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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Baidol wrote: »
    Except that post was not an official recruitment thread GOD DAMN IT PIP

    I'm gay

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  • HellaJeffHellaJeff FAB FRESH RAIIINBOOWWWWWRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I love this game, but it is hard to be a part of honestly. I found someone holding my hand all the time to be really helpful, but as soon as I was ready to tackle I had no time and whenever I was on there were never any ops. then the people helping me weren't on and school and blergh

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  • ZoelZoel I suppose... I'd put it on Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    i heard from someone who didn't break the nda that the world of darkness game is going to be "really good"

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    PI is planetary interaction, essentially farmville in space, only you make ISK(space money) doing it

    PiptheFair wrote: »
    essentially farmville in space

    PiptheFair wrote: »
    essentially farmville in space


    has convinced me to never go anywhere near this game

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    ross play this videogame

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  • HellaJeffHellaJeff FAB FRESH RAIIINBOOWWWWWRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    You know you don't have to make bad posts outside the merch forum right?

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    wait shit, forgot to include this in the op

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkzv-3vJn4w

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  • HellaJeffHellaJeff FAB FRESH RAIIINBOOWWWWWRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Beasteh wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    PI is planetary interaction, essentially farmville in space, only you make ISK(space money) doing it

    PiptheFair wrote: »
    essentially farmville in space

    PiptheFair wrote: »
    essentially farmville in space


    has convinced me to never go anywhere near this game

    You don't have to do PI, there are literally hundreds of other ways to make money

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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I appreciate the idea of PI, as something that I guess you could do solo to fill time, when there are no ops going on. Lack of good group play, in terms of number of ops and the amount of time in them being action, was the biggest reason for me quitting, aside from the giant cliff of the learning curve.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    the learning curve is nowhere near as bad as it used to be

    the tutorials are really very good now, and most players will never touch the vast majority of the really confusing shit

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    ross play this videogame

    a friend recommended it to me a while ago

    i am pretty sure i would become hopelessly addicted which is not a good thing for me right now

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  • POKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMANPOKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMAN i can make this march and i will make georgia howlRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Mysst wrote: »
    oh man, the one i read had a dude scam a bunch of people but one big investor that wanted to call him up to make sure it was all legit, so he used the public phone at the library close to his house, which he had to run to. then he quit after he did the scam cause what was the point, I guess?
    was that the nightfreeze thing

    i heard later it wasn't true but it made eve sound really interesting

    that and fansy are my favorite MMO narratives

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  • ZoelZoel I suppose... I'd put it on Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    eve is possibly the least addictive mmo in the genre honestly

    the obnoxious thing about it is that so many people play it on the premise that it might be good one day and they want to get in on the ground floor. they don't actually like it righ tnow.

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    However, the ring will never leave your finger, and you will be unable to ever describe to another living person what you see.
  • BaidolBaidol I will hold him off Escape while you canRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I enjoy it, but I haven't paid real cash for it in about half a year and also have enough space cash stored away to play for another half-year if I did absolutely nothing probably helps with that.

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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    the learning curve is nowhere near as bad as it used to be

    the tutorials are really very good now, and most players will never touch the vast majority of the really confusing shit

    Yes, I have heard this, and I guess it's supposed to get revamped again in the coming update?

    If I heard that they were making a really convincing effort to address the lag in larger battles, I think I would pretty much have to play the game again.

    The very last time I played, I was excited to get geared up for tackling, got in on some sort of raid, spent like an hour travelling through 30 something jumps and waiting for people, only to arrive at the system and then get pretty much frozen in lag and blown up.

    Septus on
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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Septus wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    the learning curve is nowhere near as bad as it used to be

    the tutorials are really very good now, and most players will never touch the vast majority of the really confusing shit

    Yes, I have heard this, and I guess it's supposed to get revamped again in the coming update?

    If I heard that they were making a really convincing effort to address the lag in larger battles, I think I would pretty much have to play the game again.

    The very last time I played, I was excited to get geared up for tackling, got in on some sort of raid, spent like an hour travelling through 30 something jumps and waiting for people, only to arrive at the system and then get pretty much frozen in lag and blown up.

    http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=900

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  • SeptusSeptus Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    the learning curve is nowhere near as bad as it used to be

    the tutorials are really very good now, and most players will never touch the vast majority of the really confusing shit

    Yes, I have heard this, and I guess it's supposed to get revamped again in the coming update?

    If I heard that they were making a really convincing effort to address the lag in larger battles, I think I would pretty much have to play the game again.

    The very last time I played, I was excited to get geared up for tackling, got in on some sort of raid, spent like an hour travelling through 30 something jumps and waiting for people, only to arrive at the system and then get pretty much frozen in lag and blown up.

    http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=900

    That seems...promising.

    So ok uh,
    1: Tutorial - addressed
    2: Lag - addressed?
    3: Hmm, uh, there's a lack of personal planetary exploration.

    OK, #3, go!

    Septus on
    PSN: Kurahoshi1
  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    play Star Trek

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I really wanted to like EVE

    but I couldn't dissociate myself from what I was actually doing enough to get into it

    basically that video that Pip posted on the last page

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Eve is really fun. Merch is some cool guys. I played this game for a long time (around four years) and though I kind of gave up I still wish I was playing sometimes.

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  • marty_0001marty_0001 I am a file and you put documents in meRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    So what happened to Bob/IT? I see they finally lost most of the south west.

    I wonder what my old ANZAC Alliance is up to.

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  • AvynteAvynte Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    IT gave up after Molle got married and goons + reddit based alliance TEST decided to invade their space.

    No idea what Anzac are up to though. Most of the dudes in IT that really liked playing are in an alliance called Raiden(dot) and fight alongside russians now.

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  • BaidolBaidol I will hold him off Escape while you canRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    To be more specific, we invaded IT space in Fountain. After repeating PR- in 6VDT-, IT Alliance fell apart without a single shot being fired in Delve.

    Kind of an anticlimactic way to end the foreverwar.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Back when I was a carrier pilot I came into possession of a RISE account that I turned over to The Mitanni's people.

    I once survived two DDs in a row in a Dominix.

    I tried to get back into it but starting over after having been a cap pilot was just too much.

    edit: oh yeah, used to get kills in my mining barges due to hella mad drone skills

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  • PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Zoel wrote: »
    the obnoxious thing about it is that so many people play it on the premise that it might be good one day and they want to get in on the ground floor. they don't actually like it righ tnow.

    I'd say it's closer to: It's not necessarily a good game, but it's the best/only sandbox game right now. So if you like that kind of game, you're stuck.

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  • HellaJeffHellaJeff FAB FRESH RAIIINBOOWWWWWRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Septus wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    the learning curve is nowhere near as bad as it used to be

    the tutorials are really very good now, and most players will never touch the vast majority of the really confusing shit

    Yes, I have heard this, and I guess it's supposed to get revamped again in the coming update?

    If I heard that they were making a really convincing effort to address the lag in larger battles, I think I would pretty much have to play the game again.

    The very last time I played, I was excited to get geared up for tackling, got in on some sort of raid, spent like an hour travelling through 30 something jumps and waiting for people, only to arrive at the system and then get pretty much frozen in lag and blown up.

    http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=900

    That seems...promising.

    So ok uh,
    1: Tutorial - addressed
    2: Lag - addressed?
    3: Hmm, uh, there's a lack of personal planetary exploration.

    OK, #3, go!

    Their next game is an FPS that occurs on planets located in EVE that make an impact on things in EVE.

    HellaJeff on
  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    k I'm back from work

    let's talk about this awful game and why you should play it

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    HellaJeff wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Septus wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    the learning curve is nowhere near as bad as it used to be

    the tutorials are really very good now, and most players will never touch the vast majority of the really confusing shit

    Yes, I have heard this, and I guess it's supposed to get revamped again in the coming update?

    If I heard that they were making a really convincing effort to address the lag in larger battles, I think I would pretty much have to play the game again.

    The very last time I played, I was excited to get geared up for tackling, got in on some sort of raid, spent like an hour travelling through 30 something jumps and waiting for people, only to arrive at the system and then get pretty much frozen in lag and blown up.

    http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=900

    That seems...promising.

    So ok uh,
    1: Tutorial - addressed
    2: Lag - addressed?
    3: Hmm, uh, there's a lack of personal planetary exploration.

    OK, #3, go!

    Their next game is an FPS that occurs on planets located in EVE that make an impact on things in EVE.

    also, incarna is dropping within the next 6 months(lol)

    incarna is the thing where your pilot can walk around in station, your ship, likely have sex with dogs

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  • HellaJeffHellaJeff FAB FRESH RAIIINBOOWWWWWRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I heard the character models for that are absolutely incredible.

    Eve might be shit in a can, but CCP tries real hard!

    (I like Eve)

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    HellaJeff wrote: »
    I heard the character models for that are absolutely incredible.

    Eve might be shit in a can, but CCP tries real hard!

    (I like Eve)

    the char creator(which is really robust) is pretty much beta testing for Dusk

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  • HellaJeffHellaJeff FAB FRESH RAIIINBOOWWWWWRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    HellaJeff wrote: »
    I heard the character models for that are absolutely incredible.

    Eve might be shit in a can, but CCP tries real hard!

    (I like Eve)

    the char creator(which is really robust) is pretty much beta testing for Dusk

    and doesn't CCP have the rights to Tribes? I have heard that their FPS is basically a test run for their Tribes engine.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    HellaJeff wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    HellaJeff wrote: »
    I heard the character models for that are absolutely incredible.

    Eve might be shit in a can, but CCP tries real hard!

    (I like Eve)

    the char creator(which is really robust) is pretty much beta testing for Dusk

    and doesn't CCP have the rights to Tribes? I have heard that their FPS is basically a test run for their Tribes engine.

    wait what?

    they're making a world of darkness mmo which is likely using the incarna engine

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2011
    i used to scam isk out of people

    it got boring so i stopped

    i'll probably come back when they do the first person space station bits

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  • HellaJeffHellaJeff FAB FRESH RAIIINBOOWWWWWRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    HellaJeff wrote: »
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    HellaJeff wrote: »
    I heard the character models for that are absolutely incredible.

    Eve might be shit in a can, but CCP tries real hard!

    (I like Eve)

    the char creator(which is really robust) is pretty much beta testing for Dusk

    and doesn't CCP have the rights to Tribes? I have heard that their FPS is basically a test run for their Tribes engine.

    wait what?

    they're making a world of darkness mmo which is likely using the incarna engine

    I'd believe your word over my other source honestly. Is merch looking for more pvp pilots? Is that what this thread is for? Cause you know... after midterms...

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    very much so

    we need corpses to choke our enemies guns

    we really want pilots that can pvp

    you do not have to exclusively be serious business

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  • HellaJeffHellaJeff FAB FRESH RAIIINBOOWWWWWRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Serious business like logging on all the time or serious business like being a business man?

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    ~serious business~ in this case is going on alliance ops

    you do not have to go on all or even any

    it's just encouraged that you do


    plus we reimburse losses

    although I can't really say anything more than that cause opsec~~~

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  • HellaJeffHellaJeff FAB FRESH RAIIINBOOWWWWWRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Hm...

    Why do I love ships? Why are space guns cool?

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    ~serious business~ in this case is going on alliance ops

    you do not have to go on all or even any

    it's just encouraged that you do


    plus we reimburse losses

    although I can't really say anything more than that cause opsec~~~

    god I hated things like getting a capswarm page, dropping everything, logging in and getting the fleet cyno'd in near the target, and whoooops after sitting there for two hours, no support fleet, scrap the op

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    eve makes gud videos btw

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aegK7n7C5Z8

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rQ9_3DckAQ&feature=relmfu

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