Taunrich Kaufmann
Caldari Mercantile Consortium
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Posted - 2015.12.22 16:34:03 -
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Personally I like the learning curve and the difficulty of EVE. It's all about finding your own way in the game, and if you're lucky you'll find a corp full of good people to help you on the way. It's also not unreasonable to say a 6milSP pilot could outfly a 60milSP pilot - hell, you don't need many skills to fly a Rifter well and they're a favourite among PVP pilots.
The learning curve of EVE keeps the insta-gratification plebs away. This is the type of game you either love or can't stand playing. There's plenty to do while you still have low amounts of SP. Think of it as an opportunity to explore more of what EVE has to offer.
When we first saw the flock, we were surrounded..Brilliant colors, dancing lights...This moment is the first time I understood what it meant to be Caldari: Divinity in the flock...one being, many changes.
- Janto Sitarbe, The Legendary Flock
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Taunrich Kaufmann
Caldari Mercantile Consortium
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Posted - 2015.12.23 14:28:58 -
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Tristan Agion wrote:Perhaps a few years ago EVE could afford to lose them. Now, not so much.
Sure we can. 30,000 players @ $14.95USD p/m = $478,500USD p/m.
Tristan Agion wrote:Tippia wrote:No, it's like saying to someone who wants to play the forward in a football match that, hey, the libero position needs to be filled. You won't score as many goals but you get to move around a lot and have to get a good eye for the game. At any rate, they're still participating in the match. Do you realise that you have completely confirmed what I was saying? It remains the case that this person does not get to do what he actually wants to do, but either has to be content with the role other people assign to him, or forget about it entirely. All you have done there is to "upgrade" my analogy so that it seems a bit more palatable ("libero" instead of "bottle boy").
What is it you actually want? For day-old players to be able to hold their own against 4+ year vets? To build & fly Capitals after just a quick tutorial?
Tristan Agion wrote: And let us be clear, it is not in any way or form the actual gaming skill of the player that determines their lot. It is simply a matter of waiting for the "skills" to clock in. The most experienced EVE veteran ever - if playing a newbie alt - would still be locked out of most roles. That veteran might be stellar at filling those newbie roles, but newbie roles it is.
Completely contradicted yourself there and didn't even realise it. Experience determines your lot in EVE much more than SP does. A newbie flying a Rifter will lose to a vet flying a Rifter due to an experience gap, not an SP gap. Conversely, there are plenty of low-SP pilots who have podded high-SP pilots. Experience and personal ability play the biggest role in EVE, not SP.
Your whole argument gives off seriously salty newbie vibes, and I say that as a relative newbie myself (just past the first 6 months). I'm still sh*t at combat and spend most of my time mission running, mining, market trading and RPing. You can have a great time with low SP.
Why don't you join a corp that will teach you solo PVP, help with some good fits, then kit yourself out with a ship and go shoot someone? I guarantee you'll learn more and have a better time there than complaining on the forums..
When we first saw the flock, we were surrounded..Brilliant colors, dancing lights...This moment is the first time I understood what it meant to be Caldari: Divinity in the flock...one being, many changes.
- Janto Sitarbe, The Legendary Flock
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