Silinary
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Posted - 2003.09.25 21:52:00 -
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Hehe that is a game for another day. Imo, a gamwe that mixed Anarchy Online and Eve, or Planetside and Eve (in the theoretical ... perhaps not the implementations of them) would be the next step. Make the planets huge ... space endless ... more then 1 planet ... etc.
A game like that, will not exits for many decades I Think ... would be too massive. The frame work exists. Would really only need to make a fe AO like worlds and work out a character handeling system, as it's all flown somewhat automatically, and not by hand.
The engines to run everything would have to interface similarly ... such as mixing eve and planetside woudlnt' be ideologically correct because one uses player skills, other more a role playing skill set. Both would have to be first person shooter style, or both rpg style to keep consistancy. Sure you can mix 'em and get a workable solution ... but it may not flow right.
That would create a living breathing galaxy ... as for the other umm "needs" of humans ... its not needed for immersion. I'm sorry, but I don't really feel that I need to play a character sitting on the porcillan throne for a half hour to really enjoy a game... there is a seperation of RL and games, and that seperation needs to exist. I hate doing things more then once in general in a day ... would be too monotonous.
As for the current incarnation of Eve, I'm looking forward to player owned installations, and believe they should be able to be blown up. I remember in beta that building stations were supposed to bring in a certain amount of ore a day because of the planet it orbits, and mining operations automated on the planet. We only mine these small rocks in space ... Planets and Moons are massive sources of resources, that we can't touch. Stations were supposed to not only provide a home, a HQ, a production center ... but also allow for automated mining operations on the planets they orbit.
Let stations and player owned structures be able to get destroyed. This will not only put importance in hiding location of any bases as needed, but having the proper defences and security to take care of any threat. This was all in the original view for Eve ... if they've since downgraded, then I am disapointed. I dont' think they have ...yet. Not untill something is implemented fully on Live, is it 80% final.
We shall see....
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