All Posts by batolemaeus

CCP Fallout:

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Hey guys,

I've heard that during the Live Dev Blog broadcast some of you may have thought that Hellmar was saying that Walking in Stations will be available with the March 10th retail release of the game. I'd like to clarify this with the following: no, WiS will not be released March 10th. Stay tuned for more information regarding WiS and when it will be available.

I apologize for any confusion, dashed hopes and the like.

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Originally posted by Deathstrike2

At the risk of being flamed with attitude, what exactly are you saying?  I'm just asking a simple question.

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This thread is a YANSWT. (Yet Another New Server Whine Thread).
They usually pop up monthly on this board, so the topic has been beaten do death, back to life and dead again, and the remains put into a public display for everyone to beat.

Nice, another one...

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Originally posted by Lobotomist
You dont disagree at all.

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I still think i do. ;)

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Originally posted by Lobotomist
But novelty of that wears of quickly, and people do it less and less over time - if the function is only for cosmetical purpose

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And this is where i disagree. Yes, those things are done currently in fleet channels while the fleet idles somewhere at a pos or safespot. But if only a tiny fraction of what ccp showed with their conference room is implemented, it might be an awesome tool to show others your plans on a map. Something that is very difficult to do currently, sharing a whiteboard with 200+ people is..messy..and you don't get to look at the actual map.

I don't think WiS is purely cosmetic. It opens up a whole new world for existing 0.0 entities, with new tools for management. If you can script your own npc as promised, it will allow for some pretty interesting uses.

I do agree, however, that without those features it would be wasted development time.

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Originally posted by Lobotomist

This can be fun for PVP player for first 2 days, and than he is back in space killing - this is what he wants from the game! He will become disinterested very fast.

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I highly disagree. So far, at least from the 0.0 corps and alliances i have contacts to, the responses to the latest videos were largely positive. It will not be something that will make everyone stay at stations forever, but it could make for some pretty nice fluff. Fleet briefings on the main staging station, speeches, or simple socializing. Imo, it might make eve a lot more world-ish, without affecting pvp a lot.

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Originally posted by Mentat
C) I know you guys are saying sp doesn't matter that much but, I know damn good and well that if I were a 10-50mil sp player, I would dominate

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There is always a bigger fish. But honestly, no. I don't dominate either, and i have quite a few more sp than that.
When you reach you 10 mil, you will notice a lot of areas you'd need to improve to "dominate", and the same will happen with 20, 30, 40, 50 mil sp... ;)

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Originally posted by Garkan
Try all the logic you want

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I must admit, this sentence left me staggered for a while. Wow.

Anyways, after this sig-worthy quote..

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Originally posted by batolemaeus
Obviously, you do not understand one of the basic principles of eve which makes it a lot more newbie friendly and diverse. Every ship, no matter what role it has predefined through its bonuses, can be fitted in very different ways.

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Originally posted by Garkan
undersized turrets on a gank boat is fail

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Q.E.D.

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Originally posted by Garkan
But your experience with the Thorax speaks for itself www.battleclinic.com/eve_online/pk/view.php

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You must be pretty desparate if you need to dig through tons of mails on battleclinic, find a lossmail from '07, and post it here to try to reinforce your point.

Obviously, you do not understand one of the basic principles of eve which makes it a lot more newbie friendly and diverse. Every ship, no matter what role it has predefined through its bonuses, can be fitted in very different ways. There is no one uber setup, and no one uber ship. Especially cruiser sized ships can often gain a lot from fitting undersized weaponry by freeing up grid to spend elsewhere. Neglecting dps and improving your tanking ability vastly does a great job in small scale pvp where fights usually last a lot longer, and tanking ability often counts a lot more than pure gank.

Having that said, I'm glad you mentioned the Vexor, which has less armor, less hull, one less lowslot, and lacks the additional turret hardpoint the Thorax has. Additionally, you are conveniently ignoring the reduction of mwd cap penalty on the Thorax, the greater overall cap of the Thorax, and the higher top speed. Of course, the higher tracking of small guns escapes you just as well as the vastly reduced cap use. (small neutrons suck less than 60% than medium neutrons)

But let's not stop here, you also make a terrible comparison to Megas fitting undersized weaponry. Talk about comparing apples to oranges - or, in this case, a battleship that has enough pg to fit neutrons/ions and a few 1600rt+mwd to a cruiser barely having the grid to even support a full rack of ions and mwd..

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Originally posted by Garkan
Epic fail rax with small turrets, if you want to do that use a Vexor.

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Epic fail on your side. A heavy tanked thorax makes a lot of damage with drones, not with its weaponry. You can use a fit with a heavy tank to outlast your opponent, while still dealing a lot of damage thanks to your drones and weapons. If you use medium neutron blasters, your grid won't be enough, if you use electrons, small neutrons are actually better. Especially as they don't suck as much cap.

Why would i quit?

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Originally posted by Lobotomist
Long time investment , hard core punishment and remorsless war focus - scared me away.

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That's a bit exaggerated if you ask me.
Eve is by far no happy place. If you read the lore, you can see it's obviously not meant to be a nice place either. (To be honest, Eve has probably the darkest lore of all mmos.)
But still, it won't punish people for no reason. It punishes people who don't like to read things, who ignore warnings. For everyone else, it's like playing in a sandbox or stomping others sandcastles.

Remember, though:

Internet Spaceships are Serious Bussines.

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But experienced players told me - it doesnt work in practice. Pirates, gate campers...etc can still catch and destroy blockade runner with ease.
 

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Tell those "experienced" players to get some experience with blockade runners.

I am one of those blockade runner han solo dudes, and so far i have not lost any of my runners. I have supplied fleets with needed ammo and fuel, shipped cargo worth billions through unsecure space, dodged countless gatecamps, and always made it out in one piece. They are, as a matter of fact, invincible in empire, including lowsec, if the pilot knows what he's doing. 0.0 is a tad mroe difficult because of bubbles, but it is still extremely hard to catch an experienced pilot.

With the changes, they will just be a lot more invincible, because their useless active tanking bonus got changed into something better. The only things you need for them are t2 hull mods (one day of training), the racial industrial skill to 5 (this may take 20-25d depending on attributes), a covert cloak (another month, or only a few days, depending on starting skills). And all those skills are very handy in other ships too.

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Originally posted by ssnautilus
So now we can BUY a 30 day TC ingame?

And then we can sell it for ISK on the ingame Market?

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Just like before, but a lot better, yes.

And you don't buy Eve either, you just subscribe after your trial ends.

Op, this one is for you:

http://dl.eve-files.com/media/corp/batolemaeus/corpses.png

Welcome to the monthly "i want a new server" thread created by people who don't understand rock, paper, pulselaser.

scnr

//edith:

Now seriously, it's getting old. Scroll to page two of this forum section, there is a lot of interesting stuff to read..

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Originally posted by Gdemami
I wouldn't recommend to subscribe to EVE before Quantum Rise expansion is out because as it seems now, it will be the worst expansion ever, removing whole lot of dynamic and skilled PvP from the game, screwing up so many things it is not even funny.

Take a couple of trials, join PvP corp, learn about the game and have fun.

Edit: typos

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Reminds me of the whining we got when tracking was introduced to turrets, so you could no longer kill anything with a bs, to be honest.

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Originally posted by Arcken
Im also looking forward to seeing a certain mmo (Darkfall, provided it delivers) because its going to be very anti-solo.

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I'll gladly solo that one, just like i successfully did in eve, guildwars, wurm, lineage (eww)..
I find it interesting to solo things that are designed for grouping, it may be a lot harder, but that's what is fun for me.

Btw., people demanding another playstyle to be nerfed when it does not even affect them..yeah, i hate them too.