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Garrick Amorr
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Posted - 2006.05.14 18:01:00 -
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I have a friend that would like to start playing EVE but only has a dial-up connection. Already tried to convince him to just get cable or DSL at least.
Anyways my questions are:
Does anyone here play with dial-up? Is it even possible? And if it is, does it do the job well enough?
Thanks!
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WiseMan Ari
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Posted - 2006.05.14 18:03:00 -
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yea i started playing on a 56k, and on lan's we sometimes were 4 guys playing just fine on that 56k 
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Gaul Cascade
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Posted - 2006.05.14 18:03:00 -
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56k I take it? Then yea, it should work just fine. Might take a while to login, but once he gets in the game, it should function pretty smooth.
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Eternal Fury
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Posted - 2006.05.14 18:04:00 -
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I don't play with dial up, but it is possible. I've noticed eve is very light on data transfer through my net connection.. I don't even NOTICE it.. I mean winamp streaming music and Ventrilo runnign I can see the data moveing, but Eve.. not even noticeable.
Now.. that said.. it depends on the dial up line. I honestly haven't used dial up since before 2000, so i don't know how it is today, but I expect that if it's a normal dialup it'll be about 2kb/s up and 4.8 kb/s down.. So it SHOULD be ok.
All they can do is try. Send your friend a buddy link.. Though PLEASE be nice and download the client onto a CD for him/her...downloading half a gig on dialup is horrible..
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Jim McGregor
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Posted - 2006.05.14 18:08:00 -
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I have tried playing eve a couple of times on dialup and it works fine. It takes longer loading the contents of your hangar etc, but its not a problem at all.
Paying per minute is not a good idea for eve addicts though. 
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GeekWarrior
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Posted - 2006.05.14 18:20:00 -
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EVE works fine on dialup, just don't expect to be in a PVP corp that requires you to use Teamspeak or Ventrillo, cause it isn't going to work.
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Kalahari Wayrest
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Posted - 2006.05.14 18:32:00 -
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I used to, and I had less problems in eve than with other games.
This was some time ago though 
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Fredbob
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Posted - 2006.05.14 18:40:00 -
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It's fine, just don't PvP and hope to win, or use the market and hope to buy anything within a week, or open escrow, or enter jita, or rens, or click on anyone's portrait, or use teamspeak/ventrilo, or juggle bookmarks, or move lots of items, or repackage lots of items, or log in without having 15mins to wait.
lol ok it's not impossible, but while most things are doable, they won't be doable in the time CCP estimated for the average user, so get your friend in Eve, but teach them patience and give them a link to a dsl company 
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Nafri
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Posted - 2006.05.14 18:50:00 -
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pretty ok, played 2 years with it and PvP is easily possible as well
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Slink Grinsdikild
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Posted - 2006.05.14 18:59:00 -
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Yep, I play on dialup quite a bit because my GF lives out in the sticks and the cable company refuse to provide cable/DSL there.
As far as MMOGs go, EVE is pretty stable. The only time you get noticable problems is interceptor vs interceptor fighting.
I can't use Teamspeak anyway so thats not a problem for me. 
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Gannondraw
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Posted - 2006.05.14 19:04:00 -
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Tell your friend that its like I'm playing with 56k on sundays under heavy load for me. |
Taka
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Posted - 2006.05.14 23:11:00 -
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 Originally by: GeekWarrior
EVE works fine on dialup, just don't expect to be in a PVP corp that requires you to use Teamspeak or Ventrillo, cause it isn't going to work.
tbh u dont know what ur talking about....ive been in a pvp corp since i started eve (just over 2 years)...and have used teamspeak at the same time than playing eve and 56k(cant get broadband where i live) is alright to play with...yeah it takes abit longer to load systems and to login but its is enough....i even run 2 accounts and teamspeak
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Nicholas Barker
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Posted - 2006.05.14 23:42:00 -
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if he's playing on dialup, you might wanna download the patches and burn'em on a disk for him.
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Mome
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Posted - 2006.05.14 23:50:00 -
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Garrick, I've played dial-up for over 2 years. Unless you're going into heavy battle(lvl 2 missions or above), PvP, or Jita, it's really not that bad. I mine a lot, and do some low-level missions, and we sometimes do frigate-fests in my corp...I've never noticed enough lag to matter in a low-population system. Jita...now that's another story!!
Get your freind into Eve, let them get excited about it, and show them the benefits of a cable/DSN connection...it'll sell itself!
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The EternitY
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Posted - 2006.05.15 00:44:00 -
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It is very possible. I run on 28.8k dial-up in the United States and I have no problems with regular eve things. I can pvp and notice no real lag.
The only real problems appear is when you try to use a TS channel with a high codec on.
The only limitations I have when it comes to TeamSpeak is that I can't talk as much so people can understand me.
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Cruz
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Posted - 2006.05.15 00:49:00 -
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I play on 56k, it runs fine.
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T'Laar Bok
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Posted - 2006.05.15 05:32:00 -
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When I first started living Eve a few years ago I was on 12k4 dialup (ikky poo phone line) and I cant recall any issues but I was never in any large engagements. |
Diicc Tater
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Posted - 2006.05.15 07:45:00 -
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Just got ADSL, used 56k dialup before that.
Notes:
Use market in searchmode, takes long to update when on dialup.
Jumps, undocks and such is a bit delayed but not by much.
Turn off effects.
Login is a bit slow.
Make sure you don't download portraits all the time.
Had no problems with fleet ops. Sometimes I had less lag than the "cable-guys".
Gl, it works just fine on dial-up. Used it from Beta til end of last February.
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Berious
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Posted - 2006.05.15 09:52:00 -
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Very playable, though massive gatecamps and fetching lots of data for say, scanners or escrow might be a pain. Not long ago I was playing via 2-way satellite (1000ms ping just about well enough.
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Roshan longshot
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Posted - 2006.05.15 10:48:00 -
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dial up....
Yeah I use it.
No problem with the game itself...dont enjoy BIG PvP battles...
Hangers take a sec or two...
Vent and TS dont like dial up...
And the kicker is the 4-25 hour downloads that are free but mandatory expansions from ccp.
Other then that, sure dial up is good...
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marioman
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Posted - 2006.05.15 11:29:00 -
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im on 56k as well, EVE runs fine most of the time, i use TS during PVP and stuff tho I dont have a mic so its just me listening. Dont really have any issues with connection caused lag or anything. I have an above average connection tho as i download almost 6k/s.
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