EVE General Discussion

How long have you been playing?

EVE has past the "2.0" mark ages ago.



A few years back they gave EVE an entirely new graphics engine. They rewrote the code base and are still working on removing legacy code to make it entirely modular. When that's done there will be absolutely no need for an EVE 2.0.

Also, the game wasn't made with a particular number of users in mind. There was an expectation, not a planning. Even so, you claim that 'EVE can't handle big fights' - first, you have to realize that 10 years ago, 30v30 was very rare and STILL strained the server. Now we're up to 2000v2000 without crashing nodes. How is that not showing development?

Then you have to realize the difficulty in coding a game that can handle 4000+ people in the same place. There is a reason why most games only go up to 64... Even most MMO's start instancing areas when the amount of players goes over 100. I remember some Lineage 2 battles with up to 1000 people, but those were even less playable than a brick in a bucket of ground glass.


CCP has the physics engine up for a complete re-write soon enough. Once that's done they can properly start making mechanical updates to the game.

Also, building an MMO from the ground up that competes with an already existing MMO? I can't tell you how many bad business decisions you need to make before you even get to greenlighting such a project.

Edit: also, Tipia's post was entirely relevant... You're twisting words without knowing what they mean.

I agree with the OP that the code needs some deep looking into, for example the laggy and cranky market UI is totally unacceptable after ten years. However in some other areas, the code is pretty refined, smooth and functioning perfectly.

OP definitely does not have a software development background. And he is almost definitely trolling.

I find the op to be overly demanding and needy. If you really want to give it a go yourself start a kick starter and design your own game. I've been to several fan fests and met the devs, this game is unbelievably complicated and the fact that all these players interact in one universe with a single player driven economy is nothing short of amazing.

Perhaps the hills and plains of what ever wow realm you play in would be better suited to your needs as you strike me as one of those cod gamers from the recent generations who expect instant gratification.

Aging poorly? Compared to what?

Such an Eve 2.0 would simply be a purposely longer dev cycle than the current. That is all.

They are already rewriting code as they find the time and feel the need.

Keep trying, you'll get there eventually.

Well, maybe.

You cannot get rid of the problem by making EVE 2.0, because CCP will still own the franchise and as long as they do the game will languish just like it is now.

It's certainly not growing like some of the hardcore bads claim, but its nowhere near dying - just steadily chugging along, doing its thing.

If someone other than CCP picked it up, they could probably quadruple subs with a flashy re-release that focused on PvE and heavily toned-down the PvP aspects of the game. At that point, the socially ******** would leave, the carebears would rejoice, and everyone else would keep playing.

For about a year. Then, new shiny would come along, everyone would bail, and EVE would shut it down for good.

So thank you, but I'd rather have CCP keep the reins and keep doing what they're doing - producing a sandbox style PvP game that's unique in the MMO market. It's never gonna break any sales records, but its also gonna be harder to kill than a T-1000 Terminator.

Bizzaro, CCP has done a horrible job of keeping its game even remotely current but CCP has done one thing very well and that is brainwash its player base into agreeing that everything is okay the way it is. To be honest I'd stop posting in this thread if i was you for two reasons:

1. CCP has so poorly managed this game it doesnt have the finances to produce EVE 2.0 or even keep EVE 1.0 in decent shape.

2. You'll just frustrate yourself banging your head against comments like "wow is that way", "this isnt wow" and other such comments made by people that deep down know this game is lacking but cannot bring themselves to admit it so they invoke the hated wow franchise so they can win 'cool guy' points with the EVE forum posters.