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EVE Online:A few impressions by a newcomer

Jun 10, 2009 eve online|342views

Hey folks, I’ll get right to business! I’ve been playing on a trial account now for almost five days. I’m really enjoying my experience so far. A little background on my MMO history, I’ve played EQ, WoW and City of heroes/villains. They’re all fun for a week, at which point you realize what they really are. Copies of each other trying to emulate each others success by doing nothing new, just pasting a new theme over what is nothing more than a pixel grind.

That’s why EvE is a breath of fresh air to me. Not only is it not a grind to the best loots, it’s a harsh and unforgiving game. I love this, because to those who use their heads, it’s a great advantage and opportunity for much fun and profit. Killing someone actually has a consequence for both players! *GASP* =P

Now with this said, I have a few things I’d like to point out that perhaps the more experienced players and members of the official forum could answer (I can’t post there on a trial account) - I’ve searched their forums and here too, I haven’t found anyone discussing this.

So quite simply, why are there no shield animations? It’s not a huge issue to me, but it does sort of break the immersion. I’m a huge shield fan, in games and any general science fiction work. Not sure what exaclty it is about them that I love so, but I do. It would be nice to actually see the shield activate outside of the ship, creating a protective barrier when the weapon makes contact.

I do realize this could create more lag, but it would be PC related, I doubt it would create latency lag, so it’s up to the player if he wants it or not. ^_^

My last concern and more of an idea than anything, is the inability to cross stellar distances without using an instantaneous stargate or “jump drive” that I hear Titans have. Now this idea may not be very popular because it would require a lot of time investment on the part of the explorer, but I propose a new type of warp drive be created, I’ve just thought of a name to give it:

- Quantum Warp field generator / Creates a subspace differentiation in greater magnitude than ordinary warp drives, allowing for much better capacitor usage and Subsequentially, further travel time before discontinuing to recharge. This could also allow for somewhat faster travel, at 20 AU per second. Traveling towards another solar system 1-2 LY away would take about an hour or two.

Along the way, there would be a chance to capture deepspace inconsistencies, like black holes, neutron stars, supernovas, alien races, etc… perhaps even opening up a new way to explore uncharted solar systems that CCP could add in, requiring the use of this quantum drive to get to, and allowing us to build our own stargates when we colonize and explore these new solar systems. ^_^

Well that’s all I want to say for now, cheers!

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