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Patch86 Di-Tron Heavy Industries Sparta Alliance	Posted - 2007.06.01 18:15:00 - [1] In theory, it need never die. What sense would it make to scrap a perfectly good game with a large player base in order to release "EVE 2"? It makes far more sense to just "update" the current EVE to the point where it becomes barely recognisable as the original release. What with the major game play overhauls in some patches and the upcoming brand new graphics engines (not to mention countless back end changes), it's already becoming difficult to reconcile Revelations era EVE with EVE: The Second Genesis. I seem to remember once in an old thread much like this, to the question of "when can we expect EVE 2?" a Dev answered along the lines of "You've played EVE 2; it was called "Castor".". --------
Patch86 Di-Tron Heavy Industries Sparta Alliance	Posted - 2007.06.01 18:45:00 - [2] Originally by: DarkMatter Edited by: DarkMatter on 01/06/2007 18:23:48 Originally by: Tecam Hund Originally by: SiJira Originally by: DarkMatter I'm going to say around 2011 EVE will be gone... And replaced by EVE2. The outdated code simply cannot last that long, especially if Infinity takes off and does well... EVE's survival probably depends as much on it's competition as it does on CCP... its code can be completely changed - while still keeping the infrastructure built up from the ground If I am not mistaken the code was already partially changed some time ago. Yes partially. But I'd imagine at some point in time, the EVE code will be such a monster, it would be more costly to modify it than to start fresh, and migrate everyone's characters & assets to a new "game" That's what I would consider EVE 2... Eventually the game would need to move to totally new software & hardware infrastucture... I'd imagine this process would take more than a 24 hour downtime, etc... I suppose its a matter of semantics as to whether that could be considered EVE 2 or not. It could simply be presented as the next "expansion pack", in which case in what way can it be said that EVE has died? Its a bit like Trigger's Broom- he's used the same broom for 25 years, and never needed a new one once. Of course it's had 6 new handles and 12 new brush heads......... The real test will be if CCP were to charge for it, in my mind. If its free software, with the same price subscription, has migrated characters, and is the only currently running version of EVE, I think I'd be hard pushed to describe it as a sequel. --------
Patch86 Di-Tron Heavy Industries Sparta Alliance	Posted - 2007.06.01 18:53:00 - [3] Originally by: sesanti Originally by: Dowey Originally by: Tecam Hund Originally by: Abdullah al'Weyouni Depends on when the next war starts This man has a point. RL political issues are the biggest concern. Someone could launch a nuke tomorrow and EVE would be over. Or if the servers are flooded due to the global warming. Can hamsters swim? I don't know... Somehow I had a feelin he wasn't talking about RL issues, but then again he could of been. And the answer to you question is Hamsters can't swim.... atleast mine couldn't anyway Maybe in 2 years we get a world war and the first missile crashes into the place where EVE servers are stored. That would be the end of EVE. Not to mention the end of London --------

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