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Bibosikus
Flowery Twats
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Posted - 2014.01.02 01:35:00 -
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Rage/
I recently came back to Highsec to ***** some Sister's LP in advance of the potentially lush Nestor.
What. The Fug.
Level 4 missions are absolutely horrible.
BS hulls being the obvious choice for L4, and the recent warp nerf making everything even slower, and still no improvement on variety.. Damn, but it's boring.
Level 4 Mission Runners represent the largest isk faucet in Eve. Lord knows why they aren't all crying out for attention.
This is a game, after all. Games are supposed to be entertaining. Fun. Challenging and variable, if designed properly.
But Heck, I've now run a couple of dozen L4 missions and they are anything but fun.
/Rage The box said "Requires Windows-á2000 or better", so I installed Linux. |
Ace Echo
The Shadow Raiders Fleet Coordination Coalition
47
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Posted - 2014.01.02 01:52:00 -
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Quote:represent the largest isk faucet
There's your answer. They're boring but they're reliable, mostly uninterruptible, dumb ISK. I don't run them often but when I'm low on ISK, and either too tired or otherwise distracted and don't want to take the risks of more fun profit sources, I just run lvl4s for a while. Typically running them semi-afk on my second monitor.
Yeah, I think they could and should be improved. But they do have a point to worth bothering with them at times. |
IIshira
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
579
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Posted - 2014.01.02 02:03:00 -
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Well unless you're out in nulsec it's either level 4 missions or incursions. Both are moderately entertaining for a short period but become mind numbing after grinding them for hours. If you want to PVP and don't have RL money to buy PLEX you have to do something to earn ISK. I really wish they would add more missions or something for variety but I would be shocked if CCP did anything to add content to highsec. |
Ginger Barbarella
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
1822
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Posted - 2014.01.02 02:06:00 -
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Guess you'll have to go back to safe blue null now and continue whoring those awesome, exciting anoms!!!
0/10 "Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac |
Tasiv Deka
End-of-Line
183
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Posted - 2014.01.02 03:02:00 -
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Ginger Barbarella wrote:Guess you'll have to go back to safe blue null now and continue whoring those awesome, exciting anoms!!!
0/10 Nah Bibosikus is a Wormholer... but sadly he has real life issues and had to leave us (We miss you man)
Although seriously i do agree that lvl 4s are painfully boring and could use something to make them better. Oh, Do go on... no seriously ive got nothing better to do then listen to all the petty arguments and feeble trolling attempts...-á
The sad thing is i'm not sure if i'm telling the truth. |
thetwilitehour
GoonWaffe
206
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Posted - 2014.01.02 03:17:00 -
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Bibosikus wrote: Level 4 Mission Runners represent the largest isk faucet in Eve. Lord knows why they aren't all crying out for attention.
This is a game, after all. Games are supposed to be entertaining. Fun. Challenging and variable, if designed properly.
But Heck, I've now run a couple of dozen L4 missions and they are anything but fun.
They are crying. You're crying right now.
The people who run level 4 missions either do it like a kind of job to pay for something else in Eve
or
miss the point of Eve entirely, and run level 4 missions non stop to fund some absurd mission ship
which
allows them to run level 4 missions even faster.
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Omega Sunset
Caldari Roughnecks
108
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Posted - 2014.01.02 05:22:00 -
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What? Only thing you really pointed out was the warp nerf. I don't know what SoE is dealing out, but the Caldari Navy respects our time and often gives us only one or two jumps top. After all, seems like everyone and their grandmother wants to attack the navy station, minutes away from imminent doom etc.
But yes, EVE is boring...
Too much thinking...
No elite ninja skills...
No pandas...
But hey, in space no one can hear you scream.
Though this is fluidic space, some kind of anomaly of sorts...
...all made of tears no doubt.
Anyhoot, BS's boring? Try a BC or T2 cruiser. Go run incursions, plexing, or take up exploration. Missioning is on of the few ISK faucets, guaranteed payout. Requires no luck, and no need to go beyond the solo as your time permits. You can even do other things as you run missions, play candy crush or whatever heh. GÇö+¬GÇö |
Bibosikus
Flowery Twats
180
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Posted - 2014.01.02 10:50:00 -
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Funny someone should mention Candy Crush in a derogatory sense. Because there's a game which is infinitely variable, superbly designed, constantly challenging and taps directly in to the addictive nature of the human mind. And you can pick it up on your phone, tablet, or PC and continue exactly where you left off. Small wonder it's making the UK-based designers a million bucks a day.
But my emoragequit is pointed specifically at L4's. I have an alt with awful Amarr standing and last week ran a whole bunch of L1 -2's to improve it. And guess what? That was actually fun. There's a much wider range of missions, they're well-designed and full of background. Some while back CCP put part of its house in order with low-end missions, probably because they were seeing too many new players fall by the wayside, disillusioned with the infamous learning curve and the lack of early content. Eve's well-documented and unforgiving sandbox nature sets it apart, but in a world of increasingly accessible and well-designed gaming, it's showing its age in some key areas.
The reasons for running L4 missions are varied. My particular current circumstances mean I'm running Sisters missions for LP because that matches my playing restrictions for now. But I've run them before for other reasons, and none of them are actually relevant to the point. Yes L4 mission-running is (relatively) safe. Yes they're easy isk. Yes it's carebearing and we all look down our noses at the whole silly idea of highsec missions. But how does it follow that they should therefore so mind-numbingly boring? Which they are. Terribadly.
When players talk about missions, the word "grinding" usually figures in the same sentence. Which is ridiculous really. Nothing in a good game should involve "grinding". Why on earth do we put up with it? Whenever this subject is raised there's a kind of lethargic, bittervet response that typifies the regard towards mission-running. "This is Eve, deal with it". "Hello Kitty that way--->" Yada yada. Nuts. Mission-running is by far the most common activity performed by the largest number of Eve players, and generates the most in-game currency. It's a vital aspect of the entire Eve economy, however short you shrift it.
Carebearing it may be, but it needs addressing.
PS - Thanks for the mention, Tas :) The box said "Requires Windows-á2000 or better", so I installed Linux. |
Omega Sunset
Caldari Roughnecks
109
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Posted - 2014.01.02 11:34:00 -
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Yes... stuck on level 100 :/ but I don't want to buy a booster, would rather spend the money on another version of ravensword (elder scrolls clone). hah yes lvl4 in a BS = android tablet time.
GÇö+¬GÇö |
Deunan Tenephais
59
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Posted - 2014.01.02 15:07:00 -
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Bibosikus wrote:Rage/
I recently came back to Highsec to ***** some Sister's LP in advance of the potentially lush Nestor.
What. The Fug.
Level 4 missions are absolutely horrible.
BS hulls being the obvious choice for L4, and the recent warp nerf making everything even slower, and still no improvement on variety.. Damn, but it's boring.
Level 4 Mission Runners represent the largest isk faucet in Eve. Lord knows why they aren't all crying out for attention.
This is a game, after all. Games are supposed to be entertaining. Fun. Challenging and variable, if designed properly.
But Heck, I've now run a couple of dozen L4 missions and they are anything but fun.
/Rage Boring, hey. Now, try to run a Serpentis Blockade and having bad luck on the unfathomable wave triggers like i did some days ago. Took me 3 whole faking hours between the Serp BSs' tanks and the dampening pests. At least it was not boring, only maddening.
EDIT: And after that I went back to doing L3 in my Brutix, at least doing Extravaganzas in 25/30 minutes is somewhat fun, or a slavers 2 under 10/15. |
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IIshira
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
579
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Posted - 2014.01.02 15:17:00 -
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Omega Sunset wrote: But yes, EVE is boring...
Too much thinking...
No elite ninja skills...
No pandas...
I think many new pilots quit because of the "too much thinking" one. After playing games that only require pushing one button really fast it can be hard to get used to a game like Eve.
The last one really makes me sad. Eve needs a "battle pet trainer".... Just kidding!... With my luck some CCP dev will see that and think "What a great idea!" |
REiiGN15
Tr4V3sty Missions
0
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Posted - 2014.01.02 15:48:00 -
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IIshira wrote:Omega Sunset wrote: But yes, EVE is boring...
Too much thinking...
No elite ninja skills...
No pandas...
I think many new pilots quit because of the "too much thinking" one. After playing games that only require pushing one button really fast it can be hard to get used to a game like Eve. The last one really makes me sad. Eve needs a "battle pet trainer".... Just kidding!... With my luck some CCP dev will see that and think "What a great idea!"
Feed the Fedo!!! |
Abla Tive
State War Academy Caldari State
20
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Posted - 2014.01.04 05:44:00 -
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I enjoy running level 4's in backwater systems.
I find the explosions a soothing way to end my day (unless I get too distracted and make a mistake, in which case I have a momentary twinge of panic shortly followed by more soothing explosions.)
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Starbuck05
SwEaTy ArMpIT RaIDeRs Mordus Angels
130
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Posted - 2014.01.04 12:02:00 -
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I run lvl 4's for mordu's legion in null sec, the bounty and rewards are generaly the same aswel as the difficulty but the lp payout is double or triple from empire.....that beeing said they are still boring...
But luckly due to great lp pay i can afford to blitz them making it more worth it and abit more fun to do,not to mention guristas have crap loot and salvage so i don't have to waste time with those aswel. -á- I am the commanding officer , u should adress me as sir ! -á- But if i call u sir , what would i call your wife then ?? |
Kithran
87
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Posted - 2014.01.04 12:24:00 -
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Bibosikus wrote:Funny someone should mention Candy Crush in a derogatory sense. Because there's a game which is infinitely variable, superbly designed, constantly challenging and taps directly in to the addictive nature of the human mind. And you can pick it up on your phone, tablet, or PC and continue exactly where you left off. Small wonder it's making the UK-based designers a million bucks a day.
But my emoragequit is pointed specifically at L4's. I have an alt with awful Amarr standing and last week ran a whole bunch of L1 -2's to improve it. And guess what? That was actually fun. There's a much wider range of missions, they're well-designed and full of background. Some while back CCP put part of its house in order with low-end missions, probably because they were seeing too many new players fall by the wayside, disillusioned with the infamous learning curve and the lack of early content. Eve's well-documented and unforgiving sandbox nature sets it apart, but in a world of increasingly accessible and well-designed gaming, it's showing its age in some key areas.
{snip}
Trust me if you _only_ ran L1 missions you would realise they are no different to L4s - the reason you found them L1 and L2s interesting was they were new - you either hadn't done them before or you had done them so long ago you forgotten the details. If you are running L4s day in day out you will keep seeing the same missions.
One thing you can do to get a bit of variety is to move to a different area - the missions you are offered are dependent on two things - the faction offering the mission and where the agent offering the mission is located e.g. an agent for a gallente corp in minmatar space will offer assault with serpentis as the opponents, an agent for a caldari corp in minmatar space will offer assault with guristas as the opponents.
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Dericha Solette
The Scope Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2014.01.04 18:17:00 -
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Quote:I think many new pilots quit because of the "too much thinking" one. After playing games that only require pushing one button really fast it can be hard to get used to a game like Eve.
I'm a disenfranchised new pilot, so I thought I would address this. First, I came from Dust. If most of the Dust players would come over to Eve, I think this could be very true. Myself, I came over because I wanted to think. I want to do market trading, high level research, and PvP.
The issue is all the fun intricate content requires existing funds to play. So how do I obtain these funds without mining (because that is mindless as all hell)? One way is mission running- somewhat mindless, but a means to and end. Unfortunately, all the low level missions have a leg that runs you into low-sec, which all the older pilots camp. Now I have lost my PvE revenue stream and $17MM Isk in ships to build up funds for PvP and Dust Orbitals. As an aside, dropping orbitals on those CoD kids is immeasurably rewarding.
The advise I've seen on the forums, in articles, and from older players is to mine. That sounds awful and I'm not going to spend real life money to be miserable. I can date and get the same result, only with better food.
So I started up a 6 month subscription. I'll probably reduce that to PLEX, sell a few for funds, PvP until the ISK runs out and then find something else to put my time towards. |
Miasmos
Aliastra Gallente Federation
67
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Posted - 2014.01.04 21:04:00 -
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The intrigue in L4's lies in how fast you can blitz them while maintaining standings for maximum LP/hour. Yes it's a very boring "intrigue", as exciting as the Settlers of Catan card.
The reason people get hooked in L4's lies in that you can run them mindless, careless and friendless, hop right in without spending time to prepare unlike most other things in eve. They are the lowest barrier of commitment in eve bar mining.
PVE players have a high player retention rate in eve, because eve PVE is the worst on market. CCP is focusing their effort on luring PVE players to other activities in order to get them to stay; a better PVE system would probably do no harm though.
The sum of the problematic is this: The only content without a barrier of commitment is the most boring content in game.
The solution is this: Come up with exciting content without a barrier of commitment.
The problem in the solution is this: The meaningful sandbox content gets roflstomped by the new exciting content which has no barrier of commitment. |
dilly nay
State War Academy Caldari State
1
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Posted - 2014.01.05 01:09:00 -
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if you are honestly unhappy with lv4's than i sincerely suggest you push your luck with lv5's. the game still has more to offer. |
Bibosikus
Flowery Twats
184
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Posted - 2014.01.05 02:36:00 -
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Thanks for putting some interesting points and suggestions across.
Every dungeon in Eve is a set of defined parameters with the exception (dare I say it) of the minigame which does have a decently random aspect to it. The application of different play styles, ships and loadouts goes a long way to alleviate that very un-sandbox-like aspect of dungeons.
Except for Level 4 missions, I still proclaim. The most common activity, the largest generator of isk, and the most under-developed aspect of Eve. Dreadful.
The box said "Requires Windows-á2000 or better", so I installed Linux. |
IIshira
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
590
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Posted - 2014.01.05 02:47:00 -
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Bibosikus wrote:Thanks for putting some interesting points and suggestions across.
Every dungeon in Eve is a set of defined parameters with the exception (dare I say it) of the minigame which does have a decently random aspect to it. The application of different play styles, ships and loadouts goes a long way to alleviate that very un-sandbox-like aspect of dungeons.
Except for Level 4 missions, I still proclaim. The most common activity, the largest generator of isk, and the most under-developed aspect of Eve. Dreadful.
It's not really fair to call missions in Eve "dungeons". When you're doing a dungeon in WoW it's exclusive to you and your group. In a mission in Eve you're in the same litter box with everyone else. If someone wants to drop by and take a crap on you they can do it. |
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Bibosikus
Flowery Twats
184
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Posted - 2014.01.05 02:58:00 -
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IIshira wrote:It's not really fair to call missions in Eve "dungeons". When you're doing a dungeon in WoW it's exclusive to you and your group. In a mission in Eve you're in the same litter box with everyone else. If someone wants to drop by and take a crap on you they can do it.
It's what CCP calls 'em.. and it's right to a large extent. It's an old-school term for a pre-defined scenario upon which players can apply varying influences. In Eve, of course, that refers to any player in the vicinity. Unlike That Other Game You Mentioned :)
The box said "Requires Windows-á2000 or better", so I installed Linux. |
IIshira
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
590
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Posted - 2014.01.05 03:48:00 -
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Bibosikus wrote:IIshira wrote:It's not really fair to call missions in Eve "dungeons". When you're doing a dungeon in WoW it's exclusive to you and your group. In a mission in Eve you're in the same litter box with everyone else. If someone wants to drop by and take a crap on you they can do it. It's what CCP calls 'em.. and it's right to a large extent. It's an old-school term for a pre-defined scenario upon which players can apply varying influences. In Eve, of course, that refers to any player in the vicinity. Unlike That Other Game You Mentioned :)
I didn't know CCP referred to missions by that name but then there's a lot I don't know.
I remember as a noob I thought the gate sent me to a part of the server where I was alone like in that "other game" lol |
Raven O'Russ
Liza idi na...
5
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Posted - 2014.01.05 12:47:00 -
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Missions are not that boring if you limit yourself to 2 or 3 of them per day. Plus you may want to read their lore or smth. Also doing them in absolutely different ships with another battle style can help (like switching long range bs to close range t3 or hac). OFC, if you just use some top end faction bs every single time and blitz every mission without even looking at your enemies, that will be boring.
Also, most of things we do in Eve may seem boring (let me remind you of such entertaining activities as mining, scanning, camping some gates, suicide runs, planetary farming, closing wormholes, deadspace complex ruor trading). Depends on what you think of as "fun" in particular.
Well, after running SoE missions even the most tolerant me has something to complain. Two issues: 1 - go to lowsec to hunt some supertanked red cross while being scanned and hunted no matter what time of day it is, that isn't any fun. For me, at least, who doesn't like his pve activities to be interrupted. 2 - anti-amarr missions. Just like that, they are declined every single time. |
IIshira
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
591
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Posted - 2014.01.05 18:09:00 -
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I think what makes PVP fun is you never know what the other person has in fleet or what he's going to do. You know what the missions are going to do because they never change. I will admit that camping a gate is boring till a Prophecy jumps in.... This may a trap or an easy kill... |
Verity Sovereign
Sovereign Fleet Tax Shelter
708
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Posted - 2014.01.05 19:45:00 -
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IIshira wrote:Bibosikus wrote:IIshira wrote:It's not really fair to call missions in Eve "dungeons". When you're doing a dungeon in WoW it's exclusive to you and your group. In a mission in Eve you're in the same litter box with everyone else. If someone wants to drop by and take a crap on you they can do it. It's what CCP calls 'em.. and it's right to a large extent. It's an old-school term for a pre-defined scenario upon which players can apply varying influences. In Eve, of course, that refers to any player in the vicinity. Unlike That Other Game You Mentioned :) I didn't know CCP referred to missions by that name but then there's a lot I don't know. I remember as a noob I thought the gate sent me to a part of the server where I was alone like in that "other game" lol
Thats what I thought too, I thought I was essentially invulnerable in low sec as long as I got away from the gate, and didn't dally around the stations. I even talked in local, and basically said such.
Before I knew it, some ship warped on grid, jammed and scrammed me, and took me out. I didn't know what this "scanning" thing was. |
Bobinu
Devils Diciples League of Infamy
49
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Posted - 2014.01.07 13:15:00 -
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thetwilitehour wrote:Bibosikus wrote: Level 4 Mission Runners represent the largest isk faucet in Eve. Lord knows why they aren't all crying out for attention.
This is a game, after all. Games are supposed to be entertaining. Fun. Challenging and variable, if designed properly.
But Heck, I've now run a couple of dozen L4 missions and they are anything but fun.
They are crying. You're crying right now. The people who run level 4 missions either do it like a kind of job to pay for something else in Eve or miss the point of Eve entirely, and run level 4 missions non stop to fund some absurd mission ship which allows them to run level 4 missions even faster.
Maybe some people enjoy them and do them for fun and the ISK is a bonus! Maybe they are more fun in small fleets, and maybe these mission runners who do them repeatedly have a high tolerance to boredom or enjoy improving an aspect of the mission!! Just maybe..... |
Elgin Stone
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2014.01.07 20:23:00 -
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I love fighting NPC's in a speedy frigate. waves and waves beating me down to 10% armor.
Very risky and not much reward (isk wise). Therefore I need isk to fund my addiction and L4's give me that. They also help me learn tactics, certain fitting skills and I can try out new modules.
Yes they can get boring and only 25% are actually good fun.
Frigate fun and the Battleship bonanza are different ways I enjoy eve. I don't think I could do one without the other, or all the things which come inbetween. |
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