Wrayeth
Inexorable Retribution
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Posted - 2006.08.19 23:36:00 -
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 Originally by: Kiisk
I've been playing for a month and the only thing I want to do is bust rocks and make things. The real problems with this game that I see so far are these:
a) No way to avoid pvp. Period.
PvP is the point of the game in the first place - CCP set out to make a PvP-based MMO. If this does not interest you, then you may be playing the wrong game. I'm not trying to drive you out by stating this; it's just the way things are.
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Honestly, Where's the honor in destroying ships way below your level?
It's not about honor. It's about loot (you'd be surprised what people haul in shuttles, noob ships, and frigates) and or security (killing people who might be scouting for the enemy).
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b) "Low Sec" space. Ok this is the most pointless thing in the whole game. There should be empire, and lawless.
How is it pointless, again? It's a point in between the cushy, CONCORD-protected safety of highsec and the utter freeform PvP that is 0.0. In lowsec, you are protected at gates and stations by the sentry guns (i.e. anyone who wants to attack you there had better be sniping or have a mean tank).
As for including 0.4 as highsec, why?
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What's the point of having space where you can't mine anything better than omber (so far that I've found) with some relative safety from the lamers who can't seem to go to 0.0 and fight people who are there for the same reason. The whole idea of having .4=.1 is totally worthless because the whole point of the "point" system is that defines an empire presence, and the "strength" of the rats in the system.
The point system is not there primarily to define the strength of the rats; instead, it is there to define how lawless the area is. In regards to why have better ores in lowsec and 0.0, it's simple: risk vs. reward.
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My opinion, make .4 and higher actively patrolled by the npc's, enforcing real security. .3 and below should be considered lawless. Removing the whole .1-.3 space does two things: a)removes the ability for morons to use a lame excuse "g33, y0u'r3 in .4, give m3 10 mill or I pod u" to get their jollies griefing noobies or traders passing through minding their own business, and stops harrassment of people who really do want a PVE separation greater than .5, because for us solo miners/traders, we can't do better than Omber without joining a corp and then end up getting drafted into doing what other people want to do for fun: kill other players.
Again, this is a PvP game and risk-vs.-reward is in force.
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C) The Eve universe is not "alive" enough. If you want to give people a -snip- feeling that it's more alive, increase the npc count in space.
This one I can agree with.
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D) If you're making a game around pvp, then maybe sitting back and letting the 10 year old "hah hah hah u died" mentality isn't a good idea for a company's bottom line, which is the impression I'm getting more and more of this game. It's not casual player friendly (read, too easy to lose everything, aka permadeath) which will severely limit it's allure here in the US only to the hardcore sci fi'ers looking for something to play, as well as attract the cowards of the world who just can't wait to show how large they think their privates and "skillz" are.
CCP did not set out to make a game that is all things to all people. When you try to please everyone, you end up pleasing no one. CCP wanted to make a niche game, and that's exactly what they've done.
CCP have stated that they are going to work on PvE, but don't think that means they'll be reducing the PvP elements of EVE to do it (a fact for which I am profoundly grateful).
-Wrayeth
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