BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
if I know what the term cyno meant, PROBABLY!
Quote : | "I might reactivate my acct, I have over 1bil isk." |
hay hay haaaay
[Edited on January 15, 2008 at 8:57 AM. Reason : dd]1/15/2008 8:44:34 AM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "have a noob question here for the eve players. with the graphical update, if you upgrade your ship or buy new stuff for it, does it still look the same after you've put on extra guns and stuff like that?" |
lowslots = inside your hull midslots = hull and surface highslots = outside hull
they should show some of the other things that you can put in the highslots... but they don't just the guns, they all mostly look different too, if you put on a dual or quad gun it will have 2 or 4 barrels, lazors, railguns, blasters, autocannon, and artillery all look different in the gun models now
Quote : | "BTW beu does using a covop to cyno 4 titans on a hulk count as hawt?" |
4 supercaps to take out a t2 mining barge? not even a mining cap? ... ?
titans = jump bridge = best use
[Edited on January 15, 2008 at 11:15 AM. Reason : s]1/15/2008 11:13:32 AM |
JK All American 6839 Posts user info edit post |
man I really want to play this game now
but I don't want to pay for it.
how would I reactivate my acct with a 90 day game card bought with isk? isn't there some goofy trade thing set up by the devs?
nm, I found out I can still sign in
[Edited on January 15, 2008 at 5:37 PM. Reason : asdf] 1/15/2008 5:25:50 PM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
bttt 1/25/2008 5:39:32 PM |
MalikDaMan All American 1445 Posts user info edit post |
Here's a silly question:
Say an agent sends you on a pirate-hunting expedition to a heavily-trafficked system, and there are of course no pirates there--do you have to camp the system and hope some pirates pop up for you to pew-pew, or can you go back to your agent and say "Yo man, no pirates there"? 1/27/2008 3:43:19 PM |
Drovkin All American 8438 Posts user info edit post |
I really miss mmorpgs 1/27/2008 4:19:20 PM |
supercalo All American 2042 Posts user info edit post |
^^The agent will record the mission into your journal. Click it to see what system to go to then right click -> warp to (mission's name/coordinates). It'll be in some random place in the system known as deadspace. While not often, players can occasionally scan you out and warp in on you. So, take caution if you're in a system with a security status of 0.4 or less because they will most likely be pirates themselves. If your in 0.5 or above then they will probably be salvagers just trying to still your wrecks.
^Yeah, unfortunately I have to take a break from eve. We have a new store now where I work and i'm going to be putting in a lot of hours coming up. But the good thing is, right before my subscription ran out I set a 27 day skill which will be done by the time I come back. 1/27/2008 6:31:06 PM |
MalikDaMan All American 1445 Posts user info edit post |
^ cool, thanks. 1/27/2008 9:38:37 PM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
This picture breaking down territories and alliance locations is all I need to see how awesome this game can be.
The damn game has player made territories with dozens of wars and random awesome everywhere.
WoW aint got shit on this endgame.
[Edited on March 11, 2008 at 9:44 AM. Reason : hh] 3/11/2008 9:43:45 AM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
agreed, they need actually spend some money on a few writers to beef up the intro game and the initial experience though, they have it set up, they have agents in space, in stations etc, they just need to link them together more dynamically and web the story lines / missions (what you would call quests)
they could even do it to get you used to the pvp aspect of the game in a way 3/12/2008 9:37:51 AM |
SandSanta All American 22435 Posts user info edit post |
Mining space rocks is LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET.
Eve sucks and the only people that like are the same fags that though Babylon 5 defined the best of sci fi. 3/12/2008 10:13:20 AM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
Looks like someone never did anything other that a couple missions. 3/12/2008 10:27:25 AM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
^ seriously, mining in any game, is the most boring aspect of it, sure you can make money and build stuff with it, but it's dull...
^^ if that's all you out of EVE then i feel sorry for you, it's akin to only having a keyboard, computer and a printer, no moniter, no mouse, no speakers....
like i said, they need to make the intro game much much better, which for some inexplicable reason they have not done yet. 3/12/2008 12:28:06 PM |
MunkeyMuck All American 4427 Posts user info edit post |
I liked mining and just auto flying places and looking at the purdy colors when I trialed it, but I don't think I could get into it. 3/12/2008 12:31:30 PM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
exactly my point about the intro game being weak, it doesn't try to draw you in
it's easier to get sucked in when you know people online and play with them, example, BEU 3/12/2008 12:33:30 PM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
What you really need is someone like Arab13 to explain what the endgame is actually like when you play with other people. Otherwise all you see is abunch of bullshit that you cant powerlevel through. 3/12/2008 1:00:39 PM |
SandSanta All American 22435 Posts user info edit post |
Arab you make the most retarded analogies ever.
So bad in fact that I wonder if english is your fourth language.
Even reading through the goonfleet history wiki with all the epic tales of space opera, I couldn't get into a game that required so much flying around and staring at nothing. 3/12/2008 2:15:45 PM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
Well just make a female character.......oh wait.
What I try to focus on is watching my skills train tick by tick. 3/12/2008 2:24:56 PM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Arab you make the most retarded analogies ever.
So bad in fact that I wonder if english is your fourth language." |
yet i did so well on the verbal portion of the SAT.... I blame growing up on BBC, NPR and other filtered english media when i was <5
so, watching stuff fly by under your feet or a undulating ass (rendered) really that much better? most of the travel time "staring at nothing" can be spent looking at market info etc, or in my case listening to comm chatter/alliance chat/corp chat/eve radio chat/security channel chat
but i guess if you have no friends and you have a bill gates mentality then yeah i can see how you'd be looking at nothing for hours.... hell you can even play around with the map....
more on the idea of the background stuff i do agree it does get rather monotonous, there was talk a good while ago about being able to get hubble pictures loaded up as your system back grounds instead....
though would just stark black with some stars be that much better? 3/12/2008 4:12:00 PM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
3/13/2008 11:30:30 PM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
had first experience with blob warfare......i went *pop*
I am now basing myself in IAC territory and ratting and am kewl. 3/22/2008 11:51:57 AM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
I am fucking pumped!
Just got a micro warp drive for the first time and tech 2 Hammer Head drones!
God damn I am going to fuck something up! 3/26/2008 2:24:02 PM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
(his first really good bits of equipment) 3/27/2008 7:57:07 AM |
Shrapnel All American 3971 Posts user info edit post |
i would not be upset if someone sent me 100m isk that no longer needed it 4/22/2008 4:21:29 PM |
JK All American 6839 Posts user info edit post |
wow, BoB really ate shit. I'm in an independent corp right now out in smashkill space, allied with FIX as well. We helped them take a couple stations a few weeks back. 4/22/2008 8:15:31 PM |
MetalRed All American 27124 Posts user info edit post |
So i just started playing again
When the fuck did they gimp torpedeos? 4/23/2008 12:33:50 PM |
dyson All American 563 Posts user info edit post |
have you guys heard anything about destiny alliance?
and yeah, spare isk... send it my way.
or if you guys are in any corps, i'd like to know what your thoughts are. 4/23/2008 3:23:24 PM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
the guy that got me into eve put one of his guys into destiny, but that's all i know i haven't had a chance to talk to him about it at all.
they nerfed torps in the last 2-3 patches i think, they made them really really short range (=failpedeos now)
bob has had their collective asses handed to them, MC and others turned on them right when they needed the most help. IAC has backed out of the conflict somewhat at the moment.
i are poor at the moment though i may buy some time cards and sell them or do exploration with said friend above... or just melt down the rat loot i never use and sell the minerals! 4/23/2008 3:51:58 PM |
Walls1441 All American 10000 Posts user info edit post |
so you just like
fly ships around and shit? 4/23/2008 3:54:15 PM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
Endgame = most complicated and awesome thing ever
Begining = ghey
You basically gotta put up with ~3 months of BS to do anything worth while.
[Edited on April 23, 2008 at 4:01 PM. Reason : hh] 4/23/2008 4:00:59 PM |
philihp All American 8349 Posts user info edit post |
I saw a commercial for this during battlestar galactica and was impressed with the new trinity graphics. Also a friend of mine won't shut up if I ever get him talking about the game, so I figured it was worth another try.
Please send a few million ISK to Sir Cuddles. 6/2/2008 1:07:33 AM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
New expansion is out.
Whats the deal with it? 6/10/2008 8:07:26 PM |
ncWOLFsu Gottfather FTL 12586 Posts user info edit post |
i had a character and stuff awhile back. do they save those when you cancel? if i came back is there any way i could start back with what i left off with?
i don't even remember if i had made significant progress, but i think i had close to a month's worth of skills learned at the very least. 6/10/2008 11:41:25 PM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
your character should be saved... i think...
the trinity expansion is nice, they are about to roll out the next big update pretty soon.
i haven't had time to play much lately, work, woman, moving all taking up most of my time, once i get my computer set up at my apartment again ill be on more... 6/11/2008 9:05:39 AM |
philihp All American 8349 Posts user info edit post |
new expansion is pretty nice. factional warfare lets newer players (and RPers) have a place to pvp and not get slaughtered. 6/23/2008 11:48:26 AM |
God All American 28747 Posts user info edit post |
Join Goonswarm and have fun. 6/23/2008 2:55:42 PM |
sd2nc All American 9963 Posts user info edit post |
OMFG RESURRECTION 6/23/2008 3:07:22 PM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
the swarm are actually typically good guys 6/24/2008 11:18:53 AM |
JK All American 6839 Posts user info edit post |
my kronos makes retarded money 6/24/2008 3:10:07 PM |
JK All American 6839 Posts user info edit post |
btw why don't we make a TWW channel? 6/24/2008 9:25:16 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
How reasonable is it to start a new EVE character and make reasonable progress without a lot of external help and infusions of cash? 6/24/2008 9:32:59 PM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
progress in this game is a timer
Its a commitment to get past a certain amount of time to get to do shit. 6/24/2008 10:05:42 PM |
alee All American 2178 Posts user info edit post |
I just downloaded the trial.
I have no idea what I'm doing. Should be fun. 6/24/2008 10:15:01 PM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
if you have any questions just ask, you might want to grind some missions or simple highsec mining for monies, but BEU is right, you need about 60-90 days of training to really make a lot of cash (ratting in very lowsec or 0space) but you can be effective in pvp in less time if you sacrifice the time on your other skills for a bit (small ship pvp, interceptor/e-war frigate/assault ship/covert ops scouting). ultimately you want to do both, and ratting (killing NPC asteroid belt pirates for money, loot, and salvage) skills do translate into pvp skills but the process is longer. 6/25/2008 10:05:07 AM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
Arab I got covert ops, interceptors, assault ships, and all those ship skills on that list trained. Now its just the harder missle skills and 1 or 2 lvl 5 skillz. 6/25/2008 12:50:22 PM |
BEU All American 12512 Posts user info edit post |
doublepost
[Edited on June 25, 2008 at 12:50 PM. Reason : dasdas] 6/25/2008 12:50:22 PM |
philihp All American 8349 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "progress in this game is a timer
Its a commitment to get past a certain amount of time to get to do shit." |
usually new players take on the roll of tackler, where they fly an interceptor that disables a bigger ship while his friends catch up... you can get the skills to do that in a couple of weeks.
also in the beginning you'll be flying cheap ships. in a do-or-die fight, a fleet of 15 $1m ships up against 3 $100m battleships will usually lose, but not before taking out one of them.6/25/2008 4:44:43 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
I should try playing again.
I'll look up their local Evil Bastages (EB) guild. 6/26/2008 8:20:36 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
hah. i found my old character from 2 years ago
i still have several ships scattered about, a few million ISK
but other than that, i dont remember a damn thing.
what should i do.... anyone playing this game here in a noob-friendly corp? 7/6/2008 3:53:34 AM |
Arab13 Art Vandelay 45180 Posts user info edit post |
nice beu! 7/6/2008 10:51:33 PM |