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I want a new EVE game :(
nightboy42
Member Posts: 10
Its "too late" to start playing EVE 
And its about time a new space-mmorpg comes out! EVE 2 or other
And its about time a new space-mmorpg comes out! EVE 2 or other
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Here's the link to the infinity thingy
http://fl-tw.com/Infinity/
Infinity is ok and made by talented programmer but its far from "A" class MMORPG. Its just a hobby for a guys who works on it at free time
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It's not too late to start playing EVE, if you REALLY feel that way (as in, you don't want things to come to you easy, free and without effort) you haven't at all understood what EVE is all about.
EVE is an equal opportunity environment, it favors the prepared, the smart and the tacticians, it does NOT favour the rich.
I also heard that it was impossible to catch up when I started, but by now I have caught up with most. Perhaps not in SP, but it doesn't matter as all further training is diversification and not giving me any significant advantage.
And yes I'd welcome any new space-mmo but EVE (espceciallly with upcoming Revelations III) still has lots of life in it.
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Remind me exactly what is equal about a skill system where, no matter how much effort you put into playing the game, it is impossible to catch up and be competitive against a player who has been there for a year or so longer than you.
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Asside from that, it isn't too late to build up a character the old fashioned way. The mainstay of eve combat is, and will always be, the battleship. It is fairly easy to get into a battleship with decent skills within a reasonable amount of time.
More important than "catching up" is finding a good corp. Isk and SP are cheap, the real key to "catching up" is knowledge and experience.
Remind me exactly what is equal about a skill system where, no matter how much effort you put into playing the game, it is impossible to catch up and be competitive against a player who has been there for a year or so longer than you.
Because you fail to understand that you can only use so much SP when flying a frigate, or a cruiser or any single ship. The ONLY thing that SP gives you is bigger ships and the ability to fly more types of ships. If you REALLY think that the game is about getting to the biggest ship asap and that small ships are useless, if you REALLY feel that it's SP that makes you money, it's SP that gets you wins, then you have failed to understand the idea of EVE.
ANYONE can become filthy rich without EVER mining, ratting or doing missions, it's just that those 3 are the easy, no brainer approach to it. EVE is about seeing an opportinity and grasping it. If you keep thinking up excuses why you can 'never catch up' then, again, you have not understood EVE at all. It's NOT about having the biggest ship at all, it's NOT about having the most SP, it's about using the right ship for the right target using the right tactics, with the right friends and having focussed SP to do so.
Besides, I thought MMO's were a long term thing, if I want short term pewpew I'll play Battlefield. MMO's with too easily attainable goals lose their appeal too easily.
I only just started playing Eve and even though I have a piddling 900k SP I still find myself enjoying the game and excited about the possibility of flying new ships, getting into pirating etc etc
Eve is something you enjoy long term, which for me makes a nice change, I played most MMORPG's and being a hardcore gamer reach endgame so quickly I get terribly bored and find I am paying subscription for just running round a city, like Ironforge in WoW, at least Eve will keep my attention for a long time. And while I am at work I AM LEARNING SKILLS WOOHOO
I also heard that it was impossible to catch up when I started, but by now I have caught up with most. Perhaps not in SP, but it doesn't matter as all further training is diversification and not giving me any significant advantage.
The very reason i played eve long enough becoz everyon who supported that SP dint make much of difference i played the game for it coz SP dint make much but then i tried the best tactics under different occasions in fleet battles and under different occasions with knowledge and wealth supporting it but it still failed me it requires way too much hardwork to gain wealth unless ur in 0.0 space wher the fun is happening but then 0.0 space is usally infested with Group of High SP guys , the corps that HAS made a difference has alllways 90% of them having really really loads of SP points..the only other low SP corp that i noticed was Agony trying to show that SP doesnt make much Differene but then after noticing their tactics werent any different from wat we used but in short found out that NUMBERS was the only way to over come...small ships / fast but out running the tracking of the turrets and missile blast radius but all in all u need large numbers but if they come with the same numbers they wud have almsot evry edge T-2 fully loaded and faction equipped bascially most of them cover up every aspect counter attacking small ships and so on in short u can never face them head on the only that works effectively hit and run , attacking them when they are outnumberd and expecting them to be in a RAT setup or something , planning takes a long time if ur gona pull out some major stuff like that while the High SP guys can lay back and still hold the upper front .
I have also noticed many PVP corps always say they fight outnumberd and win battles but doesnt make much sense when they attack low SP guys with crap ships and even if these low SP guys work hard try differnt ways new tactics , strategies involved its almost impossible to face up agaisnt them , i had been monitoring killboards , videos and loads of stuff related towards things like that by an estimation i noticed almsot 100% of the people who lost where the low SP guys unless they had some good large numbers to completely overwhelm the enemy.
Oh just read few more previous posts its true u need knowledge but doesnt that mean the previous player wud also have the same amount of knowledge? and talking about a 4 year guy no doubt he can just bring in a carrier and dump there
...watcha ya gona do? wait all day long untill he comes out witha frigate vs frigate to get a fair chance? most of the big PVP corps have Super caps and loads and loads of Cap ships u may come with a 100 BS fleet only to get jumped by a CAP fleet of 50-60 with faction mod ..and u know faction stuff costs billions..and getting a billion of a isk isnt that easy unless u get lucky with oppurnities at the right time..and again "right tactics" ...hmm the Higher SP wud allready be knowing Counter -tactics if at all the low sp guy wud try and counter his tactic..coz he has been in the game longer , has more knowledge , more PVP experience , knows when to attack when not to if at all they come in nunbers dumpa cap ship fleet , hold the major systems that make gives u most of the iskies (0.0 /low secs) , and if ur in High-Sec space..war dec. them so they cant do missions evetually they can monopolise the market get the most of the iskies.
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