RE: [MLUG] Re: linux game information...

[Rick <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Actually, while docked, you are (currently) completely safe. Space
stations, both NPC and PC owned, are never actually destroyed. Some
stations can change ownership, but if you are docked at one when that
happens, none of your things are affected. However, once you undock, you
may not be able to dock again, which can be adverse if you happen to
have a lot more stuff stored there than you can carry out. On top of
that, undocking into that kind of situation, you are very likely to not
survive =)

All this can only happen out in the wild areas (called lo-sec or 0.0),
in hi-sec (0.5+) areas, there are police (called Concord) who enforce
very draconian no-shooting policies against other players. It's not 100%
safe, which I learned by losing about 600m to a suicide gang in Jita,
but it's very very unlikely that you can be harmed sufficiently before
Concord eliminates your attackers while in empire.

As with most MMORPGs, your fun level will be directly dictated by the
people you hang out with.

Rick

On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 11:51 -0500, Fallert, Adam Christian wrote:
> I played the 14 day free trial to this game a while back, and yes it can
> be a game that can draw you in.
> 
> Unlike other MMORPG (World of Warcraft, EverQuest, etc.) this game is a
> much slow paced game and is meant for the working man (or someone with a
> life outside of their virtual friends).  In other words, you don't feel
> obligated to be playing this game ever waking hour just so you can keep
> up with your buddies or guild (some guilds have minimum requirements as
> to how much you have to play each day/week).
> 
> They do this by making a real-time skill system.  If you want a skill or
> advancement, it takes so many hours to study the subject before you can
> gain a level.  What is even better is that you don't have to be logged
> in and playing for that time to count.
> 
> When you are docked in a station you are 100% safe from attack.  Unless
> of course the space station is destroyed, although very very very rare
> and very difficult to do.  It has happened at least a couple times since
> the game's release.
> 
> Game play is a little slow.  You can choose to be a miner which can
> really make the game seem like a grind.  You can also be a stick jock
> and fly around in fighters collecting bounties and such.  There are
> other career paths as well, but I cannot remember them off hand.  
> 
> Like in other MMORPGs there are guilds but they are called Corporations.
> 
> Lastly, this game is light on system requirements.  As far as I can tell
> this game mostly runs off of html, xml interfaces with java applets in a
> specialized browser window.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Adam
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:39 AM
> To: MLUG membership
> Subject: [MLUG] Re: linux game information...
> 
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Rick wrote:
> 
> > http://www.transgaming.com/news/?id=60
> >
> > If anyone is interested in Eve, I've been playing for almost 2 years
> and 
> > would be happy to give you the tour.
> 
> 
> Can you give us a brief description of what it is like to play it?  It 
> looks pretty cool...
> 
> screenshots:
> http://www.eve-online.com/screenshots/
> 
> FAQ:
> http://www.eve-online.com/faq
> 
> I'm getting the impression that it can really draw a person in.  If your
> 
> docked ship can be destroyed while you sleep, you must feel like staying
> 
> awake!
> 
> Mike
> 
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