Anyone here play EVE online?

[August]

I've been playing Eve since 2005. For the past 3 years i've been a member of hirr corporation in the Morsus Mihi alliance.

[jumpy]

Originally Posted by Kapitanleutnant

Submarine, jump; what are your in-game names?

Listed as Harpalion

From the the epic poem The Iliad and also listed as a merchant ship in convoy PQ13 loch ewe to murmansk in 1942. (later to be lost on the return convoy QP10, sunk by U435) You learn something new every day

[Submarine]

Thanks for the money

[Raptor1]

Arrrrgh. To reactivate or not to reactivate?

*hovers mouse indecisively over the resubbing button*

[VacantName]

I've been playing Eve for about 18 months. Main char is called Roger Dailly. I have my own corp in hi sec too. Only has 3 members, but it's still a corp

(BTW if anyone wants to join my corp for mining, mission running, wormholes trading or hauling, hit me up. We could use some new faces )


I did have a nullsec pvp char as well, but I deactivated that account as I found 0.0 to be full of immature pricks who act hard when they're in a fleet but insult your mother from the safety of a station/POS/cloaking device when they're on their own.

[Spyguy101]

Originally Posted by jumpy

heh I've not ventured out of 0.5 space yet. mostly 0.9.

I recon the learning curve is too steep for me to risk travelling anywhere where another player is likely to fill me in, and will most likely be so for some time yet to come.

http://dedricmauriac.files.wordpress...ning-curve.jpg
That just about sums up the learning curve

[jumpy]

hehe, that's the one alright

[Takeda Shingen]

Not really much of an MMO player. Those things are just chock full of internet tough guys. Yes, we have them on the forums too, but give them the ability to kill your character and they take it to a new level. Really just ruins the experience for me.

[Ducimus]

Is this game any more exciting to play yet?

Last I tried this game, was a few months after Earth & Beyond was shut down. (which was years ago). From what i could tell, it was an economy simulation in space where you did one of three things. Run repedative missions from some stupid NPC, mining, or gank the people doing either of those activities.

I played it for 2 weeks before the boring monotony took the upper hand, and i canceled my account before my first 30 free days had expired. I'ts not like E&B was any less repedative, but at least in that game you could explore some planet surfaces, dock at space stations and get out of your ship and walk around, and stuff like that. Eve had NONE of that. Just rock pounding in space or mindless errand boy missions.

[saxxon]

Lol a few SH5 players does play also on EVE Online

I play already over 2 years a eve, in ANZA corp / IT Alliance

[Laffertytig]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Is this game any more exciting to play yet?

Last I tried this game, was a few months after Earth & Beyond was shut down. (which was years ago). From what i could tell, it was an economy simulation in space where you did one of three things. Run repedative missions from some stupid NPC, mining, or gank the people doing either of those activities.

I played it for 2 weeks before the boring monotony took the upper hand, and i canceled my account before my first 30 free days had expired. I'ts not like E&B was any less repedative, but at least in that game you could explore some planet surfaces, dock at space stations and get out of your ship and walk around, and stuff like that. Eve had NONE of that. Just rock pounding in space or mindless errand boy missions.

i know the feeling. ive tried to get into eve online twice now, the last time i was playin was april last year and it was 6 months or so before i got fed up again. thing is, there looks to be a great game in there somewhere but i still havent been able to find it.

i initially went into it hopin for a elite/wing commander type experience but that didnt happen.

ive never done any pvp yet and ive been told that adds a new dimension, it is a multiplayer game after all. but the whole game seems a very hands off experience.

the winner of any pvp battle will be who has the best/relevant ship fittings and even then all your doin is clicking a button to attack.

i think it would be much more engaging if you could actually fly the ship, like in X3 for example. the way i see it, x3 does everthing eve online does + no monthly sub.

but every now and again though i get the urge to try it again, thinkin maybe this time it will stick.

[Spyguy101]

This is a great game on many levels for whatever floats your boat. Yes there are boring parts that make you want to quit sometimes and I almost did until I was found by a small but active corp. You must find a corp. Corporations add a whole new level to gameplay from trading to PvP. I have been playing for over 6 months with my corp and have not gottten bored as my corp is great and is always willing to help me, taking me from a small destroyer to a my own Battleship, whether it is money, and extra gun, or helping me fit my ship (which makes me really confused). I have played other MMO's and the player base in EVE is MUCH more serious then other games.

[Nisgeis]

Originally Posted by Laffertytig

thing is, there looks to be a great game in there somewhere but i still havent been able to find it.

I think the best way to experience eve is by reading the accounts of what happened to other people. That way you don' have to wait on a gate security detail for the 4 hours before anyone comes through into your setor. The four hours makes the ten seconds of action seem much more interesting.

I stopped playing Eve when I found I was reading a book in between waiting for something to happen. Someone reviewed it by saying 'Eve does the impossible: It makes space boring'.

The one really good thing about Eve is the economy, where everything in game is made by the players. This also means that it's more difficult to get started in a small business, as you are less efficient and can't create new products, but it's the least broken economy out there.

Originally Posted by August

I've been playing Eve since 2005. For the past 3 years i've been a member of hirr corporation in the Morsus Mihi alliance.

I used to be a part of Oberon Inc in Morsus Mihi. Good Alliance.


Anyways, I used to play but my last computer's graphics card had an issue with the game and forced me to quit... one day I'll get playing again I guess.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Nisgeis

Someone reviewed it by saying 'Eve does the impossible: It makes space boring'.

That's the guy that does 'Zero Punctuation' on the escapist. His views are generally the opposite of mine (I like simulations, he likes action; I like sandbox, he likes linear play), but his reviews are a laugh riot. I'd link a few, but there is some pretty questionable language involved.