EVE New Citizens Q&A

"Call it what you may, but for $120 a year I expect quite a bit of content to be added"

CCP have already added a gigantic amount of new features and content. Have you explored even 10% of what there is to do in-game?

From your PoV, what's the value difference between $NEW_FEATURE and $FEATURE_I_HAVENT_TRIED_YET ? Surely as long as there is new stuff for you to do, the difference is moot. Indeed, already existing features will be bug checked, updated and polished.

The way I see it...

- a bottle of so-so wine or 6-pack of beer is about $10 and usually won't last 2 or 3 days (maybe not even a day if you're like me).
- a NICE meal at a restaurant is about $10 to $15 and won't last more than 30 minutes to an hour.
- a monthly gym membership is about $10 to $20 a month and, on average, people don't go to it more than 3 days a week for an hour or two at a time.
- a good night at the bar with friends will EASILY cost $50 and MAYBE you remember about 3 hours of the experience, followed by hours of pain the morning after.

- EVE costs about $15 a month (less if you get an extended subscriptoon) and allows you unlimited access for 30 days to a world where you can freely interact (for better or worse) with several thousand of similar people (see: nerds) in ways that can keep you occupied for hours.


As far as entertainment and services go... EVE is a bargin.

where are you eating!? $10-15 is like chipotle for five guys, hardly what I would call a "NICE" meal. I doubt I'd consider a meal nice unless it was in the $30+ range. real easy to get in that range with an app, and a drink.

although the rest I completely agree. According to eveboard I've been logged in for 2h 16m 44s a day for the last 7 years so...

Hello, I'm in a bit of a conflict over EvE and was wondering if some of the more experienced players could help me out. I'm a first time player who bought a 6-month subscription 4 months ago after hearing how deep of a game EvE is, but in the next two months I need to decide whether or not I want to keep playing. I confess I'm very torn. On one hand I like EvE. It’s a deep and fun experience if you play with the right people. The community in general, disregarding the PvP - PvE arguments, is very helpful and knowledgeable and I love what EvE can do on both micro and macro scales. Yet on the other-hand I admit I have no love at all for subscription models. I feel they are very bad values that offer token paybacks and bare-bone additions compared to the revenue earned. Call it what you may, but for $120 a year I expect quite a bit of content to be added; at minimum a stand-alone $60 game worth. Yet in all the subscription games I've ever tried (EvE discounted because I have little experience here) it's the equivalent of one or two small DLCs a year.

So my questions are:

a.) How often does EvE receive expansions?
b.) Compared to the latest Rubicon, how large are the additions?
c.) How often are sales held? (Like the Winter sale where prices had been reduced 50% iirc)
d.) Has any information been released as to what the subscription money goes toward such as statistical breakdowns?


Thanks a bunch!

I asked same question as OP. My time is running out in 12 days or so. I decided to let it run out and do something else as past two months I have done nothing but queue new skills tbh. Maybe break from EVE is good. Hate me away but I kinda subbed to EVE because of promise of WiS... since that hasnt really been successful nor devs even want to continue it, I just chill until something else but "ship balance" happens. Then I surely come back to roam space.

The game blows for newer players, and it takes a year to train basic skills. You will be nothing less than easy prey for the lame.

I wouldn't really call adding a few mods, ships, content. Content would be wormhole systems.

The game blows for newer players, and it takes a year to train basic skills. You will be nothing less than easy prey for the lame.

but it's only because we were spoiled by other games

Ah the early days of UO, the wild west of mmo's, player corpses everywhere. Or getting completely lost in EQ, eaten by ghouls, waiting for daylight so you can search for your corpse. I really liked that stuff. Yes, few mmo's left that don't persistently force you to hold their hand. And many of those old games that required survival technique have long since converted to this new style of easy gaming. Don't worry, not missing anything with gw2, they broke nearly every one of those promises within the first few month, it's all about the RMT chance boxes now pretty much, moooo.