EVE General Discussion

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in your opinion what do you think draws players that first start out away from subbing their accounts ?

The learning curve and the fact that there isn't a thousand explosions and jokes in the first 10 minutes of the game.

when i first made an account, i was too impatient to spend time learning to play the game.
came back a few years later and i love it for the very reason i didn't carry on playing the first time.

EVE Online is the whiskey to World of Warcraft's Budweiser.

Now now, some of you don't give yourself enough credit for why people leave.

Well, the instant gratification issue could be solved...in a somewhat evilish way.

Let new players (below X SP) experience "tutorial events" that fires off every X or so hours - with regular reminders of next upcoming event. Everyone on during the time when the event starts get some big and shiny popup which says "Join event" or whatever.

Everyone who joins are automatically fleeted up, thrown into their own chat channel and as for the event itself....well, a formidable (for really fresh players anyway) newbie "incursion". Sleeper AI and all that of course. Let reality hit hard and besides, newbie ships are free.

Make the system smart enough to take the number of participants into account and all that. For few participants maybe a cruiser is the biggest ship they face. Lots of people and they'll have nasty BC's or even battleships.

Add on top of all that some smart hints/tips (Aura voice would be a huge plus) for the event itself should there be players who haven't had the time to do the regular tutorial.

Wham, a taste of what EVE could potentially offer is given in a nice and exciting package.

Might as well instantly present the best of what EVE has to offer, cause frankly, the tutorials hardly do that.

This is why my dander gets up when people say "It's just Space Pixels 'sploding, moron"

Because this game is a huge time sink and it needs to be to get the best out of it.


PvE is boring as hell and if you are only on a limited timeframe its all thats avalable to you.

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found a girlfriend

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I knew EVE was a different animal when I started my trial and because of that I swore I would play the entire 14 days, couple hours daily to check it out. And lemme tell you, I can recall 2-3 times wanting to rage quit. Now, 2-3 months down the road I have a much deeper appreciation for all EVE's complexities. I certainly view it far different than I did.

Had I not "played" the meta-game for a couple days before starting trial, I'm not sure if I would have made it. I now run 3 accounts and have a complete blast regardless of what happens. I should start a "today, I learned xxx" in EVE blog or something.

To put it another way, the lack of insta-grad and the realization that EVE is hard (and dying, or so I've read) is the big put off.