NeoGeist
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Posted - 2006.12.08 16:13:00 -
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I'm sorry, but i cannot vote for EVE in any category besides pvp and graphics, but in terms of PvE, well, I pray that EVE loses mainly due to the whole probing ease in which causes PvE to be non-existant anymore. Maybe if this vote was done BEFORE Revalations, I'd vote for EVE for PvE, but not now. For those of you who say that there are other opportunities for PvE than just mission running, you need to do ALOT of PvP before you can reap the benefits of them. For exploration, all the good areas are in 0.0 sec or low sec and as soon as you find it, a recon prober can find you in less than 5 minutes where it took you hours upon hours to find that hidden spot. For complexes, you need to gain access via alliance or fight for them in 0.0 sec thus making missions the only real true PvE area of the game.
Lvl 4 missions were probably the most fun PvE aspect of the game just to the sheer amount of things you needed to do to be successful at it; it wasn't by far the "risk free isk making occupation" considering how industry and mining works especially in the T2 market. First, you need to have a well skilled pilot, knowledge of the mission, a good tank and intelligence. Most lvl 4 missions weren't just, click, shoot, tank; you had to control aggro, know what you can and cannot hit and can and cannot tank otherwise, you'll lose you're ship. However, the best part of doing missions in general was how to complete it in the shortest amount of time while getting the most isk out of the mission.
But.....
When in low-sec, someone can probe you out in less than 5 minutes and kill you , thus you'll not be able to finish the mission since the prober will be there for the missions' entirety, thus causing you to decline the mission and lose standing. Before Revalations, people could still probe you out, but it was much harder and took longer, but it was balanced imho. For a person to get to lvl 4 mission running, they have to put ALOT of time, effort, isk and SP to do it and was fun getting there. For the prober, they had to do the same; lots of time trying to find the mission runner; it was difficult, but was along the same levels of what the lvl 4 mission runner had to do (this is what we like to call balance). The mission runner had a good chance to escape, but the prober had a good chance of catching the mission runner, it was just a matter of skill. With the new system, the prober does nothing, doesn't need to work at all, and can fish out any mission runner w/o any hassle whatsoever. Also, for high sec, they can grief the mission runner w/o any counterbalance.
If it wasn't for the fact that I do other things in EVE besides PvE, I would've quit by now.
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