Getting into EVE Online Comments by Jim Rossignol

Great article, and thanks for the namecheck, Jim!

Its worth noting that we dont just do combat though - we teach the basics in Industry, PvE and pretty much everything else too.

And of course, having Eve University in your corp history isn't a bad thing for a lot of employers - we even have a 'work fair' section of our forums for third parties to recruit from.

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Kelduum Revaan, Diplomatic Director, Eve University

I started playing EVE when I was on a sabbatical (i.e. made redundant and looking for a job) and found it simultaneously dull yet intriguing. Couldn't imagine playing it now - what with working, life etc. EVE is a time magnet.

EVE is very interesting.. but somehow it can be very dull at the same time as well.

I still subscribe to it, but atm I don't play much... but still its a very nice and deep game. The only thing I hate about it is that it seems to take ages to do anything!

BEST MMO EVER

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bah, E-ON gets overlooked again :P

As always from Mr. R though, a fine portrait of a great game

Eve looks pretty interesting. But I'm put off by it's apparently steep learning curve and most of all the amount of dedication it would seem to require. Reading all of that I can't see how it would be anything but a total time hog if you want to get anywhere, much more so than WoW was.

I think there is a trial offer on Steam, perhaps I'll look into it anyway.

You see, that feeling of actually making a real mark is something I wish appeared in more online games. There's no sense of that in WOW for me... but then, I'm not a hardcore player. Am I wrong?

I'd like to see console games take some inspiration from this. THey have inbuilt, user friendly online capability so it would be great to see worldwide conflicts that actually mattered.

The first game to achieve this could be huge

Excuse me if this sounds uninformed, but do I understand correctly that you cannot really accelerate the development of your character? You only have to wait to get skills?

Other than the fact that this sounds a bit like Progress Quest to me (although I wager this is a little bit more interactive), doesn't that mean that as a newb, you will never, ever reach the same league as the top players, not in 1 000 years? Does your advancement (and thus possibly your enjoyment of the game) depend directly on your "Joined" date?

Not really cammorista. The only difference between the vets and the noobs is the amount of ships you can fly. Remember, you can only fly one type of ship at a time and there's a ceiling on the skills for that ship. It doesn't really give you an advantage, just more variety in what you can do. For example, I've been playing for 19 months. I started flying caldari race ships now im cross training over to minmatar ships because I've got all the ships I want from caldari. Also, all ships have a place in eve. As the article says, ships are useful for all different types of roles. Each ship has a place. My favourite ships is an interceptor. Small, very fast and pathetic damage. A noob can get into that ship very fast. Besides, player skill > skillpoints.

Anyway, if you're impatient and you want higher sp character, you can for example play the market as a trader, earn lots of money, buy someones higher sp character with the money you've made. All legal. If you know what you're doing withthe market, you could have a 2 year old character from playing the market within a month. If you want it bad, you can have it in eve. There's no limit to what you can do. You just have to step on someone to get there and also be diplomatic. Eve is the ultimate sandbox. It rewards people willing to take risks. It's hard to get into but once youre in its pretty hard to leave. Also, join eve university if youre starting the game. That's where I started out. Good bunch of guys that show you the ropes.

Btw, good article.

It's odd - I always find Eve very pretty to look at, and very intriguing in theory, but I always find playing it is like playing a very pretty spreadsheet, or SQL database. I'd love to like it, but I just don't think I'm wired correctly.

And SWG (in the good old days) gave you the same lasting feeling of leaving your mark on something. Hopefully Conan, with its player-made structures, will offer similar.

EVE . . . a huge enigma to me. Played it for 5 months straight and I couldn't decide just what I wanted to do TBH.

I might give it a go soon with a new account and a new character but I want to see how Jumpgate: Evolution turns out. I can only ever deal with one MMO at a time.

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