[netburnr]

Since I couldn't post in the game news area I guess it goes here.

EVE Online Capital Ship Change Prompts Community Revolt - Shacknews - PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads

Basically they are nerfing the Cap ships, and people are very very angry. Some can't even spell

[Jump]

Tell them to hire escorts!

[vorlon31]

Tow anyone?

[Jump]

I see they had to shut the whole game down last week because of hackers.

[netburnr]

Thats awesome. That game was always shitty to me. I canceled and they tried to keep charging my card for 3 months.

And they still spam me....

[Eraser55]

EVE sux..

[QrazyKermi]

Originally Posted by Eraser55

EVE sux..

EVE is a great resource for seeing how different ideas have worked or not worked. I look at it as reference material for Jumpgate Evolution. They've bore the brunt of the learning curve for a complex enonomy, corporation structure (guilds), etc. Now ND can look at EVE and cherry pick what fits with their goals for Jumpgate Evolution.

[Badger]

I'm with QrazyKermi on this. There are some very important lessons here:

Building a game where your power is determined largely on just the amount of time in-game can lead to serious problems. There wouldn't be nearly this big of an outcry if people just had to re-learn how to fly other ships, and weren't going to be stuck with a huge number of worthless in-game skills which cost them time and money to acquire.

[Lordopic]

there is allways somthing in eve that piss's people off, as for the game dont think ill be going back to it.

[Jonboy]

Originally Posted by Badger

I'm with QrazyKermi on this. There are some very important lessons here:

Building a game where your power is determined largely on just the amount of time in-game can lead to serious problems. There wouldn't be nearly this big of an outcry if people just had to re-learn how to fly other ships, and weren't going to be stuck with a huge number of worthless in-game skills which cost them time and money to acquire.

In WoW, this is dealt with by the Devs making things easier to do after they've been in game for a while. They drop the requirements down so that they are accessible to the average player.

In Jumpgate, the thing that takes time to acquire is skill, which you have to practice at. The more you put in, the more you get out. But some learn very quickly.

[ELPIRATA]

I just got the email of EVE: Trinity and it had 2 pictures (before and after) of one ship. You can notice more image quality, which has been one of their strongs. Following an excerpt from the mail.

Trinity: The expansion you have to see

We're getting an expansion this winter, and it's real shiny. In fact, it's so shiny that we had to add a lot of other things just so you could see how shiny it is. Its shininess includes 50 man-years of work remodeling all spaceships, stargates and station exteriors and interiors, plus all the improvements and additions that go hand in hand with introducing this kind of burning luminosity. It is, in fact, a brand new graphic engine, and we're very proud of it. To show off its shininess we're adding a host of Tech II ships that include the eerie Black Ops, the spearheading Marauders and the warp-jamming Heavy Interdictors, not to mention the lockdown terrors that are the Electronic Attack Ships, and the masters of the supply chain, the Jump Freighters. That's not to mention an abundance of PvE content, including hundreds of new kill missions, and various game advancements ranging from improved drone management to new booster production regions. You'll need to see this.

But Im not going EVE either

BTW I read on that news link about EVE and at the end of it basically says that they suggested to nerf the cap ships and such and that the fan reaction was naturally that, but it doesnt say that the change was made active.

ELP

[Hornet]

I liked EVE, to a point. The graphics were spectacular, the ships and enemies were cool, but it seemed overly complex for a newbie. I couldn't get a handle on how a lot of things worked...there was too much going on. And of course the fact that it was click-and-go was sad.