Malicia Skirj
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Posted - 2007.01.17 23:13:00 -
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 Originally by: Liona Maane
Originally by: Malicia Skirj
Steep? I thought it was pretty simple compared to AO.
I havent tried AO, is it really worse than EVE?
Have to try it then, maybe then afterwards IŠll think EVE is a walk in the spacepark?
It's amazingly complex if you really want to master it. There are about 12 professions..and not only do you have to know your own very well (and anyone that says most professions just hit Q (attack button) and go AFK don't know their professions very well), you also have to know others.
For example...you wanna be a doc...grand. You know you have to heal. You need nanobots to heal. They run out fast. When you're out, your team dies if they're not lucky enough to escape. Solutions? Have the keeper run a nanobot replenishing auro, get PNH and IOR from a nanotechnician, max psychic and train perks related to nanobot boosting.
That's a very basic example. On top of that you'll want to know what nanoformulas offer the best protection...who can calm mobs, who can root them, who can charm them, who can boost your [insert skill] skill, etc. To do well you practically have to memorize everything about every character. The only reason I left is because they massively screwed nanotechnicians over (my main there was a level 206 NT) by capping range and giving nearly every other profession a way to break out of a root. Those were pretty much their only advantage since they die so easily...
Imagine a ship in Eve with 600 shields/armor/structure...with no capability of using extenders or shield boosters, etc......but able to nail another ship for 1K a pop at 500KM from the start, with another ship tackling.
Now imagine that same ship with range limited to everyone's max range (let's say it's capped at 100KM for the hell of it), and when they're ganged with another ship IT isn't allowed to tackle, either. But it still only has 600 points and no ability to 'heal'.
So yes...stupidly complex...wacky good fun...AND it's set in the future..nearly 50,000 years. But the one profession I wanted most of all was messed up about 3 years into it. And now I'm here. :)
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