Eve beta

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Cedig

Guest
yep, downloaded game + patches and had a play... can't discuss my thoughts (of the game) as theres a NDA agreement.

gonna try it out a bit this week

Nice graphics though :)
 
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vestax

Guest
just been reading a bit about it and i must say... wow :D

if what they say is true it should be a fantastic game,

heres an interview and some screenies http://pc.ign.com/articles/387/387366p2.html

IGNPC: What key elements set EVE apart from other MMOGs?

Reynir Hardarson: There are two main design elements about EVE which set it apart from other MMOGs. The first is the entirely player based economy. No other game has an economy which revolves entirely around manufacture of equipment strictly by players. Everything from weapons, to ammunition, to ships is player constructed. In addition, research can be conducted to make existing equipment more effective. The second is that EVE was designed from the ground up with player vs. player combat in mind. Starting solar systems will be protected by police, but the majority of the systems will be open for combat between players. There's an uneasy feeling you get with another ship is approaching you -- will it fire on you, or is it friendly? We wanted to capture that uneasiness and being constantly viligent while playing EVE.
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Gallak

Guest
Yeah got an invite, will have a look this evening, took an hour to download game and had to go to work :(
 
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vestax

Guest
woot! well my nick will be Vestax and ill be ingame tonight if the servers are running!

Maybe we should start a BW beta corp :x
 
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old.Gromnir

Guest
Been there done that never liked it one bit.

Now give my Dragon Empire and Ryzom.
 
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Azal

Guest
Quite a while since the last applications were accepted - I tried testing it maybe..3-4 ish months ago, very sweet looking. Got re-accepted this time round too have updated the client but no bothered to try it yet
 
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Nalikin

Guest
aye , i've been accepted as well , dl it , just about to install it .
Using same nick as i do on here
 
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walkerb

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played it some, has been VERY laggy and VERy buggy, yes i know its a beta but it was often unplayable
 
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walkerb

Guest
well at least i got in most of the time with the AO beta :p
 
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Kharok Svark

Guest
Read a bit about it ... sounds like Camlann in space ...
 
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Pixie.Pebr

Guest
If you think DAoC exping is repetetive, do not try EVE.
Might have changed though, been a while since I played it and there was a lot of stuff on the dev's schedule to be worked on at the time.

Overall idea is nice, just need be improved a lot by the time of release.

<goes and reinstalls the game>
 
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vestax

Guest
Just tried it, Amazing graphics, great music + sound, but very laggy and i seem to get error messages every 2 minutes :D

but so far im impressed

Its one for all you old skool elite fans ;)

gifv 48k spectrum
 
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Old Nicodemus

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Givf BBC B.. the only machine to play Elite on :p

The only time I heard people get envious of me having a BBC B was when Elite was first released.

Ahhhh. Happy days....

Nicodemus
Spiritgimp :help:
 
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cHodAX

Guest
I got in beta, not had time to play it yet but I have alot of friends who will be playing retail so EVE will be my next game. As far as bugs go, yes it seems they added alot of new code with beta6. The DirectX9 code seems very buggy and I think they will be delaying retail till May to work these bugs out and add the final content for testing.
 
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Pixie.Pebr

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Aye, the "Elite"-ness of it (no, not "i aer l337 and pwnz0r j00"-elite) was what got me interested.
Can't really understand why David Braben ain't coding a Elite Online himself, would have no problem selling copies with all the old-timers around who fondly remembers their Cobra MKIII's :D
 
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Pixie.Pebr

Guest
Downloaded, installed, started patch which then failed.
Numerous times.
Will try in a few days and see if it works.

As for starting a BW Corp, all for it :D
 
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Gallak

Guest
nerf constant exception windows :( oh and 20 sec lag sucks too :( I try again in a couple of days when they've upgraded their hardware.
 
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Bofgrey

Guest
I've been beta tester since august. But because the game was constantly down/unplayable, mining ore wasn't really my thing, meeting another person in the shape of a spaceship and the fact that I only understood half of it made me quit fairly soon.

A no-no for me, but I can imagine some of you liking it :)
 
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Old Nicodemus

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Originally posted by Pixie.Pebr
Aye, the "Elite"-ness of it (no, not "i aer l337 and pwnz0r j00"-elite) was what got me interested.
Can't really understand why David Braben ain't coding a Elite Online himself, would have no problem selling copies with all the old-timers around who fondly remembers their Cobra MKIII's :D
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From the rumors that I have heard Pixie, a new Elite is being worked on atm. Not sure if it is online or like the other ones... even so it could be interesting... if they get rid of the stupid flight mechanics that were in the second version and it's sibling.


Nicodemus
Spiritgimp :help:
 
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vestax

Guest
Its laggy cos there stress testing the servers (hence the 20k invites), there getting new servers soon so it should be a lot better.

But atm... you cant sell your cargo lol, hopefully they will sort that fairly major bug soon :)

btw what was the name of the really nasty ships in Elite? the ones u had to fight if your warped b0rked, Thargariods??!?
 
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Old Nicodemus

Guest
Thargoids.

You were close. ;)

Nicodemus
Spiritgimp :help:
 
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si1verwolf

Guest
Bring on those Thargons and Thargoids... :clap:

I was also of the BBC B school of Elite... only got to 'Deadly' though... I was young and foolish, what can I say! But manually docking was easy... but I did enjoy owning the space station police!

Played a later version of Elite on the PC... and it had lost it's charm... but agree with post earlier that Cobra MkIII on a BBC B (I had a double floppy drive!) rocked!
 
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Jupitus

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Originally posted by si1verwolf
Bring on those Thargons and Thargoids... :clap:

I was also of the BBC B school of Elite... only got to 'Deadly' though... I was young and foolish, what can I say! But manually docking was easy... but I did enjoy owning the space station police!

Played a later version of Elite on the PC... and it had lost it's charm... but agree with post earlier that Cobra MkIII on a BBC B (I had a double floppy drive!) rocked!
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Ok... sad old tired Jupi, regularly quoted as being too old and pissed to do be uber is gonna remenisce a litte here :)

I got to Deadly in Elite on the Beeb whikst still loading the game from a tape drive.

I got a floppy drive and started over, and finally made it to Elite Combateer...

Right On Commander!

Deliberately hanging in hyperspace to get jumped by 4 Thargoids... toy with them a bit as they let go more and more Thargon droids and when they have sent a full set of 8 each I think, then kill the Thargoids and collect the now dead Thargons in the fuel scoop to be sold.

Not only dock manually, but do it at maximum speed, every time without fail.

Fly straight at incoming missiles and take them out with a Military laser blast.

Run drugs to make sure the police always put up a decent fight.

Now tell me those of you out there... there was a book that came out with the game, and there were quite a few references to things you could actually find ingame. How many though, like me, searched far and wide for a spaceship graveyard that was mentioned?

Remember those quests? Wow they were fun :D

If you put me in a room with all the RR10 DAOC players and said you could hook up 2 Beebs for a linked head to head I'd be getting down the cash point for my betting money like greased lightning :)

Now... I really was TEH UB3R 3L1T3 ;)
 
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