EVE General Discussion

so it seems the most helpful website for tips and info is to be canned v.v info wiki's are awsome ,such a shame

https://wiki.eveonline.com/

Yeah, it's a shame CCP did that. I created a thread with a link allowing access to Evelopedia after CCP discontinued it.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=472997&find=unread

Evelopedia via The Wayback Machine

To access Evelopedia link, right click and select 'Open In New Tab'

(Note : 'The Wayback Machine' is used to access info previously contained in Evelopedia. After Evelopedia opens, continue doing the 'Right Click / Open In New Tab' to access links within Evelopedia. Links to external sites such as Eve Survival, Eve Files, etc can be accessed with URL copy and paste.)



DMC

EvE Uni's Wiki says, "Hello!'.

Good enough that CCP use it for reference.

In preference to their own wiki no less.

That link has the following message : The requested topic does not exist.


I agree, especially since they got a lot of their info from Evelopedia in the first place. Not to mention just like Evelopedia, CCP isn't updating them on current changes being made to the game. By the time players find out about those changes and update the wiki, new changes are added to the game thus making Uniwiki become more outdated.


DMC

Crying shame that a game as info-intensive as Eve doesn't have an official source for up to date information. This game is a lot about who shaves hairs or weighs smoke better to get the competitive edge, after all. If it were me (and it's not of course), I'd create something like ISD or Mercury crew of player volunteers to continually manage and update a game documentation site. And freely throw PLEXes, ships, skins, AUR, officer mods, whatever around to the dedicated ones. We're just odd enough that some of us would enjoy being master librarians/archivists/information sorters.

Conceptually the correct answer is out there in the wild internet where we have a chance of being relevant and heard, compared to tucked away on forums.eveonline.com

Nothing makes me feel worse about being an Eve Online player than reading r/eve.

I don't think you're wrong, I'd also assume the Eve Forums are the next thing to get the Evelopedia treatment.

The players do what better?

There's a sort of rule that says whatever game mechanics you create, your players will deconstruct it and overcome them. Along those lines, I think players can also be expected to figure out the best way to do things. I think this includes informing other players of your game mechanics.

Crowdsourcing.

When you have a large pool of people who are interested in your game, or your product, they will want to communicate. You can provide a free forum because it's something everyone else does, or you can make room for players to come up with something for their own purposes. I think the e-uni wiki is a great example of this.

So I guess in defense of CCP you could interpret the lack of an official wiki as a smart move. It saves time and money for the company but also makes room for players to take ownership of something related to the game.

r/eve

Forums.eveonline isn't just secluded from the rest of the internet. It's also crippled by the politics of the game. EVE-O is multipartisan and will never compare to the cohesiveness of forums of different player groups.

Depending on your affiliation you will probably dislike one of the few major sites that come to mind. But they're all incredibly successful from a neutral standpoint and they're more great examples of players doing it better.

I guess it's harsh to say EVE-O could be killed off. At a bare minimum I think it could serve as an announcement platform and maybe recruitment center for new players.

IT'S NOT LIKE DEVS TALK TO US ON HERE ANYWAY. lol