EVE General Discussion

Stupid question I expect. Am I right in thinking that WoD never made it to beta? Was there ever some version of WoD that showed the Carbon engine supporting multi-player play at all?

I almost feel bad for you.

Living every day so consumed with negativity must really suck.

What sucks even more is how that attitude effects the general mood of the forums.

I almost feel bad for you.

Living every day so consumed with negativity must really suck.

What sucks even more is how that attitude effects the general mood of the forums.

Aww cheer up little kid. Everything's gonna be all right.

(Dust is still going to be a failure, though. Sorry if you were looking forward to it.)

It's about immersion. Think about what you're saying, it's equivalent to "We already have forums, so why do we have in game chat?" The point I'm trying to express is the need for more forms of in game socialization and communication between parties. You do make a valid point though. It isn't necessary for gameplay by any means. But it increases a feeling of community and attachment to the game and other players.

I hate to even make this comparison because it was a horrible, boring game, but do you realize why WoW was so popular? I'll tell you it wasn't gameplay. Sure, they have casual gameplay that draws a large audience, but that casual gameplay also sucked. Eve's gameplay is much more intense, much more involved, and much more fun, at least in my opinion. The reason WoW had such a large audience is because of the social system that's in place. The gameplay was mostly in dungeons, but players were required to engage in interaction with random strangers in order to accomplish said goals. The ability to walk up to someone and randomly start a conversation that
1. Doesn't have an associated mail charge
2. Can be joined in by any passing player who shows interest
goes a long way. There's no proximity-based chat in Eve, whatsoever. It's either 1-on-1 chat, form a chatroom, or broadcast idiotically to all of local. Seeing more convenient ways of socialization will only be beneficial.

Necessary or not, it conveys benefits to everyone.

Here's another point: (Unless you're cloaked up in space), everyone, at some point, inevitably ends up ship spinning or facespinning when they're docked up and outnumbered, waiting on a group for a complex, waiting on a cyno, waiting on an industry job... Actually, Eve is alot of waiting no matter how you look at it. At the very least, the developers can give players something to do while they're waiting around in stations.

Why do you think Eve Poker, Somer.Blink, Eve Radio chat, etc, are all so popular? It gives players something engaging to do while on Eve. The thing is, the game could be directly benefiting from that just as much as third-party sites do.

And to whoever suggested Eve Fest to me, I've seriously been considering it. But should players really have to pay ~$800+ to talk to each other?

Forum avatars are serious business. Playing dressup in the microtransaction superstore isn't.

Forum trolling is serious business. Playing dressup in the Character Creation isn't.

I have noticed alot of the "I hate WiS" people are goons. Normally I would chalk that up to the fact that they love to troll, but I started to realize it was something more.

Goons stated objective is to ruin the game for everyone. So they hate WiS because they want to ruin the game for everyone.

So we ever going to get a clarification from CCP about the real future of WiS?

Issler