Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
Cosmic Consortium
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Posted - 2013.10.17 20:42:00 -
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Gerald Sphinx wrote:Anyways, apparently this guy finds it stupid that there is no leveling system in Eve
The "levelling" system in EVE is time-based rather than action based. You train skills, your character grows. In WoW the levelling system is action based: you log in and do stuff, your character gains levels, your character grows. The levelling system in WoW is a little redundant though since the game has changed significantly during the last few expansions to the point where Blizzard actively encourages people to level up as quickly as possible, skip the actual content of the PvE-content-based-game, to get to the "endgame" (a term which raises a chuckle from me, since "end game" in every other game is the few moves before the winner is determined). The "endgame" in WoW is racing through all the levelling content to get to a few instances which you run over and over again to acquire new shiny things. The purpose of acquiring new shiny things is to gain access to the next piece of PvE content access to all of which is gradated on a scale based on what gear you have.
So when you start playing WoW with "friends" the typical thing to do is say hello, join their guild, then spend several tens of hours levelling your character without any interaction with your friends. Just keep hitting that "find random dungeon group" button, running random dungeons, levelling your character until you hit the level cap. Then you set about acquiring the gear you need to gain access to the PvE content that your friends no longer engage in.
As a trial character in WoW you will max out at about level 20, which is in the order of two or three hours of play time. The maximum level is 90. You will be spending a significant portion of your trial time alone.
Gerald Sphinx wrote:I was under the impression that the only reason Eve Online has so few numbers in terms of subscribers in relation to WoW is because the vast majority of MMO players are just too soft or weak minded to handle Eve Online's cut-throat culture. Many newcomers to Eve tend to leave because they are shocked at how violent the universe is over here.
I'm under the impression that EVE is a smaller game than WoW because everything that isn't WoW is much smaller than WoW. In addition, EVE is a spaceship based game in a world full of fantasy games, with always-on PvP and a very harsh penalty for losing PvP engagements. It's not the kind of game that is going to appeal to many people.
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