Chaos in Eve
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Viajero
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Personal threats aside, I think the underlying plotting and in game results is just awesome to be honest.
Now, in Elite there will probably never be a single shared universe like in EVE due primarily to the tremendous differences between the two games with regards to bandwidth requirements per ship, but I am sure that if FDEV wanted to have a similar territorial or player group base ship mechanic they could still probably do it within the context of the BGS or PP, an instanced universe, and all the limitations that entails.
Now, in Elite there will probably never be a single shared universe like in EVE due primarily to the tremendous differences between the two games with regards to bandwidth requirements per ship, but I am sure that if FDEV wanted to have a similar territorial or player group base ship mechanic they could still probably do it within the context of the BGS or PP, an instanced universe, and all the limitations that entails.
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When is it NOT chaos in EVE?
What are you on about? I've gotten far worse threats than this in the first 5 minutes of a dota 2 game just because I picked a hero someone else wanted. The guy that got threatened robbed months of effort from thousands of people.
The eve community is amazing and one of a kind with support channels such as broadcast for reps (help for players with depression), plex for good (relief for real world disasters), best of us (veteran support) that other gaming communities can only dream of having.
Let me guess someone killed your precious spaceship and now you hold a grudge? Like real life in Eve online self entitlement will not get you far...
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I lost a load of ships in my time there, and took a few too. You see I still did PvP back then. Funny, one of the daftest was in a Megathron - nicely geared up at the time. Anyway, jumped through a gate, and...
Reappeared in a pod.
I'd been ganked by a pair during it took the time for the system to rez.
But no, that didn't push me away...
In the end I got tired of the constant whining. Of the scams. Of psychopaths claiming their way was the only way, and oh so much entitlement from PvP corps.
And of too much real money changing hands.
So before you dare to claim to know my mind, look at your own and ask yourself why any sane person would enjoy that gameplay.
Then, once you have your answer, then go away and leave me alone.
No, nobody stole my sweetroll, and yes I took a load of arrows in the knee.
Sigh, bloody milk drinkers.
rootsrat
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It's fascinating to watch from aside. To be part of it? Personal preference, but for me it's not much fun. I play games to relax after work, not to have "thousands of hours of in-game effort by hundreds of players" being wasted by some random player. People cry rivers about losing a ship in Elite at the hand of a ganker - but they can rebuy that ship. Can you imagine the drama and poostorm if they PERMANENTLY lost something that they and 50 of their friends worked towards for the last year, non stop?
That's why I am against player controlled assets in ED. It's a game - a passion for some (me included), but it's not a job and I hope it will never become one.
Looks like a fun event (threats aside - what happens when you get too invested in a game).
Makes me happy we don't have that sort of gameplay in ED though.
Can just imagine logging in one day to find TJ had given away all our stations to the Sobek Boys.... i'd have to blame TJ!
Makes me happy we don't have that sort of gameplay in ED though.
Can just imagine logging in one day to find TJ had given away all our stations to the Sobek Boys.... i'd have to blame TJ!
rootsrat
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Matter of taste. I did try it, lured by the "no policy policy" or "no rules rule" once, but was put off by the point and click mechanics. Just didn't feel right and I gave up on it personally. Then I read quite a few stories like the one from the OP and now I'm really happy I didn't get involved in it to be honest.
EVE is a game of immense depth in most of it's aspects. The fact that game's politics and economy is almost exclusively ran by players is amazing. What isn't amazing is that people make a choice of bringing their most vile, cruel, selfish, pathetic traits and share it with others...If not for that fact, EVE would truly be the best MMO in history of gaming. Probably still is, just a tough pill to swallow.
That's the thing with EVE though, isn't it. It is interesting to read about it, but playing it? I mean let's take this example.. none of this actually played out in-game, save for the stealing of the assets. Every "big" EVE article is on betrayal, backstabbing and sometimes huge battles, but 90% of that has nothing to do with the game, but with the people ARGing outside the game.
Sadly you just described online gaming in general. It would be easy to blame the young for this, and to be fair if anyone has watched any MMO where there is n-game VOIP, it will be clear that the "squeekers" out there are largely to blame. But I'm sure there are adult invertebrates as well, ruining others fun because they can.
So-called anonymity, hiding behind and online persona and behaving like a tool, go hand in hand.
There's a Penny Arcade cartoon precisely about anonymity and the internet. Unfortunately it's probably too 'rude' to be posted here.