The Great EVE Online Scam - Page 3

Indecisive · 2004-10-31, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by AztecWarrior

I'll finish my HW and get on it.

You will regret it. Get past your RPG-racism on something like WoW open beta, not Eve online, Ive played EQ, EQ2, and WoW and many other games, and I cant stand Eve online.

I really liked the story, it was enthralling.

Peacemaker · 2004-10-31, 12:04 PM

Stop bashing it. Some people like the game some dont.

Infernus · 2004-10-31, 12:12 PM

Bah silly caldari... minmatar for the win...

AztecWarrior · 2004-10-31, 12:48 PM

I want this because I want a replacement for my sorely-missed Freelancer.

Neon Apocalypse · 2004-10-31, 01:21 PM

I haven't gotten very far into it but its very well written and I like it.

A couple things:
This person is playing the game in a very, patient way, but its not going to pay off.
Trading and doing the stuff he does in the beginning really won't get you much money.

Heres what I did, and I've become pretty succesful in EVE. First I did some agent missions and got a frigate. Then I found a corp that was full of noobs like me, with some rich guys. Get them to help you out. Mine, its boring. Once you get a cruiser keep mining. Good cruisers for mining are thorax's, and ospreys. Osprey's are the best cruisers, if you train up they'll give you almost the same amount of ore as a battleship. What I did was I joined a corp moving into 0.0 space in an alliance. I mined some rare ores and made lots of money. If you played all day you'd make a hundred mil. You can however mine for the minerals to get a battleship, and if your corp is good they'll help you out. After you get a battleship its really up to you what you want to do. Right now they are the best ships for mining. Other than PvP i find eve boring so I joined a pvp only corp and all I do is kill people. Since we are based in 0.0 the rats give off 2 mil bounties so you can make money by hunting them. My corp gives me free insurance so If I lose my bs then I don't lose any money. PvPing is fun. To get good at it you gotta train your skills towards combat. ATM I am in Fountain killing FA with my BoB comrades.

Neon Apocalypse · 2004-10-31, 01:56 PM

You guys need to realize that this was written at the beginning of eve when battleships were still being researched. The game is a bit different now.

Well I finished it and what the guy did was pretty amazing. That is if its true.

Angel_of_Death · 2004-10-31, 02:14 PM

This guy is a god, and this story is amazing.

I so want Eve now

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Peacemaker · 2004-10-31, 03:02 PM

good.

NEED MOAR SHIPS 4 MY FLEET!

So far we have about 6 of us. I am currently transitioning from Teir 3 Crusiers to batttleships so you will have plenty of firepower to back you. The larger our fleet becomes the more damage we can do to our enemys.

MrPaul · 2004-10-31, 03:16 PM

It's way to easy to get a decent ship.. I bought 3 Kestrel within a day of owning EVE. 3 within 3 days. And within a week I had over 1000000isk and one of the best frigates out there, armed to the teeth. That's the main reason I didn't play, it just seemed way too easy.

Oh, and about the story: this guy is a genius. Although that's a helluva lot of an effort for a game. :/

Everay · 2004-10-31, 03:19 PM

if you know how to do it, it is easy, but this story, i wanna point out, is not what EVE is like, i mean, you can do that, but it takes effort, you can do alot in eve, alot more than you can in any other MMO, but it takes creativity and effort.

Peacemaker · 2004-10-31, 03:27 PM

Mr. Paul 1million isk is worth next to nothing. The kessi is a decent ship but anything else in the game will rape it. Id really like to see how "easy" it is to get interceptors or a teir 3 cruiser that opperates at high effiecency. Its not as easy as you painted it.

MrPaul · 2004-10-31, 03:30 PM

1 million may be next to nothing, but if you can make that in a week, and you use it wisely, the money goes up at an exponential rate. It just seems repetitive;
Buy ship, trade/ mine/ steal, sell, learn skill. Repeat.
The only thing that would hold you back is the time it takes to learn new skills.

Derfud · 2004-10-31, 03:44 PM

I am DLing the trial right now, I've already activated my account, and I have another backup key for after that.

Indecisive · 2004-10-31, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by AztecWarrior

I want this because I want a replacement for my sorely-missed Freelancer.

Oh, if you want a space sim by all means, go for it, just dont expect miracles in the gameplay department, then release your rpg anger on another game

Electrofreak · 2004-10-31, 04:37 PM

anyone new to EVE, remember to join PSU channel when you get ingame. if you don't know how to do that, send Electr0freak (thats with a zero, some fucker took the name) an evemail (email ingame) and I'll set you up.