Riddick Liddell
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.12.11 03:00:00 -
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Sri Nova wrote:tedium.
its not the learning curve ,
its not the complexity,
its not even how harsh the game is,
it is the tedious nature of having to work to gain your toys in this game that causes people to leave.
not saying this is wrong or bad, its part of the core eve game play experience.
to keep people hooked into this game non stop requires something that keeps them engaged and prevents them from becoming fatigued by what ever system they have placed them selves in .. i.e. mining grind , pve grind, pvp grind, industry grind etc etc etc .
players with less skill points have far fewer options available to them and if they burn out in their targeted career they have lil else left to do.
thus why really excellent corps and corp mates are a key point of this game they keep the player engaged and aid in retarding fatigue.
Eve is by far the most diverse mmo in existence unfortunately players devour/ignore content at such a rate that it is near impossible to provide players with a system that constantly keeps them engaged in new and exciting content .
couple that with the additional overhead that nothing is free in this game, players who do not put forth effort will soon grow tired of doing the same ol thing over and over .
Again not really a problem of eve but more a problem of players not wanting to invest into the game.
The shorter version, EVE is a Grindwhore that puts all Asian Grindwhores to shame.
Run the ratio. Go get a simple Frigate BPO, go mine all the Ores, make the minerals, insert the BPO to make the ship. Now do it for your simple t1 fit.
Now go out and PvP with that ship/
See how long it takes you to make it and how long it takes you to lose it. People living on the forums forget that someone in the game went through all the steps to get that ship and that fit you have. Someone grinded that content to T2 it.
The ratio is 100:1 for simple stuff, grind to use.
All that would be fine, if and that's a monumental IF, everyone wasn't jamming the whole 'EVE is a PvP game" bullshit down your throat. It isn't. It's a grindwhore that is made that much harder because of free for all griefing. Alpha primary, instapop, zerged, I-Win griefing.
Unless you have some sort of 2003-2005 investment you have established in your own mind, you are not going to dedicate to this game. It's not worth it.
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