EVE Online

[Belle Hibiki]

I've been playing this game for a while now (eight months), and yet still this video totally blew me away. I don't care if it's propaganda for GoonFleet; it's still wicked.

Anyone else play?

[Captain Silver]

No, I don't. But I need to, this game looks insane. Is there an info site for it?

[Belle Hibiki]

http://www.eve-online.com

Be warned though, this game has a very steep learning curve. The tutorial itself takes some people a couple of hours (although I hear it's been improved), and you're barely scratching the game there.

And by barely scratching, I mean you're taking a quarter and running it across Atlas' big toe.

There's seriously that much here. I'm still learning things each and every day. (I'm a miner in low security space, by the way. So I have to watch out for player pirates.)

The thing I really like about this game is that it doesn't penalize you for having a life. You simply select a skill to train (there are no character 'levels', just proficiency in skills), and based on your statistics the server will begin counting down an amount of RL time. For instance, I have Industry IV; if I want to train it to Industry V (highest rank!) it would take me about four and a half real-life days. I set the skill, log out, don't play EVE for that amount of time, and when I come back the skill is done. The only real downside to not playing a lot is that you obviously won't make as much money as other people.

But this is itself lessened in impact by the fact that even a Frigate can contribute greatly to a Fleet op, because it's almost fucking impossible for a Battleship with Large guns to hit one.

It's cool.