My 8 year long run with WoW is coming to a halt, the game is just stale, and I can't help but look with rose tinted glasses at what the game used to be, which it just isn't anymore.

I need something new! Is Eve Online any fun? Could my computer even handle it?

1GIG VRAM

i5 CPU

8 gigs DDR3 RAM

(laptop)

Star Citizen dogfight module in late December. Look into it.

Don't. Just don't. I played EVE for two years. It's really cool and interesting at first, and then it gets boring real fast. Plus the interface is horrible if you don't have perfect eyesight. I hate that interface.

Played a free trial of it from my brother for about a month. I enjoyed it for the most part and it is quite fun, but it's just one of those MMOs that require a lot of attention and I just don't have the time for it. And yes, your screen is literally filled with all kinds of panels. Which I didn't mind too much once I learned the ropes but it can be quite overwhelming at times. Some PvP battles can be so huge you can't even tell what's going on.

From what I hear, EVE has the biggest learning curve of any MMO and requires a ton of time investment. As a casual gamer (and one who doesn't really play MMOs anymore), it's not a game that I would ever attempt playing. If you really like MMOs and really have the time to invest, it might be worth trying.

EVE Online is basically a virtual spreadsheet ...

I did not enjoy it...

if you like both Shooters and MMOs, go give "Planetside 2" a try.. great blend of of FPS, MMO Elements, dog fighting, and Strategy..


if you are not Familiar with Planetside 2, you choose one three factions, each with their own skills and technology.
the goal, is to capture the continents for your faction..

there are several "classes" you can play as, with their own skills and specialtys (Light Infantry have Jetpacks, Heavy Infantry have Over Shields, Max Suits are just powerhouses, Medic can heal and rez people, Engineer can repair Vehicles or Max Suits, and Infiltrators (aka snipers) can cloak themselves for a few seconds..) and you can switch between what class you need at any command center... you can also upgrade each class with new weapons, Armor, Gear, etc..

there are Numerous Vehicles you can make use of, such as ATVs, various Tanks, a Mobile Command Center, fighter planes, Bombers, and Troop Transports

(a good Strategy if you are trying to capture a Location they you don't have the man power to push past their defenses (such as "The Crown")... is load about 2-4 Galaxies (Troop Transports) with Light Infantry equipped with C4, ShotGuns, and SMGs. have them take down all Anti-Air and Anti-Tank Turrets. then have a group of tanks move in from the Bridge to the south-west, while Infantry approaching up the cliff to the north, and Snipers setting up spot across the ridge.. then get a few more Galaxies to deploy troops before the enemy can get the turrets back online...)

you have to both defend your areas, and capture more... every servers has a few thousand players...



its a Free game, so its at least worth giving it a try, don't like it just Uninstall it.. the glory of free games...

I have wanted to get into Eve, the concept is awesome. However, the time required to achieve success in that game is not something I have to invest. I have played the game some and it's learning curve is steep, but doable if your paying attention. And, yes, have great reading glasses.

I still am trying to decrypt your capitalization convention.

I'd also say that if you like deep games that take a long time to learn and enjoy, and you have time to devote to it (if you spent 8 years on WOW, it shows a lot), go for EVE Online. I've never played it and probably never will, but I respect it for its scale and such.

If you like spreadsheets, working as a drone of an interstellar megacorporation run by people from the internet and spending most of your time watching bars slowly go up, then yes. Progressing in EVE is almost a second job.

it consists of whatever my phones predictive text decides to capitalize..

Doesn't it take real time to level skills? I remember something barely involving two weeks for a pilot skill upgrade

Yes, I had to wait a whole five days to increase one of my skills.

I've played Eve Online for 5 years and at this point I see it as my favorite game now and forever. It's definitely one of the hardest games to get into. It takes a lot of patience. You'll lose a lot before you gain a lot. The active development of the game really helps things. Since I started playing the UI has become astronomically better, as well as most features deemed "useless" by the playerbase have been revamped and reintegrated. There's UI scaling now as well.

It's not a game focused around your character. It's not about how cool of a ship you can get or how many skills you have. It's more of finding your niche to maximize the amount of fun you have. If that's finding a cool group of people that does whatever, so be it. Really, anything you can think of. The PvP in the game is less "More skills means better at pvp" and more "Better pilot skill and knowing how to choose fights". A week old pilot can take on 5 year pilots if you pick the right targets, use the right tactics, or just bring friends. In small gang it's more about pilot maneuvering and knowing what modules to activate when rather than what you're fighting. In larger gangs it's more about how well the fleet composition works together, and moreover how well they take orders and how good those orders actually are.

Unlike the traditional MMO where it's basically you start out in this world with lots of things to do and over the levels it slowly comes together on A. Raids/Group PvE and B. PvP, Eve is upside down. In the beginning you, basically have no options. You're brand new, you need money, you need information. Learn, adapt, play with the basic features and eventually the game opens up. It doesn't hand itself to you, you have to go looking for fun. Browse public chat channels, use the recruitment system and the internet forums. Meet people, make friends, make enemies.

All in all, play a trial. If you're not sure after that, play another. If you're sure you like it, do another trial. If you're comfortable with the way you have to hit the ground running in the start of the game, then you can drop money a sub. Hell, by the time I actually started paying for the game I already made a number of good friends. I had private channels to join and people to ask for help.

The early skills take maybe a week total to train up to useable levels, the long skills really don't impede progress. There's basically a tier of weapons and ships that requires minimal training and you can pretty much hop into and get to it on day one. Unlocking the higher tier things and making fits work better takes time. But, a Tech 1 ship fitted with Tech 1 mods on day 1 of playing the game can wreck players flying Tech 1 ships with Tech 2 mods or even some Tech 2 ships. Many old vets use those ships and low skill mods for the sole sake of saving money because they're much easier to replace and don't perform too much worse than the more expensive varieties.

Edit: By early skills taking a week total I mean every necessary skill. Like, a decent tank, weapons, and support mods all together to the point where you can fit a tech 1 frigate equal to that of a player that's 5 years old.

So I DL'd the trial and it looks great. I had a hard time with the trial but eventually figured it out. I actually really enjoy the game.

But there's like..ZERO tolerance for ignorance in this game..holy crap..even the tutorial left me going "wut" a couple of times lol.

Fun times though. Interested to see how it pans out.

Play FFXIV: A Realm Reborn

I need party members