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Piugattuk
Lima beans Corp
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Posted - 2016.10.05 07:46:46 -
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Basically this, after all the who ha over the new games that came out (ED, NMS, SC), all those games are ok however the reason I came back is because of the level of depth this game has, I am still learning to do stuff years later, the key to people coming back is for the other games to not commit to building many paths to use.
For me so far, ED looks good....but lacks the ability to carve out a nitche for yourself, you are a stamp same as the other stamps.
SC is too hard on my machine and runs too choppy at times and also doesn't have the "make your own story" depth because of lack of paths
NMS...I'll just leave that there.
If anything the other games should take a page from eve's book and actually build some depth to the things you can do in game, anyway I don't think EVE is going away soon and I just loath thinking about going back to an existence in the other games and both hate and love the way you can interact with others here in EVE, anyway this is to toss something else besides eve is dying. |
Gneeznow
Ship spinners inc
185
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Posted - 2016.10.05 20:31:18 -
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Piugattuk wrote: I don't think EVE is going away soon and I just loath thinking about going back to an existence in the other games and both hate and love the way you can interact with others here in EVE, anyway this is to toss something else besides eve is dying.
Eve's numbers are back to 2006 levels of activity, the game is more stale than ever and has a terrible reputation among gamers as either boring or too-late-to-catch-up and they are making it free2play out of desperation. So you might be wrong there. It's been declining significantly the last 3 years and it's the large number of people with 4+ accounts that are keeping it afloat because they've invested so much already.
Someday, something will come along and kill it, probably in the next 5 years. Either that or it will change completely to some kind of proper f2p + p2w model.
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DJ puar
Covert Economics Mordus Angels
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Posted - 2016.10.06 14:22:36 -
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Alphas will bring them back |
Hesod Adee
Kiwis In Space No Points Necessary
354
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Posted - 2016.10.06 14:30:08 -
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I tried out STO. I realized that I wanted some sort of internet spaceships.
I also wanted something that Eve has that STO doesn't: The ability to fly straight up if the place I want to go is directly above me. |
Merchant Rova
Pathway to the Next
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Posted - 2016.10.06 16:01:43 -
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I personally have never left Eve. The longest break I've taken was when I went on a RL vacation for a week. (Although my account turns 1 year old at the end of this month)
I think having Alpha will bring a ton people back because they'll be able to try it without paying.
"The Federation is not a defined region of space, of planets, of mountains, rivers, or woods. It is a vision."
-Arlette Villers
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Piugattuk
Lima beans Corp
493
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Posted - 2016.10.06 16:05:50 -
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Gneeznow wrote:Piugattuk wrote: I don't think EVE is going away soon and I just loath thinking about going back to an existence in the other games and both hate and love the way you can interact with others here in EVE, anyway this is to toss something else besides eve is dying. Eve's numbers are back to 2006 levels of activity, the game is more stale than ever and has a terrible reputation among gamers as either boring or too-late-to-catch-up and they are making it free2play out of desperation. So you might be wrong there. It's been declining significantly the last 3 years and it's the large number of people with 4+ accounts that are keeping it afloat because they've invested so much already. Someday, something will come along and kill it, probably in the next 5 years. Either that or it will change completely to some kind of proper f2p + p2w model.
There's definitely competition today, yes eve is a bit dated but honestly it is a far more interesting place then the others I've played. |
Bellatrix Invicta
New Order Logistics CODE.
692
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Posted - 2016.10.06 17:53:58 -
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Because it's in our blood.
If you think you've won, think again.
The CODE always wins.
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Sitting Bull Lakota
SBL Co
170
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Posted - 2016.10.08 06:06:08 -
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I tried to quit once. I really did! I did the twelve step program and everything. I was clean for months, man. I had friends and a family. I was in school. Then the cravings started back. I resisted for as long as I could, but after sitting through Star Trek; Into Darkness I found myself downloading the client.
I thought I could handle it, but it was like I was a spectator watching myself go deeper and deeper. I found myself with a tourniquet around my arm in the basement of my parents' house with a needle full of plex. My hands were shaking. I was breaking out in a cold sweat. "You don't need this. You can still say no."
I clenched my teeth on the band and squeezed the syringe.
Warp drive active... |
Iyokus Patrouette
The Scope Gallente Federation
1527
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Posted - 2016.10.08 09:10:30 -
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I just resubbed again myself, my reason 'i was bored'
---- Advocate for the initiation of purple coloured wormholes----
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Tiberius Amzadee
The Night Stalker Syndicate
123
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Posted - 2016.11.05 15:39:37 -
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I just like spreadsheets and graphs with amazing visuals. There's no one in the gaming industry that does it better then CCP. |
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Lasisha Mishi
Caldari Colonial Defense Ministry Templis CALSF
92
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Posted - 2016.11.07 15:42:32 -
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other games are flashy or fun
but none of them....stand out. after playing them i eventually get the sense of "been there, done that" from previous games.
mostly cause i've played several flight simulators.
and the more i play them, the more i feel like i could erase an entire week or month of my play, and i'd be in the same spot i am now. no progression. no epic moments i feel like i was really a part of.
and no......attachment. the playerbase tends to feel like the normal CoD/LoL playerbase of hyperactive mouth breathers.
compare those to EVE where there really no other game with the sense of scale or freedom no other game feels like it. every day i put into EVE i feel months later (if only because i've learned from the mistake of bringing a freighter into Uedama and narrowly making it out after 3 bumps. or i find a new build for my ship that i never considered before)
and the playerbase really is........unique. sure we bash eachother left and right(die die die!). but the moment the battle is over, gf and memories when you meet them in jita. laughing about the fight.
the story is epic as well. not just the npc story, but the fact theres an actual player story made by players. how many games can claim that.
EVE is EVE. no one else is like it. everyone else is just clones of eachother.....cheap knockoffs. |
Jenn aSide
Shinigami Miners Test Alliance Please Ignore
14890
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Posted - 2016.11.07 17:00:14 -
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I never left EVE and I rarely play anything else these days except just maybe screwing around with something on my PS4. I've played a lot of games in my time and I've tried some of the newer stuff (my system can't handle any of the SC stuff that is available, but I have E:D on my ps4).
I had a startling revelation recently. I thought about the stuff I like in EVE, and I thought about other games, and I realize that I grew out of 'gaming' years ago. EVE is the only thing I really like to play, after my time is done with EVE I'm probably not going to spend much time with video games.
I was kind of shocked at the revelation because so much of my life has been about games, but now I just don't feel like spending time in virtual worlds being told some fanciful story (which is what most games do). I've found that I don't care for the 'time wasting' aspect of games, I don't have enough time in the day as it is. But EVE is the exception, I can spend a couple hours a night playing and don't mind that I'm losing track of time. I think the big draw is that how I play EVE has little to do with the storyline and everything to do wit interacting with other people.
I figure I'm rambling a bit, but EVE is just something ...else. |
Angus Therm0pyle
X-Fire
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Posted - 2016.11.16 08:26:42 -
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Logged back in few weeks ago been away for about 8yrs. I have been sim racing for a few years and one of my league members mentioned EVE So got my account details back and subbed one account for a month to have a look . Now both accounts re subbed happy to be back trying to get old mates who played and new friends to join Nice to see old friends logging in who i had not spoken to for a long time
Its still the best game of its type out there in my opinion :) |
Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
19632
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Posted - 2016.11.16 09:02:39 -
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Best game world architecture ever. I never left it.
Every part of a game helps to tell a story. =ƒôò
Where is Angry CONCORD guy when you need him.
GëíGïüGëí GÖÑ
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Nina Hayes
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
63
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Posted - 2016.11.16 10:27:58 -
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For many masochism or general disdain for humanity, but I like the little ships. |
Nana Skalski
Taisaanat Kotei
19654
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Posted - 2016.11.16 11:00:41 -
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Little ships, and cute avatars. (^ - ^)
Every part of a game helps to tell a story. =ƒôò =ƒÜÇ
Where is Angry CONCORD guy when you need him.
GëíGïüGëí GÖÑ
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Commissar Kate
NulzSec
407794
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Posted - 2016.11.16 14:04:52 -
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To spam the forums with useless rabble.
Oh wait, they can do that for free now.....
-k8
My Fanclub
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Herbert G Wells
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
0
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Posted - 2016.11.16 14:40:00 -
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I came back because it's free now. Sure things are limited, but so is my cash flow (for now) ,so this has been a wonderful piece of news. Having said that, the amount of changes in the last 3 or 4 years is rather overwhelming. |
KaarBaak
Squirrel Team
415
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Posted - 2016.11.17 21:49:37 -
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At this point, I can't tell if I am constantly coming back or constantly leaving. Do I keep re-subbing or do I keep un-subbing?
My initial stretch in-game was about 3-4 years (2008-2011...to include one FanFest). Then the breaks started along with the returns. But the breaks got longer and the returns got shorter.
My last 3-month sub just expired two days ago. I was logging-in once a week and not leaving station. Just ship-spinning and checking various things on the market.
We'll see how long this break goes.
Dum Spiro Spero
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Ned Black
Driders
104
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Posted - 2016.11.18 09:12:34 -
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Merchant Rova wrote:I personally have never left Eve. The longest break I've taken was when I went on a RL vacation for a week. (Although my account turns 1 year old at the end of this month)
I think having Alpha will bring a ton people back because they'll be able to try it without paying.
Getting new or old people to try is one thing... keeping them in the game is something else entirely.
I left EvE about a year ago because I got my second kid and I simply did not have the time to play like I used to. In a good day I had perhaps an hour or two late at night... at best... and weekends were pretty much off limits as well. I could not participate in just about any group activities because I would have to leave in the middle of the activity with 2 seconds notice etc. So I unsubbed and left the game.
Now we got the Alphas and I am back... but the alphas are so limited that I can not do any of the stuff I loved doing back then.
Hell, my main is left in the middle of null with a ship he can no longer fly... so logging in with him is kind of off the scale right now. Need to sub in order to get him away from there... but considering that the kids take up even more time now, and the fact that I am in the middle of moving places with everything that come along with that can of worms makes subbing not an option.
So my stay with EvE was the shortest one I have had like ever :p Perhaps I will sub when the move is over and things have calmed down, but for now I will just do other things.
The reason I come back time and time agains is that there simply is no other game that comes close to EvE.
Every other game puts you in swaddling and wraps you in thick layers of fluffy cotton to keep you safe and warm...
EvE comes at you with as*es and elbows screaming at the top of its lungs... If you are a nice guy, you can be that... if you are an a**hole you can be that too.
You don't find that in (to my knowledge) in any other game, and that is why I always come back |
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Toobo
Project Fruit House Solyaris Chtonium
314
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Posted - 2016.11.18 10:43:29 -
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EVE can be action packed and you can get non stop actions if you have various areas of operation in null and low sec hot spots, but the biggest appeal for me and what keeps me in the game is its long term appeal as a persistent one universe with lots of player driven stories. There are times I don't log in for days or weeks, but I usually have some things going on passively like long term trade/industry projects. You can 'advance' in game (at least in terms of SP and ISK) while having limited log in times, and the game often feels fresh (at least for a while) if you come back after some break.
"When faced with my demons, I clothe them and feed them,
and I smile, yes I smile as they are taking me over" - Strange Glue
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Khenza Vektara
Republic Military School Minmatar Republic
7
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Posted - 2016.11.21 02:20:07 -
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Because EVE is with you, always and everywhere. She is brutal but patient, she gives and she takes. And once she has you, you are hers... forever.
[ TARGET LOCK ]
Time to dance.
I hear the roar of the big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine...
I hear your empire down
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Vastus Lesper
Republic University Minmatar Republic
0
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Posted - 2016.11.21 23:44:43 -
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The reason i had left EVE was because at the time my daughter had just been born and frankly i didnt see the point of pumpingmoney into a game i would hardly have any time to play as I would be looking after my daughter. I had been playing eve on and off then. Now with the free to play model live i can get back to a game that has always had a VERY special place in my heart.
Also its gives me more on and off again oppertunity for the ga,e and community wise i have just got to say that other than warcraft this community the gsme has here is some of the closest group of people I have ever seen in an mmo and I have missed that n other games I have tried |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
4724
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Posted - 2016.11.22 00:04:56 -
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For years I've wanted a sandbox MMO wargame, with a consistent game world where every players' actions matter somehow. EVE is the closest there is to that. Well, actually it is that.
I take a break and play single-player wargames sometimes, or multiplayer twitch combat games. But eventually you defeat single-player wargames and they end. And in multiplayer twitch games you don't really influence the game world-- it recycles, same thing, different fight. I try other MMOs, and after an evening of it I feel dumb and uninstall. So, even though I enjoy playing other games, EVE is always home base for the real challenge.
Start the bubble machine!
-Lawrence Welk
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Eleonora Crendraven
Global Communications AG
60
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Posted - 2016.11.25 23:52:22 -
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As Tau Cabalander said: Quote:You never really quit EvE. You just go AFK. https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=6497345#post6497345
https://twitter.com/gcAG_EVE
http://eveboard.com/pilot/Eleonora_Crendraven
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Vastus Lesper
Pandemic Horde Inc. Pandemic Horde
1
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Posted - 2016.11.26 16:57:24 -
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Astenion
Black Thorne Corporation Black Thorne Alliance
410
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Posted - 2016.12.07 10:48:34 -
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I took a hiatus from Eve but never really left, just waited for the opportune time to come back.
The problem with ED is that everything is stuck behind a massive paywall to the point that players have to find exploits to make any real money in the game, only to have those exploits plugged up by the devs because for some reason they feel it should be nauseatingly slow to make money in the game. ED has tons of potential but it's run by people who have no idea how games work in the 21st century and think people should roleplay to make up the difference. |
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