I am downloading EVE online. - Gaming & Geeking

EnderWiggin

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November 7th, 2009 - 12:39 AM

And I'm worried I may be headed to a scary, scary place.

Separatist

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November 7th, 2009 - 1:06 AM

i tried it a few days ago...

it looks like it is an amazing game, but it's just so in depth that it gave me a headache. even some of the tutorials lost me.

MechanicalWings

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November 7th, 2009 - 1:10 AM

you think wow is time consuming...

drebb

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November 7th, 2009 - 1:24 AM

I tried that... man, it was really awesome. But... wow. You could get lost in there.

I think it's funny that it's called EVE, because I used to play an old game called Escape Velocity, that was a 2D topdown that was friggin fantastic. EVE seems like that... on CRACK.

likerain

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November 7th, 2009 - 8:04 AM

DAMN IT BRIAN! This is not what i need... I know i am getting your dream life (car and Job) but do you have to ruin my social one.

taketwo

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November 7th, 2009 - 10:42 AM

I am going to do this pretty soon too I think

DrSuesscide

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November 7th, 2009 - 11:59 AM

I tried it, and I just couldn't get into it. Not that bad, it's just very in depth and confusing.

MechanicalWings

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November 7th, 2009 - 12:19 PM

the game has many layers, like an onion

holychode

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November 7th, 2009 - 12:32 PM

MechanicalWings Said:

the game has many layers, like an onion

or an ogre

aparticularlycr

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November 7th, 2009 - 5:53 PM

a car and a job qualifies one for a dream life?

aparticularlycr

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November 7th, 2009 - 5:53 PM

holychode Said:

MechanicalWings Said:

the game has many layers, like an onion

or an ogre

or a taco bell burrito

EnderWiggin

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November 8th, 2009 - 12:35 AM

Separatist Said:

i tried it a few days ago...

it looks like it is an amazing game, but it's just so in depth that it gave me a headache. even some of the tutorials lost me.

It seems like they're trying too hard to make the game seem more complex than it really is. Graphically, it is an isn't impressive. Some of the objects in space are impressive, but they "cheat" a lot in some pretty lame ways, e.g. the background for almost every space station is the same when you dock, etc.

Mostly, it seems like it's just not very user friendly.

Plus the 10 pt Helvetica nue or WTFE it is giving me a fucking migraine, and you can't make it any larger.

I'm interested, but not sold yet.

EnderWiggin

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November 8th, 2009 - 12:36 AM

+ I chuckled at the Shrek reference

schojo

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November 8th, 2009 - 8:10 AM

don't remind me of games like eve and wow. if i would start now, i'd for sure fail my final exam

thecabbler

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November 9th, 2009 - 9:39 AM

so...uh...what race are you playing?

HellaBolt

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November 10th, 2009 - 9:31 AM

drebb Said:

I tried that... man, it was really awesome. But... wow. You could get lost in there.

I think it's funny that it's called EVE, because I used to play an old game called Escape Velocity, that was a 2D topdown that was friggin fantastic. EVE seems like that... on CRACK.

Escape Velocity 1 & 3 were my favorite games for Mac. I used to play with all the awesome little mods and whatnot.
Only problem with EV:NOVA was that sometimes storylines won't show up at all for so long, or if you decide to not do one of the story lines you may never get to play any of them on one profile.

EnderWiggin

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November 10th, 2009 - 9:35 PM

^ SUCH valid complaints. Practically the only way to really experience the storyline without wasting massive amounts of time in EV: NOVA was by modding or res edit hacking a ship.

Solid game, though.

I'm playing around with the Gallente race in EVE. Made a couple friends already, and it seems like people are more interested in helping you out as a noob than in WoW. I'm 3 days in to a trial account and I have 3 ships.

It's pretty fun!

thecabbler

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November 11th, 2009 - 10:39 AM

EnderWiggin Said:

^ SUCH valid complaints. Practically the only way to really experience the storyline without wasting massive amounts of time in EV: NOVA was by modding or res edit hacking a ship.

Solid game, though.

I'm playing around with the Gallente race in EVE. Made a couple friends already, and it seems like people are more interested in helping you out as a noob than in WoW. I'm 3 days in to a trial account and I have 3 ships.

It's pretty fun!

gallente are alright!...i'm not a fan of railguns though...when i was playing i played minmatar...i think the best ship that i had was a wolf...which i'm pretty sure was the minmatar inteceptor...i would really recommend that you get the tristan as soon as possible...

thecabbler

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November 11th, 2009 - 10:40 AM

actually another good frig for the gallente is the incursur...just try to max out the speed on that bad boy

HellaBolt

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November 11th, 2009 - 10:54 AM

Before I decide to even look at EVE... how's the game play with the ships? I've always wondered how developers would make that work. . .

also can it play on a Mac?

thecabbler

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November 11th, 2009 - 10:58 AM

HellaBolt Said:

Before I decide to even look at EVE... how's the game play with the ships? I've always wondered how developers would make that work. . .

also can it play on a Mac?

it's all about setting up you're orbit distance and turning off and on differentmodules (afterburners, weapons, stasis webs, etc...)

EnderWiggin

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November 11th, 2009 - 12:46 PM

HellaBolt Said:

Before I decide to even look at EVE... how's the game play with the ships? I've always wondered how developers would make that work. . .

also can it play on a Mac?

It's all by autopilot and setting headings. The only way to manually move your ship is to double-click in adjacent space. Otherwise, you have to double click an object you want to move to, and click and lock target on an object you want to fire on. Cabbler's got it: instead of special attack hot keys, you have 'module' buttons to click on and off or set a hotkey to. It's MUCH more mouse-driven than WoW.

Oh, and I'm playing it on a 17" Macbook Pro.

HellaBolt

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November 11th, 2009 - 2:28 PM

that's wicked. i would download it but i feel that my obsessive behavior would prevent me from going to class or having any sort of social interaction.

thecabbler

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November 11th, 2009 - 2:35 PM

and after years of playing maybe you could pilot one of these bad boys!

that bad boy right there is a leviathan

thecabbler

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November 11th, 2009 - 2:37 PM

but unfortunately

drebb

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November 11th, 2009 - 2:57 PM

EnderWiggin Said:

^ SUCH valid complaints. Practically the only way to really experience the storyline without wasting massive amounts of time in EV: NOVA was by modding or res edit hacking a ship.

Solid game, though.

I'm playing around with the Gallente race in EVE. Made a couple friends already, and it seems like people are more interested in helping you out as a noob than in WoW. I'm 3 days in to a trial account and I have 3 ships.

It's pretty fun!

Y'all slackers or something? I just played the entire game like seven times through.

My current "champ" is in that hugeass Polaran super-warship (full modded and nothing but beam weapons,) with like, six of the same super-warships as escorts.
I've currently dominated every Terran and Auroran planet. Now I'm stuck. I tried taking over one Polaran planet, and they tore me several new assholes, and then violently sodomized me in each of them sequentially.

HellaBolt

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November 12th, 2009 - 5:01 PM

drebb Said:

EnderWiggin Said:

^ SUCH valid complaints. Practically the only way to really experience the storyline without wasting massive amounts of time in EV: NOVA was by modding or res edit hacking a ship.

Solid game, though.

I'm playing around with the Gallente race in EVE. Made a couple friends already, and it seems like people are more interested in helping you out as a noob than in WoW. I'm 3 days in to a trial account and I have 3 ships.

It's pretty fun!

Y'all slackers or something? I just played the entire game like seven times through.

My current "champ" is in that hugeass Polaran super-warship (full modded and nothing but beam weapons,) with like, six of the same super-warships as escorts.
I've currently dominated every Terran and Auroran planet. Now I'm stuck. I tried taking over one Polaran planet, and they tore me several new assholes, and then violently sodomized me in each of them sequentially.

once you get so far in the game you end up playing it as if it were spore (solar system hopping taking as many planets as you can until you die of boredom).

if the game had a higher learning curve i'd have probably gotten to that point with the super war ships.