<\/span>@Jack268<\/strong> said: \" Man, I tried to get into EVE back in summer when it was $2 on steam, but I just don't know how I am supposed to play it. It's pretty hard to understand the menus and what's needed to do stuff. I would resub if I had a clue on how to play. Any noob tips? The game seems incredible when you read stories about it, just like you say, but when you play it it's just so daunting when you see all the shit you can do. \"<\/blockquote>If you ever did complete the tutorial missions that you're given in the beginning, they've explained most of the basic stuff that you as a new player needs to know. After that, look for a corporation and join it, since that's the real way of getting to know the game and<\/b><\/u> the community (Head over either ingame and look for offices in stations or have a look at the forums<\/a>.) And as the Senior Producer Arnar of CCP said, \"We want to keep EVE as it is. EVE is like a rubrics cube, and we give it to you, and then say go f**k your self.\", so yeah, it will be hard, but it's worth the struggle.\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Sacerdos87<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>166<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>2524<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 1<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Sacerdos87<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@ahoodedfigure<\/strong> said: <\/span>@Sacerdos87:<\/strong> Now I'm interested in reading up on the types of scams out there. Are there any pyramid schemes, like forcing a person to get ten new signatures on a thing before they raise to the next level in the company or whatever? Does CCP just draw the line at personal account information and real money, or are there other things they don't tolerate (beyond the usual social restrictions you see on forums)? \"<\/p><\/blockquote>\u00a0Yea there are definitely other scams that can be employed in the game that are allowed. EVE veterans love new players and their trusting of others, you could very easily pull off a pyramid scheme against other players who trust you.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0You could give other players shares in your company with a promise of a return on the investment, but in the end you don't bother with that promise after you've acquired all the money from them, also you don't give them enough shares to have any real power in your corp. \u00a0Espionage can also occur, you could get a new player, that player sticks with you for awhile, you like him\/her and promote them through your ranks to the point they are practically a CEO themselves, then they make a move seizing all your money, ships, stations and then close your corp.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0It happens, unless you truly know the individual behind the character in EVE, anything can occur to topple others, the Band of Brothers alliance in EVE got disbanded in a similar fashion when Goonswarm alliance had a spy in control of their alliance disband it, they lost jump gates, stations, money, ships, either from being cut off and blown up or from being stolen. It also made it impossible for them to keep the areas they were in because now they were all disconnected from each other. \u00a0As far as stealing personal info or accounts for EVE, that's pretty much still illegal.\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>NoCookiesForYou<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>856<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 2<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By NoCookiesForYou<\/a><\/div><\/div>I played through the 14 day - Trial. Very cool game, during those 2 weeks i felt like i barely scratched the surface of what that game has to offer. The mods there were very friendly, they offered help and answered any questions that i had.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>FourWude<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2274<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 1<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By FourWude<\/a><\/div><\/div>You don't win in EVE, son.... you survive!<\/p>Shit is real.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>4580<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>41781<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 64<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Jimbo:<\/strong>\u00a0 How about a nice game of chess? \u00a0<\/span>@Sacerdos87:<\/strong> Now I'm interested in reading up on the types of scams out there. Are there any pyramid schemes, like forcing a person to get ten new signatures on a thing before they raise to the next level in the company or whatever? Does CCP just draw the line at personal account information and real money, or are there other things they don't tolerate (beyond the usual social restrictions you see on forums)?\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Sacerdos87<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>166<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>2524<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 1<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Sacerdos87<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Jason_Bourne<\/strong> said: \" I'm in the WoW guild alea iacta est (biggest guild in all of WoW, formed by the hosts of The Instance podcast) and we have a sister Eve guild, and everything they've explained to me is bananas. They're trying to root out spies in the corp, and planting spies in other corps. Hell they're even trying to steal ventrillo information. They have people suicide bombings, blowing up their own ships to destroy others. It's really got me wanting to play. \"<\/blockquote>Yea it gets pretty intense whether you hear about it or experience it. Steam is always doing deals on it, there are plenty of free trials to get. People wanna blow each other up and acquire systems for various reasons all the time so reading what your friends do in EVE isn't out of the ordinary, in fact, it's pretty much a typical day in EVE, trying to gain the competitive edge.\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mikemcn<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>8642<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>4863<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 8<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mikemcn<\/a><\/div><\/div>You'd be out of your mind to think you could win an MMO. And Eve is played by a whole lot of people who really enjoy it for its complexity, but for many of them its their only game so they have more than enough time to focus on it. It plays fine, and although the interface isn't ideal I understood it fine enough to do everything I could really want after maybe 5 -10 hours.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>@Jack268<\/h3> said: \" Man, I tried to get into EVE back in summer when it was $2 on steam, but I just don't know how I am supposed to play it. It's pretty hard to understand the menus and what's needed to do stuff. I would resub if I had a clue on how to play. Any noob tips? The game seems incredible when you read stories about it, just like you say, but when you play it it's just so daunting when you see all the shit you can do. \"<\/p><\/blockquote>Approach as this, you can do a hell of alot of things, but you need to choose what you want to do. Theres enough mechanics in Eve for a dozen individual games. The\u00a0average\u00a0person can only really \"play\" a fraction of it. For me, all I did was mine rocks and do missions. I completely avoided the manufacturing, planet management, station construction\/upkeep, PvP, Pirateing, Wormhole exploration, faction warfare, freight hauling, bounty hunting, corp management, contracting, scamming, theft, tournaments, ninja salvaging. etc....\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Think about the fact that you could play Eve online without ever actually flying anywhere.\u00a0\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>RedRoach<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>1402<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>249<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>
<\/span>@ahoodedfigure<\/strong> said: <\/span>@Sacerdos87:<\/strong> Now I'm interested in reading up on the types of scams out there. Are there any pyramid schemes, like forcing a person to get ten new signatures on a thing before they raise to the next level in the company or whatever? Does CCP just draw the line at personal account information and real money, or are there other things they don't tolerate (beyond the usual social restrictions you see on forums)? \"<\/p><\/blockquote>\u00a0Yea there are definitely other scams that can be employed in the game that are allowed. EVE veterans love new players and their trusting of others, you could very easily pull off a pyramid scheme against other players who trust you.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0You could give other players shares in your company with a promise of a return on the investment, but in the end you don't bother with that promise after you've acquired all the money from them, also you don't give them enough shares to have any real power in your corp. \u00a0Espionage can also occur, you could get a new player, that player sticks with you for awhile, you like him\/her and promote them through your ranks to the point they are practically a CEO themselves, then they make a move seizing all your money, ships, stations and then close your corp.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0It happens, unless you truly know the individual behind the character in EVE, anything can occur to topple others, the Band of Brothers alliance in EVE got disbanded in a similar fashion when Goonswarm alliance had a spy in control of their alliance disband it, they lost jump gates, stations, money, ships, either from being cut off and blown up or from being stolen. It also made it impossible for them to keep the areas they were in because now they were all disconnected from each other. \u00a0As far as stealing personal info or accounts for EVE, that's pretty much still illegal.\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>NoCookiesForYou<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>856<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 2<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By NoCookiesForYou<\/a><\/div><\/div>I played through the 14 day - Trial. Very cool game, during those 2 weeks i felt like i barely scratched the surface of what that game has to offer. The mods there were very friendly, they offered help and answered any questions that i had.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>FourWude<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2274<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 1<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By FourWude<\/a><\/div><\/div>You don't win in EVE, son.... you survive!<\/p>Shit is real.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>4580<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>41781<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 64<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Jimbo:<\/strong>\u00a0 How about a nice game of chess? \u00a0<\/span>@Sacerdos87:<\/strong> Now I'm interested in reading up on the types of scams out there. Are there any pyramid schemes, like forcing a person to get ten new signatures on a thing before they raise to the next level in the company or whatever? Does CCP just draw the line at personal account information and real money, or are there other things they don't tolerate (beyond the usual social restrictions you see on forums)?\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Sacerdos87<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>166<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>2524<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 1<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Sacerdos87<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Jason_Bourne<\/strong> said: \" I'm in the WoW guild alea iacta est (biggest guild in all of WoW, formed by the hosts of The Instance podcast) and we have a sister Eve guild, and everything they've explained to me is bananas. They're trying to root out spies in the corp, and planting spies in other corps. Hell they're even trying to steal ventrillo information. They have people suicide bombings, blowing up their own ships to destroy others. It's really got me wanting to play. \"<\/blockquote>Yea it gets pretty intense whether you hear about it or experience it. Steam is always doing deals on it, there are plenty of free trials to get. People wanna blow each other up and acquire systems for various reasons all the time so reading what your friends do in EVE isn't out of the ordinary, in fact, it's pretty much a typical day in EVE, trying to gain the competitive edge.\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mikemcn<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>8642<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>4863<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 8<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mikemcn<\/a><\/div><\/div>You'd be out of your mind to think you could win an MMO. And Eve is played by a whole lot of people who really enjoy it for its complexity, but for many of them its their only game so they have more than enough time to focus on it. It plays fine, and although the interface isn't ideal I understood it fine enough to do everything I could really want after maybe 5 -10 hours.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>@Jack268<\/h3> said: \" Man, I tried to get into EVE back in summer when it was $2 on steam, but I just don't know how I am supposed to play it. It's pretty hard to understand the menus and what's needed to do stuff. I would resub if I had a clue on how to play. Any noob tips? The game seems incredible when you read stories about it, just like you say, but when you play it it's just so daunting when you see all the shit you can do. \"<\/p><\/blockquote>Approach as this, you can do a hell of alot of things, but you need to choose what you want to do. Theres enough mechanics in Eve for a dozen individual games. The\u00a0average\u00a0person can only really \"play\" a fraction of it. For me, all I did was mine rocks and do missions. I completely avoided the manufacturing, planet management, station construction\/upkeep, PvP, Pirateing, Wormhole exploration, faction warfare, freight hauling, bounty hunting, corp management, contracting, scamming, theft, tournaments, ninja salvaging. etc....\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Think about the fact that you could play Eve online without ever actually flying anywhere.\u00a0\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>RedRoach<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>1402<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>249<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>
I played through the 14 day - Trial. Very cool game, during those 2 weeks i felt like i barely scratched the surface of what that game has to offer. The mods there were very friendly, they offered help and answered any questions that i had.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>FourWude<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>2274<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 1<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By FourWude<\/a><\/div><\/div>You don't win in EVE, son.... you survive!<\/p>Shit is real.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>4580<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>41781<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 64<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Jimbo:<\/strong>\u00a0 How about a nice game of chess? \u00a0<\/span>@Sacerdos87:<\/strong> Now I'm interested in reading up on the types of scams out there. Are there any pyramid schemes, like forcing a person to get ten new signatures on a thing before they raise to the next level in the company or whatever? Does CCP just draw the line at personal account information and real money, or are there other things they don't tolerate (beyond the usual social restrictions you see on forums)?\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Sacerdos87<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>166<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>2524<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 1<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Sacerdos87<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Jason_Bourne<\/strong> said: \" I'm in the WoW guild alea iacta est (biggest guild in all of WoW, formed by the hosts of The Instance podcast) and we have a sister Eve guild, and everything they've explained to me is bananas. They're trying to root out spies in the corp, and planting spies in other corps. Hell they're even trying to steal ventrillo information. They have people suicide bombings, blowing up their own ships to destroy others. It's really got me wanting to play. \"<\/blockquote>Yea it gets pretty intense whether you hear about it or experience it. Steam is always doing deals on it, there are plenty of free trials to get. People wanna blow each other up and acquire systems for various reasons all the time so reading what your friends do in EVE isn't out of the ordinary, in fact, it's pretty much a typical day in EVE, trying to gain the competitive edge.\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mikemcn<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>8642<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>4863<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 8<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mikemcn<\/a><\/div><\/div>You'd be out of your mind to think you could win an MMO. And Eve is played by a whole lot of people who really enjoy it for its complexity, but for many of them its their only game so they have more than enough time to focus on it. It plays fine, and although the interface isn't ideal I understood it fine enough to do everything I could really want after maybe 5 -10 hours.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>@Jack268<\/h3> said: \" Man, I tried to get into EVE back in summer when it was $2 on steam, but I just don't know how I am supposed to play it. It's pretty hard to understand the menus and what's needed to do stuff. I would resub if I had a clue on how to play. Any noob tips? The game seems incredible when you read stories about it, just like you say, but when you play it it's just so daunting when you see all the shit you can do. \"<\/p><\/blockquote>Approach as this, you can do a hell of alot of things, but you need to choose what you want to do. Theres enough mechanics in Eve for a dozen individual games. The\u00a0average\u00a0person can only really \"play\" a fraction of it. For me, all I did was mine rocks and do missions. I completely avoided the manufacturing, planet management, station construction\/upkeep, PvP, Pirateing, Wormhole exploration, faction warfare, freight hauling, bounty hunting, corp management, contracting, scamming, theft, tournaments, ninja salvaging. etc....\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Think about the fact that you could play Eve online without ever actually flying anywhere.\u00a0\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>RedRoach<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>1402<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>249<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>
You don't win in EVE, son.... you survive!<\/p>Shit is real.<\/p><\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>4580<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>41781<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 6<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 64<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By ahoodedfigure<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Jimbo:<\/strong>\u00a0 How about a nice game of chess? \u00a0<\/span>@Sacerdos87:<\/strong> Now I'm interested in reading up on the types of scams out there. Are there any pyramid schemes, like forcing a person to get ten new signatures on a thing before they raise to the next level in the company or whatever? Does CCP just draw the line at personal account information and real money, or are there other things they don't tolerate (beyond the usual social restrictions you see on forums)?\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Sacerdos87<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>166<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>2524<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 1<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Sacerdos87<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Jason_Bourne<\/strong> said: \" I'm in the WoW guild alea iacta est (biggest guild in all of WoW, formed by the hosts of The Instance podcast) and we have a sister Eve guild, and everything they've explained to me is bananas. They're trying to root out spies in the corp, and planting spies in other corps. Hell they're even trying to steal ventrillo information. They have people suicide bombings, blowing up their own ships to destroy others. It's really got me wanting to play. \"<\/blockquote>Yea it gets pretty intense whether you hear about it or experience it. Steam is always doing deals on it, there are plenty of free trials to get. People wanna blow each other up and acquire systems for various reasons all the time so reading what your friends do in EVE isn't out of the ordinary, in fact, it's pretty much a typical day in EVE, trying to gain the competitive edge.\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mikemcn<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>8642<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>4863<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 8<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mikemcn<\/a><\/div><\/div>You'd be out of your mind to think you could win an MMO. And Eve is played by a whole lot of people who really enjoy it for its complexity, but for many of them its their only game so they have more than enough time to focus on it. It plays fine, and although the interface isn't ideal I understood it fine enough to do everything I could really want after maybe 5 -10 hours.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>@Jack268<\/h3> said: \" Man, I tried to get into EVE back in summer when it was $2 on steam, but I just don't know how I am supposed to play it. It's pretty hard to understand the menus and what's needed to do stuff. I would resub if I had a clue on how to play. Any noob tips? The game seems incredible when you read stories about it, just like you say, but when you play it it's just so daunting when you see all the shit you can do. \"<\/p><\/blockquote>Approach as this, you can do a hell of alot of things, but you need to choose what you want to do. Theres enough mechanics in Eve for a dozen individual games. The\u00a0average\u00a0person can only really \"play\" a fraction of it. For me, all I did was mine rocks and do missions. I completely avoided the manufacturing, planet management, station construction\/upkeep, PvP, Pirateing, Wormhole exploration, faction warfare, freight hauling, bounty hunting, corp management, contracting, scamming, theft, tournaments, ninja salvaging. etc....\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Think about the fact that you could play Eve online without ever actually flying anywhere.\u00a0\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>RedRoach<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>1402<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>249<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>
<\/span>@Jimbo:<\/strong>\u00a0 How about a nice game of chess? \u00a0<\/span>@Sacerdos87:<\/strong> Now I'm interested in reading up on the types of scams out there. Are there any pyramid schemes, like forcing a person to get ten new signatures on a thing before they raise to the next level in the company or whatever? Does CCP just draw the line at personal account information and real money, or are there other things they don't tolerate (beyond the usual social restrictions you see on forums)?\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Sacerdos87<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>166<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>2524<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 1<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 0<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By Sacerdos87<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/span>@Jason_Bourne<\/strong> said: \" I'm in the WoW guild alea iacta est (biggest guild in all of WoW, formed by the hosts of The Instance podcast) and we have a sister Eve guild, and everything they've explained to me is bananas. They're trying to root out spies in the corp, and planting spies in other corps. Hell they're even trying to steal ventrillo information. They have people suicide bombings, blowing up their own ships to destroy others. It's really got me wanting to play. \"<\/blockquote>Yea it gets pretty intense whether you hear about it or experience it. Steam is always doing deals on it, there are plenty of free trials to get. People wanna blow each other up and acquire systems for various reasons all the time so reading what your friends do in EVE isn't out of the ordinary, in fact, it's pretty much a typical day in EVE, trying to gain the competitive edge.\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mikemcn<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>8642<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>4863<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 8<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mikemcn<\/a><\/div><\/div>You'd be out of your mind to think you could win an MMO. And Eve is played by a whole lot of people who really enjoy it for its complexity, but for many of them its their only game so they have more than enough time to focus on it. It plays fine, and although the interface isn't ideal I understood it fine enough to do everything I could really want after maybe 5 -10 hours.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>@Jack268<\/h3> said: \" Man, I tried to get into EVE back in summer when it was $2 on steam, but I just don't know how I am supposed to play it. It's pretty hard to understand the menus and what's needed to do stuff. I would resub if I had a clue on how to play. Any noob tips? The game seems incredible when you read stories about it, just like you say, but when you play it it's just so daunting when you see all the shit you can do. \"<\/p><\/blockquote>Approach as this, you can do a hell of alot of things, but you need to choose what you want to do. Theres enough mechanics in Eve for a dozen individual games. The\u00a0average\u00a0person can only really \"play\" a fraction of it. For me, all I did was mine rocks and do missions. I completely avoided the manufacturing, planet management, station construction\/upkeep, PvP, Pirateing, Wormhole exploration, faction warfare, freight hauling, bounty hunting, corp management, contracting, scamming, theft, tournaments, ninja salvaging. etc....\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Think about the fact that you could play Eve online without ever actually flying anywhere.\u00a0\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>RedRoach<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>1402<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>249<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>
<\/span>@Jason_Bourne<\/strong> said: \" I'm in the WoW guild alea iacta est (biggest guild in all of WoW, formed by the hosts of The Instance podcast) and we have a sister Eve guild, and everything they've explained to me is bananas. They're trying to root out spies in the corp, and planting spies in other corps. Hell they're even trying to steal ventrillo information. They have people suicide bombings, blowing up their own ships to destroy others. It's really got me wanting to play. \"<\/blockquote>Yea it gets pretty intense whether you hear about it or experience it. Steam is always doing deals on it, there are plenty of free trials to get. People wanna blow each other up and acquire systems for various reasons all the time so reading what your friends do in EVE isn't out of the ordinary, in fact, it's pretty much a typical day in EVE, trying to gain the competitive edge.\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>mikemcn<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>8642<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>4863<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 2<\/p>User Lists:<\/span> 8<\/p><\/section><\/div><\/div>\n Edited By mikemcn<\/a><\/div><\/div>You'd be out of your mind to think you could win an MMO. And Eve is played by a whole lot of people who really enjoy it for its complexity, but for many of them its their only game so they have more than enough time to focus on it. It plays fine, and although the interface isn't ideal I understood it fine enough to do everything I could really want after maybe 5 -10 hours.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>@Jack268<\/h3> said: \" Man, I tried to get into EVE back in summer when it was $2 on steam, but I just don't know how I am supposed to play it. It's pretty hard to understand the menus and what's needed to do stuff. I would resub if I had a clue on how to play. Any noob tips? The game seems incredible when you read stories about it, just like you say, but when you play it it's just so daunting when you see all the shit you can do. \"<\/p><\/blockquote>Approach as this, you can do a hell of alot of things, but you need to choose what you want to do. Theres enough mechanics in Eve for a dozen individual games. The\u00a0average\u00a0person can only really \"play\" a fraction of it. For me, all I did was mine rocks and do missions. I completely avoided the manufacturing, planet management, station construction\/upkeep, PvP, Pirateing, Wormhole exploration, faction warfare, freight hauling, bounty hunting, corp management, contracting, scamming, theft, tournaments, ninja salvaging. etc....\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Think about the fact that you could play Eve online without ever actually flying anywhere.\u00a0\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>RedRoach<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>1402<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>249<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>
You'd be out of your mind to think you could win an MMO. And Eve is played by a whole lot of people who really enjoy it for its complexity, but for many of them its their only game so they have more than enough time to focus on it. It plays fine, and although the interface isn't ideal I understood it fine enough to do everything I could really want after maybe 5 -10 hours.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>@Jack268<\/h3> said: \" Man, I tried to get into EVE back in summer when it was $2 on steam, but I just don't know how I am supposed to play it. It's pretty hard to understand the menus and what's needed to do stuff. I would resub if I had a clue on how to play. Any noob tips? The game seems incredible when you read stories about it, just like you say, but when you play it it's just so daunting when you see all the shit you can do. \"<\/p><\/blockquote>Approach as this, you can do a hell of alot of things, but you need to choose what you want to do. Theres enough mechanics in Eve for a dozen individual games. The\u00a0average\u00a0person can only really \"play\" a fraction of it. For me, all I did was mine rocks and do missions. I completely avoided the manufacturing, planet management, station construction\/upkeep, PvP, Pirateing, Wormhole exploration, faction warfare, freight hauling, bounty hunting, corp management, contracting, scamming, theft, tournaments, ninja salvaging. etc....\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Think about the fact that you could play Eve online without ever actually flying anywhere.\u00a0\n <\/article>12 years ago<\/time><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>RedRoach<\/a><\/svg><\/i> Follow\n <\/a><\/div><\/header>1402<\/p>Forum Posts<\/p><\/div>249<\/p>Wiki Points<\/p><\/div>0<\/p>Followers<\/p><\/div><\/section>Reviews:<\/span> 0<\/p>
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