The Gaming News Thread

[Gregoshi]

Even the BBC noticed the giant battle that went down in EVE yesterday, about 4,000 people participating.

That is awesome. I read an article earlier this year about a battle involving 2000+ ships. I might have to give EVE a look.

[Hooahguy]

That is awesome. I read an article earlier this year about a battle involving 2000+ ships. I might have to give EVE a look.

Yup, I actually just started about 2 weeks ago. Its a very complex game to say the least, very steep learning curve. Playing it with some friends right now, joined their faction warfare corp which made the process a lot easier. But if you want a 21 day trial, send me a message: the normal trials are just 14 days.

[Gregoshi]

But if you want a 21 day trial, send me a message: the normal trials are just 14 days.

I'm a bit tied up with a move coming up in a couple of weeks, but I'll keep your offer in mind once I get settled.

[Hooahguy]

I'm a bit tied up with a move coming up in a couple of weeks, but I'll keep your offer in mind once I get settled.

I hear that, in a few days I wont be able to play pretty much anything for a month since Ill be in a place with limited internet.

[Husar]

Doesn't the game slow down to a crawl to reduce server load in these situations?
IIRC the battles take many, many hours if they have this size.

[Gregoshi]

Doesn't the game slow down to a crawl to reduce server load in these situations?
IIRC the battles take many, many hours if they have this size.

From the article and another video I watched of a different large battle, time slowed to 10% normal. Call it Bullet Time.

[Hooahguy]

From the article and another video I watched of a different large battle, time slowed to 10% normal. Call it Bullet Time.

Yup, in EVE world its called Time Dilation, or TiDi. Didnt make the actual battle too interesting to watch live, but made for some fantastic screen shots when the UI was removed.

[Monk]

That is awesome. I read an article earlier this year about a battle involving 2000+ ships. I might have to give EVE a look.

prepare for dwarf fortress levels of complexity. It has the same reward of playing once you pass the learning curve.. but good god man. Dat learning curve. People are not kidding when they compare it to the edge of a cliff.

[Beskar]

Eve plays like Excel in Space, unless they drastically changed it since I last saw it. Was very very basic gameplay. You don't even get to fly your ship, which sucks beyond belief. You are a passenger who watches space as 'Eve' autopilots you around.

[Hooahguy]

Eve plays like Excel in Space, unless they drastically changed it since I last saw it. Was very very basic gameplay. You don't even get to fly your ship, which sucks beyond belief. You are a passenger who watches space as 'Eve' autopilots you around.

Uh, well clearly something has changed because while you arent shown actually in the cockpit, you can fly your ship wherever you want, not reliant on autopilot.

[Beskar]

Uh, well clearly something has changed because while you arent shown actually in the cockpit, you can fly your ship wherever you want, not reliant on autopilot.

By "flying" is it right click, click "fly to planet x" or "astroid x" with things like "range, 500m" then just watch as it jumps, then slows down then simply orbits the object. For long flights, you use the galatic map and just click "travel" then you have to wait 20 jumps as the ship just flies itself. There was no hands on "I am going to fly in-between these rocks, or do the loop-the-loop, hell-yeah!" or any sort of real control.

Uh oh. You used the "D" word. That might be a road block.

Talking months and years, easily, to get anywhere remotely near one of those..

[Hooahguy]

By "flying" is it right click, click "fly to planet x" or "astroid x" with things like "range, 500m" then just watch as it jumps, then slows down then simply orbits the object. For long flights, you use the galatic map and just click "travel" then you have to wait 20 jumps as the ship just flies itself. There was no hands on "I am going to fly in-between these rocks, or do the loop-the-loop, hell-yeah!" or any sort of real control.

Fair point. And Ill agree with you that sometimes it can be a very, very boring game. Flying in between high-security systems to get the best price on something is incredibly boring. Waiting for a skill to train is also very boring. Its long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer excitement/terror/adrenaline. Especially as a low-level player where there is a lot of enemy ships which can wipe you out very quickly. Its really the type of game that you log on, check to see if your corp is doing anything nearby, and if not, check your training queue, then log off and play Skyrim or something.