jacobvandy wrote on Mar 1, 2013, 23:54:
Not my problem.

SectorEffector wrote on Mar 1, 2013, 22:28:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeoQEJkGW1I

already better than anything the movie will have.

jdreyer wrote on Feb 28, 2013, 21:12:

NKD wrote on Feb 28, 2013, 18:25:
There's no reason after 3 months of training that you should HAVE to pay a monthly fee. I pay a monthly fee because I don't log in often enough right now to actually make ISKs. In fact, I lose ISKs because of skill book costs. But if I were to log in I could pay for my sub in 20 hours of running missions or mining. 20 hours a month to avoid a monthly fee isn't a huge investment.

Heh, true, but you're saying that your time is worth $0.70 per hour.

ItBurn wrote on Feb 28, 2013, 18:39:

I suffered through the learn to learn bullshit. As for the rest, I think you are a bit of an elitist and/or are way better than average at the game and also live in fantasy land where everything is perfect for everyone.

ItBurn wrote on Feb 28, 2013, 17:30:

NKD wrote on Feb 28, 2013, 17:13:
Also EVE is already essentially free to play once you've got some income. You can buy game-time with in-game currency!

I've played for several years and never had enough money for that.
As for being able to be effective quickly, I call bullshit on that. Unless the game dramatically changed since I played. Back when I played, you had to train for months before you could do anything productive at all. And if you did something well, it was that ONLY thing, nothing else. And you had to focus only on that or else you were severly gimping yourself. Got boring quick.

ViRGE wrote on Feb 28, 2013, 17:03:

GayBlade wrote on Feb 28, 2013, 08:52:
I really do love playing EVE, but I do not play anymore due to the $14.99 subscription model.

As the MMO industry has evolved away from charging subscriptions, I too have evolved in not wanting to pay for one.

If CCP would move to a free to play model, I would be back in a heartbeat.

If they did that, CCP would have to give up their current development model of giving everyone free upgrades, which is a huge part of how the current universe operates. Basing future development off of subscription revenue means that CCP can work on whatever they think will improve the game, be it refactoring code or introducing new ships.

An expansion pack model not only fractures the community (it would be very difficult to try to separate old and new content in a game without levels or zones), but it effectively locks CCP into having to deliver major new content additions every time.

briktal wrote on Feb 28, 2013, 16:00:

Mr. Tact wrote on Feb 28, 2013, 13:38:
From what I've read, you aren't necessarily safe even in high security areas. And yeah, there appears to be a "you can never catch up" issue. At least in something like WoW -- you can start from scratch and in a couple of months be as geared as anyone else is for the most part...

The "catch up" isn't THAT bad in EVE. There are limits on how effective you can be in a particular role. After a year or two (granted that's not a speedy catch up), most skill growth is giving you options. For example, you can catch up and be able to fly a battleship as well as a vet, but he'll also be able to fly an interceptor well and you won't.

J wrote on Feb 27, 2013, 18:46:
In the original Deus Ex stealth was tricker. Even the prod had to be used on the lower spine otherwise it required two charges. Knocking out with a baton required melee upgrades and a hit to the head. Miss for whatever reason and follow through too slowly and you risk a lot of heat on you.

deqer wrote on Feb 27, 2013, 12:12:
How do we stop this new generation of dumb ass kids and parents from supporting this shit? How do we stop kids/parents from sinking money into this type of shit?

Anyone? Anyone know how?

Cutter wrote on Feb 26, 2013, 22:26:
You'd think by now sony would have learned to take their security a lot more seriously. Cheap pricks.

1badmf wrote on Feb 25, 2013, 19:08:
i felt the story and gameplay would've been more gripping if he took a more gandhi-esque route to civil disobedience.