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Re: Eve Online wages largest war in its 10 year history

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Post by inopinatus » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 2:20 AM UTC

gojomo wrote: post #132

inopinatus wrote: post #122

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The first time you jump into a major fleet battle the adrenaline pumps so hard you'll think your heart is going to burst outta your chest. You spend the rest of your Eve career looking for that feeling again (it does come from time to time). CCP love this stuff and encourage it. They've scaled Eve to support ever-larger fleet battles; nonetheless it's no wonder that an engagement of of this size meant significant lag…

Thanks! Any good war vids you'd recommend for a total outsider?

There are two kinds of Eve videos:

1. Video art made using well-composed in-game footage that may not be entirely representative of the general experience. Most of the official promotional videos fall into this category. Since Eve is a visually sumptuous game, it lends itself well to this form. It is practically machinima, although I'd be surprised if anyone has modded the engine as many machinima artists do.

great examples include:

  "Dreams of Yasur"      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ_UiIYarhg
  "Lacrimosa, Tortuga"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYEaPLCCIrY
  "Empyrean Age Trailer" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKdTJjDnYzE (official promo)

2. Capture of a real battle. Here lies the real nostalgia. Unfortunately they tend to be less visually sumptuous and more hundreds of variously coloured & labelled objects in a highly technical 3D HUD that is almost incomprehensible without some Eve experience. They also tend to be long. Ideally accompanied by fleet voice battle chatter because otherwise they are not only dull to watch, you'll have no idea WTF is going on.

recent good samples include:

  "the Battle of Asakai" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLqb-m1ZZUA
  "Anatomy of a fight"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMFahR4wXTg
  "Everlasting II"       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMU2SsF0IZk

and just to compare and contrast the fleet battle experience, here's an early Titan-class ship kill, from two opposing perspectives:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymdSjCYK_PI (GS/PL)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nalljAJPe8U (BoB, teamspeak only)

But in truth the two I was looking at were much older. They were the two movies that persuaded me to try Eve in the first place:

"The Fallen". Apparently from 2005. You will have to forgive the typos and grammatical blunders to get to the somewhat emotional core, because the whole thing is touching "I miss you" letter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmKB-LlIdMI and read http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=485027 afterwards.

"Bhaalgorn vs Nightmare". Must be from around 2004. Two vicious-looking and rare ships duke it out for a few minutes in what looks like a high-stakes stand-up fight. At the end it becomes apparent that this is, in fact, a promotional sales brochure and both ships are on the market. The realization of what that meant for the whole structure of the game is what attracted me to Eve in the first place. http://dl.eve-files.com/media/09/Bhaalgorn%20vs%20Nightmare....

Re: Eve Online wages largest war in its 10 year history

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Post by antihero » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 3:41 AM UTC

jff wrote: post #141

antihero wrote: post #81

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You're forgetting the singsongs and guitar playing on TeamSpeak. But other than that, spot on! I was part of the BoB Goonswarm war, back when we were fucking up Lotka Volterra. It must have been what, 5-6 years ago now?

Suas forever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfv1QtZDirY

Aka Tolon, right? He was a neat guy, I met him in London. Too bad I was an utter twat then.

Re: Eve Online wages largest war in its 10 year history

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Post by meowface » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 5:26 AM UTC

jff wrote: post #139

aeontech wrote: post #110

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Would you care to share the names of some of these games? I think people would check them out.

Age of Wushu is a Chinese-developed MMO where you take the role of a hero from wuxia fiction. Think of it sorta like Street Fighter meets WoW. PvP fights are very lively, you need to counter the moves your opponent is using. PvP is a huge aspect; in fact, every time you log in it reminds you that the game is Open PvP and asks if you want to continue :) It's poorly translated but that only adds to the charm. And, as w…

I've played with goons in multiple MMOs, including a few sandbox /heavily open PvP ones. It's always a very fun experience.

Re: Eve Online wages largest war in its 10 year history

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Post by busterarm » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 12:04 PM UTC

9999 wrote: post #180

busterarm wrote: post #154

I myself also had to quit EVE after 7 years, but I had one of the best player experiences you can get in that game. Highlights: Being a member of Veto. Going to Iceland and meeting long-time friends (and meeting Mittens!). Making a best friend. Being present for the first ever Titan kill. Becoming among the richest players in the game without using T2 blueprints. Succeeding at ultra-high level market manipulation for…

It would be interesting to read more about what you did. In particular it would be interesting to hear the details on the 5 year long espionage plot. Have you written about that somewhere?

I haven't really, no. It would be interesting but also haven't played EVE in a couple of years by now so I don't have the right level of enthusiasm for the game anymore to really write about it, nor the time. Sorry :/