Two questions on mining and fighting (potentially returning)

Unknown · March 2007

I've thought about coming back to the game. I quit in the old days because I found combat boring, this was right after release. Is it anymore interesting running missions now? Also, if I wanted to go purely economic, mining and manufacturing, is that entertaining? I'd never given that htought before, but I've been getting more interested in an economic sim type mmorpg.

Heliocon · March 2007

Missions are much better now with more back story and structure. The market atm is well developed but in a bit of a shake up atm because of ascn selling of there minerals. Anyway its worth having a try to see it yourself.

Serielle · March 2007

Originally posted by Sawtooth

I've thought about coming back to the game. I quit in the old days because I found combat boring, this was right after release. Is it anymore interesting running missions now? Also, if I wanted to go purely economic, mining and manufacturing, is that entertaining? I'd never given that htought before, but I've been getting more interested in an economic sim type mmorpg.

If you don't mind staring at rocks for a few hours at a time, then yeah, mining isn't too bad. Combat is just plain fun, whether you're PvPing or PvEing, pew pew and all that.

As noted in the post above, the markets are just a little funky, but that's to be expected with all the wars and such going on. You can have good times mining/manufacturing along with some pew pew to break the monotony.

Moghidin · March 2007

I found mining to be one of the most boring activities in my life. PvE is a little better, but it won't keep you in for long. PvP is fun, but you'll need ISK to PvP, and ISK will come either from mining (which is boring, as I said) or PvE (which will also bore you to death, it'll just take more time). So, you either have to win a BPO in a lottery, buy ISK with your RL money with GTC mechanism or to find out how to be a successful trader. If uyou won't do any of the above, you'll end up grinding and griding and grinding for the latest T2 staff and ooops... you'll lose it in a second, back to grind again.

Mylon · March 2007

Mining is boring. Combat is boring. Manufacturing and research is boring. The "big picture" is about the only thing that isn't boring. I keep wishing that Eve would change so combat was more action oriented, that traveling was changed (so combat would be more than a race to warp out / scramble), and that research could be used to make higher quality goods rather than the current "whoever is willing to do it for less" style of manufacturing.

Fetacheez · March 2007

More missions will be implemented in game, better storylines, more 0.0 space added to game, more ships

gameplay and physics of space will always be the same

Market has improved since more players are on and active in market

Overall it just keeps improving, but can only improve as much as the players allow it to since its pretty much

player dependant except for a few aspects of game

Unfortunately CCP seems to be setting up for major overhaul due to Vista deployment, but its still a great environmet

and game to play

damian7 · March 2007

Originally posted by Mylon

Mining is boring. Combat is boring. Manufacturing and research is boring. The "big picture" is about the only thing that isn't boring. I keep wishing that Eve would change so combat was more action oriented, that traveling was changed (so combat would be more than a race to warp out / scramble), and that research could be used to make higher quality goods rather than the current "whoever is willing to do it for less" style of manufacturing.

there you go, in a nutshell.

Fetacheez · March 2007

Research and Manufacturing - This will drastically be changed due to the uproar on T2 BP's

the last scheduled lottery's for these BPO's are already on their way, after these are done the invention process takes place and ALL T2 BPO'S will become BPC's, which means a huge expansion on players that are capable and want to to trading/research/manufacturing

Combat and tactics - these are still issues to be worked out, but as far as the actual gameplay it is by far more complex and realistic than any game you will ever play. This isnt a "warp in, attack, kill, loot, warp out" kinda game. Takes lots of skill due to the realistic physics or the ships and style of flying and the guns used

This game is so huge you just cant judge it on a couple of factors cause it offers so many variables within the game that you can find something you might like

EvE is not for everyone, it is definitely an acquired taste because of its complexity, but if you are looking for a real challenge in an environment that is completely unforgiving and rewarding at the same time, then this game is for you.

If you are expecting to just get in a ship and shoot some people then you are fooling yourself and wasting your time and money cause this game is not for you

OneT · March 2007

like every game it depends on what your into

i.e. i like the PvP soly because it aint twitch / action oriented i like it alot more stratigic i also enjoy mining and playing the markets doin the industrial side of things if you are someone who enjoys those types of games ull get a kick out of it too probably

the markets do fluctuate but it would b alot more boring if they didnt i sugest u try it again for yourself as the only person who is gonna know the game is right for you is you

Ekan87 · March 2007

What can I say? Manufacturing is dull and time-demanding (= boring). Mining is outright boring - UNLESS in a group. Aaah how fun those hours spent burning through those belts full of high-ends were when you sat and talked the hours away with friends from the same corp. It sure makes time go faster(which is required when you mine).

So, both Manufacturing and Mining takes time and is boring.

PVP? Well I'd say that's the second most fun part of EVE. The first is just being social with corp-members, friends and others on the community. But to go up close by an enemy in my t2-fitted flycatcher and tear through their sorry excuse for a ship and then send them back to their cloning vats. That's what I call fun.

Of course that does not go for everyone, I am sure.

EVE is a game with a great many oppertunities, if one seeks them. Pirating, mining, building, transporing and on the list goes.

But if you get into the game thinking something is boring from the start, most certainly it will be or become boring. I began that way. For the first 2 months I did no mining, thought it dull. But then a friend brought me out into a belt in 0.0 with crokite-roids. Sure, pvp was much more fun, but it was not boring. Why? Because I was socializing at the same time.

Now-a-days I've even gotten into manufacturing. That too is fun because while pvp is great, it does not get you into that carrier(am only a month or two away from one atm), or such as quickly as selling loads of wares for high 0.0-prices. <evil grin> A perk of 0.0-life I guess.

Enough of that though.

What I mean by this useless post is that everything is implemented in this game for a reason. All parts of the game are fun to some, but not to others Im sure and it is only up to you. So if you want to try this game again, I advice that you either decide upon what you wish to aim for and see if that was any fun, or try out both mining(preferably in a group of 3-10 people so you have a few to talk away the time with), manufacturing(it can feel a bit lonely though as in both pvp and mining your usually in a group, but this you usually do alone) and pvp.

Whether you find it fun or not is up to you in the end though as we can only speak of what we find fun and/or boring ourselves.

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