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Ywev
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Posted - 2003.07.07 01:39:00 -
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What do you people do in eve?
Mining oooooh, how fun is that? get serious.
Trading ohh how fun, another afk thing to do now.
So enlighten me, because I don't see how either of those can be fun.
Pod ya later..
Ywev
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Tank CEO
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Posted - 2003.07.07 01:44:00 -
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Jack ****
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Lola
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Posted - 2003.07.07 01:45:00 -
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I hope someone can think of a good answer that isn't either a) pointless b) boring c) both.
Right now I'm doing %100 safe trade which is b) boring.
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Garon
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Posted - 2003.07.07 01:50:00 -
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hunt pirates, end of story
"if you wish to live wisely, ignore sayings like this one" -Annonymous
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Ywev
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Posted - 2003.07.07 01:54:00 -
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Hunt npc pirates all day? man that sounds interesting, don't they use the same manuevers over and over?
Tell me why I should have friends play? I am still not seeing why this game is even remotely interesting.
Pod ya later..
Ywev
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Openheimer
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Posted - 2003.07.07 01:55:00 -
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I assume your ****ed because your sec status is gimped and you cannot interact with the normal eve residents within 0.5 - 1.0 space ? (Here come the flames from all the bright sparks)
I've been doing some exploring recently. Especially like the cache containers at the pirate spawns. Do an occasional bit of mining for production of ammo etc. Hunt a variety of nasties. Strangle small furry animals. Produce and sell items on the market. Do some agent missions and guard my corp buddies when they are mining.
I hope the programmers add some more content and events *soon* otherwise a lot of people will bugger off.
Fang
Sirius Corp
Edited by: Openheimer on 07/07/2003 01:57:38
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.07.07 01:56:00 -
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Reading "The Fatal Shore" by Robert Hughes whilst moving 56 million ISK worth of loot 28 hops through 0.0 space....
Hey - look!
No pirates!
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Damon Vile
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Posted - 2003.07.07 01:57:00 -
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If you think about this game too much it's boring :)
The best part about eve is, it's a team sport. Too many MMOG are really just a singleplayer game that has other ppl in it ( EnB )
Everything you do in eve you can do with others and thats why it's so addictive for me.
I spend most of my time killing NPCs looking for loot. PvP in eve isn't all that fun unless both sides want to fight. Too much running away.
If they really want to add content to the game give ppl something to fight over ( hint player stations are not going to do it for 99% of the ppl) I'd like to start a war to take away someones factory slots and corp hangar in a prime building location...but you can't :(
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Pakalolo
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Posted - 2003.07.07 02:08:00 -
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In order to be taken seriously, one must train and become skillful.
In order to establish their domain, one must frequently engage in menial trudgery, in search of profit to afford these items that enhance the skill.
One must learn who can be trusted and who is to be deserving of attention.
The patient, my dear Ywew, will rule.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
--Eric Hoffer
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Lola
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Posted - 2003.07.07 02:09:00 -
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Morkt Drak that Plutonium route you're doing only has about 3 jumps in 0.0. The rest is happy happy carebear land. Or don't you know about the demand in the middle of empire space? Anyway, robotics has no risk and is what 3 jumps?
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Valarr
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Posted - 2003.07.07 02:12:00 -
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Honest answer:
Trading, but it is now becoming so boring I almost fell asleep while sitting at a gate swarming with NPCs. Man, they almost got me to armor. I was terrified I would lose my 30 million in robotics (not to mention the millions in afterburners and cargo expanders).
What is it with MMOG companies that feel the 1% whining is what the majority of the community feels?
I have yet to be upset about anything that has happened to me in-game (and I lost my first ship with expanders and boosters while I was afk feeding my kids, my own stupidity, but funny :) ). I have been attacked by pirates while trading robotics (Tank CEO and somebody else tried to stasis me, luckily I was close to the gate ;), I did some trading through Mara and that region, luckily Setec and M0o weren't there at the time :) )
In the end, I look at it this way, if I get upset because I lose something, then what the hell was I putting it at risk for in the first place. If I were to lose something, then I will have fun getting it back, and if it isn't fun getting it back, then wtf was I doing in the first place.
I don't play a multi-player game to have a "win" button, I play it because it is unexpected. There is no way a programmer can program the myriad of ways a human can respond to something.
Too many people play this game like it was their life. It is a game, and should be for entertainment. If you aren't having fun, then don't play. I am getting close to the don't play stage as the stuff I was having fun doing has been turned into an afk do something else activity. Why should I pay money to do something else?
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Jash Illian
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Posted - 2003.07.07 02:19:00 -
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Well, I'm NPC hunting. Mostly because I refuse to pay for weapons until I can find them myself. And my ship tis a bit on the weak side.
Great news tho! I got jumped by Core and a partner of his. Apparently they found a gate without a sentry gun. It was so much fun I tried to turn off my autopilot before the damn ship jumped out. But I couldn't and it jumped.
Which is lucky because when I stopped on the other side of the jump and went to switch my launchers ammo to heavy missiles, I discovered I had overpacked my cargo bay and couldn't reload.
I mean its like you want corporations to oblige each other like its sex or something. Pffft I would rather **** my enemy.- Rohann
Be careful out there. That other guy waiting in the queue for the gate MIGHT be a baby-munching frock-burner, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW!- Lallante |
Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.07.07 02:25:00 -
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<<<Morkt Drak that Plutonium route you're doing only has about 3 jumps in 0.0. The rest is happy happy carebear land. Or don't you know about the demand in the middle of empire space? Anyway, robotics has no risk and is what 3 jumps?>>>
I have no idea, at all, what route you're talking about lola - mainly because
a) its not a trade route
b) i dont trade in market commodities
c) there are no stations where i come in from - making it rather hard to buy anything at all too trade even if i so desired.
Thus: I think you have me confused with somebody else.
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Archemedes
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Posted - 2003.07.07 02:27:00 -
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Well, the reason you can't take away factory slots or offices or so on by force is that would just be another way of saying "NEW PLAYERS AND SMALL CORPS NOT WELCOME HERE". I mean, what chance would a freelancer or a small corporation have if megacorps could just wipe them out by force?
What we really need is something better than just "own a battleship" or "build a starbase" as a long-term goal. Things like actually IMPROVING items by research instead of just making them easier to build. Or high-paying trade runs that have areas of 0.0 space that pirates could hunt in. And what about more NPC content? It might be cool if a corp could work together to raise their CORPORATE status with a nation... maybe get special large-scale agent missions like defense contracts (build X number of ships for the military), or supply runs (a fixed trade route for that particular corp only).
What we DON'T need is things like destroyable bases that require PLAYERS to be on call 24 hours a day. Many corps don't have people ON 24 hours a day. As for corp wars, why? Wars are unprofitable compared to peace, so they should only happen if 2 corps have some reason to dislike each other (piracy, theft, etc...). If you want to do a lot of PVP then be a pirate or bounty hunter. Or put in something for corps to actually WANT to fight over, like an abandoned Jovian station that can be claimed by a corp and gives bonuses to the corp that controls it, or exclusive trade contracts that you lose if you fail too many deliveries on (ie, your competitor can steal the route by shooting down your delivery ships).
I would expect to be able to make a reasonable living in Empire space without serious risk. I would ALSO expect far greater rewards out in 0.0 space for those willing to risk it. Don't nerf the first option, add the second...
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Hippey
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Posted - 2003.07.07 02:28:00 -
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The great thing about EVE is that it's a game. It's not work. Other MMORPG games are work. You gotta log in whether you want to or not. YOu have to, because you have to slash and hack at a stupid butterfly so that you can get EXPERIENCE points. You have to do this every day, at some point walking back to get a level, then coming back and moving up to FROGS. Yay frogs.
And you have to do this, because if you stop, everyone will leave you behind and go kill rabbits while you're stuck squashing ants. awwwwwww.
See to me, I log into EVE. I say hi to my peeps. Chill. See what's going on. If some mining op is going, I join them and chill and talk. All the while making some progress.
Then I see if there's some hunting or if someone wants a weapon and we go hunt in gang, using group tactics and killing pirates and feeling good. Feeling MUCH better now that combat lasts more then 2 seconds.
Then sometimes I go and make m3g4 and dolus malus and space invaders and spectral armada run and jump through gates as I chase their scared little asses over the galaxy.
Then I'm in the mood for some agent missions, I gotta help this guy's mother in law get a car man. Sheeeeeeet. I wouldn't want my in-laws ****ed at me, so the guys counting me.
Ohh and this is completely ignoring trading and construction and research because, well, they're not my cup of tea. I enjoy making things die. O.o
I do whatever the hell I want and have fun doing it. And when I REALLY wanna have fun.. I take some fine herbs and enjoy the graphics and the sounds while puffing on
<Edited for extremely graphic content involving abuse of drugs and/or sheep>
Edited by: Hippey on 07/07/2003 02:29:11
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If you kill them, they will die!
Sport the war, war support
The sport is war, total war
When victory's really a massacre.
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Axelay
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Posted - 2003.07.07 02:30:00 -
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The skill system is the only thing keeping people playing.
Their character development is the only 'hook' in this game.
OOooh, I can fly a battleship in just 2 more days!!!
Everything else that people do is simply a way to pass the time while they wait for the next *ding* on their skillsheet.
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m0o
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Jash Illian
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Posted - 2003.07.07 02:44:00 -
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<< The skill system is the only thing keeping people playing.
Their character development is the only 'hook' in this game.
OOooh, I can fly a battleship in just 2 more days!!!
Everything else that people do is simply a way to pass the time while they wait for the next *ding* on their skillsheet. >>
Err...for the most part yes. Except pirate corps gave people something else to do:
Work towards either killing you or joining you.
I'm afraid given the response to your and other's corporration's actions, Corp Wars will never take place. There's no specific reason strong enough to them that will warrant a dent in their profit margin. Even a tiny one.
They cannot raid another corporation's blueprint stash and take a prized blueprint. Even if player owned stations came about, a CEO would be a fool to keep the originals anywhere but NPC owned stations.
Fighting a war over mining rights? People will quickly realize that while waiting for the war to process and actually fighting that war, whoever currently possesses the roid belt will be sucking it dry of bist/ark. And by the time they actually get to fight, it'll be gone (or vastly reduced). The time is better spent finding someplace else.
Pirates provided another goal for people.
I mean its like you want corporations to oblige each other like its sex or something. Pffft I would rather **** my enemy.- Rohann
Be careful out there. That other guy waiting in the queue for the gate MIGHT be a baby-munching frock-burner, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW!- Lallante |
Ehxo
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Posted - 2003.07.07 02:47:00 -
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Don't do Jack Schitt either... but the real question is: But who is Jack Schitt? Humm... Please read that little story to learn everything about him: http://home.pacbell.net/diana_do/knowjack.htm
Edited by: Ehxo on 07/07/2003 02:49:56
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QBall
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Posted - 2003.07.07 02:59:00 -
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I'm with hippy, I can do what ever the hell I want in eve thats why I play it, and for the love of god if it's so freaking boring and crappy go play SWG or DAoC.
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KrapYl
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Posted - 2003.07.07 03:00:00 -
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booooom, talk about hitting the nail on the head ?
>>"The skill system is the only thing keeping people playing.
Their character development is the only 'hook' in this game.
OOooh, I can fly a battleship in just 2 more days!!!
Everything else that people do is simply a way to pass the time while they wait for the next *ding* on their skillsheet.<<"
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Lola
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Posted - 2003.07.07 03:03:00 -
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Sorry Morkt, So you're either mining or farming NPCs? Maybe you should look into running trade ;-) Or maybe you'd like some help doing whatever it is you're doing out in 0.0? I had fun playing on the dev server with you before. I just can't see risking my hard earned gear for little reward. Or is it the pirate catering business that makes you so rich? I look good in a french maid outfit, I could be a waitress :-)
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zorlo
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Posted - 2003.07.07 03:20:00 -
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If the game didn't revolve around Isk, then maybe there would be more corp wars and more fun. As of now people worry about profits and the bottom line as to whether they should go to war or not. This sounds too much like real life to me
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Xelios
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Posted - 2003.07.07 03:50:00 -
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I bounty hunt, which is boring because 90% of the time is spent trying to find the one little runt your after, 9.9% is spent sitting outside a station waiting for him stop being a little girl and come out, 0.1% is combat that lasts 5 seconds before he jumps.
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Setec
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Posted - 2003.07.07 03:57:00 -
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I rob people or blow them up.
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Vacuole
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Posted - 2003.07.07 04:05:00 -
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Axelay:
You mentioned NPC pirates using the same tactics and being boring...
How engaging was it to camp at gates waiting on noobs to fly by in their Velators? :)
I bet they used their advanced tactics, approaching that gate.
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Lola
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Posted - 2003.07.07 04:16:00 -
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What's the difference between a noob in a velator and an alt with a BP in a velator?
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Vacuole
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Posted - 2003.07.07 04:49:00 -
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Ahh, fair enough..
I didn't think of that. :P
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EvilT
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Posted - 2003.07.07 05:02:00 -
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i am exploring, looking for a way into off-reach systems. I've found quite a few cool uncharted locations with pirates too, so once in a while we mount an assault on one of those places(new patch rocks - we actually need to plan our attacks carefully now, instead of just camping those places for couple of hours and then scooping up the loot. We were making more money than miners ffs :\ ).
If we see some lone indy from an odd corp, we'll usually try to hunt it down and boost it or at least get its loot.
So yeah, there's [plenty of things to do now. Pirates/fighters cannot earn loads of cash now with little effort. So? Thats the way its meant to be imo.
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NastyLlama
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Posted - 2003.07.07 05:27:00 -
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quote:
Hunt a variety of nasties. Strangle small furry animals. Produce and sell items on the market. Do some agent missions
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I'M not a carebear, I'M a total coward, beware of cornerd carebares and cowards, we winge and cry like cornered pirates..........
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Ronyo Dae'Loki
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Posted - 2003.07.07 05:41:00 -
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We've been having quite a good time hunting the cowards in the Orion Syndicate.
That, and finding cool stuff from NPCs.
Eve Online is as fun or boring as you make it. If you only want to do one thing, it'll get boring. If you want to try everything, it's pretty darn fun.
And yes, I've been playing for a while: since beta 5.
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