Comments on: Eve Online: The Empyrean Age

By: busana muslim

busana muslim — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:07:57 +0000

Been following this for a while on the EVE dev blog, and it looks interesting.

By: batolemaeus

batolemaeus — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:39:26 +0000

“What in the fuck is ‘blobbing’, anyway?”

A blob is a large fleet, basically. All the icons on the screen form a ball when warping on a specific point, as everyone lands in close proximity to each other.

Additionally, it’s abused to describe massively outnumbering the opponent. It’s kinda used as an insult to the party that brought more numbers.

By: Zuba

Zuba — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:49:11 +0000

That’s how it’s supposed to work, but it’s not unheard of for the investees to run off with their funds and leave the investors hanging in the space-wind.

By: RichPowers

RichPowers — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:30:42 +0000

For us non-EVE players, can you explain how an investment fund works in the game? Players give you credits, you intelligently invest credits in various enterprises, and investors trust you to give them a share of the pie?

By: James T

James T — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:38:17 +0000

What in the fuck is ‘blobbing’, anyway? The only definition I know for it has… very little to do with gaming.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:27:33 +0000

I love Eve, I’m about to get back into Eve after a revision/exam induced break. I love the huge variety of things you can do in the game, I’ve done missions, I’ve done exploration [which I agree with Jim which really didn't meet expectations], I’ve dabbled with invention, I’ve even been one of those dastardly spies [which was probably one of the most fun things I've ever done in any game] and I even ran an investment fund most recently.

The investment fund was the thing which showed me how truely different Eve is to any other game. People I’ve never met were willing to give me their ISK to the tune of around 7 billion or just under half a mothership, this is a game where loss is permanent and constant vigilance is needed and yet people were willing to trust me, I was really impressed with everyone.

By: Kelduum

Kelduum — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:27:56 +0000

Couple of things… Well, one thing and a shameless plug.

- Eve seems to be 1/3rd off this weekend on Steam for a new account, plus the Steam trial is 21 days rather than the normal 14.

- If some of you do end up trying Eve and get a little lost (it is scarily deep), look up Eve University in-game – we help new people get their bearings, and have been around for over 4 years now.

By: roBurky

roBurky — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:55:00 +0000

On those saying they would like some extra RPS coverage of Eve politics, videos and related stuff to balance things out: I agree, that would be awesome.

That first video (Outgunned) was mainly intended to depict the incredible tension of that evening (felt by pilots on both sides, I imagine). Sitting on a gate, with the enemy on the other side of it, knowing that there’s going to be a massive world-shattering fight about to occur at any moment, is one of Eve’s unique thrills.

The movie did turn out very propaganda-ish, I guess. It was originally just going to be the opening chapter of a longer movie about the whole war (which we lost). That ending shot of the Titan was my quick attempt to balance it out by trying to show things weren’t always going to go that well.

By: Ben Hazell

Ben Hazell — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:51:22 +0000

I think this thread has even more jargon than the 40k thread.

Which is excellent as it shows a higher level of though and starts to suck me in. Does anyone have a dictionary?

By: PleasingFungus

PleasingFungus — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:06:42 +0000

@batolemaeus: Without context, that first poster-thing was totally awesome.

By: Nuyan

Nuyan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:16:52 +0000

“I mean, on the one hand you get all the ridiculous smacktalk and spies and exploits and blobbing from people who just want to win (or avoid losing) at any cost. But on the other hand, with no risk, victory means nothing. It’s why Eve so wildly veers between sublime and exasperating.”

The avarage fps has probably even more smacktalk, including other MMO’s like WoW. But yeah, the metagame goes pretty far. Stuff as DDOS’ing the enemies TeamSpeak server a minute before an engament and forum-hacking happens frequently for as far as I know. But it’s mostly the 0.0 warfare that is taken – that – serious. For obvious reasons, since there’s quite a lot at stake.

By: Janek

Janek — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:59:06 +0000

Absolutely, Muteh. I think the fact that losses do hurt, and there is so much at stake (particularly at the alliance level), is Eve’s biggest blessing and also its biggest curse.

I mean, on the one hand you get all the ridiculous smacktalk and spies and exploits and blobbing from people who just want to win (or avoid losing) at any cost. But on the other hand, with no risk, victory means nothing. It’s why Eve so wildly veers between sublime and exasperating.

As for faction warfare, well. I can’t see it really attracting many new players into PVP, it’s just another avenue for those who already want it to, well, get it. Which isn’t a bad thing of course, but we’ll have to see just how it plays out. Personally I foresee the majority of it being tedious gate/station camps on major highways and chokepoints.