EVE - Eh?

Matblack · 06-04-2008, 15:20

I had a few hours to blow today so I thought I would have a nose at EVE.

I've done the tutorial and I feel very lost, I followed instructions to get to another 'agent' but my ship isn't big enough to complete the mission he wants me to do so I'm doing a bit of mining. I do understand that the complexity and being emersed is kind of the point but if I have to mine stuff for weeks to get anywhere at all I think its going to get a bit repetitive and dull, any tips?

MB

Desmo · 06-04-2008, 16:13

Turn it off now before you lose the rest of your life?

leowyatt · 06-04-2008, 16:33

Avoid that and Wow

Matblack · 06-04-2008, 16:34

Yes, I think you may both have a point, I've just killed an afternoon doing mining :/

Its a bit like going to work in some ways

MB

leowyatt · 06-04-2008, 16:51

Do you really want to come home from work and work??

Dymetrie · 06-04-2008, 17:05

*waves*

Feek · 06-04-2008, 17:08

The thing is, was it an enjoyable afternoon?

I saw this posted somewhere yesterday....

... and I chuckled.

iCraig · 06-04-2008, 23:42

Mining? Isn't it a game?

I dunno about that, I like to spend an hour or two playing a game to kill some fools or race some fools, not sit there mining.

Toby · 07-04-2008, 00:11

EVE is something I see people at LANs firing up now and then and I always end up watching them for five minutes then wandering off in a confused daze. It does look like one of the most complicated games ever conceived.

Mark · 07-04-2008, 00:54

I've also asked EVE players what it's all about but I either end up with my brain trying to explode or I get cryptic responses such as the above.

Every time this topic arises I think 'is this something I could do?', which usually gets followed swiftly with '

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06-04-2008, 15:20	#1
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	EVE - Eh? I had a few hours to blow today so I thought I would have a nose at EVE. I've done the tutorial and I feel very lost, I followed instructions to get to another 'agent' but my ship isn't big enough to complete the mission he wants me to do so I'm doing a bit of mining. I do understand that the complexity and being emersed is kind of the point but if I have to mine stuff for weeks to get anywhere at all I think its going to get a bit repetitive and dull, any tips? MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

06-04-2008, 16:13	#2
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Turn it off now before you lose the rest of your life? __________________

06-04-2008, 16:33	#3
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Avoid that and Wow __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

06-04-2008, 16:34	#4
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Yes, I think you may both have a point, I've just killed an afternoon doing mining :/ Its a bit like going to work in some ways MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

06-04-2008, 16:51	#5
leowyatt Chef extraordinaire Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Infinite Loop Posts: 11,143	Do you really want to come home from work and work?? __________________ "Dr Sheldon Cooper FTW!"

06-04-2008, 17:05	#6
Dymetrie A large glass of Merlot Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Letchworth with a Lightsaber Posts: 5,819	waves __________________ Khef, Ka and Ka-Tet....

06-04-2008, 17:08	#7
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	The thing is, was it an enjoyable afternoon? I saw this posted somewhere yesterday.... ... and I chuckled. __________________

06-04-2008, 23:42	#8
iCraig iCustom User Title Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,250	Mining? Isn't it a game? I dunno about that, I like to spend an hour or two playing a game to kill some fools or race some fools, not sit there mining. __________________

07-04-2008, 00:11	#9
Toby Absinthe Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,023	EVE is something I see people at LANs firing up now and then and I always end up watching them for five minutes then wandering off in a confused daze. It does look like one of the most complicated games ever conceived. __________________

07-04-2008, 00:54	#10
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I've also asked EVE players what it's all about but I either end up with my brain trying to explode or I get cryptic responses such as the above. Every time this topic arises I think 'is this something I could do?', which usually gets followed swiftly with ''