Selmak Kareivis
Pioneer's of the Galantic Wars
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Posted - 2012.02.17 16:56:00 -
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First off this blog is a great step toward something great, thank you CCP for this opportunity! I am a fairly new EVE capsuleer and can tell you right off the start that the game leaves you lost when you start. Of course the tutorials are great, but just for basics, eve is not about just basics, everyone wants to be the best and they want it now lol, the tutorials leave you to figure everything the hard way. The three friends I joined with all have quit after 4 months because the problems we faced were skilling and wanting to get right out there, I'm fine with it personally, there are strategies to skilling. The other problem was there was an obvious amount of information out there with mechanics that is core to the game which was obvious because some people had great fits and we were left with simple tutorial knowledge about fits. It was not until a friend found eve fitting tool and eve monitor that made it a lot easier. But the underlying problem was that we had to put out of game effort to find help and it's is all based off player owned knowledge and sweat. If we never had those programs from dedicated capsuleers where would we be? So knowing that the effort we had to put into this massive game which we just happened to join after many updates over the years, we were left with the sense of useless players in an already expanded universe, which, turned them away and back to games they are able to quickly compete as a top level character. I however stayed only because there is no game like this and my schedule only allows me time to hop on and skill train at the moment. But the solution I have is to incorporate a google search tab or something like it that will instantly search eve related topics on google when a word is typed in like target painter etc. it makes for more IN GAME flexibility. Next, there has to be tools incorporated as though it's part of the game, which allow u to play with fittings, in game, so make an official CCP EFT dang it!! Lol. That is actually really important. This is the words I saw written when doing my endless google searches for information not given as easy acces in game with a simple search bar : ) it appears that a lot of the words floating around among new players in google were complaints about all user created tools and information and a lac on ccp's part in that area and they made clear that's why they quit. The tools weren't there for them to easily acces (in game) to make them a more competitive player. Basically when u hop in a game u stay in the game and get lost in it as an escape or for the experience. Not with eve, at least not at first, instead it is spent finding true info from blogs and tools from players which u don't know about till u put the effort in to find it. Most beginners don't know this and don't try or they just don't want to hop beetween game and eft or search for everything in a web browser etc. . . . Then they are gone.
1. Add a search bar on left hand hud to open google eve related searches to the in game browser, using simple word searches (how long does ECM last)
2. Create an in game CCP eft! At least not everything would be player created that helps u get an edge on other capsuleers.
3. At least link the eve book /PDF that's free and user created, somewhere in the left had column. |