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Xori Ruscuv
Multiversal Enterprise Inc.
Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2009.01.13 22:33:00 -
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Nono... nononono... nooo.
I run premium client on my primary machines. Can run two clients in big fights easily, etc.
However, when I'm out of town on vacation, business, etc. I just take my old Sony Vaio with me, load up the classic client in order to switch skills and get BPOs in my labs.
Unless you give us a training queue, this is a bad idea. I'm not sure many players are going to want to buy some $2500 alienware PC replacement just so they can train skills and do mundane database crap when they're on the road, etc.
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Xori Ruscuv
Multiversal Enterprise Inc.
Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2009.01.13 23:06:00 -
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Edited by: Xori Ruscuv on 13/01/2009 23:06:53
Global economic recession = really bad time to "force" people into new hardware. Yes, the recession is global, and yes, it will likely last over a year.
Besides, a lot of people use notebooks to do non combat Eve activities while on the road, work, vacation, etc. Eve is a game that DEMANDS that you log in every X days. That's fine, and hardcore Eve fans don't mind that. But it's going to be a huge crimp in the plan when you essentially keep people from logging in (while they're away from home) by forcing a high lower bound in hardware requirements. |
Xori Ruscuv
Multiversal Enterprise Inc.
Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2009.01.14 00:55:00 -
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Edited by: Xori Ruscuv on 14/01/2009 01:04:19
 Originally by: ArmyOfMe
Originally by: Xol'tan
If someones to lazy to upgrade its one thing but is some one is to poor to upgrade the cash there wasting on eve would be better spent on food and rent.
since you can buy game time for isk your point is pretty useless tbh
That and MMOs are probably some of the cheapest entertainment (cost per hour) money can buy (assuming that you define your cable connection as a basic necessity).  People fail to realize this... "oh god, I lost my job, I'm quitting my game!"... *goes to movie* *buys ice cream* *pays cable TV bill* *pays newspaper subscription (though all the same **** is available for free online)* *subscribes to playboy or some other rubbish*
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Xori Ruscuv
Multiversal Enterprise Inc.
Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2009.01.14 01:13:00 -
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Originally by: Miney Prospector
It's about time.
I wouldn't worry about the people saying they are going to quit since their laptop from 1997 isn't going to be able to play the game anymore. I also get a chuckle from the people who say they will take the time to stop and go look at other games. Once they realize the only thing their antique computer will play is freecell, perhaps they will wake up.
It's not an issue of quitting, it's an issue of playing a game that demands a login schedule, thus "forcing" customers to purchase new hardware just to play the game. Fortunately, CCP isn't full of devs who are *******s like yourself. 
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Xori Ruscuv
Multiversal Enterprise Inc.
Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2009.01.14 03:50:00 -
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Edited by: Xori Ruscuv on 14/01/2009 03:51:36
Originally by: Kessiaan
as Intel's GMA series is the only graphics chipset in common use that's still being installed on new computers that only supports SM2
Yes, I know it's a crap chipset but given the goals outlined in the devblog it would be an ideal minimum standard.
This.
@ all the "omg I know so much about computers" types that seem to miss this simple fact. Or the ones whose rich mommies bought them alienware crap for their brief ventures out of their basements. 
Originally by: rValdez5987
I have a laptop. However, Unless I am at home, Im sure as hell not playing EVE. I dont need to login to eve from work, or university, or wherever. I set my skills to come out around the time that i wake up, the time im about to fall asleep, or a time that i know ill be home at come hell or high water. If the worst happens, I let a skill go unchanged. My laptop is used strictly for business, as all should be.
Goooood for you, spanky! Did it ever occur to you that few people live lives identical to your own?
It just so happens that CCP wishes to satisfy customers other than just you (or your clones, apparently!) |
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