11-30-2006, 10:47 PM
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.
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.
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