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DA_MadAce
Member Posts: 33
in EVE Online
Hi,
it hasn't been the first time i've asked this but this time I'm serious.
Is it still a good idea to join eve-online? I mean, are there only maxed out players that will make the game to hard for a newb? 
Is it still possible to make ( only a litlle!) a difference in the game?
In general i wanna know if it is still possible to catch up with the average player of eve.
I don't mind a good challenge but it still has to be fun...
tnx in advance!
May The Force Be With You.
DA_MadAce
visit: http://blastacor.tripod.com
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Yes there is still a lot for new players. No, you won't be as powerful as the long term gamers for quite some time, but if you take a more focused and specialized approach to your skill training (ie, focus on one type of player, whether military or production or whatever), you can earn enough skills relatively quickly to be competitive and certainly to have fun. New players can certainly make a difference ... but not *alone*. You'll want to playh alone for a while to learn EVE, but then you'll certainly want to join a corp and play with other players ... thats where the fun of EVE really begins.
OK, sweet.
Some more questions if you don't mind. I've just watched player-made footage on the eve-site for two hours. It looks like a big part of the action revolves around combat, is there any room for non-combat activity? And does it have too much drawbacks compared to a battle-loving playstile?
Next question: What does a person need to play EVE comfortably? What kind of PC (what graphics card, processor,...) I wanna ask a player because specs given by the devs don't always are acurate. And most important of all what kind of internet connection? (I'm changing mine and my choice will be determined by EVE's needs)
How much time does EVE need per day. I only have about 3.5 hours of free time a day...
I'm asking these questions because I have subscribed to a lot of MMORPG's in the past but none of them seem good for someone as power-obsessed and ambitious like me.
TNX AGAIN!
p.s.:Judging by the movies I found on the EVE-site a lot of players spend their time waging wars. This is the only game ( no mather if it's singleplayer or MMO ) I have ever seen to have such wars. Or is this just an artistic impression? But still,... A lot of players out there in the EVE galaxy seem to be as power-obsessed and as ambitious as me. True or not?
May The Force Be With You.
DA_MadAce
visit: http://blastacor.tripod.com
May The Force Be With You.
DA_MadAce
visit: http://blastacor.tripod.com
There's no stability problems at all. There are a few laggy systems but with next patch this problem will be ruled out. (Agents get spread out.)
About the system: Would've helped if you would've posted your system.
It's an awesome looking game but you don't need a killer rig.
I see peiople playing it with a Radeon 9200 without problems.
I'd say with a 1.8ghz+ CPU and a not toal crap graphics card you're good to go.
Edit: There's a free trial so why don't you just try it out.
I suggest you look for a nice corp pretty soon. As a newbie those millions of isk might be out of reach in the first days. A god corp will help ya to start out with free ships and the like usually.
Is not 1 server is a shard's(cluster of servers) and there can be meny more players in the game not just 10k
and lag just a little bit in noob areas and such...
Yes, there are other non-combat activities. You can trade goods for profit. You can mine asteroids for minerals to build things or to sell the minerals for profit. You can run courier missions for agents, or run combat missions for agents, etc. If you don't want to fight, you don't have to fight, but if you want to go to the less secure areas of space, you will at least need to know how to avoid a fight that you don't want.
It runs on a lot of different systems. I know some people who use dialup but I'd recommend broadband, but otherwise it runs fine on a lot of different systems.
As much as you like. EVE's skill training system takes place in real time, including time out of the game, so you don't have to actually be logged into EVE in order for your character's skills to progress. That takes some pressure off right there. You'll need to invest time to progress in other areas, like money and missions/standing and the like, but it's really up to you as to how much time you want to invest. EVE is pretty flexible and can appeal both to hardcore and more casual players. If you like EVE, however, you will find yourself being gradually sucked into the game .... just a warning.
Yes, wars abound. The way it works is that corporations (the equivalent of guilds) can declare war on each other by paying a fee to CONCORD, the interstellar police. Once the war declaration becomes effective, you can shoot at each other *anywhere* without the police intervening (the police intervene normally if you fire on anyone in "high security space", which is a sliding scale concept) at all. In addition to that, when you get to lower security space, and no security space, players can engage in combat without any repercussions with the police. That's where numerous alliances (ie, groups of player corps banded together) have "conquered" systems of space, and clash with other alliances and would be interlopers to protect their territory, gain more territory and preserve or attain access to lucrative resources. If you are interested in this type of gameplay, the opportunities abound for it in EVE. But if you're interested in hanging around in higher security space and being an industrialist or a trader, you can do that as well ... EVE is a very, very flexible game in that way.
Enjoy!
TNX for the valuable help! For the moment I`m co;paring Eve to a lot of mmo`s ( like wow,ac2,...) but I think I`m gonna go with eve because it seems to have the best player community.
TNX again
May The Force Be With You.
DA_MadAce
visit: http://blastacor.tripod.com
I played Eve a year or so ago- I stopped for various reasons, and subsequently lost my account information. The game isn't expensive, so I decided just to start again, fresh account and brand new character- and I'm having a blast. Sure, there are many, many playes more powerful, more wealthy, whatever, but it doesn't affect my enjoyment one bit.
It's a great game, I'd say the best MMO on the market. The community is good, the website is the most informative in the business, and the game is engrossing. Try the 14 day trial and you'll be hooked.
Bite me, Turbine.
I started over after six months. I made my mistakes with my first character, learned a lot and figured out that I didn't like my character. So it was n00bville for me and I am loving every second of my time now with no regrets for "starting over".
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NFWolfDude
Meh, your characters beginning stats are not THAT important. When I created my character, I ended up with most of my stats in willpower and everyone said that I should of restarted him cause it was useless. Well, I fly assault ships now, death to all the non-believers of willpower characters
Dakilla[666] ~ The Realm ~ Level 1000 enchanter (retired)
Maranthoric ~ La 4ieme Prophetie ~ Level 160 (5x) HE/Feu (de retour)
Leonthoric[DDC] ~ EVE online ~ <Fire The "Laser"> (retired)
Beginning attributes are semi-important, regardless of the common rant to the contrary. If you have a high percecption and willpower, your spaceship command skills will train faster, also it determines how how you can bump up your skills with "learning skills". I am training over 1500 SP/hr now, across the board, as opposed to my old char who trained learning skills and science skills at about 800 sp/hr. This means it takes half the time now to train some skills. It's all trade off, but if you don't know what you are doing or might want to dabble in every aspect of the game at some point, I suggest evening out your attributes as much as possible, training up the basic learning skills to lvl 5, the advanced learning skills to lvl 4 and learning to lvl 5.
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NFWolfDude