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Back in my day...Vet Whine Thread

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Halcyon Ingenium
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#81 - 2012-08-10 09:40:13 UTC
The character creator was interesting and fun, even though I had no clue what I was doing or signing up for. Then they replaced that with the freedom of starting with almost no skills and no racial bonuses to attributes, and an avatar creator that is better on graphics, but somehow not better at making characters interesting to look at. At least Caldari don't have that stupid shoulder flashlight laser thing though, that thing was stupid.

By the way, since we're already talking, do you want to buy a rifter? I've got the cheapest rifters in Metropolis. If you can find a cheaper rifter, buy it!
Liafcipe9000
Critically Preposterous
#82 - 2012-08-10 11:34:48 UTC
I used to drool at this
(Speaking of which, did any expansion after Trinity exceed the size of it or is it STILL the _BIGGEST_ expansion _EVER_?)

and this gave me goosebumps

as for character creation: I tried convincing my friends to try out EVE Online. Sadly, they're the jump-in-and-start-shooting type. The old character creation allowed one to do just that... you know the rest.
RaTTuS
BIG
#83 - 2012-08-10 11:37:34 UTC
you had to grind missions to get a t2 mining laser print [and if you thought current missions where bad...]
and
havesters [t5] where the best mining drones

http://eveboard.com/ub/419190933-134.png http://i.imgur.com/kYLoKrM.png

aadom
black.listed
#84 - 2012-08-10 11:47:18 UTC
Gankageddon, full rack of heat sinks
Ravens popping frigs with 1 torp
Arox Dax
Empire of Decadence
Empire of Decadence.
#85 - 2012-08-10 11:54:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Arox Dax
Eos with 5 Heavy Drones, I almost cried when they nerfed that.

No WH's, no FW, Null was actually somewhere you tried to get to, I too still have a couple of BC's with large rigs fitted, the list goes on.

Oh and my Chopper Bike was Orange and only had 3 gears and I think Slade were in the charts at the time Blink

Quick edit because I just realised Slade are in the charts nearly every Xmas, but I'm talking about first time round Ugh
Ptraci
3 R Corporation
#86 - 2012-08-10 11:59:56 UTC
Back in my day 100 players in Yulai would bring the servers to a crawl. It was such a big problem that the jump-bridge network was changed and super-highways were removed.
Agrapena
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#87 - 2012-08-10 12:03:59 UTC
Having almost 200 bookmarks for warp to 0 positions on null sec gates.

Escrow was the place to get your faction stuff.

seeing another player in 0.0 was rare.

there was a handful of different probes for the different signature types.

no wrecks, just lootcans, no tractor beams or salvagers. Slowboating to the cans.

SNOWBALL LAUNCHERS!!!!

THE OLD CYNO EFFECT! The lightning vortex, then WOOSH!

Fleets were called gangs


Man, theres alot. Its been a long time, and theres been alot of changes, not always for the best, but you eventually get used to them.
Lister
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#88 - 2012-08-10 12:14:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Lister
Mining in an Apoc as a Corp because it could run 8 miner I

Also

Running 10 drones from a Thorax and giving your entire gang lag. (I remeber it as 10 but it might have only been 8) - it was frigging 10 years ago.
Velicitia
XS Tech
#89 - 2012-08-10 12:48:38 UTC
Liafcipe9000 wrote:
I used to drool at this
(Speaking of which, did any expansion after Trinity exceed the size of it or is it STILL the _BIGGEST_ expansion _EVER_?)

and this gave me goosebumps

as for character creation: I tried convincing my friends to try out EVE Online. Sadly, they're the jump-in-and-start-shooting type. The old character creation allowed one to do just that... you know the rest.



Not to mention the player-made propaganda videos... like this

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
Liafcipe9000
Critically Preposterous
#90 - 2012-08-10 12:56:15 UTC
Velicitia wrote:
Not to mention the player-made propaganda videos... like this


that one reloads my "cannon" every time I watch it Lol
Rordan D'Kherr
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#91 - 2012-08-10 13:39:18 UTC
A titan was something special because there were only a handful.

Don't be scared, because being afk is not a crime.
Gary Goat
XDC-UK
#92 - 2012-08-10 13:57:26 UTC  |  Edited by: Gary Goat
Nobody cared about some backwater system named Jita. If you wanted stuff, you went to Yulai.

There were no cap ships, battlecruisers or destroyers and the only t2 ships were interceptors.

No bubbles in null (which was called 0.0 or zero zero)

15 Harvester drone domis were great mining ships.

No cloaks

No probes

Some meta 4 modules were silly expensive. I remember local hull conversion expanded cargo holds costing 30 mill each, maybe more! One of my corp mates had 5 on an itty V and i thought it was awesome that his ship cost more then a battleship and could hold more then an entire jet can!

Isk was worth somthing, a battleship was expensive and they were not very common. I remmber the first time i saw a megathron, i followed the guy for a few jumps just admiring the thing and telling him how awesome it was.
Anslo
Scope Works
#93 - 2012-08-10 15:39:27 UTC
You blasted eve's soundtrack to max.

[center]-_For the Proveldtariat_/-[/center]
Vincent Gaines
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#94 - 2012-08-10 15:48:04 UTC
Arrow Building an outpost (station these days) was a massive undertaking requiring the efforts of a whole alliance. Capital deployment was very rare.

Arrow They had static complexes with tornados in them. And not the ship.

Arrow There was one supercarrier. A mothership named Hera belonging to The Establishment, and for a while it was unstoppable.

Arrow Oveur posted drunk

Arrow CCP trolled flying Jove ships through nullsec

Arrow Cyvok lost a the first Titan and ragequit.

Arrow Asian bloodlines made all the others terrible.

Not a diplo. 

The above post was edited for spelling.
CCP Phantom
C C P
C C P Alliance
#95 - 2012-08-10 15:50:09 UTC
1 hour downtime!

You do not know what you are missing Big smile

CCP Phantom - Senior Community Developer
Anslo
Scope Works
#96 - 2012-08-10 16:36:09 UTC
People named Tuxford didn't accidentally the whole server.

[center]-_For the Proveldtariat_/-[/center]
Rats
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#97 - 2012-08-10 16:38:31 UTC
and we generally like the UI


Tal

I Fought the Law, and the Law Won... Talon Silverhawk
Anslo
Scope Works
#98 - 2012-08-10 17:16:25 UTC
Players weren't COMPLETELY self entitled d*****bags.

[center]-_For the Proveldtariat_/-[/center]
FeralShadow
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#99 - 2012-08-10 17:40:15 UTC
I remember nano BS's that could outrun missiles.

One of the bitter points of a good bittervet is the realisation that all those SP don't really do much, and that the newbie is having much more fun with what little he has. - Tippia
Lilianna Star
Vagrant Empress
#100 - 2012-08-10 17:57:57 UTC
Liafcipe9000 wrote:
I used to drool at this
(Speaking of which, did any expansion after Trinity exceed the size of it or is it STILL the _BIGGEST_ expansion _EVER_?)

and this gave me goosebumps

as for character creation: I tried convincing my friends to try out EVE Online. Sadly, they're the jump-in-and-start-shooting type. The old character creation allowed one to do just that... you know the rest.


If I may blaspheme for a moment, but I actually prefer the graphics pre-trinity.

Not out of nostalgia. I barely played before Trinity. But I just prefer the blockier look to it.