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EVE Online = Dungeons and Dragons 2.0
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Xuko Nuki
Heralds of Darkness
White Sky.
#21 - 2012-01-07 16:02:48 UTC
Rico Minali wrote:
I always fit an Elven Cloak to my stealth bomber, what do you use?


As if an elven cloak could fit on a SB RollRollRoll, consult your fitting manual and try again, nerd.

Falin Whalen
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2012-01-07 17:28:19 UTC
All my rifters, are outfitted with girdles of giant strength. P

"it's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves." The Trial - Franz Kafka 
Tiberius Amzadee
The Night Stalker Syndicate
#23 - 2012-01-07 17:37:03 UTC
What a horrible comparison. This is just like comparing a campfire to a nuclear reactor.
Kessiaan
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#24 - 2012-01-07 17:44:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Kessiaan
DrunkenNinja wrote:
  • Gear/stats > player skill: Check

    • This is the seed of a shiny KM. We should provide lots of ISK and encouragement until it's ready for harvest.

    EDIT:

    Also, I always felt EvE had a lot more in common with Traveler than D&D.

    KB Link
    Cyprus Black
    School of Applied Knowledge
    Caldari State
    #25 - 2012-01-07 17:58:33 UTC
    OP

    Do you ever get that nagging voice in the back of your head? The one that says to keep your mouth shut because you're about to say something incredibly stupid and embarrass yourself?

    Why didn't you listen to that voice when you made this post? Now you look ********.

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    Ciar Meara
    PIE Inc.
    Khimi Harar
    #26 - 2012-01-07 21:51:31 UTC
    DrunkenNinja wrote:

  • Gear/stats > player skill: Check


    • You clearly never play eve.

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    Elessa Enaka
    Doomheim
    #27 - 2012-01-07 23:22:20 UTC
    Mars Theran wrote:
    RubyPorto wrote:
    DrunkenNinja wrote:

  • Emphasis on RP: Check.

    • Where does D&D have Research Points?


    2nd Edition Skills and Options. Not exactly the same thing; but close enough.

    I really don't see the relation to D&D however. I haven't played in ~12 years, since they scrapped the above in favor of 3rd edition; but I don't recall it being anything like this. Oh.. wait.. there was that backstabbing **** I had to play with.


    Guy had a character that was Tiefling, (half-demon for all intents and purposes), and an Assassin/Thief; while I played a more respectable Solamnic Knight of sorts, turned Fighter/many multi-classes. We were all stuck in the Abyss, somewhere around the 66th layer, and trying to find our way back out of a rather twisted version of the Demonweb pits, after somehow getting transported there from Krynn.

    Don't know if any of you have any familiarity, but every layer and domain of the Abyss is different; with warped and twisted deviations of what you might find in the real world. Nothing is really what it seems at face value, and with the GM we had; well, it was a lot worse than usual.

    Long story short, we couldn't really die, as we just respawned back in a salt mine somewhere as slaves with nothing but rags and a will to get out of there. Assassin guy was a pain in the neck as he usually was about as trustworthy as the plane itself, and in at least one game I missed; the GM allowed him to assassinate my character.

    Without surprise, that was the game in which they all escaped, and I never did end up getting out until much later. I solo palyed after that for awhile and eventually got out; but not without some serious issues with my characters actual condition. Never was sure after that, whether he was actually dead or alive.

    He ended up rebuilding Krynn as a quasi-diety after my GM let loose the forces of the Abyss on it and wiped out all semblance of life; leaving it a lava strewn wasteland, with no more than mineral value and base elements to work with. That was some time, (Multiple Plane hops, more than a few worlds-some unknown), and many travels later of course.

    I actually came to like the Salt mines and the idea of my character peaceably slaving away there. Better than playing with those guys again. It was about 2 years before I picked up where I'd left off that day, and took that character through the rest of his journeys.

    Funny I remember that so well.

    EVE is a little more static I think, and not nearly as deep as all that. Plus, there's SP, and thankfully no 3rd edition

    lol, Tieflings == win

    Also, I have played with people like that as well, sadly it is the reason I don't play anymore

    Also, 3.5 is IMHO the best version of D&D released to date, the people who came up with 4th, should however be executed and everything pertaining to 4th should be burned

    Devour to survive, so it is, so it's always been Eve is a great game if you can get past all of the asshats....
    MadMuppet
    Critical Mass Inc
    #28 - 2012-01-08 01:33:23 UTC
    Wait, wuyt? There was a 2nd edition? I like my random dragon tables having % liar on them.

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    Tippia
    Sunshine and Lollipops
    #29 - 2012-01-08 01:46:27 UTC
    Pff. Earthdawn > D&D.

    Sure, it's a silly class/level based system, but at least they've tried to build a world that incorporates and explains that silliness. P
    Lorimer
    Republic University
    Minmatar Republic
    #30 - 2012-01-08 01:48:39 UTC

    Tomb of Horrors.[/quote]

    And you think eve is a cold hard mistress :)
    MadMuppet
    Critical Mass Inc
    #31 - 2012-01-08 01:55:10 UTC
    Really though, EVE is a lot more like Advanced Squad Leader in complexity and learning curve.

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    Dessau
    The Scope
    #32 - 2012-01-08 02:40:18 UTC
    Kessiaan wrote:
    Also, I always felt EvE had a lot more in common with Traveler than D&D.

    This was one of my first space games. Good fun. Tiny ass manuals, though.
    Tippia
    Sunshine and Lollipops
    #33 - 2012-01-08 02:42:42 UTC
    Dessau wrote:
    Kessiaan wrote:
    Also, I always felt EvE had a lot more in common with Traveler than D&D.

    This was one of my first space games. Good fun. Tiny ass manuals, though.

    Topical.
    Dessau
    The Scope
    #34 - 2012-01-08 02:52:36 UTC
    Tippia wrote:
    Topical.

    Makes no mention of my failure to use a hyphen at all. ;3

    Earthdawn was pretty sweet, too. I like the old FASA games.
    Tippia
    Sunshine and Lollipops
    #35 - 2012-01-08 02:53:42 UTC
    Dessau wrote:
    Tippia wrote:
    Topical.

    Makes no mention of my failure to use a hyphen at all. ;3
    Fair enough. So you first have to correct the post, then move the hyphen. P
    RubyPorto
    RubysRhymes
    #36 - 2012-01-08 20:36:31 UTC
    MadMuppet wrote:
    "Are the drones Ogres? I have a +9 dagger against Ogres! Where's the Mountain Dew? Am I getting drunk yet?"


    If there are any girls there, I wanna DO them!

    "It's easy to speak for the silent majority. They rarely object to what you put into their mouths." -Abrazzar "the risk of having your day ruined by other people is the cornerstone with which EVE was built" -CCP Solomon
    Ranger 1
    Ranger Corp
    Vae. Victis.
    #37 - 2012-01-08 21:48:32 UTC
    Well, at the 20 thousand foot level, EVE does have some elements in common with classic AD&D...

    ... if there was no DM
    ... if there were no classes
    ... if the only combat that took place was with mountain leveling weaponry/magic
    ... if there were no other playable races with unique special abilities

    Yeah, I liked Traveler... I was also rather fond of The Morrow Project.

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    Rodj Blake
    PIE Inc.
    Khimi Harar
    #38 - 2012-01-09 11:54:53 UTC
    Eve owes far more to Traveller than to D&D.

    And that's a good thing.

    Dolce et decorum est pro Imperium mori
    Skydell
    Bad Girl Posse
    #39 - 2012-01-09 12:01:40 UTC
    I see why you can come to this comparison, OP.

    in the spirit of the forum though I must now call you a useless noob who knows nothing about EVE,
    Then start talking about my cat and how a mailbox exploded in Germany.
    Jowen Datloran
    Science and Trade Institute
    Caldari State
    #40 - 2012-01-09 12:32:07 UTC
    Your alignment is 'true idiot'.

    Could happen.

    Mr. Science & Trade Institute, EVE Online Lorebook