Originally posted by AmazingAvery

 

Don't forget 17.5% tax :)

its 15% atm :p

Originally posted by Ginaz

I'm not angry, just tired of people comparing WoW to MacDonald's, in any way.  Its getting old and tired.  People find to need a new way to make WoW comparisons.  Be original.

Actually I'd never heard the comparison, lol it is a good one :)

Yea im with Bato.

I mean, I really dont envy anyone attempting to make a 'Guide' for EW, but this is more a list of things that has something to do with EW.

Maybe some words on what kinds of EW are most popular in Eve combat... and why would have made it more of a guide.

But there are some very basic things that you could add to the article to give advice to players wanting to use EW.

For examples:

Sensor boosters and sensor dampeners are used a lot more frequently than Target painters and ECCM.  you could explain why and how best to use them.

Energy Vampires and Energy Neutralisers... well, there is quite a lot of meaty subject here..  The fact that Vampires DRAIN energy and GIVE energy make them powerfull indeed.. 

Warp disruption bubbles...   The very critical component to gate camps..

The 'Guide' doesnt say anything about these examples . it merly lists what they do. Which anyone playing eve could easily read from the modules description.

Originally posted by lvlanoob

I've been playing this game for a couple of months now and I really like it. I've just been running some simple missions, doing some salvaging and mining, lvling my skills, and I've been podded a few times. After a couple of months I still feel like a complete noob. I LOVE it, because I know I've barely scratched the surface of what this game has to offer.

Thats exactly how I felt about the game when I first started playing.  But I made the mistake of soloing for too long and stopped playing for a long time after I got to the stage were I could solo lvl 4's in my Battleship.

I still come back every now and then, just wish I had joined a corp earlier.

Nearly at their 50'000 target then :)

And yes there are alts but the PCU record is important for the measuring of server load and performance.  (Since one player logged in with 3 accounts still puts as much load on the server as 3 seperate players)

Since it is one server hosting this many people its one of technological acheivment.  In the industry only one other similar products has a higher PCU than Eve, and thats Second life.

Originally posted by damian7  

Originally posted by sadeyx  

Originally posted by damian7

i just live with the idea that ccp staff will probably continue cheating whenever they need an advantage.

 Must be hard to live with such paranoia.

 must be hard to live in constant denial.

 denial isn't a good way to be.  shame all the stuff i've listed (and a whole lot i haven't listed) are all well-documented and to deny all of it is to either outright lie, or to be ignorant to 4 years of gaming with ccp cheating.

I have never denied these events have occured. I just dont beleive the entire company, as you say, purposfully and deliberatly "cheats" as you so delicatly put it. Unlike you, I wont "live with the idea that ccp will continue to cheat"

Humans are human, in every mmo company just like any other company there are people who exist that will make mistakes or try and work the system.

I just refuse to beleive that the entire company does it, since it would be detrimental to their business.  Personally if I felt as strongly as you did that every dev is out to get you, lol.. then I wouldnt be playing eve.

When your ganked your supposed to learn from it, if your ganked 'constantly' then your not learning, so yes I agree that leaving eve is probably a good idea because it means you have learnt something after all.

I wouldnt bother buying a new ACCOUNT.  But yes, definatly start a new character.

Apparently the new player experience is a lot better than it used to be so worth running through all the basics.  Youd be suprised how things come back.

I bought a second account just for "piracy" purposes but I went Minmatar.  I dont know why people think Caldari is best... the nerf to rockets and missiles have made them a poor choice for pvp.

In anycase.. you have PvP in a handy package now.. just join a Faction Warfare Militia, non-stop pvp fun in cheap throw away ships \o/

Originally posted by damian7

i just live with the idea that ccp staff will probably continue cheating whenever they need an advantage.

Must be hard to live with such paranoia.

Really though, I honestly dont beleive that CCP Employee's deliberatly cheat,  even when they have found an employee doing something, its usually an isolated case and the community make such a drama about it.

In anycase, they have 300 employee's, and they are human so what if some get caught cheating, its not like the entire company is hell bent on manipulating the game.

Because Eve is just one server you always hear about people with problems more often.  So it just "seems" like EVE is worse than everyone else, but actually they are no better t\n everyone else.

Originally posted by Dionyseus  

Massively.com gave the "Best Expansion of 2008" award to World of Warcraft's Wrath of the Lich King, and their reasoning makes more sense to me:

MMORPG.com "gave" this award because people voted for it you dim-wit.

Im quite certain the eve players care about ambulation, especially those with lots of ISK who want to buy a bar.  Then there is the interactive 3d space map alowing corps and alliances to better plan their attacks.

Maybe eve players at the moment are not really botherd, but when it lands Im certain they'll love it.  Although its a given that these players will still spend most of their time in their ships shooting ;)

As for tech3..  Well to get tech3 stuff you have to use the exploration mechanic to discover and enter these "wormholes to new places"..  from which tech3 blue prints will be researched.   There wont be bpo's

And for the carebears Epic story arcs are sure to be exciting :)

While I dont play eve currently, I certainly am looking forward to M10 expansion, and ambulation which should follow in the expansion after.

Grats again Turbine!

MoM was awesome

Originally posted by Ghost021 

i enjoy EvE but i want CCP to improve not the sorry display of laxity they unfortunately have accostumed us to.

I feel CCP, as a company is definatly improving! - considering they now have 400 staff worldwide with 300 of them working on EVE the company itself is definatly improving.

As for CCP's game, Eve, I agree.. Quantum Rise could hardly be called an 'Expansion'.  However! If you watch all the Fanfest Video's it seems that EVE's improvments are mainly behind the scenes. Balancing, tweaking improving performance, improving code and setting the database so that it can work with all the new hardware they are putting in.

Apocrypha looks to have a lot of improvments and content for the end user - Cant wait for Epic story lines ;)

Originally posted by metalhead980

A whole new tech tier? Thats freaking crazy.

Well not quite a "whole" tier,  Apparently the only tech 3 stuff will be ships up to cruiser size, nothing bigger yet on release.  There is no mention yet about T3 modules either

Also, we dont know what kind of maturation process T3 will have.. I will probably be MANY months before you have the skills to manufacture T3, never mind FLY T3 ships.

So yes, exciting times ahead.. but dont get too excited, youll end up being disapointed.

Originally posted by CyberWiz

That is correct, however, you don't have to have a really long term vision, just a couple of medium long objectives, like get certain certificates, get a jumpclone with republic fleet ( by doing missions ), get a enough LP's to buy a fleet issued stabber, find a corp for FW, etc :p

Well, personally when I started Eve I made myself goals very similar to those you mention. And I was able to enjoy and appreciate Eve, although I dont play Eve much anymore I still re-sub every now and then.

But this is the problem, your typical RPG Gamer has an in-ability to form personal goals.  Their first goal is given to them on an RPG, and thats to level up! - then there is usually a path of quests which leads them around the world introducing them gradually to new skills and challenges.

As for the article,  well.. for someone to even contemplate 'taking over 0.0' he would have to be a highly motivated individual able to set himself some very strong goals and have a complete understanding of the game.

Awesome! Nice shots.

Originally posted by mossmac

I think the great problem so many noobs to EVE have to it - myself included - is that you have to have a real vision or goal of what it is you want to achieve in playing the game to make it a success. Entering the game thinking it is going to be just another MMO, but this time in spacships, is a big mistake.

No truer word can be said about eve!

So many times ive heard new players saying that they found eve 'boring' as you point out, most mmo's lead you by the hand through their levels, they give you goals and you follow the paths they give you.

But at the same time this is something that causes me problems with eve, I often find myself losing focus and what I want to do, and end up doing nothing.

The certificates is a brilliant step towards this problem, giving new pilots at least something to go for.

Originally posted by cahenderson

"Many have tried; most have failed; and very few are even still in the running. "

Um, what? You're aware of AAA, BOB, GOONS, NC, etc? Yes, there have been many alliances before; FA, CA, SA, SE, FIX, etc. Eventually they fell, but I would argue that these were merely accelerated 'cycles of power'.

Everyone knows that EVE is just Bob vs AAA.   Other alliances 'exist'  but they are at the behest of either of those major alliances.

in anycase, even if you added up all those alliances in your post, thats still very "few"  The OP's article is still correct and factual on that point.

Originally posted by toord

Wow Lyndon ... did you take those screenies on purpose or is the game *THAT* empty. If so, that game won't last six months. Shame.

Yes, those shots like like they are on purpose.  Shots taken on purpose are usually clean of other characters.

Ive seen screenshots similar to this before, and am still not conviced.  But I do know that the Graphics on Vangaurd were always the best graphics in an mmo i've seen, and yet a Vangaurd screenshot makes the graphics out to be awful!!

Even with video's that are compressed to hell, you cant properly make out what the graphics are like until you start playing.  So I guess we'll just have to wait and see