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Vic Verity
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:17:00 -
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Hi,
Well i was extremely bored and wanted to try a new game. Tried the Eve-Online Trial. Game was very difficult to learn for about 3 hours, then I pretty much understood the jist of it, and thought the game was quite easy and everything was basically common sence. All you had to do was right click and follow contexual drop down boxes.
Ok so my review. Are the 30 thousand people playing this handicapped and allergic to the sun. I am extremely confused. The user interface is so cumbersome, it reminds me of Adobe Photoshop or QuarkExpress 6.5. Really not much fun to just stare at some stars, warping graphics, and the dozens of windows on your screen at one time. I will admit the game is very addicting, and I feel sorry for anyone that is stuck playing this game, because it is so so boring, and seriously i feel that the developer's have hit a golden note on hooking players.
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. Just so utterly pointless, I am glad I did not become addicted to the game. Just a hoot of a time, click mouse here, drop down menu, open up this pop up menu, scroll over, choose this option, watch stars fly by, activate a gate, processor lag for 4 seconds, open another menu, OVER and OVER and OVER. What fun is that seriously?
I am convinced that anyone playing this game longer than 2 months needs to go into rehab and get over the addiction they have. The only people i can even imagine liking this game are really really boring people living on a frozen island in the middle of nowhere!
The community is awful too. All the addicts to the game act like they are playing some super complicated game that you need to be intelligent to play. If you were intelligent, you would realize that the game isnt complicate or even difficult to learn. The reason all these people think its for intelligent people is that they are so happy after that first day of staring at the most cumbersome pointless user interface and figuring it out, they have to justify it by claiming they must be smart to have learned this. So I must admit I didnt want to become part of a community that thinks they are smarter then other gamers, because most likely, the average IQ of a WOW vs a Eve player would have no significant difference if a statistician did a scientific study.
You would have to pay me to play this game. Work is more fun. Sleep is more fun.
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. If your not really having fun and your just working, why waste your time, its not real. If it was fun, then fine, waste your time, but why would anyone waste their time on something thats not even remotely fun?
Sincerely,
Never gonna test drive another CCP game!
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X99 Z990
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:18:00 -
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Right over your head! Vroom! There it goes! You see it? Right over there!
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Krychton
Omerta Syndicate
Exuro Mortis
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:18:00 -
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Only Two Weeks? Two weeks in EVE is nothing.
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If this is all a dream, don't wake me up.
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Cypherous
Minmatar
Liberty Rogues
Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:21:00 -
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Yes a WoW player by any chance, EVE isn't for immature or impatient players it takes time it takes effort and it has boring moments, the difference here is you can make a difference you can change the face of a system or region of space you can make a name for yourself you can BE someone, in WoW you are nobody you have nothing and your actions mean nothing, i know which game a iprefer :)
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Ribadil
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:21:00 -
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Hmmmm.... you don't like it then? Don't sit on the fence!
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Vic Verity
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:31:00 -
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I played WOW for a couple weeks in Beta. My opinion was that it was a copy of original Everquest with cartoonish like graphics set into the Unreal Tournament Engine.
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X99 Z990
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:33:00 -
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 Originally by: Vic Verity
I played WOW for a couple weeks in Beta. My opinion was that it was a copy of original Everquest with cartoonish like graphics set into the Unreal Tournament Engine.
You could describe almost any game like that using such extreme differences.
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Dahak2150
Chaos Monkeys
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:34:00 -
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Congratulations, you don't like it. Run along now, we don't give a flying leap.
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Originally by: "Cyberus"
cause its has no sence anyway your brains is simply wont accept that anyway.
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Vic Verity
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:34:00 -
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Eve is an original game. I cant compare it too any other game. I did compare it too Adobe Photoshop and Quark Express tho. )
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Medea Nephtys
Herrscher der Zeit
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:34:00 -
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Sadly, the trial is not enough to get to know what this game is about.
I myself played WoW for 2 years before really getting involved into EvE. So when I compare both games: I cannot. They are just different. You have to set different goals in EvE than in WoW.
You can say WoW is for PvE-players (PvP in WoW sucks since items > all) and EvE is about PvP in many ways, not just combat. You can be an economy-pvp-player in EvE, ruling the economy in a specific system and so on. But on the other hand: PvE in EvE sucks. The missions are boring and the NPCs have an IQ of about 0.
My two Gold / ISK. ^^
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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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X99 Z990
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:36:00 -
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Originally by: Vic Verity
Eve is an original game. I cant compare it too any other game. I did compare it too Adobe Photoshop and Quark Express tho. )
??? Wish my photoshop was like that.
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Kilana Omni
State War Academy
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:41:00 -
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Through the key-hole I peered upon the night sky, but lo! All I saw was blackness.
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Thargat
Caldari
S-44
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:42:00 -
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I like the menus, both in eve and PS =(
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Jennai
The Silent Rage
R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:44:00 -
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Originally by: X99 Z990
Originally by: Vic Verity
Eve is an original game. I cant compare it too any other game. I did compare it too Adobe Photoshop and Quark Express tho. )
??? Wish my photoshop was like that.
maybe he's running 1024x768 or something and most of the viewport is obscured by overview, chatbox, and HUD. that's kinda like what happens when you try to run photoshop windowed or at low resolution without turning off all the sidebars.
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Elmicker
The Phoenix Rising
FreeFall Securities
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:45:00 -
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Boring?
This evening, someone on TS said "pff, this is boring."
We then proceeded, totally by accident, to find and kill a nanophoon, who dropped in excess of 200mil of loot, and would have paid a ransom of 500m to get his snakes out, if our inties hadn't been so damned trigger happy  .
Boring? I don't think so..
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Cipher7
Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:49:00 -
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Edited by: Cipher7 on 02/07/2007 01:49:03
Originally by: Vic Verity
I am convinced that anyone playing this game longer than 2 months needs to go into rehab
/me convulses from withdrawal
Need...Eve...
Okay seriously.
For me this isn't a "game" in a traditional sense, more of a blank piece of paper that you can draw on, its like creating a website or drawing a sketch, you're not exactly "playing" you're actually "working" but its fun work.
I love space, always been a space cadet, I could be happy just flying around forever.
Normally I am logged in to Eve all the time.
When I actually "play" I sit down for an hour or two, put on some trance and just zone out.
That's what its all about, zoning out, escaping.
Digital narcotics.
I might be addicted. I don't particularly care. It doesn't really bother me, it's my life I'll spent it how I want.
PS - Can I have your stuff?
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Santa Anna
Caldari
Blackguard Brigade
Phalanx Alliance
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:52:00 -
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What did you do for 9 days? It looks like you explored a tiny fraction of the content available in EVE, looking at your character. There's more to the game than lvl 1 missions and NPC starter corps.
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Vyyrus
Sparta Alliance
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:54:00 -
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He is right though. There are lots and lots and lots of menus lol. Hell just about the only thing you don't have a menu for is to undock.
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Hectic
Reikoku
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.07.02 01:54:00 -
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It seems the OP would rather right click on a monster and sit back while his character auto-slashes his way to riches and gold.
Listen to BoB Radio!!
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Richard Aiel
Caldari
MicroFunks
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Posted - 2007.07.02 02:00:00 -
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Just like theres more to WoW than Goldshire :p
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Yay! I can come up with good ideas too!
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Stephar
The High Priest
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Posted - 2007.07.02 02:02:00 -
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The OP is right about the UI. It's atrocious.
But very wrong about the game. You said you don't like flying from station to station to fit your ship? Then don't! Go to a hub like most of the playerbase, and buy it all there. Buying stuff for cheap around the galaxy and importing it into hubs is for people who enjoy hauling stuff around... the "truckers" of EVE.
And once you get to the hub, you'll probably pay 10-15% more than the regional average. However... you could put up a "buy order" for that module at 10-15% below the average, and wait patiently for it to arrive. Hey, why buy 1 when you can buy 2? Couple of hours later, your order has been filled, you get your module and you have an extra which you can sell at the average "sell order" price. Profit? Yep... and some people make a profession out of it... the "traders".
In addition, you have pirates, mercenaries, mission runners, fleet commanders, miners, corporate CEO's, scouts, journalists, radio DJ's, scammers, isk farmers, ore thieves, roleplayers, etc, etc... There's a LOT of things you can do out there. You just need a little imagination. And that's what I think makes EVE different from other MMORPG's. WoW gives you a bunch of quests, a linear stream of dungeons, and a clear and defined progression. EVE just gives you some sand and let's you do whatever you like.
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Drykor
Minmatar
Celtic Anarchy
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.07.02 02:02:00 -
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I don't think the op quite grasped the idea of what is possible in Eve. There are many valid reasons for leaving Eve right now, but his are not.
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Eldo Davip
Forum Moderator
Interstellar Services Department
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Posted - 2007.07.02 02:11:00 -
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If you like to bash the game please do so in a constructive manner and not rant. Thread Locked
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