a problem?
OT Smithers BLOMI 374	Posted - 2012.11.28 07:35:00 - [76] - Quote For me it's not just games... Yesterday, while masturbating to childrens autopsy pictures, I found myself distracted by a new idea for a fitting for a Hawk. I was forced to fire up EFT as soon as I finished. Has anyone else had this problem?! Thanks in advance!
Johan Civire Dirty Curse inc. 208	Posted - 2012.11.28 08:21:00 - [77] - Quote AndromacheDarkstar wrote: I used to call myself a gamer, id buy most new releases as they came out and spent a large amount of time playing games all across the spectrum from Railroads to Halo. I was proud to call myself a gamer, kept up to date with the gamin industry for years and got genuinely excited about games coming out until recently. Over the last year the joy has gone. I just cant enjoy anything any more, i stopped buying new releases a few months back because i found id play them for one session then just call it a day and end up with a wasted -ú35. The only games to have even slightly entertained me recently are Dishonoured, Hotline Miami and Bordelands 2. I fail to even get properly enthusiastic about Mechwarrior and Planetside. The only game i can enjoy playing now is EVE, im not sure if it the social side or the actuall game but i think EVE has done something to me. Am i just getting old? am i the only one? are games these days just ****? Same here. Same reasons i got tons of games on steam realy more than 400 games on a ccount dont want to share my dvd collections with games thats just to many games. Many of my free time was playing sfci games or some co-op games with friends. Afthere some years doing that this i got borred try every mmorpg i can find play 3 days the 4 days is like meh........ So i try eve back in 2006 played the tut and join a corp with local friends here. Then i stopt. because i was had no clue what to do in eve online. Going to youtube searching video reading about eve see reviews ask people across internet what eve is and how you play it. Because i like starfleet command orion pirat vessel back in tha days. So i was hoping for the same kick. So i installed eve mon use my main to how to skill. People say well to my the first thing you need to know about eve is what do you want to do. So i make a skill table i want a caldari and i want the rokh so this is how my journey of eve starts my main have been stop it was a 1 year learning the basic with my main. Afther that i make this char and now its my new main. So now the only game i played are eve online and some others games if real life friends want to Lan party with me. Then i play other games.
Kara Vix Sanford and Son Salvage Peregrine Nation 100	Posted - 2012.11.28 09:43:00 - [78] - Quote I play other games, I love everquest still even after 13 years and log on Aion to pvp now and then, but Eve does have that draw. Its like going home for Christmas, it just feels comfy and welcoming and then some drunk uncle tries to gank someone and the pvp begins. Eve is life, good and bad, risk and reward, friends and betrayal, no other game has that.
Spurty V0LTA Verge of Collapse 582	Posted - 2012.11.28 11:54:00 - [79] - Quote Turns out, the fact that I can't ignore someone because they are in a cheap ship and have low skill points is exactly the game I always wanted to play That person is me at one (often long) period of time too I'm a casual player of games and hate being boned for it --- I used to be indecisive but now I am not quite sure.
BoSau Hotim Uitraan Diversified Holdings Incorporated 3779	Posted - 2012.11.28 11:55:00 - [80] - Quote Lol, I'm not interested in most other games (except portal and catan) The fact that I even uninstalled BF1942 is amazing to me. I'm just not interested in it anymore. I love that I am almost 2 yrs old in EvE. All of us who play have invested time and effort into building something, and we can either build an empire for ourselves, or an empire with others. I love the fact that when you are blown up you don't respawn with all the same 'equipment' - well.. ok.. sometimes I wish I had.. lol I love that I choose the parameters of the game for myself, all the while knowing that I can be impacted by ANY other player in the game which is a huge risk and a fun one. I'm not a carebear... I'm a SPACE BARBIE -á *DISCLAIMER* Regarding this avatar - any resemblance or similarity to other avatars-áeither living or dead is purely coincidental.
Talemecus Valta The Scope Gallente Federation 4	Posted - 2012.11.28 12:25:00 - [81] - Quote I've played games ever since, the BBC Micro came out with games like Beachhead and Galaga. I've currently got an Apple iMac, PS3 and a Xbox 360 with numerous games, which are collecting dust on the shelf. The only games I play are the Assassins Creed franchise (Xbox), the Battlefield franchise (PS3), and EVE (Apple iMac), and Dust 514. Before EVE, I played Bigpoint's, Battlestar Galactica, which is a really small and limited version of EVE. Then I found EVE (I remember looking at the box for EVE in the Virgin Megastore), and closed the Bigpoint account and never looked back. Thank you CCP, you have created a game, that I can fully escape into. Only 40 rounds per gun... I hate reloading in the middle! I'll make it through each day, Singing DEATH OR GLORY!!!!
Luke Visteen Apostasy Prime 114	Posted - 2012.11.28 12:25:00 - [82] - Quote I play D3 on Hardcore (only 1 life) and EVE. Can't play no-risk-involved games anymore I don't always do. But when I do - I do.
Minmatar Citizen160812 The LGBT Last Supper 48	Posted - 2012.11.28 13:20:00 - [83] - Quote CCP Eterne wrote: Almost seven years ago I played all sorts of games. My MMO of choice was City of Heroes.. Please for the love of Pete tell me that you didn't work on that game and if ya did please tell me ya didn't help design I13. I read that and a friggen chill went up my spine like the ghost of RV just walked over my grave. They just shut their servers down....
Speedkermit Damo Callide Vulpis Curatores Veritatis Alliance 13	Posted - 2012.11.28 17:06:00 - [84] - Quote I spent the last two years playing World of Tanks, ironically many of my old WoT clanmates were ex-eve veterans. I finally gave Eve a 2nd look about 2 months ago, and haven't logged into any other game since. I always wanted a great open-ended space game ever since I spent hours playing Elite as a kid in the 1980s. I have a garage full of tanks and a pile of gold on my account, but I doubt if I'll ever log into WoT again. Don't Panic.
Urgg Boolean Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation 244	Posted - 2012.11.28 17:31:00 - [85] - Quote To the OP: I think you are just bored in general. To keep things fresh, I change things up regularly. I multibox: SWTOR on my main computer, two EvE accounts on a second, and one EvE account on a third older machine. I'll set up my mining fleet to run semi-AFK, while I run around in SWTOR. It keeps me busy. I'm out of my chair with relatively high frequency. It's way more fun than doing either alone, or God forbid, playing on a single account in EvE. Also, I play a large variety of games to keep things interesting: Perpetuum, Black Prophecy (not in a long time though), DIablo III, LOTRO, Team Fortress II, and the list goes on. Also, doing it this way is immunity from server outages/downtime, so there is always something available whenever I want to log on. And due to my job, I am up at way strange hours of the day/night... Plus, there is nothing wrong with avoiding gaming all together for a while. When I am getting bored with games, I'll work on hands-on projects, and do stuff around the house I have been meaning to do. Or, I'll ride my bike or meet up with buds... Change things up :: keep it fresh.
Valerie Tessel Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation 302	Posted - 2012.11.28 20:40:00 - [86] - Quote As much as I like Eve, I don't think Eve is the cause. Consoles are the cause. More specifically, games dumbed-down, designed for consoles, that also happen to run on a PC are the cause. So many games are pale shadows of the depth we used to get in PC games of the past. Compare the new X-Com, which is not a bad game, with the original. It seems that if the only way you can interact with a world is through the neck of a bottle with a chopstick, you get much dumber world to interact with. I remember playing games where the AI could mop the floor with you (see original X-Com) if you were careless. These days most AIs just cheat. Remember Homeworld? Or even Dune 2 (loved that game)? MOO2? Star Control 2? System Shock? Baldur's Gate 2? Those games would keep you playing with deep gameplay for 60 to 100 hours. Skyrim was the last game to do that for me, but it wasn't nearly as much fun as the discovery in Daggerfall. Or the hours I poured into X2. As good as Skyrim is, the console system made it significantly disappointing. I used to love the spell making system. But if you must equip spells using only an A and a B button, why even bother to make a complicated UI for something that can barely be used. (The rationale Bethesda gave was that it unbalanced the game... but that was a big part of the fun.) One of the things I loath about console gaming is that everything is oversimplified and iconized. It's as if the games are made to be played by the permanently stoned. Yet a few games take some of the good things and successfully pull them into the PC realm. Borderlands and Borderlands 2 are two examples. Support Aegis Destroyers: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=97610
Dersen Lowery Knavery Inc. StructureDamage 161	Posted - 2012.11.28 21:14:00 - [87] - Quote I am not an avid gamer, although I started on the original Atari 400, but I got into text MUs in the very earliest proto stages. I loved, and still miss, the absolute freedom: Not only was content was player generated, the landscape was. The items were. The monsters were. The code was player written. On one MUSH I was on, the combat system* was player written, and optional: You could do 100% RP'd combat. Your character looked like whatever you could type in, and that included code. There was no respawning; if your character died, you were taken back to the character creator. I spent years in that space, happily, until the graphical MMOs drained the players away. It turns out that a lot of people want their scenes pre-rendered for their convenience. I ignored MMOs and went back to tabletop games. Fast forward to about 13 months ago. A few friends were talking EVE, EVE, EVE all the time. So finally, I broke down and created this character. EVE still falls far short of the freedom I enjoyed on the MU*s, but it's as close as any graphical game has come, and for better or for worse, graphical games are where people are, and people are the whole point. One thing I especially love about EVE is that there is so much to learn, and with some reasonable exceptions you can learn whatever you want in whatever order, and enough of what there is to learn is player skill that you do the learning from other people, not from NPCs. Much more recently, I indulged some friends and family and finally downloaded WoW. I created a warlock because I'd heard they were as close to WoW-on-hard-mode as there was, only to find that the latest expansion had completely retooled them so they weren't. All the railroad tracks that I dreaded about MMOs were there, but WoW has this oddly schizophrenic thing going on where the combat is insultingly easy until you're in an instance and suddenly it's "what do you mean, you haven't discovered the optimal tactics for your character?" Well, no, I haven't. Everything else dies too damn quickly, and the combat has nowhere near the tactical complexity of EVE's. Your fitting decisions boil down to, "is this obviously better than what I have?". The lack of customization is terrible, and the animations are a frequent source of unintentional comedy. I still pop on for my friends and family, but the day they leave, I leave too. I can't say that about EVE.
Liam Inkuras Chaotic Tranquility Casoff 10	Posted - 2012.11.28 21:16:00 - [88] - Quote I used to be the same as OP. I would play nearly every new release, stay up to date on the gaming world. But then, just a short 4 months ago, I finally subbed to eve. All other games have gone out the airlock. I still dabble in BF3 every now and then to keep my analog stick skills intact, but other than that its been EVE EVEry day. I actually just found my old copy of Star Wars Empire at War (star wars rts in space and on land) and have been getting back into that quite a bit. I am also VERY excited to get my new gaming rig up and running so I can play PS2 in all its gigantic glory.

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