Dray
Caldari
Endgame.
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Posted - 2007.06.23 12:11:00 -
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I find myself agreeing with a lot of what Ugluuk is saying but its important to remind yourself that its easy to remember the good and forget the bad, the old days weren't all good, it was easier to get kills back in the day because people weren't as sharp as they are now, hell all I flew was a kestrel and when I first fitted my merlin for pvp I got annoyed because the ammo wouldn't load, turned out that projectile ammo and hybrids don't mix 
Either way theres a lot more people playing now than ever, logging in to a whopping 4k online was a busy Sunday for most, but Eve has grown and now more than ever new players who can stick with eve, and get up that hideous sheer cliff face that is the learning curve, have plenty of people willing to give advice and help out. This more than ever means that the criminally stupid aren't very common, still enough around to get a laugh but overall players are getting solid advice on how to fly and getting the experience as they go.
The point is that maybe without the capitals and POS direction that eve has taken maybe the game would've evolved differently and lost players, we'll never know, but what it has allowed is to give the big alliance players a chance to achieve something tangible and give them something to fight for.
I'm not an alliance man, haven't been for some time now, but I can see the appeal for people there, its just not how like to play the game, just like Ugluuk.
On the positive side Eve has done things that other games cant replicate, ASCN's outpost, their titan, the ISS outpost program, these things and more are what sets Eve apart, personally I had no part in these events but I appreciate what they were with regards to CCP's vision for their game and are unique standout moments in the continuing evolution of mmorpg's.
Ultimately though these aren't the reasons I play the game, as I've said in a different post eve is changing and whether its taking a path I want to tread I can't say but at the moment it looks like it isn't so I'm not to sure I will be playing this time next year hopefully there will be something to keep me playing, I've been around a long time, beta and live, and I've invested a lot of time in the game to just stop and walk away but I feel that the moment I do walk away is closer than I'd like to admit.
..and no you cant have my stuff 
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