Eric Lupanasia
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:36:00 -
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 Originally by: Vic Verity
If your playing this game you should step back and really make a decision whether you actually are having fun, or whether your addicted to the process of getting more powerful and more skillful.
Honestly... what MMO DOESN'T do this? Me, two months in, I have blueprints for a dozen ships and a dozen more other things (a couple of them for high-demand items). I travel back and forth between several regions to check prices so I can play the market for profit. I mine... yeah, boring as all get-out. But I look at the minerals I've accumulated and get a bit of a sense of accomplishment anyway, because now I can build more things to sell! And yes, on occasion, I run combat misssions. Pew-pew and all that rot.
How is ANY of this different from, say, that crafting-of-war game?  How is buying and outfitting a new ship any different than getting a new weapon or armor? How is combat here fundamentally different from combat there? And how is mining ore and gathering salvage for making rigs and ships ANY different than grinding dungeons for attunement or gathering materials for making potions? Because, y'know, I've done all that.
Originally by: Vic Verity
What I found the most frustrating is when you blow up a ship, you have to spend hours refitting a new ship, driving from star system to star system, and finding the station you bought your item from.
You don't have to do that, y'know. You ARE allowed to have more than one of the same kind of ship and gear them up at the same time. Never fly what you can't afford to lose or don't want to replace! And really, hours of picking up replacement equipment? What kind of ship were you outfitting after two weeks, and why didn't you make sure to buy from places close to you? Shop smart. Shop S-Mart.
Two months and change for me. I'm not allergic to the sun (I venture out under it five days a week to go to work), and I'm not addicted to the game, but yes, I DO find it fun. If you're looking for a game with pretty graphics, fast-paced "instant gratification" gameplay and an utterly even playing field, try Counter-Strike.
Though, y'know, you lose your guns when you die in that game, too. 
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