Originally posted by _myko Originally posted by n2sooners Eve is the best mining simulator on the market today. Very pretty and lots of nice music.
Exactly the reason Eve is hardcore - because idiots never get past the mining tutorial (and if they do, they just sit in space mining all day and wondering why they aren't having fun).
Two things really stand out about Eve - firstly, that a player has almost total freedom. This is a double edged sword, as it means players aren't limited by the devs, but are by other players. The initial anarchy of the eve-verse soon settled into player alliances and generates a massive amount of player content.
The second is the player economy, the closest any mmorpg (as far as im aware) has come to replicating real life market forces. This is a double edged sword itself, with some markets competing on minute margins, others hard to break into due to restricted numbers of blueprints and any items or changes introduced by the devs having quite wide ranging effects.
Yes, and yes.
No really good reason to mine if you don't want to mine. Run missions instead.
On the economy, the plot thickens. The closure of many stargates due to the Cold War is definitely having an impact on regional prices. Opportunities for profiteering and long-range trading are opening up ... stay tuned for more fun on this front.
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Exactly the reason Eve is hardcore - because idiots never get past the mining tutorial (and if they do, they just sit in space mining all day and wondering why they aren't having fun).
Two things really stand out about Eve - firstly, that a player has almost total freedom. This is a double edged sword, as it means players aren't limited by the devs, but are by other players. The initial anarchy of the eve-verse soon settled into player alliances and generates a massive amount of player content.
The second is the player economy, the closest any mmorpg (as far as im aware) has come to replicating real life market forces. This is a double edged sword itself, with some markets competing on minute margins, others hard to break into due to restricted numbers of blueprints and any items or changes introduced by the devs having quite wide ranging effects.
Yes, and yes.
No really good reason to mine if you don't want to mine. Run missions instead.
On the economy, the plot thickens. The closure of many stargates due to the Cold War is definitely having an impact on regional prices. Opportunities for profiteering and long-range trading are opening up ... stay tuned for more fun on this front.