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Grendel Sickswitch
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Posted - 2013.11.01 00:19:00 -
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EVE players like to tell people how "complex" and "deep" the game is, and when you start it certainly seems that way, but after a few weeks it becomes apparent that the game is no more complex than most and in fact, less so than many.
In EVE there are 5 things you can do;
PVP missions gathering (mining, salvaging, exploration) manufacture trade
In addition there are a few hundred skills that enable you to be a tiny bit better at one of the 5 activities.
This all happens in a few hundred areas that are all essentially the same.
and that's EVE.
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Grendel Sickswitch
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Posted - 2013.11.01 00:34:00 -
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Tippia wrote:Eh, if you're going for reductionism, why not just boil it down to two things:
GÇó Play. GÇó Not play.
It's about as useful a breakdown.
because playing eve is not about not playing eve.
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Grendel Sickswitch
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Posted - 2013.11.01 00:36:00 -
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Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:Please sir, regale us with stories of your homeland called WoW and how deep and complex the Pandaverse has become.
WoW? is that like dwarf fortress? |
Grendel Sickswitch
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Posted - 2013.11.01 00:38:00 -
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Tippia wrote:Grendel Sickswitch wrote:Tippia wrote:Eh, if you're going for reductionism, why not just boil it down to two things:
GÇó Play. GÇó Not play.
It's about as useful a breakdown. because playing eve is not about not playing eve. Of course it is. There are tons of stuff to do in EVE that entail not playing the game.
if you're making a beef stroganoff while you mine or mission you are not playing EVE my dear. |
Grendel Sickswitch
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Posted - 2013.11.01 00:48:00 -
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Tippia wrote:Grendel Sickswitch wrote:if you're making a beef stroganoff while you mine or mission you are not playing EVE my dear. Actually, you are, but that's besides the point. The point is that if you're going to skip a huge swath of activities in EVE and/or clump others together in incoherent and arbitrary clusters, you might as well do it properly and just boil it down to playing and not playing. That way, you can make any ridiculous claim and have it seem rather reasonable and compelling compared to the original assertion.
calm down |
Grendel Sickswitch
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Posted - 2013.11.01 00:56:00 -
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Sura Sadiva wrote:Grendel Sickswitch wrote: EVE players like to tell people how "complex" and "deep" the game is, and when you start it certainly seems that way, but after a few weeks it becomes apparent that the game is no more complex than most and in fact, less so than many.
You can play EVE daily for years and you still see there's a lot to study or to learn. In any other game after 1 month you cap your level, in EVE after 1 year you're still a noob. And you never cap anyway. One can like or dislike this, but it's so.
true. it would literally take you decades to learn everything. |
Grendel Sickswitch
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Posted - 2013.11.01 00:58:00 -
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Tippia wrote:Grendel Sickswitch wrote:calm down Huh? I'm giving you pointers on how to structure your red herrings for best effect and you want me to calm down? That doesn't even make senseGǪ
you're getting excited. and you're confused. |
Grendel Sickswitch
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Posted - 2013.11.01 01:05:00 -
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Tippia wrote:Grendel Sickswitch wrote:you're getting excited. and you're confused. No and no, in roughly that order. I'm just pointing out that if you're going to go for reductionism, reduce it all the way.
but your reduction is nonsense.
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Grendel Sickswitch
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Posted - 2013.11.01 01:06:00 -
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Lipbite wrote:Most complex part of EVE isn't hardcoded: it's social interactions within bigger corporations / alliances.
And you forgot at least two activity options:
Courier contracts
Incursions <= this one is the most fun group PvE activity among MMO games.
1. trading
2. missions |
Grendel Sickswitch
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Posted - 2013.11.01 22:20:00 -
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EVE is essentially pong.
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Grendel Sickswitch
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Posted - 2013.11.01 22:55:00 -
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Richard Ramlrez wrote:Grendel Sickswitch wrote:EVE players like to tell people how "complex" and "deep" the game is, and when you start it certainly seems that way, but after a few weeks it becomes apparent that the game is no more complex than most and in fact, less so than many. In EVE there are 5 things you can do; PVP missions gathering (mining, salvaging, exploration) manufacture trade In addition there are a few hundred skills that enable you to be a tiny bit better at one of the 5 activities. This all happens in a few hundred areas that are all essentially the same. and that's EVE. In all other MMORPGs theres leveling to max level and endgame grind only. So EVE still wins if you out that way.
true. you can never reach level cap.
but thanks for you cash every month! |
Grendel Sickswitch
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Posted - 2013.11.01 23:20:00 -
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has anyone played plants versus zombies 2 yet?
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