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Tysun Kane
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.02.27 12:20:00 -
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The hardest thing for my friends to accept about playing EVE and which prevents them from getting into it is avatar content I mean anyone that really cares about there character spends about 30 mins to an hour making your avatar looks the way you want them to with the back story and race you like the most then you literally walk around the same room alone. For all that effort into making your avatar that's all the content you get ? Which is the biggest let down for my friends. I never really understood why anyone would buy a character for instant gratification instead of learning EVE from the ground up but that's just me but that wouldn't bother my friends they would rather start from the beginning. |
Tysun Kane
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.02.27 12:36:00 -
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Divine Entervention wrote:Quaggan Stomp wrote:
6. Too much external crap necessary to play the game. encyclopedias, API keys, apps like EFT. All this stuff needs to get canned. Everyone should be spending their time playing the game not looking stuff up on encyclopedias about it for the most part. It should all be self explanatory from within.
First off, I would like to say thanks for making a post in this thread on this topic explaining an issue you've directly encountered with potential new players to the EVE Online universe. I agree with the majority of your post. Not to pick on you, but I'd like to use what I quoted, your #6 to express my own opinion on that subject. That's actually one of the aspects of this game I like. It's alot to learn. I enjoy learning. It gives me another interesting thing to think about. All of the different possibilities, the potential, it's all captivating. But then back to the rest of your post, it's very disheartening that upon realization after many hours of ecstatic research and theory crafting, that it will probably take months to start seeing real, impressive results.
I began to fall in love with eve for the same reason. It's complexity and takes time invested to become a good pilot. |
Tysun Kane
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.02.27 17:06:00 -
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Divine Entervention wrote:Tippia wrote:Dbars Grinding wrote:Everyone i talk to IRL about eve thinks that it is impossible to catch up. And they are right.... No, they're just labouring under the incorrect assumption that EVE works like other MMOs in terms of character growth and power. It is indeed a problem that this illusion isn't being dispelled by CCP and the players talking about it, but the problem is just that: that it's an illusion GÇö not that it is actually the case in the game. Lets say I want to fly a titan to it's maximum potential. How long do I have to wait?
I have a better question. If u had a Titan today that you could fly to its maximum potential what would you do with it? Solo as well? |
Tysun Kane
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.02.27 17:20:00 -
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Divine Entervention wrote:Tysun Kane wrote:Divine Entervention wrote:Tippia wrote:Dbars Grinding wrote:Everyone i talk to IRL about eve thinks that it is impossible to catch up. And they are right.... No, they're just labouring under the incorrect assumption that EVE works like other MMOs in terms of character growth and power. It is indeed a problem that this illusion isn't being dispelled by CCP and the players talking about it, but the problem is just that: that it's an illusion GÇö not that it is actually the case in the game. Lets say I want to fly a titan to it's maximum potential. How long do I have to wait? I have a better question. If u had a Titan today that you could fly to its maximum potential what would you do with it? Solo as well? Personally I don't want a titan. At least right now. I have no clue what I would do with it. I would probably put a bunch of mining lasers on it and tank rats in 0.0 while afk 23 hours a day sleeping. On an unrelated note, I spoke with an ISD about the potential time it would take to maximize a titan. New Players: It will take you 4-5 years of training if you wish to fly a titan.
I think the fact that you don t know how long it will take or can't even answer the question what if u had one right now is the exact reason why CCP has training the way it is. So you can crawl before you walk and have appreciation for ships or skills when you finally get them instead of the average MMO month grind to reach end game content. |
Tysun Kane
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
12
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Posted - 2014.02.27 17:39:00 -
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Divine Entervention wrote:Tysun Kane wrote:
I think the fact that you don t know how long it will take or can't even answer the question what if u had one right now is the exact reason why CCP has training the way it is. So you can crawl before you walk and have appreciation for ships or skills when you finally get them instead of the average MMO month grind to reach end game content.
I asked an EVE ISD how long it would take and he said 4-5 years. If you're saying I need more training time because an ISD doesn't know himself between 4-5 years, I think you're trying to hard to push into me. Also, I said I don't want a titan. I've heard they're like prisons. Once you're in, you're in for good. I do not want that. I want choices and I don't wish to have any alts at this time. Only one character, my main, this one. Still, to me, 4-5 years is entirely too long to reach the maximum of the best ship in game. That's just my opinion though. Luckily for us, I'm not trying to get a titan so that's not effecting my decision to play or quit. But still, letting all the new players who read this thread know that to reach the best ship at maximum is a minimum of 4 years time investment, well I just think it's good to have the information out there for people to know.
The fact that you think that there is a BEST ship in EVE is ANOTHER reason why there is time based training and not a grind fest. There is no best ship only right pilot in the right situation at the time. And at that time you can still lose lol that's what makes EVE so great. |
Tysun Kane
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.02.27 22:37:00 -
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I love EVE forums for threads like these. Both sides are very passionate about the game from either side. The noob that gets pissed cause he has to wait for training cue for a new ship or new T2 weapon they want or the vets telling the noob to buck up and suck it up cause we all had to go down the same roads. All in all it's pure passion for the game I love and others love to hate. Long live NEW EDEN. |
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