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Talk to me about EVE Online
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Ashmaele
Title: Pastor of Muppets
Posts: 1,809
Registered: 2002-1-15 08:30:50
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1/1/00 12:00am
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Talk to me about EVE Online
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I've never played it but I've heard good vague things about it. Is it dead like daoc or is there still an active community? Fun or a grindfest?
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cobane
Posts: 473
Registered: 2001-9-6 18:42:56
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1/1/00 12:00am
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If you like your flying-around-inna-spaceship to be all about the pointin' and the clickin' instead of the rollin', pitchin', and yawin', you might find EVE Online to be an interesting if not captivating experience for all of an hour.
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Phlegm573
Posts: 528
Registered: 2002-6-12 17:43:34
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1/1/00 12:00am
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It's fun, but it's intense. This is not a casual game.
Basically you have to stay in carebear territory while you skill up until you attract the notice of a major PvP guild (Nullsec) or pirate guild (Lowsec). Going into those areas without a major guild at your back = instant death.
I like there are ways of advancing besides endlessly bashing mobs. In fact, bashing NPC mobs is a very minor component of the game.
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Elocism
Title: Pseudonym
Posts: 787
Registered: 2002-5-3 01:50:00
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1/1/00 12:00am
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total grindfest, but not in the way you think
you do not skill up by killing things. each skill has a timer (real life time) for when you start to learn it until you learn it. im making the following up, but lets say you want to learn blasterpwn 4. you need to train blasterpwn 1, 2, 3, and then 4. 1 may take 6 hours, 2 may take 12, etc
you set your training up and the real life timers tick away
i found it awful and not fun at all
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_Enkidu_
Title: Zen Badger
Posts: 280
Registered: 2001-12-24 05:02:15
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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It's worth a download. Read up a bit before you start. It's not nearly as good as it could be, but it's not a bad diversion for a week or two and it's free.
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Rhint
Posts: 268
Registered: 2002-9-17 20:38:54
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Space Spreadsheets!
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Clackdor
Posts: 163
Registered: 2001-9-21 12:10:52
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Talk to me about EVE Online
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Too much soloing. Not enough group PvP. Even if you make it to nullsec, you can go all night without firing your guns in anger.
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Manegarm
Title: European Imperialist Good Guy
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Registered: 2003-8-11 10:01:52
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1/1/00 12:00am
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dat lurning curb..
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Talk to me about EVE Online
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EVE reminds me of a throwback to pen and paper stuff. My buddy played it until he beat the player-based economy and then got bored and gave it up. I played it for a couple of months and found it mostly boring and tedious. The 'positive' aspect of it was the strong player economy. When your primary investment (read spaceship) tends to get blown up or need upgrades as your skills increase, there is always a call for new player-made stuff. This seems to be the kind of game economy other mmos only dream of inspiring.
Wouldn't recommend it unless you enjoy working with spreadsheets and playing trader/investor games.
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Manegarm posted:
dat lurning curb..
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