Eve Online Now In On-Deck Circle
June 9th, 2010
Being so disappointed in what was offered in Star Trek Online, I started to look into what Eve Online could possibly offer, and if that was more of what I was looking for in a space MMO.
So far, it is, but you know how fickle I can be.
Eve reminds me a lot of the paper and pencil game I love of Traveller, or, more specifically Megatraveller. Four ‘empires’ are available at the start, each following a stereotype of a society. You have the galactic hereditary empire (which definitely corresponds to Traveller’s Third Imperium in many ways) matched against their former slaves (much like the Jewish people who fled from Egypts slavery). They are diametrically opposed. Then, you have the progressive hippies (Obama supporters) against the evil capitalists (Dick Cheney forever). Or, something like that.
As I started my trial account, I decided on the evil capitalists, since they are Ayn Rand-ish in philosophy, and I’m currently reading Atlas Shrugged. (See my political blog to understand that choice.)
Using the name Sevnara (one of my standard names for MMOs – I used her for Star Trek Online too), I am now going through the tutorials of the game. So far, I am liking things a lot. Eve has a lot of elements I had wanted incorporated into Star Trek Online. Mind you, from what I understand, many of those elements have only been recently introduced into Eve from my reading of the various blogs via the Capsuleer application I downloaded for the iPhone. But, having those elements there, though it is going to take me time to get there, means now I have a goal beyond “get to Admiral”, which is the only goal I could have on Star Trek Online.
I am still new to Eve, and I have not joined a corporation as of yet (the guilds of the game), so I will have to see how that all goes. As of now, though, I’ve done like I did with Star Trek Online – Eve Online has now three months of my time locked in, so please Eve, don’t blow it for me.
