saw this today at work! same here! haha
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saw this today at work! same here! haha
Yeh it can be an issue, at the same time it's because of the time and ISK that PvP actually gains a level of satisfaction and value when it does happen. You're risking actual objects that don't just instantly respawn.
Still a positive thing imo. No other game can come close to that sort of scale and number of players. It's the lack of artificially imposed limits and a single server (ignoring China) that makes Eve what it is.
Maybe so but a game where i can go into a lvl 4 pve mission in a 3billion ISk faction fit Navy raven. FALL ASLEEP AT MY DESK and wake up 3 hours later to see my ship happily tanking the group for the last 3 hours is a bad call IMO
Eve is very tedious and the training time alone is a ball ache for skills. Not to mention unless you get into one of the super corps in null sec your multiplayer experience is very lousy
Hang on, you're complaining about lack of PvP yet you are sat doing missions in a Raven in highsec and complaining that it's boring? I've seen cheaper ships than that ganked for the lulz in highsec so I guess you want that to spice it up a little? 
I'm not quite sure what point you are trying to make there!
Yeh training time isn't much fun. But then again if you compare to other games and have to run around killing low level rats to level up to get the experience to fight bigger things isn't exactly exhilarating either.
As to the Supercorp comment, personally I'd call that lousy PvP. Much more fun to be had in some wormholes and small gang stuff - ie anything not involving a supercorp in general. Guess it varies on what your interest is.
I'm not quite sure what point you are trying to make there!Yeh training time isn't much fun. But then again if you compare to other games and have to run around killing low level rats to level up to get the experience to fight bigger things isn't exactly exhilarating either.
As to the Supercorp comment, personally I'd call that lousy PvP. Much more fun to be had in some wormholes and small gang stuff - ie anything not involving a supercorp in general. Guess it varies on what your interest is.
I tried EVE a while back for about a month and played for a total of about 50 hours.
The combat is an utter snooze fest and just about everyone in game is a 1st class toss pot.
So due to the fact that I don't take gaming seriously at all and couldn't care less whether I win or lose and that I venture through to the outside world where real people live everyday it was soon apparent it wasn't for me.
The combat is an utter snooze fest and just about everyone in game is a 1st class toss pot.
So due to the fact that I don't take gaming seriously at all and couldn't care less whether I win or lose and that I venture through to the outside world where real people live everyday it was soon apparent it wasn't for me.
Have to agree with the above post. Its utter dire and myself wouldnt even call it a game. Its basically scrolling through good looking spread sheets and the learning curve is bonkers. Takes years to even get anywhere.
I sometimes take up there free month offer emails I get with a slight hope things have changed but each time I'm greatly disappointed.
Shame really as the visuals are stunning.
I sometimes take up there free month offer emails I get with a slight hope things have changed but each time I'm greatly disappointed.
Shame really as the visuals are stunning.
eve is only as good as the amount of effort you put in.
honestly, i quit over 7 years ago when WoW 1st came out..have tried to get back into it and failed afew times before i re joined my old corp in null sec instead of ****ing around in empire.
and takes years to get somewhere? you can be useful in a fleet with in afew days of playing, yes the big shinys take time, but name 1 MMO where you get keys to the big toys as soon as you start.
its a sandbox game, its what you make it, kinda simple
honestly, i quit over 7 years ago when WoW 1st came out..have tried to get back into it and failed afew times before i re joined my old corp in null sec instead of ****ing around in empire.
and takes years to get somewhere? you can be useful in a fleet with in afew days of playing, yes the big shinys take time, but name 1 MMO where you get keys to the big toys as soon as you start.
its a sandbox game, its what you make it, kinda simple
It's a great game if your with a good crowd of people, and roaming into the early hours. Plenty of booze and food, and a solid vent server.
I Played Eve for just under 9 years. ( Thorax with small blasters, 1600 plate and a bay full of ogres.. Domi with 20 drones...anyone? )
I think my main was teetering on the 100 mil sp, when I left the game.
It has moments of pure Joy. It really shines imho when you saet yourself a goal in game and achieve it.. then just move onto the next thing.
Eve is far more accessible then it used to be in the old days.
Give it a whirl, it can't hurt.
I Played Eve for just under 9 years. ( Thorax with small blasters, 1600 plate and a bay full of ogres.. Domi with 20 drones...anyone? )
I think my main was teetering on the 100 mil sp, when I left the game.
It has moments of pure Joy. It really shines imho when you saet yourself a goal in game and achieve it.. then just move onto the next thing.
Eve is far more accessible then it used to be in the old days.
Give it a whirl, it can't hurt.
Hang on, you're complaining about lack of PvP yet you are sat doing missions in a Raven in highsec and complaining that it's boring? I've seen cheaper ships than that ganked for the lulz in highsec so I guess you want that to spice it up a little?
Yeh training time isn't much fun. But then again if you compare to other games and have to run around killing low level rats to level up to get the experience to fight bigger things isn't exactly exhilarating either.
As to the Supercorp comment, personally I'd call that lousy PvP. Much more fun to be had in some wormholes and small gang stuff - ie anything not involving a supercorp in general. Guess it varies on what your interest is.
Well since PVE missions was my main source of income yeah i had my PVE raven. You cannot play that game from the start playing PVP so you have to PVE for example to raise funds and buy time for skills.
Pvp was nothing special in EVE, its just a case of who has the optimum fit or biggest group
Yea you can, buy PLEX.
Joined a CORP a few days ago, last night we did a gate camp/roam I lost a 50-70 mil Wolf fit but was worth it as we got about 850mil isk worth of kills from 3 ships.
Seriously though we spent like 3 hours at a gate for that, then went roaming further in to 0.0 and got mashed by some ships at a gate... Well I got mashed but that was because I tried to run back to a gate 11k away instead of warping to a planet -.- 1 day 6 hours or so until I can use T2 stealth stuff
I don't understand how bombing works though? Some guy dropped a bomb last night, warped away and killed a ship but looking at his load he had 3xtorpedo launchers and a crystal?
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market orders, but playing the market is part of the game. 1-2 hours per day is plenty of time to run missions, do some mining, trade with an industrial, look for noobs in lowsec, run some wormhole sites... whats yer beef?
sometimes 15 minutes of keeping on top of market orders is all it takes:
Ooh spreadsheets!!!
Exciting!!!
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Thats bs.
Nothing is straight cut in Eve, there was a time where I would jump into a gate camp of 9 to 11 people on a nullsec entrance. They would be in a fleet mixed with BC's with maybe a couple bs. I would be in a Vindicator Dual repped and well fitted. I knew my own intel I also knew that shock and awe can work, i JUMP in they engage and commit on me some dont not sure if im bait or not then I engage them back. I bait tank them and drop them so fast there overwhelming damage becomes irrelevent as they loose ships so fast they cant keep the damage on me to break my tank. I am smart with my micromanagment so I burst my tank and manage my capacitor so I dont run dry. I also watch local to make sure they dont decide to blob me and deagress if need be.
The point is I use to solo against larger numbers I did not always brawl like that sometimes I use to do the same thing with different ships but by splitting the larger gang into more managable groups by making them chase me.
I did not have a skill point advantage on everyone and some would outdo me by game time played by far. In those engagements won, I did so by using superior tactics against a group of enemies who were not as organised as I was and think just because they had numbers I would be an easy kill so they would over commit there fleet and not watch there ranges and they would die because of it. Needless to say(((( I DID GET STOMPED))) every now and then like anyone else in Eve because as i said above "nothing is certain in eve".
You dont have to sink years into this game to become amazing at it, sure int he begining a few months of training is necesarry to be able to carry yourself but you can be involved in pvp from the first few weeks if you find some good people to play with.
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Solo piracy, probing mission runners, invading complexes, evading blobs is where the fun was for me.
Nothing compares to that 1 v 1 which turns into 3 v 1 & you have to make the call as to if you are going to stay or fight.
A long time ago, solo piracy in my pilgrim in 0.0/low-sec against plex runners or the russians was always fun - not to mention knowing that the kill was going to take ages (therefore the worry support would arrive before you secure the kill)
Nothing compares to that 1 v 1 which turns into 3 v 1 & you have to make the call as to if you are going to stay or fight
.A long time ago, solo piracy in my pilgrim in 0.0/low-sec against plex runners or the russians was always fun - not to mention knowing that the kill was going to take ages (therefore the worry support would arrive before you secure the kill)
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Well I was there though it was all rather slow and shouty on teamspeak. Sounds better than it was. Whoever said earlier that it's wormholes and smallgangs where the fun is got it spot on. Let's put it this way I read 4 chapter of A Storm of Swords whilst that fight was going on.
Pfffhhh stealth bombers are easy mode for sleeping!Yep fell asleep and woke up at 3am Mylocal time still alive; Stealth Bombers FTW
, I fell asleep in the middle a huge fleet fight (battle for Z-) back in LV against RA/Goons & somehow managed to survive in a battleship 50km from the gate lol.Still have no idea how that happened, woke up - targeted a red & started shooting lol, then docked up a bit later as I had no idea what I was doing...
Whole area was full of cans