Devil's Call
Perkone
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.04.18 14:18:00 -
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There's allot of factors involved I think, I'll just sum up some that I think are of importance: (This will be from a new players perspective, don't be mistaken.)
-It's hard to fund the things that you want to do in the game without buying extra Plex on top of your monthly subscription when you're a new player. (Sure, there's ways, but it's not easy for the average new player I think.)
-Lot's of people get drawn to this game with the idea that they can some time pay their subscription with in-game currency, I suspect a lot of new players will focus on that aspect too much, and thus become disappointed because they'll have to play 10hours a day to play for free for a month.
-A lot of people want to be able to 'manually' control their ships, yes, I know you can manually fly your ship in eve. But I think a lot of people would just like to be able to fly their ships with the arrow keys... (Haha.)
-I think there's allot of people out there that would like their characters to be able to walk around, not only in a little captains quarters, but also inside of their ships, in abandoned space stations and perhaps on planets and **** like that. (I know it has nothing to do with the eve we like, but I just think that that would attract more people into the sand box, which we would get to blow up, naturally.) In a true sand box, you should be able to walk around as well... at least, I suppose that's what outsiders think.)
-Perhaps there just isn't enough things new inexperienced low-sp players can do when they're new in the game, in lots of other games, you can find level-appropriate content, which is enjoyable, but in eve... what do you have? Level 1/2/3 missions? Getting stomped in PvP by better, richer, and higher SP players? Even loosing your meta 0 rifter can hurt your wallet a lot at the start. Sure, that's part of the game, but I don't think it appeals to a lot of new players.
Perhaps I'm all wrong, but I think that's how 'outsider's' with a slight interest in the game look upon eve. Eve online can be the greatest game ever, but I dare to say that it needs some more 'content' or perhaps more 'frameworks' or something for the players to do, especially new ones. |