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Akali Kuvakei
Eclipse Navy.
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2013.05.08 08:56:00 -
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Hello all. I'm making this thread as a sort of trip down memory lane. As well as a history lesson for some of the new dudes around.
The year you started playing eve. What was different then it is now.
Please list only one thing so many others can post as well.
Off the top of my head. It was prob warp to zero. |
Avalon Champion
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
11
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Posted - 2013.05.08 09:01:00 -
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The requirement to spend a few weeks doing Learning skills to boost attributes and thus reduce training times.
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baltec1
Bat Country
6232
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Posted - 2013.05.08 09:02:00 -
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There were no goons. |
Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
4889
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Posted - 2013.05.08 09:03:00 -
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Dominix could launch 15 drones. |
Debora Tsung
The Investment Bankers Guild
124
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Posted - 2013.05.08 09:06:00 -
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The Textures of the Raven were so blurry they looked like someone painted them with a wet sponge.
There's nothing a million chinese guys can't do cheaper. |
Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
2510
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Posted - 2013.05.08 09:09:00 -
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Masters of Ownage |
Ravnik
Choke-Hold
Beacon Light Alliance
7158
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Posted - 2013.05.08 09:28:00 -
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The guns on my Bantam kept missing the damn rats in the belts. Took me ages to kill them..and they were only frigs 
The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly.......... |
Kha'Vorn
Fruidian Logic
The Volition Cult
104
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Posted - 2013.05.08 09:36:00 -
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Myrmidon launching 5 heavy drones. |
Kha'Vorn
Fruidian Logic
The Volition Cult
104
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Posted - 2013.05.08 09:37:00 -
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NOS Domi, before the NOS Nerf, damn, those things where deadly |
Velicitia
Nex Exercitus
1501
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Posted - 2013.05.08 09:59:00 -
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Myrmi could field 5 heavies.
BoB was "the bad guy"
patch week
One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia |
Gary Goat
XDC-UK
37
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Posted - 2013.05.08 10:35:00 -
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So much was different when I started playing that its hard to list it all but here goes.
No Battlecruisers
No Destroyers
No Capital Ships
No POS
No Cloaking
No Probing
No ORE Ships
No Level 4 Missions
No Tier 3 Battleships
No Stacking Penalties
No Bubbles
No Wrecks or salvaging
No Rigs
You could fit multiple mwds on ships for insane speed
Mining Laser II was the only tech 2 item in game
The closest you could warp to anything was 15km unless you had a bookmark
Thorax could field 8 heavy drones
Torps went off like smartbombs when they hit, causing splash damage
Isk was worth something, my thorax was an expensive ship to fly at 7m isk.
Am I bitter? Extremely
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Tiven loves Tansien
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
805
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Posted - 2013.05.08 10:39:00 -
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What's with all these threads lately.
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ZeeWolf Novus
ZeeTech Inc
8
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Posted - 2013.05.08 10:46:00 -
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3 Day Trials
Extremely basic tutorials (shoot this rat; mine this rock; now off you go)
Battleships and Interceptors were the best ships
Thorax's with Miner IIs were the best mining ships
no level 4, let alone level 5 agents.
no LP
Curse, Phoenix, Stain and Fountain Alliances were the big names on the map
Exodus expansion was codenamed 'Shiva'
The PINK thorax!! |
Rodj Blake
Praetorian Auxiliary Force
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
1336
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Posted - 2013.05.08 11:25:00 -
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Missiles did splash damage. It made using missiles in high-sec somewhat risky.
Torpedoes skill increased the splash radius, so people never trained it above 1.
Dulce et decorum est pro imperium mori. |
flakeys
Arkham Innovations
Paper Tiger Coalition
1042
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Posted - 2013.05.08 11:25:00 -
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No stacking penalty wohoooooooooooooooooooo
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
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Debora Tsung
The Investment Bankers Guild
125
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Posted - 2013.05.08 11:40:00 -
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Also i heard stories about multiple MWD's per ship and ships that could go as fast as 1mil metres per second... o_O
There's nothing a million chinese guys can't do cheaper. |
Pak Narhoo
Splinter Foundation
949
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Posted - 2013.05.08 11:52:00 -
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EVE had many, many many, did I mention many yet? MANY crashes! |
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
7094
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Posted - 2013.05.08 11:55:00 -
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"Sky Clouds" were colored by constellation.
-áGÇ£The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.GÇ¥-á-á - Oscar Wilde |
Lost True
Paradise project
2176
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Posted - 2013.05.08 11:59:00 -
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No skillqueue... A hardcore time management.
Countining months until Incarna and hurray when at least something have been released, at last RIP...
in 2007 i've thought it's a sci-fi simulator, not an "e-sports" game. I'm not a teenager, how would i like it much?
[-á-¦-¦-Ç-â-é-+-+-¦] -£-¦-¦-+-+-+-¦ -¦-+-Ç-+-+-Ç-¦-å-+-Å Transtellar |
dark heartt
I Own Four Sheep
Nyratic
227
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Posted - 2013.05.08 12:15:00 -
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baltec1 wrote:There were no goons.
And the game was boring.
Bienator II:
"You can identify eve players by looking at their cars. Since they don't drive what they can't afford to lose."
I play in highsec. |
Avalon Champion
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
11
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Posted - 2013.05.08 12:25:00 -
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No Skill Queue, so you set 2am alarms to wake you up to switch training if a skill fell into the mid point of your next login.
Old style scanning that required different types of probes depending on the type of site you were looking for and was often frustrating.
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Ultim8Evil
Stargate SG-1
Fatal Ascension
22
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Posted - 2013.05.08 12:36:00 -
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No warp to 0km; Having gate bookmarks for entire regions so that warp to 15km put you on the gate  |
Karunel
WALLTREIPERS
WALLTREIPERS ALLIANCE
11
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Posted - 2013.05.08 12:40:00 -
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Started playing EVE in Alpha 8, Sept 2002, and it certainly was different as in it was full of error messages that just kept poping up till you ragequit'ed. I remember they did a Top 100 of hours played and Top 100 of logins and I was nowhere to be seen on the 1st, pretty 1st on the second.
Also, scorps that flew AUs/s. That was fun. |
Liam Inkuras
Chaotic Tranquility
Casoff
261
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Posted - 2013.05.08 12:43:00 -
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Mine are extremely recent, as I've only been around here for 9 months, but here goes.
GÇó FW Plex buttons were 70km away from the warp in
GÇó Gate guns held grudges
GÇó The Tristan sucked
GÇó Can flipping was a more personal matter
GÇó Lasers had a very confusing name system
GÇó ASB's held 10 of the smallest (normal) cap booster they could fit
GÇó Whelpcanes
GÇó NanoDrakes
GÇó What's Dust?
There are many more I'm sure, but that's all I could get off the top of my head
I wear my goggles at night.
Any spelling/grammatical errors come complimentary with my typing on a phone |
Adunh Slavy
754
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Posted - 2013.05.08 13:09:00 -
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Trit price 0.80
Seeing a dred up close and personal was enough to stop everyone from shooting each other, just to come out and see it. |
Sheriff Jones
Clinical Experiment
26
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Posted - 2013.05.08 13:22:00 -
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1 day downtimes, 3 if patching.
EVE had sound?
All things were on that little round thing i the middle. Your PODterface.
On screen radar ala Elite.
My youth. |
mmorpg lol
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
13
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Posted - 2013.05.08 13:23:00 -
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deep safes, no corp bookmarks. |
MOOstradamus
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
0
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Posted - 2013.05.08 13:27:00 -
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Karunel wrote:Started playing EVE in Alpha 8, Sept 2002, and it certainly was different as in it was full of error messages that just kept poping up till you ragequit'ed. I remember they did a Top 100 of hours played and Top 100 of logins and I was nowhere to be seen on the 1st, pretty 1st on the second.
Also, scorps that flew AUs/s. That was fun.
Hi Karunel !! Its been a long, long time ..
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Vincent Gaines
Cold Moon Destruction.
Transmission Lost
427
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Posted - 2013.05.08 13:30:00 -
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mmorpg lol wrote:deep safes, no corp bookmarks.
I miss my 90-100 AU safes
Not a diplo.-á
The above post was edited for spelling. |
J1LT
Interstella Misfits
3
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Posted - 2013.05.08 13:38:00 -
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Pre-Trinity Graphics. |
Totalrx
NA No Assholes
95
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Posted - 2013.05.08 13:40:00 -
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Gary Goat wrote:So much was different when I started playing that its hard to list it all but here goes.
No Battlecruisers
No Destroyers
No Capital Ships
No POS
No Cloaking
No Probing
No ORE Ships
No Level 4 Missions
No Tier 3 Battleships
No Stacking Penalties
No Bubbles
No Wrecks or salvaging
No Rigs
You could fit multiple mwds on ships for insane speed
Mining Laser II was the only tech 2 item in game
The closest you could warp to anything was 15km unless you had a bookmark
Thorax could field 8 heavy drones
Torps went off like smartbombs when they hit, causing splash damage
Isk was worth something, my thorax was an expensive ship to fly at 7m isk.
Am I bitter? Extremely
This list pretty much sums it up. I'm not bitter, though the market manipulation to devalue ISK has had it's positive and negative effects. |
Maxpie
MUSE Buy-n-Large
Metaphysical Utopian Society Enterprises
298
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Posted - 2013.05.08 13:43:00 -
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No T2. A rat dropping a Hull Conversion Expanded Cargo module was like hitting the lottery.
No good deed goes unpunished |
Vaerah Vahrokha
Vahrokh Consulting
4040
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Posted - 2013.05.08 13:46:00 -
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dark heartt wrote:baltec1 wrote:There were no goons. And the game was boring.
... yet both CCP's news and gaming websites in the world were continuously celebrating the umpteenth epic mega battle, in a furious null sec where no hit was spared.
Today... well.... yawn?
Auditing | Collateral holding and insurance | Consulting | PLEX for Good Charity
Twitter channel |
Implying Implications
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
343
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Posted - 2013.05.08 14:01:00 -
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^ so angry
What was the market like right at the beginning? Did people have to mine minerals in noob ships and do missions to get isk to buy blueprints?
sÅ»µä¢püäpü»µ¡út+¬pÇé |
Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
826
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Posted - 2013.05.08 14:25:00 -
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-Using a full set of Warden I sentries off my Arbitrator to insta-pop everything in L3s
-No capitals
-BoB and ASCN
-Off grid safespots
-Bookmarking
-Good Times
But then again, I think I enjoy eve more now than back then.
Inner Sayings of BrujoLoco:
http://eve-files.com/sig/brujoloco |
Lord Ryan
Donkey Hats
792
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Posted - 2013.05.08 16:42:00 -
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Pak Narhoo wrote:EVE had many, many many, did I mention many yet? MANY crashes!
You started playing yesterday? Welcome to Eve!
Do not assume-áanything above this line-áwas typed by me.
Nerf the Truth, it's inconvenient.
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Elgalis
The Scope
Gallente Federation
1
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Posted - 2013.05.08 17:29:00 -
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Making ISK trading didn't require a Master's Degree in Economics. |
Andrea Griffin
398
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Posted - 2013.05.08 17:50:00 -
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Used to be able to head out into nullsec and roam around and not see a soul for days.
I wish that the Eve universe would be expanded about 10 times to give us back some of that sense of vast empty space. Right now everything is crowded.
CCP Sreegs is my favorite developer. |
Private Pineapple
Rifterlings
Point Blank Alliance
322
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Posted - 2013.05.08 17:50:00 -
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Gary Goat wrote:So much was different when I started playing that its hard to list it all but here goes.
No Battlecruisers
No Destroyers
No Capital Ships
No POS
No Cloaking
No Probing
No ORE Ships
No Level 4 Missions
No Tier 3 Battleships
No Stacking Penalties
No Bubbles
No Wrecks or salvaging
No Rigs
You could fit multiple mwds on ships for insane speed
Mining Laser II was the only tech 2 item in game
The closest you could warp to anything was 15km unless you had a bookmark
Thorax could field 8 heavy drones
Torps went off like smartbombs when they hit, causing splash damage
Isk was worth something, my thorax was an expensive ship to fly at 7m isk.
Am I bitter? Extremely
Gary Goat wrote:
No Tier 3 Battleships
Gary Goat wrote:
Tier 3 Battleships
Hmm...
I am the Kingpin of the Crime and Punishment forum.
I am the rightful heir to the CSM 8 throne.
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Ripblade Falconpunch
State War Academy
Caldari State
32
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Posted - 2013.05.08 18:33:00 -
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Cruise missiles on Rifter's........ |
Kult Altol
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
242
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Posted - 2013.05.08 20:08:00 -
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Lasers sucked, oh wait they still do.
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded. A narrow mind is a focused mind.
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Gary Goat
XDC-UK
40
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Posted - 2013.05.08 20:22:00 -
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Private Pineapple wrote:Gary Goat wrote:So much was different when I started playing that its hard to list it all but here goes.
No Battlecruisers
No Destroyers
No Capital Ships
No POS
No Cloaking
No Probing
No ORE Ships
No Level 4 Missions
No Tier 3 Battleships
No Stacking Penalties
No Bubbles
No Wrecks or salvaging
No Rigs
You could fit multiple mwds on ships for insane speed
Mining Laser II was the only tech 2 item in game
The closest you could warp to anything was 15km unless you had a bookmark
Thorax could field 8 heavy drones
Torps went off like smartbombs when they hit, causing splash damage
Isk was worth something, my thorax was an expensive ship to fly at 7m isk.
Am I bitter? Extremely
Gary Goat wrote:
No Tier 3 Battleships
Gary Goat wrote:
Tier 3 Battleships
Hmm...
Not really sure what you're getting at here. The hyperion, maelstrom, rohk and abaddon were added much later.
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KuroVolt
The Legion of Spoon
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
211
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Posted - 2013.05.08 20:24:00 -
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BoB isnt around anymore for one...[Raiden. doesnt really count, sorry] |
Marlona Sky
D00M.
Northern Coalition.
3581
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Posted - 2013.05.08 20:31:00 -
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Solo PvP was alive and healthy.
Alliances did not reply on the 'coalition crutch'.
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Mr M
Agony Unleashed
235
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Posted - 2013.05.08 20:39:00 -
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Implying Implications wrote:What was the market like right at the beginning? Did people have to mine minerals in noob ships and do missions to get isk to buy blueprints?
Kind of empty. Buying cruisers blueprints were quite an investment and only a small minority could afford battleship blueprints.
You could bounce off of things. Stations, gates, ships. For a few days there was even a bug that made you super bounce hundred kilometers away even with the smallest nudge. Corp mate of mine ended up a couple of millions of AU away from everything.
Asteroids grew in size for every day they wasn't mined so in some distant systems you could find enormous sized rocks clipping both each other and warp in points.
Errormessagevaganza. 30-100 modal error messages on your screen and you had to click each and everyone before you could access the UI again.
Warping to a gate you didn't always land in a straight line to the gate. And with three micro warp drives on your ship it took quite some time to turn towards it.
Missiles hitting things on their way to the target. It was nice when you could hide from rats behind a large asteroid. It wasn't as much fun when you accidentally hit friends, cans, gates and stations. Sometimes even yourself since missiles fired forward, and with three micro warp drives on your ship it was faster than the missiles.
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Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
3628
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Posted - 2013.05.08 20:46:00 -
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8km/s Flying beehive Dominix.
Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings? |
Chiore
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
1
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Posted - 2013.05.08 20:58:00 -
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Although it was kind of recently it disappeared, I'm missing the in game jukebox boooo
There was only one size of rig for all ship sizes, those were the days lol |
baltec1
Bat Country
6250
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Posted - 2013.05.08 22:15:00 -
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Cavalry raven. |
Kha'Vorn
Fruidian Logic
The Volition Cult
105
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Posted - 2013.05.09 15:10:00 -
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Multiple MWD's on ships, Torpedoe launching Kestral......
I could go on and on. |
PerrinAybarra
Hedron Industries
Hegemonous Pandorum
0
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Posted - 2013.05.09 15:57:00 -
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there was 0.0 pockets in empire space |
Theron Gyrow
Gradient
Electus Matari
3
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Posted - 2013.05.10 11:20:00 -
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- Thorax with 2000 m3 dronebay.
- Missiles significantly slower than frigates with MWD, but always doing their list damage to any target.
- Highways in space - IIRC it was two jumps from Pator to Yulai and then five more jumps to Amarr / Jita / Luminaire.
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Maximus Aerelius
PROPHET OF ENIGMA
43
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Posted - 2013.05.10 11:46:00 -
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Theron Gyrow wrote: Highways in space - IIRC it was two jumps from Pator to Yulai and then five more jumps to Amarr / Jita / Luminaire.
Ah the days of the Super Highway...
Learning to make 0km Bookmarks
Forming "Mining Op" fleets in local with other strangers and just hanging out.
AB, MWD with Overdrives all running at once for WTFSpeedWeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Thorax T2 Miner > BEAST! lol
Flotsam and Cansam cans in plexes like Bosboger
The vastness of space...
Old school scanning methods handed down from old players from Alpha and Beta to Castor Noobs
Such good times in the beginning...I still have the EVE Online CD, Case and Manual (LOL a manual!) I installed from. Purchased at GAME in England in 2003 :)
Fast Character Switching:https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=233321&find=unread |
Susiqueta Muir
Bio-Tech Research
Tribal Band
33
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Posted - 2013.05.10 14:06:00 -
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Flying from Amarr to Deklien took a big fleet of us 50 or so jumps up through backwater 0.0 systems (nickamed "the Back Passage") and it took a day to do, what with no jump Bridges and no Warp to Zero. It really felt like you were out in the wildlands as you did it, not 20 minutes from Highsec 1.0 as it is now.
Getting that adrenal buzz as you saw the system status read 0.0 for the first time. Everywhere felt new and unexplored...
Making my first 1Misk (NPC goods trading) with a Hoarder, mining in a frigate and stopping to look when an Apocalypse dropped into the belt right on top of me...
Heading out to 0.5 space and staring down the open maw of a Typhoon as it tried to both shoot and seemingly eat me at the same time...
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