Zan Shiro
Alternative Enterprises
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Posted - 2015.06.16 23:17:03 -
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Constantin Baracca wrote:I mean, look, we can keep telling people on CCP's behalf to take their business elsewhere, but if nothing else that seems to now have become very effective. In 2003, EVE had a LOT less competition on offer. There weren't a lot of Sci-Fi MMORPGs, even fewer were in ships. The entire sandbox v. themepark fight was in full swing. But that argument's passed us; most gamers went with option C and decided to have both. That fight ended a long time ago..
How did it end? Elite dangerous did not have the strongest release. I really into nostalgia gaming did not take it up as what I heard was jsut lacking in some some ways. Odd turn of development here...I played elite when it was fresh and new...on my amiga 500 long ago. Fresh from factory amiga, no less. Hell one time when my little brother broke it at the time we dropped it off the actual commodore factory...it was like an hour drive away.
yes I am dating myself here, no one else will these days (or so says my wife lol). I should have been all over this really. Hell I got the new bards tale a few years back which wasn't all that good only because it piggy backed the old style bards tales in it. that was my youth in those old bards tales. Hated the new bards tales....the retro bard tales...brought back memories. Went full bore even, pen and paper as I whipped out a graph paper pad and wrote the maps down jsut like the old days (yes I know the maps online these days....I wanted the full retro experience, why half ass it I say).
then there is SC which to its credit seems to making some progress beyond adding aquariums to the "captians quarters" of late. It has not hit full release yet though. Where I have some outstanding questions that won't be answered till then. High among them is how will the overt p2w play out. Over various pledge drives they have offered some kick ass ship/deals. One time only for some of them. So that even in alpha/beta they have tiered benefits new players will not have. I am leery of this tbh.
Eve I never saw this issue. The special ships are extremely rare. If old boy wants to gank me in a freki....depending on location I know I will get backup from complete random strangers who want to kill the 20 bil frigate as much as I do for the lolz. that and even if no help and I died...its not every day you can post a lm saying you died to an AT prize ship in common every day eve.
This also based on the fact I have done the backing in the past for a few games and all I got was cosmetic stuff. Even Wots present to early backers/testers was not really special. Lets jsut say you didn't see them roll out in force to roll stomp the field when it went production status. Hell we can argue compared to the common to all tanks they were just plain meh....
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