Beta Maoye wrote:You have to realise that EVE gameplay is very different from real world experience. This game is challenging because it allows scammers and gankers and rewards them as long as they don't break the intended game mechanic. Players can make good amount of isk by doing "bad" things. Economic incentive is a positive reinforcement to encourage people to repeat their behavior. So you will always meet these people no matter what you do or where you go. They are part of the game and you cannot avoid them. What you have to do is to learn to deal with them. Complaining them is useless. It is part of the funs to overcome these challenges or, if you like, to take advantage of these opportunities.
Oh i wouldnt have minded beeing force into PVP if I actually had even a tiny little chance at winning. Its not exactly the mechanics of the game im opposed to. Its the INCREDIBLE uneven playingfield. But ive gotten some good tips from the nice people commenting. And i will probably join a NPC corp for a couple of months untill i can actually fit a decent pvp build i can use.
And thats why i was "complaining". A challange is if you have a chance of actually overcoming it. And you just cannot do that when your new. It isnt about the ISK. Thats easy to get. Its simply about SP. You just cant use anything good enough or well enough that early to win vs an "old" player. And you dont know all the mechanics either. Not that it would matter if you where an expert on all mechanics in EVE if your 14 days old vs one thats even played 2-3 months. Not to mention the ones thats played for years. Sure you can gang upp with LOADS of other newbies. But how many would you need per year old char? 5?10? More?
But sure its possible to jsut NPC corp for a couple of months and then go back to human corps, and you can actually fight back when they wardeck. Its just, is that a sound strategy for an MMO? Sure EVE is a good game, and it has a decent player base. But how much better could it get if more players joined, and stayed and CCP got more money to develop it?
I certainly know what im going to do in EVE if I continue to play for a while. Same as in other MMO's ive played. Punish players abusing the newbies without a clue ^^.
Anyhow. Thanks to all the guys that came with good comments. Least you got me to think a bit different about it.
And, Ice Eagle: Ive played for 14 days (had some holliday in there) and earned about 1.5 billion, isk is not the problem.