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skinn trayde
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Posted - 2012.11.22 13:02:00 -
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dudeytron - leaving the game during beta if you don't like its bugs is one thing, but would you be returning to try again when launched? (and yes I have read the posts previously)
I ask as the Eve universe has never been about aliens but about the meta game of intergalactic conquest with a side serving of rogue drones and other non-human interference.
I appreciate the thoughts about the SF/Future setting missing something "alien" but the premise is that the human race expanded into this part of the universe and splintered into 4 key factions. Eve is and always has been more about the inhumanity of humanity at its core, and CCP have never ruled out "others" appearing to stir things up (bring on the Jovians!!).
Regarding Corps - every player is instantly part of a larger corporation (albeit NPC controlled), so that's not the issue I think you have, but an issue with finding yourself playing with players that don't act as a team when in "randoms" matches. Every player is in a squad; but not every squad leader leads their squad. This game and the greater Eve universe has always been based around teamwork - yes you can make a living solo, but you are stronger with people around you.
However, "bug hunts" and non-human conflicts are catered for by ME / Halo / GoW / Resistance / (hell even) AvP or Aliens: CM. Don't write off a game that will cost you sweet FA to play on the grounds that its a future themed shooter, get involved with the larger community (maybe try EVE), and hopefully you could find a place in your heart for what is (for some of us at least) a very large family. |
skinn trayde
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Posted - 2012.11.22 13:24:00 -
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dudeytron wrote:
I see what you're saying. Maybe I'm being a tad harsh on the game elements regarding alien life....but I'm still convinced CCP could have done something to make the Alien worlds looks a tad more alien. Giant Mushrooms, red rivers, orange sky...I don't know.
But you get my point!? At the minute I feel like I'm playing on a brown field industrial site in Birmingham!!!
In regards to me being a one man army and ignoring the corps - This is how I play and I enjoy it. But I'll tell you what, as you're not the first to say "join a corp, it's better", I'll dig out my headset and mic tonight...and I'll see if joining in the game chat makes things a little more interesting.
I may come back in a years time to see if things have changed - I tend to only doing gaming during Winter, when it's too cold to go to the pub!
Brum isn't that brown... it's more grey ;-)
Mic on in "randoms" is again hit and miss, but I always have mine on for non-corp squaddage, and it can make a difference, even 1 other person passing info / working with you tactically (even just covering you while you hack) changes the way you play.
- stick it on team rather than squad if you have nobody else in squad mic'd up - |
skinn trayde
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Posted - 2012.11.22 14:44:00 -
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i could be classed by some as casual myself, I don't play all the time (RL happens) and FPSes aren't my first port of call for gaming as too many are all about lone-wolfing online, however I do love a challenge, I don't kitten about stuff I think is unfair, I play the game as best I can and try to play with likeminded people. I don't care about KDR if my team/corp win because I cap the points required before taking a sniper round to the face.
I've been gaming since the late 70s, I've spent more money than sense on hardware and games, but to some I'm casual. So be it.
A mode for casual gamers? That will happen when the game balance settles, matchmaking gets fixed, the universe expands to sec levels, and corp contracts kick in properly. Hi sec games will mostly be populated by lower levelled players, not earning the SP/ISK rewards of null sec warfare. Null sec will be mostly filled with Corps looking to make a name and make a difference in New Eden.
It's a beta, some things are borked, some are kittened, some are just a matter of perspective. |
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