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08/31/09
Mobile notifications/remote control. Obviously I don't want the whole game to be playable from an iPhone, but I would flip if you could receive corporation/alliance notifications, send and receive eve mail, manage what skills you are training, and buy/sell on the station you left your pod in.
I'm sure we aren't the first to think this..am I missing something or is this a perfect idea?
09/01/09
I like how they are bringing up endgame a lot... we've always had lvl 5 missions which are a lot like raids, but the changes to how alliances/corps control space and themselves (hopefully they'll fix the one-button end-corp nonsense that destroyed BoB).
What'd make me happy is if they implemented a super-space-highway where there'd be a set of super stargates (only in hi-sec of course) that would take you, let's say, 30 jumps from Caldari space to middle of nowhere space and then you get off the highway and just use the normal stargates from there. Kind of like how we use normal interstates and highways irl. Just my brainstorming.
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08/31/09
If the first 5 mins feels like 30...I don't think i'd want to go any further...
08/31/09
@Driadon, the little mutant that could: First 5 minutes? It takes at least 20 to get through the stupidly long character creation. The game is dump and even more of a "lifer" game than WoW. End of.
@Vecha: Tired of America's Solution to Health Care.: Amen.
Also I forgot hitting the mining laser button and sitting there for 30 minutes while I orbit a rock, occaisionaly shooting at it with a laser (that somehow extracts the ore perfectly from said rock and transports it into my hold in about half a second).
Oh and I also forgot clicking on the weapon laser button and sitting there for 30 minutes while I auto-attack. Certainly sounds like fun to me!
08/31/09
wow, a silly game where i press a button and hit an elf with an axe
Forza, a stupid game where i crash a lot because its hard
look, we can all make derogatory comments about a game, dosen't mean we care what you think when you clearly know so little about such a diverse game.
08/31/09
@aZn sensaZn: Yeah but thats the thing... you don't so much as play Eve as you do sit there while it plays itself.
@Shaun Keogh: Except none of those are legitimate concerns. While the overuse of text windows and general lack of gameplay in Eve are legitimate ones.
And it's not at all diverse. The only goal in the game is to make as much money as possible which can quite easily be achieved by mining and legitimately scamming people.
Halo is rubbish but at least you're involved when you play it.
09/01/09
It appears from your admission of having little experience with the game, and your adherent dislike for it, that you crave a more instant and immersive experience from a game, and that's fine. Some people are more patient with their games, some people just like action.
Don't worry, a short attention span is nothing for which you should be ashamed. Probably.
09/01/09
Its not that I've only played for a bit I've done like 3 of the free trials because I would love to play a good space MMO. I met a guy on IRC, got the free trial and he sent me an absolute ton of ISK to get me started. But despite that I still wasn't really doing anything for an age. It takes far, far too long to get set up in EVE and it's so, so easy (from what I hear) to lose it all.
I dislike that when I die I lose my entire ship and everything that was in it. I dislike that combat essentially boils down to auto-attack. That the vast majority of the game, be it learning skills, mining, travelling, fighting etc. requires virtually no human input whatsoever.
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