All Posts by Adardowen

When I played EVE, they called me a carebear. I liked to trade, mine, build for my corp. They got my creations blown up and I just made more. I enjoyed it. How is that being a carebear? I MADE PVP HAPPEN. Without me or people like me, PVP wouldn't be possible.

PVP players often hate to admit it, but they need the PVE and Crafting type players. Most PVP players don't care though, and will drive decent players away. One of my friends was mining in a Hulk in .7 space (he came and joined a few of us to just mine and chat) and these two gankers showed up in cruisers during server lag and knocked him out. Sure, concord swept them, but it took 7 minutes for concord to get there. It's cowardly tactics like that that are making me look at all these PVP posts and hanging my head in shame. How can you all call yourselves true PVPers when all you do is abuse game mechanics and kill solo players in your huge pirate groups? "LULZ I AM SO LEET I KILLZ YOUR MINING SHIP LULZ"

PVP without a reason isn't PVP, it's griefing. There is no challenge in killing newer players or miners, especially when you don't even give them a chance to pay their escape (like most pirates in EVE, who KoS and make off with shitty tier 1 gear and make little to no profit)

I wish they'd drop the monthly fee in exchange for advertising, but heh, that'll never happen. I hope this money does infact go towards development costs though. At least if it doesn't, I can just turn the ads off.

Caves could have been better utilized as a way to interrupt the typical lattice of bases. It sort of was used that way, but could have been better. Planetside truly died with BFRs, which removed much of the feel and thrill of the game. It turned into mechwarrior.

Anyway, PS needs to go Free 2 Play to get the kind of population it needs now. A damn shame... I loved the game.

I would love to see a better version of Planetside: better graphics, better physics, more varied vehicles, MORE PLAYERS (!), etc.

I'll pay the $14.95... just give me a game better than Planetside (which will be tough, despite the suckage of the new updates), and we've got a deal.

Though I personally couldn't care less about avatars, when I tried to get some of my IRL buddies to play EVE, they wouldn't, JUST BECAUSE there were no avatars. This is not a small problem. Many people feel this way.

I hope they put avatars in so I can finally pick a game for the bunch of us to play. (They want me to play WoW... I just can't get into it)

A MAX crashing outfit with theme nights and zerg strats? GTFO PLEASE. Planetside doesn't need that crap.

If you're playing TR and looking for a small friendly outfit, look up Terran Death Company. A word of warning, they like to play armor. A lot. As far as I remember, the only mandatory was that you have some sort of multi-person vehicle cert. Dunno if they're even still in one piece though.

Ah, xMars, I remember you being one of the more vocal CR5's for the TR. An actually useful CR5, heh. Well, I'll take your word for it and get to signing in again next month.

EVE is the only game that made me feel like the things I did affected the world in some small way. Every person you kill, every resource you sell... it all eventually goes into the Alliance wars. REAL space is fought over, for profit, power, and fun. Special Ops groups infiltrate enemy space and report on their assets, capital groups operate with huge ships and their escorts, and incredible, epic battles take place.

Meanwhile, us "carebears" feed the mineral and production needs of such epic warfare. There have been times the miners/producers have struggled to keep up with our corp's losses, and I know full well some of our allies nearly went bankrupt in the wars we took part in. It's the price you pay for PVP in EVE. Trust me... though the game is complex and difficult to understand, it is this complexity, this allowance for everything that is human (jealousy, anger, regret, etc) that makes this game so special.

Look, if you can't even make it through the 14-day trial, don't post here. You didn't give the game an honest try at all. I played the WoW trial all the way through before deciding it wasn't for me, I expect you to do the same before you unfairly rate a good, solid game.

This game, in it's prime, was the most fun FPS I've ever played. That statement doesn't come lightly, as I was an avid Tribes player in the past (air-disking people 315 feet away avid), and this game trumps even that. Well, it did.

It's still fun, but not the same as it once was. You'll still see some of the things that made this game a classic though, like the gal drops. There is nothing more exciting than dropping on top of the roof of a base and striking with military precision the generator and cap room. Well, except for driving a sunderer through thick enemy armor =D Now THAT is fun.

Anyway, the pops are smaller now and the battles aren't as widespread, but hey, play the game for awhile. You might enjoy it. Just hope you don't start expecting other MMOFPSs to be like it... because we all know Tabula Rasa is made of fail.

Tabula Rasa was suck. How are the pops on Emerald these days? Thinking of re-subbing myself, but I hear the game is slowly on it's way out.

Alright, I'll make it quick.

My friend gave me a trial key a few months ago, and I was wondering if all I had to do was buy a time card or do I have to buy the game to keep playing?

Thanks in advance.
Adardowen

Originally posted by Kyleran

Surprised they live in low sec.....you'd think the pirate corps would be hunting them down......

I don't see any big macros anymore. I'm a miner/hauler myself and steal their ore whenever I see macros. Free ore = bonus.

I find it funny most of the whining is coming from pirates. You pirates are the reason every corp has practiced their quick responses and flies in huge groups for defense. That blame falls on you.

Pirating in EVE is still weak, as I saw 2 pirates take advantage of server lag and kill my friend's hulk and steal his T2 mods before Concord ever got there (this in a .8 zone... wtf!?)

Sometimes you just gotta run... especially when soloing. Not all targets are gonna go down easy.

This is a very difficult game to get into. It will take you some time to learn and account for all the various nuances of combat. However, the game does ease you into it somewhat. Your first AI enemies will be weak and stupid, but as you go into lower and lower security areas, the enemies will be more numerous, with more powerful ships and equipment, and also force you to specialize, as they will be using special equipment against you (like target and warp jammers)

It takes time, but many corporations are very helpful (it is in their best interest that you useful afterall) and the corp AND the people in it will contribute to your success in EVE.

Just remember that every person you do something to is likely in a player corporation. Good or bad, that whole corporation will bill you with a reputation based on your interactions with each individual. Be an honest trader and honorable fighter, and they will remember you for that. Pop mining vessels, pod-kill pilots, and in-general act like a moral-less idiot, and that corp will remember you too. No man is invisible in EVE.

First time I played this game was back in beta. Oh dear god were those battles epic... I fell in love with the game instantly. It was the game I'd always wanted... many hours I should have been doing homework were used (not wasted) playing this game. I specifically remember one instance where I was playing TR and a CR5 actually did something intelligent for once He got 2 Galaxy's loaded up and had a bunch of armor pulled off of other bases to attack the NC controlled capitol. Then while the NC was busy with the armor, we pulled a surpise drop on the roof of the base and then split into two teams, one tubes and one CC. Sweetest battle EVER.

Still, even after all these years, I think to myself once in awhile, "Man, I'd love to play some PS right about now." This is the game I always come back to. I can't say that about anything else, not even Starsiege: Tribes... my 2nd favourite game of all time No, seriously guys... I dream about this game. Good old days with the NC... NC cloakers were my favourite. They were 'special' :P

Two things dealt massive blows to it though... one was Oshur and the crap they've pulled there... the other was BFRs. Big, clumsy, customizable targets really... I would have been happier with slightly customizable heavy tanks. And for god's sake, improve the TR's AA! Meh, the glory days are gone. Pops are down so low there's rarely more than one large battle on Emerald. And SOE wants to raise the prices AGAIN Forget it, I'll put my money somewhere else. I suggest you do the same... but were it maybe 2 years ago... I wouldn't have said the same thing.

I played Runescape for years. Literally. Since the 3rd month it was out. It wasn't my first MMO, but it was one of my first. For such a graphically simple game, I loved it. And I still love the game. It's the community I hate. I havn't played for almost a year because of the amount of assholes on RS (though trust me, it got bad long before that). Members or not, I couldn't sustain a conversation with anyone in that game, nor have any real fun. I'd try to organize stuff, but people simply didn't care. Runescape turned into another Counter-Strike for me: great game played by a bunch of losers.

Anyway, I've tried most of the MMOs (Anarchy Online, City of Heroes, Dark Age of Camelot, Guild Wars, Everquest, Knight Online, World of Warcraft, The Matrix Online, Planetside, Ragnarok, RYL, Shadowbane, Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Online, the list goes on) and very few of them appealed to me (Runescape was one of the few). It really is too bad it got flooded by morons, it was an incredible game in the beginning...

btw, I figured after mentioning all those games I should mention what I really liked and what I really didn't based on both the gameplay and at least my encounters with the people playing:
Impressive games: Guild Wars, World of Warcraft, Planetside
Horrible games: Everquest, The Matrix Online, Anarchy Online (please don't start bashing me Everquest fanboys, you're just gonna reinforce the reason I hate the game farther into my brain)