EVE Online

i am game to give this a shot.. could some1 send me the trial invite pls? Once the trial is finished, can you continue with that character, or do u start again?
 
Well some people say that once you get through the learning curve there is no turning back.

But the learning curve is very very steep and allot of people never stick it through. But that is only what I have read. Never tried it myself..... yet :p
 
another question, how much bandwidth does the game use when you are online? is it something like BF2142 was at 100mb an hour, or just a few mb an hour?
 
Well cap usage depends on whether you use EVE Voice or not. You can expect about 15meg a night if you don't use voice (bout 3-5 meg an hour). And I play on my Vodacom 3G account with no problems at all, big fleet battles lag a bit but that's understandable with 100+ ships shooting at each other!
 
thats not too bad.. hopefully will see u guys online soon
 
Maybe I'll just start the download tonight and see how long it will take. 1.5GB odd should take about a night maybe.
 
The new retail box at BT games includes 60days game time if i am not mistaken.


Also it does NOT include the Apocrypha expansion, which is about 1,3- 1,4 GB.Once you install the box client, you willl have to then download the expansion. ( Its free though as are all expansions in EVE.)

You can play EVE on any connection, even dialup, and bandwidth usage is only about 5-10Mb per hour at max.

EVE is the most in depth and involved MMO ever...im serious,and it gets its hooks in you big time. Starting off is difficult , and it is advisable to play with experienced people you know.

The whole EVE market economy is mind boggling as well, as it is 99% player controlled, via supply and demand. etc

Plus, flying spaceships is cool :P
 
I tried EVE last year, but cancelled after two months or so. The learning curve is not as steep as most make out, after a week of playing you'll get the general idea.

The reasons I cancelled:

- Was playing by myself, didn't know anyone to join a Corp so it became pretty lonely. In most other MMO's you'll group up with random people and interact pretty easily, but in EVE I felt very isolated from the playerbase. Sure there are general chat channels, but you still feel dislocated from them, as everyone is hours apart.

- A large amount of macro managing and tweaking required for your ships. I've logged in and literally spent 3 hours reading up and testing to find the best configuration for my ship for what I wanted to do, not even leaving the station. if you're the sort of person who loves delving into numbers and tweaking to find optimal configurations then EVE is for you. Get a new skill or ship and you start over again. Sure, you don't have to be too detailed, just slap some gear on your ship and head out.. but eventually I found it more and more necessary.. and it started to get tedious.

- The first few weeks are fun training up, but eventually you'll get to a point where skills need weeks/months to train. If you're prepared to wait this long for upgrades then cool, but personally I'm more of an action-orientated player. EVE needs alot of time and patience to feel like you've accomplishing something.

The issues I had above were from my perspective, it's just how I found the game. Some people may completely disagree with me.

As Sylas said it took him 4 times to get into it properly, so I have no doubt what I experienced was just from not giving EVE and myself enough time to adjust. I think if you're prepared to spend alot of time and get passed the initial curve, and get used to the vastly different dynamic EVE has compared to other MMO's then it could be a very interesting experience.

It's definitely a game you have to judge for yourself, because it kind of becomes what you want it to be.
 
Eve is defintely not a solo game. A huge part of it is the interaction with other players. A good friendly corp is also a must.
 
Yep join a player Corporation as soon as possible, the level 1 missions can be quite boring when you start out :) and some things are just impossible to comprehend by reading tutorials. We've got players in our corp that started playing back in 2003 and not even they know all there is to know :)

PVP'ing is also a must...I know Low Sec and 0.0 space seems scary at 1st believe me the PVP experience is very addictive and really gives you a rush :)
 
hermansteyn said:
Yep join a player Corporation as soon as possible, the level 1 missions can be quite boring when you start out :) and some things are just impossible to comprehend by reading tutorials. We've got players in our corp that started playing back in 2003 and not even they know all there is to know :)

PVP'ing is also a must...I know Low Sec and 0.0 space seems scary at 1st believe me the PVP experience is very addictive and really gives you a rush :)
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Well looks like we'll have a pretty good group here on MyBB. Maybe one of you can create a Corp. (One of the older more up to date players) and we
can all play together maybe :p
 
I have a small corp of my alt characters, only 3 players, so you guys are welcome to join up, but its probably not what you need, as I dont log on a lot due to heavy work commitments etc.

Some of my in game characters as folllows if you want to give me a shout or send mails with queries:

Kommodo - My main guy
Rooikop - alt
 
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