EVE Online: Incarna 1.0 has been deployed. Incarna 1.0 features Captain's Quarters - the first step towards opening the interiors of space stations for players; new graphics and animations for ship turrets; and the Noble Exchange store offering new and exciting goods. New players will now embark on their journey in EVE Online guided by completely revamped tutorials and the familiar voice of Aura, while the new agent finder and corporation recruitment tools will make life easier for all pilots. For more information visit the expansion website.
Slashman wrote on Jun 22, 2011, 17:46:
The exaggeration in this thread about EVE is laughable.
Apparently if an MMO doesn't hold your hand and tell you where the 'fun' is, people are incapable of figuring it out for themselves.
I played EVE for 2 years. Was only ever in small corps apart from a brief foray into 0 sec space. And I NEVER got into the excel aspects that people keep insisting are all EVE is about.
I mined a bit, discovered profitable NPC trade-routes, hunted pirates(the human kind), did stuff with my corp mates, allied with some actual pirate corps, did NPC missions, challenged myself by making trade runs through low-sec areas, even managed to band together with some folks to blockade a low sec system and force all the pirates out while folks from my corp mined.
Most importantly I found a great group of people through global channels who were always around to talk to, ask advice and help from and laugh with.
I'm sorry if having a little patience and learning how to do things is anathema to folks these days. But if all EVE really was, was excel in space...it wouldn't be one of the most successful MMOs out there. You CAN play it at that level...but there is absolutely no need to if you don't want to.