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By: Nallen

Nallen — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:03:53 +0000

The main problem with EVE, as I see it, is that it’s too easy to not have fun. Many people I know love the idea of it to death but they’re sat there, 90 minutes into the tutorial being told to mine or something and they just think ‘what am I doing’. Then they quit, and go write on the Internet how it’s not even a game really and you might as well play excel-online etc.

If the EVE starter missions featured a few NPC Ravens duking it out with CONCORD as the backdrop to killing your first enemy noob ships the game might have twice as many players by now!

By: Matt Dovey

Matt Dovey — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:06:25 +0000

I have you to blame for my new-found Eve addiction, Rossignol. All your talk of it around Trinity time got me intrigued and I thought, well, it’s two weeks of free game, right? I may as well.

Now I find my every waking hour spent thinking about when I next need to switch skills, or what ship I should fly in this weekend’s op, or whether I’ve sold anything else on the market while I’ve slept. I’m constantly tinkering with Evemon or EFT or trawling forums for setups. Do you know how many other games I’ve been able to play since I started Eve? None! I need that time to earn more ISK, dammit, I can’t afford to waste it on some other game where I won’t achieve anything.

Curses upon you, your children and your children’s children, for one month and a day. I’m still looking forward to your review of it though, if only to find out which corp you’re in and if I can come wave hello.

By: Butler`

Butler` — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:02:01 +0000

I suppose that’s part and parcel of the learning curve though, Roman Levin. I know WoW inside out having played it since day one, so I can get any char to pretty much any state I want with minimal effort.

If I was to dive into EVE, that wouldn’t be the case ;] I’ve heard the “even small ships can play a role in taking down big ships” — but how much truth is in that is debatable.

By: Larington

Larington — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:54:03 +0000

Problem I had with EVE is that I felt like I was piloting a desktop, not a starship. Totally broke the game for me, I understand they’ve updated the interface recently. Unfortunately I have neither the time nor inclination to look at it again. Oh well.

By: Roman Levin

Roman Levin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:42:41 +0000

From what I gather it’s got pretty steep barriers of entry.

Hardly. It actually takes much less time to get a useful character.

Compared to something like WoW, that is.

By: Butler`

Butler` — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:19:31 +0000

EVE is the game I’d play if I’d have discovered it nearer the time it came out. From what I gather it’s got pretty steep barriers of entry.

A whole bunch of high end WoW-ers from my server (top10 guild in world) left WoW to play it, citing its crazy group pvp and lasting changes etc. It certainly has appeal, but as I say, it would be too little too late from me.

By: MarvintheParanoidAndroid

MarvintheParanoidAndroid — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:25:02 +0000

Ever since first reading about it, I thought Eve looked really awesome. I remember a great story in PC Gamer about the CEO of a corporation being assassinated, and the entire company being taken down, with thousands of actual dollars worth of damage. I might try the month trial on Steam, I’d really love to get into it but I don’t think I really have the time and money to invest in an MMO.

Planetside I also played for a good while on a free trial and enjoyed, but again, I just can’t imagine paying monthly for anything like it. Ah well… one day when I’m a millionaire/grand ruler of the planet, I’ll have nothing better to do than sit and play MMOs all day.

By: Leeks!

Leeks! — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:52:27 +0000

It just reminds me of the Stephen Fry quote I read somewhere recently about it being lazy to repeat the assertion that Americans don’t understand irony.

I guess Stephen Fry didn’t read yesterday’s Achewood.

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:30:28 +0000

It’s not a hidden link: we all write for Eurogamer, also PC Gamer, PC Format, others.

By: mrkstphnsn

mrkstphnsn — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:12:28 +0000

@ Lil’ Jim
I wasn’t having a pop at you discussing it, as you say it’s your job … it’s just the general melee against WoW from voices on the web that I find lazy at the moment. I tried Eve Online several years ago after you posted about it on the V but didn’t like it. I look forward to the next time inform me of the next big thing. You are my mmo guru (as long as it’s not Eve)

It just reminds me of the Stephen Fry quote I read somewhere recently about it being lazy to repeat the assertion that Americans don’t understand irony.

Anyways I’m probably just being overly defensive so I’ll shut up.