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Two completely different games that could co-exist nicely. I really can't see the comparison.

EVE Devs need to stay mum on this topic. That is my best suggestion.

So what you're saying is that you are unfamiliar with the word “or”?

I like the concept of SC. I pre-ordered and all that good stuff. It is not however going to be anywhere near as complex or even as massive as EvE. And here are the reasons why:

1. Servers will be sharded with probably some official servers and lots of player run ones
2. Limited space for battles. Twitch games that involve spacecraft have never been able to get more then 30 people or so into one area. It's not doable because the amount of processing power needed would be immense and while it does technically exist. It is far beyond the reach of any game company unless Elon Musk or Richard Branson were to actually get involved. Basically you'd need a super computer the equivalent or more (probably way, way, way more) faster than the Chinese 30+ petaflop monster they slapped together in order to get several thousand people shooting each other on grid, using twitch style simulation to fly. It would also run into connectivity issues. You'd need some real fast internet servicing to manage that. Something the equivalent or more of the 100gb/s google fiber optic system. Also a major upgrade of the world's network would be needed on top of it.

Not a reason to ignore possible competition as far as I am aware... Your quote is also applicable to CCP : P

Tal

One other great feature that SC will have is it is being designed in conjunction with the Oculus Rift. That is going to be awesome!

You seem a little angry. Did one of the novels not end the way you wanted?

It's a reason to take what people promise with a healthy dose of scepticism though, since everyone has fallen short on their promises and the purpose of that marketing is specifically to sell their product to as many people as possible. It isn't there to provide you with a fair and realistic view of things. People's inflated expectations also without fail raise unreleased games to a status no actual game will fulfill and they lack knowledge how the market actually works, so their predictions about what will happen is very often far off the mark. All that doesn't mean ignoring what other actors do, but it means you can keep doing your own thing and even benefit from the competition. There is also great risks in moving game in a new direction in an effort to try to react to what others do as star wars galaxies showed us.

When people worry about competition they generally seem to forget it isn't anything new and competition isn't just a bad thing. Competition in all areas has been there from day one and it hasn't really eased at any point. It's just that new games appeal to new people and those new people for some reason think, that their reaction is a new thing, instead of being the norm and constantly felt by a limited portion of the playerbase. What actually alters is people's expectations and they follow a predictable wavy pattern with their highs and lows as expectations are met with reality. Even if the new competing game thrives it doesn't mean others have to suffer in an equal amount. Great popular games will attract more people to the market and can benefit all games sharing those themes and genre by providing visibility, increasing interest and having people try out games they previously weren't aware of or ignored. Even a close inferior copy isn't just a loser in that interaction. It can certainly lose people who won't accept anything but the "best" in the group, but social ties are often stronger then the gameplay differences and it can even draw new players from the "better" game who are looking for more of the same.

I guess the result of this can seem like ignoring the competition, because it doesn't necessitate any drastic development changes to a game, that is already being constantly developed. Maybe stealing some great ideas, that are compatible what you want to do, but certainly nothing drastic.

It's a Chris Roberts game — essentially multiplayer Privater: a space dogfighter with a simulated economy to create some world dynamics.

EVE does pretty much the exact opposite: simulated combat to create dynamics in a virtual economy.

That's no way to talk about EVE. I think some of the issue is that people have been looking for a decent space MMO for so long and the best of the bunch is still EVE.

Personally like most people I have years invested in this so would hate for anything to upset the apple cart so to speak.

Now the issue is personally for me and from what I've noticed in game is that for all the rhetoric and sayings of Sandbox EVE is actually quite structured and static. I'm pretty much doing the same things I did when I started usually due to skills just at a faster pace.

There are too many defining lines whether this be CCP drawn or client drawn (human nature this, nobody at the top likes his easy life being disrupted too much) that make the game a truly diverse experience.
It's basically doing the same stuff over and over again with the added bonus of maybe doing it for someone different every couple of months/years depending on your loyalty.

Eve is great I still log in but I'm really past caring what goes on in the game as it's just the same stuff as last year or the year before with someone else doing it.

At the precise moment in time EVE is still top dog but CCP and a few posters that I've seen shouldn't stick their collective heads in the sand because it's held that title for so long or they have so much time invested in it.

Like anything that has great potential it needs to evolve to continually bring a diverse and appealing enviroment to itself and it's fans. Rehashing the same thing over and over isn't evolution. Eve is still great but it shouldn't rest on it's laurels or pretend anythign else that may or may not be coming out should be classed as vaporware or crap.

Many a company/person/country has fallen because of thinking like this.

Maybe you should have read a few lines lower?