DeadDuck
Amarr
Amarr Border Defense Consortium
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2007.11.23 17:03:00 -
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What CCP is doing, is putting all effort in team play. The lonely ace is more and more a myth. The last remains of these pilots fly the nano ships, but with the introduction of EW ships, specially the Hyenas, this will come to a predictable end.
The extreme abuse of certain mods by the comunity shown to CCP that something was wrong, The NOS, The Dampeners, the ECM, were modules that when used in racks were extremelly powerfull, to much powerfull and we all knew that. There are still mods and items that need to be look at, specially the ECM drones and the mass reduction / velocity modules and CCP is slowly correcting them, and I see it like a good move from the developer.
Regarding the advantages of the old players vs new players, well they have the ones that matters more... They can do much more things that I can do. To be able to compete vs the old players (2004, 2003) I had to focus in one role and one race. I'm a PVP pilot that only flys amarr ships, and even so, not all of them. Thats it... thats the only thing this character can do. Is not able to not even fly a dam tec1 frig from other race, I never produced anything, I have to buy all the stuff, I never researched, purchased a single BPC, dont have the slighest clue of POS's maintenance or exploration... Tha was the route I choose in EVE, be a combat pilot.
Sometimes I would love to try other ships, like I see some alliance and corp m8's doing... flying geddons in one day, and dominix on other day .. I really would love to do that but I choose to focus in one role and one race... Of course I have advantages also, I will face with confidence a fight against a 60m character, even if I'm only 35m, and have good chances of surviving/win.
The old player can have more fun, do more stuff, and still face combat with confidence. To be able to compete vs the older players in EVE I had to sacrifice a lot of other aspects in EVE. Some times I regret it, but most of the times I know that I've made the right choice.
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