Tarlton
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.12.11 17:32:00 -
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I think you have been given some excellent responses, but I will add in my 2 bits. My perspective is I am an avid gamer, older, work a demanding profession, and yet spend quite a bit of time each week, almost every day, in this game.
This is a new untrained alt btw. I have been in the game about a year. I am a proven fast learner. Even so the game was a bit daunting at first. I was posting on these forums in fact when I got an offer from a corp, and it was a very good corp. That helped me, but I have still learned most of the game on my own. But all those little bits and pieces of missing information that the veterans in my corp have supplied over the last year have definitely been a real positive. They have tended to help me tie it all together, and they have filled in numerous missing portions bits and pieces. So a good corp, in addition to having good people to play and socialize with, is a factor that is hard to overstate.
I did not do most of the tutorials though. I did a few, and then used these forums, google and a ton of carefully labeled bookmarks to continue my learning and game progress from there. I may go back and do them sometime, they no doubt would help most, but no, they are not essential. At least not for someone who is able to do his own research, indexing, categorizing and use it all effectively.
Eve Online is not a game for dummies. Heck, it is not a game for the slightly above-average imho. It is a game where the bright and gifted, the persistent and determined, the focused and motivated, have the advantage and should excel.
There are other games out there, a lot of them, for the dummies, and the only slightly above-average. Nothing wrong with that at all. Not every game is for everyone. I was one who came here looking for a game that would reward me for my mental more than my youthful and athletic reflexes. When I was young and athletic, I was all for those games. Heck, I still like them. But the kids have the advantage on me in them now. I am far from old and retired, but there is a lot of room in between 18 and 67. On the other hand, my other mental traits have if anything improved, and just imho are more important in this game.
So I am glad it is so challenging. I am glad it does not become boring early on from already being an expert. I like the opportunity to create separation, even though for awhile, it will mean I am the one at the low end. I knew that would change in time, and it has, and it will increasingly now further change.
So if you are looking for an easy game to master, you are definitely looking in the wrong place. Same is true if you are looking for a game where your reflexes will always give you the win. But if you want challenge that is still there after you have been going at it hard and making real progress over a year later, and probably 5 years later, then this is your game.
Only you know what type of gamer you are.
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