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Having far too much free time I recently decided I had to try out EVE Online. It seemed like a radically different MMORPG since it didn’t feature anything with green skin, pointy ears or giant man-cows.
Unfortunately, almost everything else that I’ve come to despise in MMORPGs was present and accounted for.
Better / different than most MMORPGs.
- Downloadable client. Cheaper, faster to get started.
- Free expansions.
- Can buy virtual game cards for real money and sell them for in-game currency to afford in-game ships or items.
- No levels, but rather skills that train even when you’re offline.
Same as most MMORPGs.
- Grind, grind, grind …
- Takes ages for a beginner to see any serious play.
- Realistically no chance to catch up to seasoned players.
- Poor / slow software development.
- Outcome is the usual combination of gear, gear level, and character level plus chance. Very little room for skill. Even Subspace favored more of the right skills.
Worse than most MMORPGs / Other gripes.
- Higher monthly fee (Europe) but game cards can be purchased in US dollars.
- Higher learning curve.
- Daily one hour server maintenance.
- A lot more time consuming to max out skills. Leveling in WoW takes months, skilling up in EVE takes a year or more.
- Persistent world. No suddenly leaving the computer. If you don’t log out at a star base you’re screwed.
- It is set in spaaace. Big and black, filled with a lot of nothingness. Terribly unexciting.
- Can’t control your own ship directly, just fly to certain points, set speed, destination.
- Can’t escape PvP, but can minimize risks in high security space.
- Bigger ships don’t make you king of the hill. Turns out the battleship I purchased (and barely could afford to outfit) couldn’t hit pesky little frigates. That may make sense in PvP for leveling the battlefield, but for PvE it’s just retarded.
Witty comments about EVE may follow.
