This is why I am a little disappointed, for a game that only came out under 9 months ago it's a really bad reflection on the company/product that they are now announcing a dlc expansion for the same price as the game
They are not exactly announcing it just now - It was known from the start that this is how things would happen.
The price initially seemed hefty to me, but then I'd never bought into any game expansions before.
Also from some of the videos and streams I've seen the whole space truck simulator statement seems true.
Looking at my nice high Combat ranking, I wonder which streams and videos you're watching...!
It's not content that is downloadable from the internet
In the context of what DLC usually is, no it's not. Otherwise every game itself would be 'DLC', wouldn't it?
This is not content additional to the main game, so much as an almost completely seperate environment/sandbox/thing that adds on to and interacts with the base game. I understand EVE: Valkyrie is very much along similar lines - Something that communicates with the main EVE, but is almost entirely standalone from the gameplay perspective.
CQC is more like DLC.
I really like the look of the game & the community around it seems pretty good (the websites for trading, youtube videos etc are nice)
I was initially a gushing Star Citizen fanboy and thought ED was just jumping on the bandwaggon, but ended up gravitating to Elite instead simply because it felt like SC was all-mouth-no-trousers, while ED was the complete opposite.
I've not really encountered much in the way of childish tantrums around ED, compared to SC anyway, possibly because the playerbase is older?
Also I really like the idea of CQC as it would be something to jump into every now and again.
Played the CQC Beta a bit recently - It's nothing special or new in terms of the game type, modes, etc. Pretty much Arena Commander for Elite. It's just good fun, especially if you're starting to get adept at flying the Elite ships.
I'm used to gunning things down in a Python, so it was a real wake-up call to have a nippy little Condor with the tiny guns again!
It doesn't have to be 'fun' to be enjoyed.
For me, that is kinda what makes things enjoyable.
Played it for quite a few years and it has it flaws, the unique thing about EVE is that fleeting moment when your ship is on the line.
On what line?
You mean at risk of being blowed up?
Is that not what most combat space sims achieve?
It's also the biggest problem, nobody wants to loose their **** so its all baiting and camping rubbish 95% of the time, players eventually get fed up trying to find the mystical 'good fights'
The problem seems to be for new players, whereby they mostly cannot 'go it alone' very easily at all - You MUST join a corp, you MUST do this, you MUST do that... Skill alone will not save you and you're at the mercy of whoever has more credits and bigger weapons/ships from having played longer than you.
No point in playing a game if I don't stand a chance of winning and no point in playing an "open-world, go anywhere, do anything" game if you can only survive by doing it someone else's way.
But there's so much depth to it it's staggering, the industry, player driven market and powerblocks across the galaxy controlled by corporations. If we could get even a fraction of what EVE offers into Elite
Yeah, but it's that same depth that means us newbies have hours and hours of starting material to go through just to manage the basics. I think it's TOO much depth and detail - Quite discouraging.
I actually signed up for the Free Trial alongside some friends because one of them mistakenly thought Valkyrie was now an active and available part of Online, otherwise I'd not have taken any interest.
But it's so complex and in-depth that they're now having to have a meet-up just to help each other learn everything... and these guys aren't exactly newcomers to these kinds of games, either - I'm the Newbie!
I can (and do) appreciate what EVE can offer, but when it comes to playing the thing it's really nothing like Elite, Star Citizen, Wing Commander, Star Lancer, Freelancer etc. Those are the sorts I like to play.
Played a couple of rounds of CQC, I'm rubbish at it but its good fun
Keep at it - You'll get there. My first game was pretty naff, but suddenly I was doing well. Not amazing and not top of the scoreboard, but still respectfully upper-middle.
Lol, true enough. In fact one of the big improvements they made was to add a percentage bar to rank ups. Does make grinding for ranks marginally more tolerable......marginally.
I thought it made for a rather nice surprise pre-bar, myself. Blatting away as usual, when suddenly you notice you're no longer just Mostly Harmless!
I do also like the bar, but it's a little less mysterious now. I always thought the Pilot's Federation was a little guarded when it came to how things worked behind the scenes?
