no

We all started EVE at some point, naively believing we were decent when we trained battleships and big guns, bought a plex to fund a battleship, and promptly got said battleships ass kicked into future lolmail status

It is also pretty much the only MMO that you can PVP from day one and be a very real help in fleets. Anyone who doesnt believe this is true simply has no idea what they are talking about.

Then you're just plain old wrong. Again.

actually you are

actually you are

some guy already said it, his year old alt can do the meaningful stuff, you're not looking at it through a new players eyes, which is why everything you've said is wrong

furthermore you're a moron

Unfortunately, personal attacks don't make your incorrect and ignorant assumptions any more right or informed.

We all started EVE at some point, naively believing we were decent when we trained battleships and big guns, bought a plex to fund a battleship, and promptly got said battleships ass kicked into future lolmail status, but I often wonder when the tipping point will come, where people realize "yano, I'm so far behind every other player in this game, and i'll have to sub this account for (however long newbs believe they will have to sub account to easily make a plex worth of isk a month) that its not even worth it", which is a realization they could easily come to near the end of the 14 day trial period.. Being as the games about 10 years old now, how long will it be before more trials than not end in uninstalls?

and most importantly, is that the time eve will start dying? I wonder about it alot, what kind of system could be implemented to "close the gap" for new players without alienating the existing player base? don't know why i waste my brain power trying to solve a problem that won't make ME any money.. but I guess its cause I like the game, and would like it to be around and still populated in 5 or 6 years (should I still be playing) and the players that are starting out today or next week or next year would be the ones around at that time. its hard to enjoy a cutthroat business when your competitor has a chainsaw and all you've got is a plastic spork, is CCP ever gonna hand these lads at least a butterknife?

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