AmIevL
BlackStone Wielder
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Posted - 2013.06.21 22:00:00 -
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I am GLAD to hear that you are moving forward with the game (like always)
Ive been around off and on since the beginning and always impressed that you continually upgrade the game... and on a plus note without charging for each expansion. ... like most other lame games.
I build my own PC's and upgrade often so I am not personally worried about the new requirements that don't really change anything... yet. BTW I am a broke ass student as well, have 2 kids, but I find a way. I have to. A 6 year old pc is not an option for me.
As far as Apple support... stop wasting the time. Go ahead and flame me, but Apple is a joke. Old junk in a new pretty box. I am a photographer, Videographer and do 3D work as well. I have been forced to work on macs... and yeah they run Photoshop OK, but I would never pay $4000 for a box that isn't half as capable as the ones I build for under $1000. Add the wrappers and shells to make them compatible with just about anything... Worthless. Retina Display? Premium features? Waiting to buy a mac until it is obsolete so you can afford it... RIDICULOUS. I could say the same for intel processors in general, but I digress.
My current build ($900) Gigabyte 990 FX-A UD3 MoBo 16Gb of Vengeance RAM AMD FX 8320 8 core processor GeForce GTX 650ti Video Western Digital Caviar Black 1 Tb HD with 64Mb Cache Win 8 ( which is a great OS once you stop crying about the start button or get a 3rd party button) other stuff like DVD burner, new case, new power supply all for under $1000 and it blows the dedicated audio/video editing MAC that my buddy just spent 4000 bucks on away. Now I just need to pair up the video card with another, and get a new monitor that will be on par with "retina", but I can do that for like 300 dollars. Maybe another 16 or ram for another 50-100 bucks. There simply is no comparison... and I say it as a person who uses both.
Never had many problems running this game... even with old PCs that didn't "officially" meet the standards. Playing New games with a 6 year old computer is like trying to browse the internet with a Sony Walkman cassette player.
This game has lasted a decade and hopefully will last 2 more. if it is to do so than it must change with the times. Don't blame CCP because the industry keeps making new PCs. Blame them for some slow code that is a left over relic of a 10 year old engine, but not for trying to keep this game fresh and more importantly on the market for us to play. I would like to see a better way to navigate than the drop down menus that always jack up cause they are so sensitive and small, but I don't know a better way to do it with all the belts and stations etc that it has to list. Point is, nothing is EVER perfect. They are doing what they can to make things better which is more than most if not all other DEV teams I have ever dealt with.
I came to this game after the Sunset of Earth and Beyond. Ya know... sunset. Where most game devs say " who cares that we have a million devoted fans that pay monthly, it will take time and money to improve things. We already got their cash, lets pull the plug, and start another game that we will not give a crap about... or if we are to fix our game... lets call it an Expansion and charge them even more. EnB is back in an emulator (makes me so happy) but play it for a minute and you see why EVE needed and will continue to need major changes. Sorry for the people to whom progress will leave behind. It has happened to me as well, with shader 2 and 3 upgrades. I was out for a while because of those. I've been out of game because my own lack of funds for the subscription too, but I would rather be out of game or have to spend the money to upgrade than to have the EVE universe die for everyone else... like the rest of the good old MMOs. Trust me, I have played BETA to BUST on way too many games. (in fact I was at least a tester on almost EVERY Major game that was released in a 5-7 year window, until I got sick of watching companies use and abuse their fan base.) It is much worse having all your hard work and love for community and game world to just be snuffed out in an instant. I STILL miss Motor City Online and I was testing and playing that game before the year 2000. I am just now coming back to EVE after a loooong break due to personal issues and I am already sick of seeing the" Screw you CCP for trying to making this game even more fuggin' awesome." comments. Maybe it is just my past experience of online gaming since the 90's, but seriously, some of you just don't seem to understand how good you have it here. Maybe I have just been away too long and I am wondering who let all the sniveling kiddies in. Either way, go yell at some other game developer. Ask them why they are making new awesome photo realistic games, and why they couldn't make them play on your Commadore 64 or Apple II. Think they will take you seriously? Keep yelling at CCP and telling them that their programmers are suck. Some complaints are legit, but keep crying a quitting and maybe they too will decide it ain't worth it anymore and apocalypse this universe like so many others have before.
Oh and anyone who is leaving now because of changes that may happen in a year or 2. All I can say is..... Can I have yer stuff?? |