EVE General Discussion

So far I've found it pretty underwhelming. But that's only because industry isn't something I enjoy in EVE, which a large part of the releases have focussed on.

Of course, if industry is your thing then that's great, your time has come (after just 10 short years lol).

I'm hoping something comes along which renews my interest in the game. It hasn't happened yet, but we'll see.

What do you think about the new release schedule? Is it like living on a drip feed on life support, or a constant stream of riches?

Drip fed will always seem underwhelming as by the time the new drip comes along, people would have gotten used to the last one.

Just a matter of people getting used to little and often. Don't think of them as mini expansions, just think of them as continual enhancements/improvements.


Industry is not my thing either, but an improvement is an improvement even if it's something I won't use.

Love it, it's great.

Looks good, kinda like those Warcraft 3 DotA map releases that update the game every so often. Keeps the players on their toes.

a lot of people (op included) just dont get how it works, shorter release cycle wont means that they only have smaller projects, just that while the guys working on longer-term projects strife onward, the guys working on all those small quality of life and easy done fixes can release them when they are ready, without waiting for the bigger stuff.

Oh dear fool. I do understand. I am just saying that what I have seen so far has not been terribly interesting to me and that that situation may change.

Your opinion may differ. But you won't get very far misinterpreting what I have said.

I'd rather hear what you have liked or would like to see in the future.

Let me shower you with pretty clothes .

Dunno. Hopefully now that the industry stuff is largely done we'll see something large and exciting.

The new system has no major effect on project sizes. It is more or less the same development, but with more release points throughout the year. It means more releases, but only a few of those will likely contain the kind of major content blocks/changes, that were the main features of previous expansions. It can also allow potentially larger projects, since previously they were limited by the expansion schedule. Now there is less pressure for a project to fit in the expansion cycle no matter what its condition was or be stripped down because it would be too large to fit the old release cycle. We will see better how it works overall and what problems it has after it has been around for 12 to 18 months.

+1.

Have you seen the movie Idiocracy? If you have not, I highly recommend it, but if you have, you should remember the scene where the protagonist gets sentenced to death because the crops don't start growing immediately after they get watered.

I for one only miss the trailers. I want trailers. I love EVE cinematics, even if they don't reflect the actual gameplay, they are always a spectacle for me. I even enjoyed Incarna (what? admit it, that space battle was pretty darn cool).

But when you're trying something new, it's a bit unfair to judge it before it's been given a chance to show results.