EvE Questions

[Crayonbox]

I really really want him to play eve

[moog]

I really really want him to play eve

Me too... was really hoping that the legend who "had won EQ1" would dive into Eve!
I even resubbed two accounts to get on some KMs

[Mercbeast]

If the PvP in EvE was at all interesting and or skill based the game would be amazing. Unfortunately the combat while requiring skill insofar as understanding mechanics, has such a low skill-cap that it is frustrating.

When a zerg of unskilled wonders like the Goons can be as successful in a game for as long as they have been, then that is all the evidence you need that actual in game combat performance is secondary to logistics and zerging. I can speak from a position of authority on this as my guild disbanded and broke up the Goons guild and alliance in another FFA open world full loot PvP game called Darkfall, outnumbered roughly 4000 to 150.

Everything about EvE made my mouth water, still does, except for the combat. I played seriously back when the game launched. Played with a friends Corp called Sin Corp I think. We ultimately produced the very first BS BP on the server and were allied up with MoO. Basically dominated everything for a short while before we all came to the same conclusion about the combat . It doesn't mean the game can't be fun. However as others have previously mentioned more than any other game out there it boils down to numbers. You can't be a big dick in EvE with a crew of 10 or 15 extremely elite gamers, because 30 or 40 average guys will just hot drop you and that is that.

For someone like Sam who depends soley on being the low skill zerger, that won't work, because he can get zerged by even more players who might even be even more low skill than him!

The sweet spot in EvE is probably running enough ships where you have a slight force multiplier, but not enough where you're worth an alliances effort to commit significant resources to hunting you down. Four or five is probably about tops I would guess in terms of PvP viability without dudes in Carriers waiting to drop on you with a fleet of buddies