Choc talar
The Sp00n
WHYS0 Expendable
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Posted - 2013.04.30 21:12:00 -
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Lets try to answer you questions sincerely and honestly from the view point of the community shall we.
No CCP should not nerf the SP issue (ie make them shorter and or quicker) that would simply destroy the game mechanics. Besides this the average MMO today is in complete dumb down mode to make the game . . . more accessible . . . and all they ever end up doing is angering the old guards in the various communities and destroying the game.
The fact of the matter is that you can easily be an effective pilot in EVE much quicker than 1.5-2 years time. If you want to mine mine and you can easily be an a completely outfitted and effective tanked Hulk in 3-4 months with the right planning. Don't want to mine that's fine work into a frigate. It takes a few weeks to effectively fly a rifter fit for PvP as a speed tank and a tackle (which every fleet in EVE uses regularly.
While it is nice you brought some RL friends into the game with you the fact is that you need to also makes friends within EVE who you can fly with regularly. Join a corp or faction warfare and no matter what ship you can currently fly you will find a place to fit in and make a home. There are kinds of ships you can eventually work your way into, but yes it takes time and commitment. If you think it should be quick and easy to just come into EVE and fly something like a carrier in a few months than your in the wrong game. SP is also a way that forces a player to hopefully gain experience before they jump into the expensive ships so hopefully they won't just lose them. Keep in mind however that no matter the experience it is always possible to lose a ship in PvP.
I am no where near the ships I would love to fly and I have been playing off and on for quite awhile (taking breaks to deploy to such wonderful **** holes as Iraq periodically) but I love the game for what it is and still work towards my end goals. However, once to where I want to be I often change my mind and go towards something new.
Take a moment to think about the anger that would arise if you have been playing EVE for quite sometime and have worked to earn the SP, the ships, and the notoriety only to find out that CCP was now going to change EVE so that all of your work meant nothing and any noob could suddenly fly everything you worked hard towards in a few weeks or months. That would be a complete slap in the face to everyone, like you, who had worked hard and earned it.
Lets set a few things straight shall we. EVE is the only MMO who has continued to grow every year since its inception and that's quite a feat. It doesn't matter if they grew because of new players or existing players alts, money is money either way and facts are facts: those facts are that EVE is different from any other cookie cutter MMO out there and those who start playing and remain do so because they begin to love EVE for what EVE is, and that it is completely different. The game is not full of 8-12 year old WOW heads that play by button mashing and have the ability to deeply understand only that a game is pretty or easy enough for their mentality. EVE is however full of mature adults who can appreciate putting time and effort into accomplishing things in a game that are not possible in any other game (whether they are mature 15 year olds or 50 year olds). EVE players have the ability and the mentality to stay the course and eventually build something that means well . . . something, whether that is complete sov over a null system to a complete region that they are dedicated in defending and keeping.
The question I would have to ask you is what exactly is it that you are hoping to or dreaming of flying that is going to take you 1.5-2 years to learn. If it is something like a capital ship than yes it will take you awhile; to put it in a classic CCP montra its working as intended. Train levels in cybertech and buy implants to boost stats, they go a long way in reducing training time as skills are associated with a particular stat or stats. Trust me, even the lower end implants can reduce training times considerably. |