For you guys that have played eve, what's your opinion of it? I download it and played it for like an hour, it's seem to have a very high learning curve and I didn't really like the fact that you were not directly controlling your spaceship--everything was seen from the outside. I also thought some of the spaceship designs were a little silly. I will say that the graphics were stunning. I have toyed with the idea of giving it another try, I just wanted to know guys opinions of the game.
Eve online?
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So basically don't bother? Lol
And scenery you can shoot through 
Jenner
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Check out the EVE online thread in the Sci-Fi games forum here:
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/6909-The-Eve-Online-Thread
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/6909-The-Eve-Online-Thread
Best spreadsheet simulator on the market. With some semi-decent space backgrounds.
I played for a few years after my favourite Star Wars Galaxies shutdown of which I spent a lot of time in space.
I found it to be quite tiresome at best but it was the only space MMO on the go at the time.
Steering the ship was my biggest dissapoinment after zooming around in a B-wing or Vaksai fighter from SWG.
Give it a go if you fancy it by all means but be prepared to get shot up plenty as blob warfare is the name of the game.
I played EVE daily for a 2 or more years, it was one of the best online experiences I have ever had to be honest.
Yes it's a giant time sink, yes you can meet really messed up individuals there but if you are lucky and team up with a good group you will have great time.
If you have lots of time and don't mind point and click ship controls, give it a longer try. And don't be afraid to ask vets some questions - best way to learn EVE is by talking to other ppl.
Yes it's a giant time sink, yes you can meet really messed up individuals there but if you are lucky and team up with a good group you will have great time.
If you have lots of time and don't mind point and click ship controls, give it a longer try. And don't be afraid to ask vets some questions - best way to learn EVE is by talking to other ppl.
Mu77ley
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Having played EVE for about 7 years (though not for many years), I completely concur.
Conversely I spent 7 years playing it and enjoyed it immensely. Horse for courses really.
eve is an amazing game. enjoyed it for a year and still have an open plan with some buddies to get back for a month or so to have some fun and burn some isk. it's definitely 'professional' gaming, not for casuals. ccp are a really talented bunch and sometimes i wish frontier would take some inspiration on how they addressed some specific mmo problems and game mechanics.
of course no first person flying, and combat is 'abstract' but still very rich and deep. however, a big fleet battle with some talented fleet commanders is something you shouldn't miss if you like space games. in spite of all the warnings (gankers, etc), i found its community by far the most broad and dedicated i've seen in any game, the amount of player generated content is just impressive. as a newbie i would suggest you enlist in 'red vs blue' (hope it still exists), they give massive support to new players and regularly run very fun events.
maybe not the game for everyone, but one of the best multiplayer games out there. it's no coincidence that it's still alive after more than a decade. have fun!
Flying a word processor about sums it up.
I played EVE for many years, starting in 2003; deleted many characters that I spent years on, and created new ones to have several fresh starts. It's a game you have to play with friends to really get into, and it can suck up a lot of hours of your life. However, for as much praise as EVE gets for being a sandbox and a completely ruthless and unique pvp experience, I feel it always stales for me even when I have a lot to do. I used to take long breaks from it because of that.
EVE is a game that is designed for hardcore players. By that I mean people who are good at the game, but also who will play it nonstop. You have to PVP. It doesn't take much skill in the traditional, react and move about kind of way, but its all about tactics and getting the edge out of other players. An unfair fight that you win in EVE is a desired victory.
It's also spredsheets galore, and very newb unfriendly. EVE is all about stats, statistics and graphs. Honestly, playing EVE just makes me want to play Elite nowadays. I have 3 years left of sub time in my account. I pop in, do a few things and I'm flying in elite 15 minutes later. It's also a very old game, 13-14 years old; because of that, there is an innevitable hardheadedness from both the community and the developers to accept and embrace change, or new ways of doing things. The community is super niche, much more so than Elite.
Player Generated Content™ is as awesome as it is overrated. You're probably used to reading the cherrypicked stories that get published in gaming news outlet that make EVE look like an epic science fiction Ode, but when you are actually in-game living it is less... epic. Turns out those reportings exclude all the t-bagging, player drama and insults (both in English and Russian) hurled during the historic clashes. It's also at a point that I find it way more entertaining to read about than to play and experience for myself.
Also, EVE is very restrictive, gameplay wise. We get a lot of complaints about how shallow ED is, but it's always a headscratcher for me that then EVE is cited as the prime example of gameplay freedom. There's no first person view, no cockpitview, a joke of space legs, no planetary landings of any kind, very outdated navigational systems for your ships, and everything you do that is not messing around is a timesink. Want to fly a ship? wait a few months. Don't matter if you have the money. Want to equip something to said ship? Wait a few months more. Rinse and repeat. Sure you can inject skills if you're rich but still... all feels very time framed and restrictive for you as a player.
Personally I would try it if you are curious, specially with semi-free to play going on, but I'd keep my expectations in check, specially if you've heard the exaggerated praise it gets for being more "sandbox" than ED.
EVE is a game that is designed for hardcore players. By that I mean people who are good at the game, but also who will play it nonstop. You have to PVP. It doesn't take much skill in the traditional, react and move about kind of way, but its all about tactics and getting the edge out of other players. An unfair fight that you win in EVE is a desired victory.
It's also spredsheets galore, and very newb unfriendly. EVE is all about stats, statistics and graphs. Honestly, playing EVE just makes me want to play Elite nowadays. I have 3 years left of sub time in my account. I pop in, do a few things and I'm flying in elite 15 minutes later. It's also a very old game, 13-14 years old; because of that, there is an innevitable hardheadedness from both the community and the developers to accept and embrace change, or new ways of doing things. The community is super niche, much more so than Elite.
Player Generated Content™ is as awesome as it is overrated. You're probably used to reading the cherrypicked stories that get published in gaming news outlet that make EVE look like an epic science fiction Ode, but when you are actually in-game living it is less... epic. Turns out those reportings exclude all the t-bagging, player drama and insults (both in English and Russian) hurled during the historic clashes. It's also at a point that I find it way more entertaining to read about than to play and experience for myself.
Also, EVE is very restrictive, gameplay wise. We get a lot of complaints about how shallow ED is, but it's always a headscratcher for me that then EVE is cited as the prime example of gameplay freedom. There's no first person view, no cockpitview, a joke of space legs, no planetary landings of any kind, very outdated navigational systems for your ships, and everything you do that is not messing around is a timesink. Want to fly a ship? wait a few months. Don't matter if you have the money. Want to equip something to said ship? Wait a few months more. Rinse and repeat. Sure you can inject skills if you're rich but still... all feels very time framed and restrictive for you as a player.
Personally I would try it if you are curious, specially with semi-free to play going on, but I'd keep my expectations in check, specially if you've heard the exaggerated praise it gets for being more "sandbox" than ED.
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