[ddo] Tonight?

Thu Jan 4 13:33:19 GMT 2007

EVE is very different from any MMO I've played before ...
 - there's only one server, AFAICS.
 - There are no classes, just skills, which anyone can learn.   Skills take
time to learn to learn, the exact time required is determined by your 5
prime stats and the level of the skill (varies from minutes to days).
Skills continue to be trained when you are logged out.  So essentially
someone who is not logged in at all, can progress their character as quickly
as someone who is logged in all the time.  (Although the bloke who's logged
in is probably making money as well :) )
 - The world is almost entirely player driven, with just some basic NPC
organisations to provide a background.  E.g. Flying around space it is
almost impossible to tell which space stations are run by players and which
are NPC.
 - All trade is done automatically with players via a superb stock-market
like trading system, again NPCs provide a 'floor' here by setting lowest
possible prices on the market.

Johno & I have formed a corporation and are busily saving up to rent our
first offices on an existing space station.  We're having a ball and already
pricing how much it would cost to get our own station up and running :)  Oh
and we get to shoot bad guys as well.

Who's in the Box?

/chop

On 1/4/07, Mike Kelly <mike.j.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Weeks of staring at nothing? Sounds like a hoot, Dave! Sign me up, at
> least until the "World of Watching Paint Dry" BETA kicks-off in June. ;)
>
> I've heard very mixed reports of EVE Online, including someone telling me
> (wrongly I presume) that it'd shut down last year. I like the idea of a MMO
> Elite type game though.
>
> On 04/01/07, Joe Vaughan <joev at jarhedz.com> wrote:
> >
> > That's a shame Dave but then DDO just isn't for everyone. Bren also
> > hated it, as
> > did your namesake...
> >
> > I continue to love it... last night was a blast re-doing redwillow
> > (again) and
> > having a great old laugh. Good to have the thief...er...I mean scout
> > back :)
> >
> > EVE I found awful... As a friend of mine who is totally living in EVE
> > said: "If
> > you can get past the first couple of weeks of boredom waiting for your
> > ship to
> > fly from A->B then it get's better" - but to me, if the first few weeks
> > involves
> > lots of sitting staring at nothing, doing nothing, then it's a no-sale.
> > Not a
> > good introductory strategy I felt.
> >
> > Different strokes again.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Jan 2007 at 18:35:59, David Knowles wrote:
> >
> > > FYI: I'm probably going to cancel my DDO account, 'coz I never use it
> > and at
> > > the moment things sound very complicated :)  I tried a bit pre-xmas
> > and it
> > > still isn't grabbing me.
> > >
> > > Plus I've discovered EVE online!  And WoW TBC is out in two
> > weeks.  And I
> > > have a big new project to manage in work (which is already 6 months
> > late and
> > > I only took it over yesterday)!  And I'm doing a professional
> > qualification
> > > with exams in May.  And I have a girlfriend.
> > >
> > > /chop ... sleep is for wimps!
> > >
> > > PS.  Hurry up and finish that damn game so we can all be friends again
> > > somewhere new.
> > >
> > > PPS. Come and join Johno and I on EVE!
> > >
> > >
> > > On 1/3/07, Mike Kelly <mike.j.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > NP Brian, he didn't sound too happy. :(
> > > >
> > > > We just finished that dungeon and called it a night (I think, last
> > night
> > > > is kinda fuzzy, feeling tired) a good romp, I much prefer my human
> > cleric
> > > > Drevin to that Drow wench I had, it's amazing the difference +2
> > Strength
> > > > makes, the extra feat more than makes up for the missing point of
> > Wis. I
> > > > wish I'd thought of it in time but in future if yourself or Leigh
> > have to
> > > > head off in the middle of a quest it'd be a good idea to quit TS but
> > leave
> > > > the client logged on if possible, that way you get the XP for the
> > quest...
> > > > we've done it once or twice before but if you don't mind the
> > "cheese"
> > > factor
> > > > of XP for idling then I reckon it's a good idea.
> > > >
> > > > For next week, I can play Monday, Tuesday or Weds, I'll let those of
> > you
> > > > with RL commitments decide which night we should play. :)
> > > >
> > > > On 03/01/07, setanta at dspsrv.com <setanta at dspsrv.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Sorry I had to bail last night fellas. Rory was not a happy babie
> > at
> > > > > all,
> > > > > and in fact a nights sleep went out the window as well!
> > > > >
> > > > > What night will be good next week for you guys, so I can try to
> > book it
> > > > > up
> > > > > in advance.
> > > > >
> > > > > B.
> > > > >
> > > >
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