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Ben Wallis

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CCP reiterates anti-pay-to-win stance for EVE microtransactions

Apr 3rd 2012 9:26AM (Massively)
CCP design EVE so that a player needs to use multiple accounts (subscriptions). I consider that pay-to-win and think that it massively unbalances the game. It also holds back technical development.

Captain's Log: Interview with Cryptic's Al Rivera, part two

Apr 2nd 2012 12:32PM (Massively)
@Vic Fontaine

I agree with most of your points but I've been playing every day the last few weeks and I haven't experienced the bugs you mention.

Captain's Log: Interview with Cryptic's Al Rivera, part two

Apr 2nd 2012 12:30PM (Massively)
@Snowblind

I agree. To be honest I REALLY want to play the game from the bridge of my starship, ya know, like in STAR TREK!

And that really sucks if we can never have custom crews!

They could at least ensure that all Duty Officers are unique - I have several duplicates (colonists are worse), which totally destroys the immersion for me. How hard is it to generate a new random name?

Captain's Log: Interview with Cryptic's Al Rivera, part two

Apr 2nd 2012 12:27PM (Massively)
@(Unverified)

The level rewards are levelled but I'm not sure if the enemies are - it's a bit too easy to kill everything (on Advanced difficulty). I doubt that I'm actually "good" lol.

Captain's Log: Interview with Cryptic's Al Rivera, part two

Apr 2nd 2012 11:24AM (Massively)
Look for a "trait respec" was the first thing I did when I reactivated my account after it went F2P.

The Duty Officer missions definitely broke my levelling curve. I went from level 33 to level 50 ONLY by completing Doff. missions! As a result I missed out on a lot of loot and interesting content. I'm doing the episodes now but I'm kind of overpowered.

The Duty Officer mission is quite compelling but I think it still needs more. What I want most is Duty Officer Service Records that display aggregated statistics. Then I could see which Duty Officers I use the most, which assignments they completed/failed, etc.

That way I can learn which Doffs. I need more of and which ones I've never even used. There is already an assignment log so the stats are probably in the database somewhere.

EVE Evolved: Setting the record straight

Apr 2nd 2012 7:41AM (Massively)
"I don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with scamming and ganking players, and it's even OK to show tearful evemails to a crowd of Fanfest attendees."

It's this sense of entitlement that makes the majority of Eve players into narcissistic "sociopaths".

Why I Play: EVE Online

Mar 28th 2012 11:38AM (Massively)
I disagree. I've had an active Eve account since 2007 but I let it expire last month. I finally had to admit to myself that the game sucked.

It's good that it's one world and not instanced - but that's about the only positive thing I can think of.

And the players are narcissistic egotists. The kind of conversations I used to see in the chat boxes (not local) were the worst I've ever seen anywhere.

The Daily Grind: Would you buy a system for one game?

Mar 22nd 2012 8:27AM (Massively)
I pretty much bought the original Xbox because of Halo. I was following the development for awhile (when it was only a PC game).

When Microsoft bought Bungie I knew I was going to have to buy an Xbox. Still the other launch games were pretty awesome - PGR, JSRF - happy days

The Soapbox: Voice chat is the worst thing ever

Mar 20th 2012 12:33PM (Massively)
I stopped using voice-chat on Xbox Live YEARS ago - don't even remember when I last used it. What's the point?

The Daily Grind: Would you play a Witcher MMO?

Mar 20th 2012 10:37AM (Massively)
Yes but only if it's made by CD Projekt RED.

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