Juone Bang
Red Federation
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Posted - 2013.03.21 23:14:00 -
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IIshira wrote:Antillie Sa'Kan wrote:Juone Bang wrote:What I would like to see thought about is making Engineering IV the requirement for Thermodynamics I. It's a huge 4 day wall if a new player wants to pvp right away. I have it on good authority that a great many people PvP without having ever trained Thermodynamics at all. Silly I know, but they seem to do fine none the less. Yea most of the people I know started to PVP long before they got Thermodynamics. It helps but so does every other skill in the game. The biggest problem with new players starting PVP in Eve is they try to do it solo. You can solo but with the support and knowledge of other players your experience will be much better. The life cycle of many new Eve players... Downloads game and starts playing. After a day or so buys the most expensive ship that they can get into but don't have skills to fly. Fits it with random modules. Jumps into lowsec... Wait... What's going on?? What does "Clone Activated" mean? How did i die so fast??? My ship had Hull, Armor, and Shield tank! This game is so unfair! Rage quits and goes back to WoW!... Smiles thinking "I may die but I rez in the graveyard and I still has my stuff!"
Sorry, but I really doubt this actually happens. I'm one month old, but I had a basic concept of high, low and null sec before the download was even finished. Every 5 hour old toon is capable of googling a fitting for a ship and also googling what is a good ship for a beginner. It's not like EVE is the only game that needs some theorycrafting, any (competitive) gamer will easily adapt.
You're right of course in terms of solo pvp, that is something that is really hard to get into (what makes eve great, I agree, but to many I guess it hasn't got the same appeal), you just can't 1v1 anything if you are a low SP player. I am over a month old now, I can confidently fly into every Level 3 Mission in a Drake and come out alive, no problem, but I will not win a frig duel, even if I hold optimal range and kite like a baws vs an older player with Tech 2 Guns and Thermodynamics. That's not skill, it will just take me about 3 weeks (I guess) to start winning in THAT frig, with THAT kind of guns.
The amount of specialization needed to be competitive in PvP is very harsh on new players, but I am not saying it should change. You just get free cookies if you stay long enough and then spot a new born on grid.
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