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Things from the past
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Akali Kuvakei
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2013-05-08 08:56:58 UTC
Hello all. I'm making this thread as a sort of trip down memory lane. As well as a history lesson for some of the new dudes around.

The year you started playing eve. What was different then it is now.

Please list only one thing so many others can post as well.

Off the top of my head. It was prob warp to zero.
Avalon Champion
Gallente Defence Evaluation Research Agency
#2 - 2013-05-08 09:01:37 UTC
The requirement to spend a few weeks doing Learning skills to boost attributes and thus reduce training times.

baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#3 - 2013-05-08 09:02:34 UTC
There were no goons.
Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#4 - 2013-05-08 09:03:19 UTC
Dominix could launch 15 drones.
Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-05-08 09:06:32 UTC
The Textures of the Raven were so blurry they looked like someone painted them with a wet sponge.

Stupidity should be a bannable offense.

Fighting back is more fun than not.

Sticky: AFK Cloaking Thread It's not pretty, but it's there.
Jake Warbird
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2013-05-08 09:09:58 UTC
Ravnik
Infinate Horizon
#7 - 2013-05-08 09:28:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Ravnik
The guns on my Bantam kept missing the damn rats in the belts. Took me ages to kill them..and they were only frigs Lol

The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly..........
Kha'Vorn
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2013-05-08 09:36:18 UTC
Myrmidon launching 5 heavy drones.
Kha'Vorn
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-05-08 09:37:02 UTC
NOS Domi, before the NOS Nerf, damn, those things where deadly
Velicitia
XS Tech
#10 - 2013-05-08 09:59:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Velicitia
Myrmi could field 5 heavies.
BoB was "the bad guy"
patch weekBlink

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
Gary Goat
XDC-UK
#11 - 2013-05-08 10:35:56 UTC
So much was different when I started playing that its hard to list it all but here goes.

No Battlecruisers
No Destroyers
No Capital Ships
No POS
No Cloaking
No Probing
No ORE Ships
No Level 4 Missions
No Tier 3 Battleships
No Stacking Penalties
No Bubbles
No Wrecks or salvaging
No Rigs
You could fit multiple mwds on ships for insane speed
Mining Laser II was the only tech 2 item in game
The closest you could warp to anything was 15km unless you had a bookmark
Thorax could field 8 heavy drones
Torps went off like smartbombs when they hit, causing splash damage
Isk was worth something, my thorax was an expensive ship to fly at 7m isk.

Am I bitter? Extremely
Tiven loves Tansien
Doomheim
#12 - 2013-05-08 10:39:53 UTC
What's with all these threads lately.
ZeeWolf Novus
Saor Alba
#13 - 2013-05-08 10:46:40 UTC
3 Day Trials
Extremely basic tutorials (shoot this rat; mine this rock; now off you go)
Battleships and Interceptors were the best ships
Thorax's with Miner IIs were the best mining ships
no level 4, let alone level 5 agents.
no LP
Curse, Phoenix, Stain and Fountain Alliances were the big names on the map
Exodus expansion was codenamed 'Shiva'
The PINK thorax!!
Rodj Blake
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#14 - 2013-05-08 11:25:06 UTC
Missiles did splash damage. It made using missiles in high-sec somewhat risky.

Torpedoes skill increased the splash radius, so people never trained it above 1.

Dolce et decorum est pro Imperium mori
flakeys
Doomheim
#15 - 2013-05-08 11:25:12 UTC
No stacking penalty wohoooooooooooooooooooo

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Debora Tsung
Perkone
Caldari State
#16 - 2013-05-08 11:40:06 UTC
Also i heard stories about multiple MWD's per ship and ships that could go as fast as 1mil metres per second... o_O

Stupidity should be a bannable offense.

Fighting back is more fun than not.

Sticky: AFK Cloaking Thread It's not pretty, but it's there.
Pak Narhoo
Splinter Foundation
#17 - 2013-05-08 11:52:55 UTC
EVE had many, many many, did I mention many yet? MANY crashes! Lol
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#18 - 2013-05-08 11:55:06 UTC
"Sky Clouds" were colored by constellation.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Lost True
Perkone
Caldari State
#19 - 2013-05-08 11:59:29 UTC  |  Edited by: Lost True
No skillqueue... A hardcore time management.

Countining months until Incarna and hurray when at least something have been released, at lastP RIP...

in 2007 i've thought it's a sci-fi simulator, not an "e-sports" game. I'm not a teenager, how would i like it much?
dark heartt
#20 - 2013-05-08 12:15:13 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
There were no goons.

And the game was boring.

http://tetrisisunrealistic.blogspot.com.au/
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