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Oh man this is so bloody frustrating!

My greatest game of all time was ELITE. I played it on the BBC, SPeccy, C64, Atari, Amiga and then even tried it on the PC. The PC version wqas the only one which never held my interest as by then i needed a program to slow down the PC to play it right and i never got the hang of it!

Anyway on each platform i truely loved ELITE and i never left the game and played it intensley. So did my dad and it was a kinda bonding thing for us to talk about all through my childhood from 10yr old playing on the BBC up to the Amiga and Atari versions when i was 20yr old.

This game to me is EXACTLY the same in almost every way possible and even better with the economics and extra features and always what i wanted " A MULTI PLAYER VERSION OF ELITE ".

But it so far is completely and utterly ruined due to one thing, i have came so close to my dream game for it to be ruined in one simple way.

I loved ELITE for both its economy and dog fights, this game is missing 50% of the fun so far.

It would be the best game ever to be created since ELITE if it was like ELITE for fighting, I.E. more a 1st person (with 3rd person views) but actually manually targetting and controlling the spaceship.

I get no joy out of clicking orbit target or aproach target then automatically firing the weapons.

This would have been great with proper PvP dog fights zooming around taking skill into the equation so it does not simply and purely rely upon automated stuff.

I wanna feel as if i am flying the spaceship and that i am in a real battle using my reflexes to get the upper hand on ships bigger and better and not all this automated stuff.

OMG i am sooooooo upset atm, on one hand this is the game i have always wanted, but on the other hand it is missing a vital element for me.

I WILL be playing this, i do like the game, i will try to get used to the fighting side of things and i hope to god i start to like it, but it would have been perfect if it was more hands on (WASD key dog fights and aiming with mouse).

I hope to god they bring out a version with WASD key 1st n 3rd person fighting like ELITE style as i would never ever have to touch another game for aslong as i lived.
 
would have been good if there was more control over the movement of the ship maybe with the arrow keys similair to "Pirates". I am sure i'll get used to it though.
 
xe-cute said:
But it so far is completely and utterly ruined due to one thing, i have came so close to my dream game for it to be ruined in one simple way.

I loved ELITE for both its economy and dog fights, this game is missing 50% of the fun so far.

It would be the best game ever to be created since ELITE if it was like ELITE for fighting, I.E. more a 1st person (with 3rd person views) but actually manually targetting and controlling the spaceship.

I get no joy out of clicking orbit target or aproach target then automatically firing the weapons.

This would have been great with proper PvP dog fights zooming around taking skill into the equation so it does not simply and purely rely upon automated stuff.

I wanna feel as if i am flying the spaceship and that i am in a real battle using my reflexes to get the upper hand on ships bigger and better and not all this automated stuff.
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Trust me, skill DOES come into the equation, and there is far more to PvP than just clicking orbit and waiting to see who dies first ;)

Just wait till you're in a fleet of 10+ battleships, engaging an enemy fleet, taking orders from an experienced fleet commander over TeamSpeak who is calling out primary and secondary targets, all while you're keeping alert for enemy tacklers coming your way, monitoring damage to your ship and enemies', trying to regulate capacitor usage and armour/shield tanking, ALL at the same time. And that's just DURING the battle! There are often several fleets roaming around on patrols, responding to enemy activity, or camping/invading their space, and you'll have to choose the right load out/ship size for each situation.

And that's just (some of) the PvP :)

EVE is unlike other games in that is much, much slower. You could be camping a gate from one system to another for hours and never see any enemies. This could have long term effects on their operations in the area though, as you could be preventing access to a part of their space by blockading a bottleneck, thus cutting off supplies to their POSs in the area, and possibly giving you a foot hold there... don't forget, this is ALL players when it comes to alliance combat, no NPCs.
 
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@xe-cute, yip, the lack of direct control can be a bit annoying, but look at it this way... Sure it'd work in a Frigate, and maybe even a cruiser. But when you're in a battleship then the things are so damn slow and sluggish that you'd give up and go to bed before you managed to get it to turn!

Like inquisitor said then there is a lot more to it than poin and click, just try shield tanking and you'll realise how much work it is to keep your ship alive when in a fight and that's without even firing a shot.

and yes breeze, the war still continues :s
 
What is tanking m8. Any chance of me coming down to you are helping you fight? i'm bored s***less at the moment. I am in D-F-C so dont know if there your enemies mind?
 
A Tank is creating a repair/resistance for either shield or armour so that you 'soak' the damage. This is done with shield/armour hardeners, shield boosters and armour repairers.

If you're in D-F-C, you'd best talk to Dansolo about it.
 
been playing the free trial all weekend, loving it so far. Got an Imicus, using it for mining/courier jobs atm. Not really tried the combat too heavily, think i might sub if i keep on enjoying it :)
 
daz said:
Went down to Delve last night (0.0)... no targets. :(

Still haven't got on a killmail. :(
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Where as I went up for a quick jolly the other night in Pure Blind and got myself on no less than 6 mails within 2mins of each other :cool:

Steve and Neo have knocked up something ridiculous like 50 kills each just this weekend, I'm broke (surprise surprise) so I haven't been joining them (only once.. which got me 6)

:D:D
 
Breeze said:
What is tanking m8. Any chance of me coming down to you are helping you fight? i'm bored s***less at the moment. I am in D-F-C so dont know if there your enemies mind?
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Dont worry mate, in a week or tow we will take you out PvPing, at the moment you really jsut need to skill up on the ones i told you yesterday. At the moment you are likely to pop before you even lock the potential enemy.

Im afraid your probably best off completing the missions at the moment mate, they will give you a pretty good sense of how your current ship works etc. I know there boring, back in the day id did literrally hundreds of missions, but now i dont need to :P

KnightStalker we can probably help you out here, join the D-F-C channel and talk to netman or tozmeister, i wont be on tonight but they can give you the shakedown of how we work etc.
 
KnightStalker said:
need to replace my scorpion which i lost due to me being afk (phone ringing) while in 0.0 :( so if i could get another one i would be able to do missions and get the isk to repay or whatever
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No insurance? Unlucky... :o :(

I'm pretty low on cash at the moment... i'm saving for a megathron.
 
daz said:
No insurance? Unlucky... :o :(

I'm pretty low on cash at the moment... i'm saving for a megathron.
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nah no insurance as i had just picked the damn thing up, so really i shouldnt have left the computer, but you know when the phone rings you gotta answer it lol
 
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