EVE Online

Originally posted by Effect

Sorry for not going through the various topics but don't really have a lot of time at the moment so I'm just going to ask this. If there is another topic that covers this please feel free to link but your opinions would be great.

Just what is one able to do in Eve in terms of gameplay. From what  I understand you can either kill pirates, mine asteroids and build things for ships, or do mission which require you to do what I listed before or transport things from one station to another. Is there anything more?

With other MMORPGs I can get a good idea of what I might be doing but with Eve not so much since it's so different.

Thanks.

i like to stare at the skill screen and wonder which single skill i should train for the next 20+ days.

First Off let me say ive only been playing EVE for about 14 months now and i run 4 accounts full time and all in all i like the game for the most part..

hmmm  lets see here what i do, ive got an Amarr Pilot that im working on command ships but for now im an Interceptor and Heavy Assult ships Crusader,Sacrilege and Zealot pilot.. mainly focused on 0,0 space but since i left my alliance i guess its just training now..

Then ive got a Gallente Main focuses are Heavy Assult Ships,Battlecruiser's and DRONES and yet more DRONES... Since i left corp and alliance i just train him now :) and do Low Sec Pirate killings(anti low sec gate camper)

A Mission Runner Minmatar all about the Typhoon and Tempest Working on a Macharial and training skills for shield tanking.. still play this toon alot for its my money maker..Kill and Salvage till i get bored and go play Tabula Rasa :)

Then my Caldari The Drake and Raven are all i fly in combat,not very skilled really cause my main focus has been on industry not a whole lot of fun tbh...Makes ISK's and such but nothing worth having this account, starting to focus more on Combat but not sure what role..

What im trying to say is that this game actually Blows unless you get into a Corp and still it has its moments.. outside of Defending or assulting a POS most combat takes place by a Gate.. i know ill be flamed but its the mechanics of the game and everyone does it from assulting a part of 0,0 space to defending it. all in all it really gets old after a while. im not going to say anything bad about my ex corp or alliance but for the most part thats about all we did :)... Although i would really enjoy the ceptor gangs and hunting out enemy players it was a nice break from the boredom of protecting the 0,0 part of space.

My only Advice is join a corp that has alot of players in your country and time zone.. im an American looking for a Corp in an Alliance with alot of US west coast players. cause really my last corp and alliance was Europe heavy and no offense but man i really got tired of asking "What?" or you got some high pitched voice with a bunch of echo on it sounding like Gary and Mangy from the South Park with Oprah "hhhaaaa oh megawd the bloke is dwown to struckturre!!!!LOLOLOLOLOL" and your too busy cleaning the coffee you just choked up on the keyboard laughing your ass off cause you started thinking of that episode of South Park.

I hope i didnt offend anyone i mean really i like everyone who plays EVE and it doesnt matter what country your from your still my EVE brother or sister but really the main reason is the corp Ops that like take place at 5 in the frikkin morning and getting a bunch of crap cause your too frikkin tired to play or you have to go to work.. Its just better to have a corp that you can take part in with little effort instead of killing yourself with lack of sleep, and asking a fellow gang m8 in private chat WTF did he say???.. lol.. it really is a true international game but sometimes during heated combat the slangs and accents can cause just as much Havoc as the enemy..

 But for the Most part the game is fun i think i just may be on a burn out as like i said i was only getting a few hours of sleep during a defense of our turf..

Originally posted by damian7

 

Originally posted by Effect

Sorry for not going through the various topics but don't really have a lot of time at the moment so I'm just going to ask this. If there is another topic that covers this please feel free to link but your opinions would be great.

Just what is one able to do in Eve in terms of gameplay. From what  I understand you can either kill pirates, mine asteroids and build things for ships, or do mission which require you to do what I listed before or transport things from one station to another. Is there anything more?

With other MMORPGs I can get a good idea of what I might be doing but with Eve not so much since it's so different.

Thanks.

 

 

i like to stare at the skill screen and wonder which single skill i should train for the next 20+ days.

lol 20+, poor guy, although I hear ya  

You can also be bored

I totally agree with Vicky on this, and I played the game off and on for several years hoping for things to improve. Sadly it's the most overrated mmo ever.

There is a really good podcast on Eve Online for new players: http://virginworlds.com/home.php  It is called Drone Bay. I would check this out.

I won't flame as most new players do find it hard to get into at first, adjusting to the though that you cannot control your progression being the number one problem for most.

However most detractors in this thread have one thing in common, they all probably got the trial, stayed in a noob corp, or mined, and quit. Some might have done that more than once, and it is no surprise you hated the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92bhWIqUcK0

do i need to say more

It is a sandbox MMO, do whatever you want, become a pirate, infiltrate a powerful guild and work for several months bringing the whole thing down, kill that guy, be a trader, be a victim, be a mercenary, make an army, take over areas of space, build something, do whatever.

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Originally posted by gimmeapenny
be a victim

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This is actually a great part of Eve. And something i am very good at!

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Originally posted by hatetsu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92bhWIqUcK0

do i need to say more

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Awesome!

If you need to be told what to do in EVE then you are playing the wrong game IMHO.