Scifi MMO

dragon · Post by **dragon** » 2008-09-16 08:44am

Been looking for a good scifi based MMO. I've played Anarchy Online, didn't like. Tried Tabula Rasa, wasn't bad. What other ones are out there.

PREDATOR490 · Post by **PREDATOR490** » 2008-09-16 09:17am

EVE Online is probably the most well known EVE MMO but it's ship based Sci Fi much like Anarchy Online. AKA. Point and click to do 99% of things.
Buy equipment to outfit your ships from 'elite' items that AI enemies drop or regular stuff other players make.

It has a 14 day trial so you can give it a try to see if you like it. I would recommend going Caldari or Gallente. The other two races suck

EVE ONLINE

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2008-09-16 12:29pm

yeah, I just got into EVE myself....

I am about a week away from salvaging things in a destroyer....

Mr. Coffee · Post by **Mr. Coffee** » 2008-09-16 10:25pm

YB, what's your character name? The PRFY's got a corp in game and there's an SDN chat. Hit me up with an EVEmail, names Angus McAWESOME.

dragon · Post by **dragon** » 2008-09-17 06:07am

Mr. Coffee wrote:YB, what's your character name? The PRFY's got a corp in game and there's an SDN chat. Hit me up with an EVEmail, names Angus McAWESOME.

Are there different servers and if so whats the one to play on?

Zablorg · Post by **Zablorg** » 2008-09-17 06:18am

dragon wrote:
Mr. Coffee wrote:YB, what's your character name? The PRFY's got a corp in game and there's an SDN chat. Hit me up with an EVEmail, names Angus McAWESOME.
Are there different servers and if so whats the one to play on?

Well, it's advertised in the banners as having one giant server, so I'd guess not.

bilateralrope · Post by **bilateralrope** » 2008-09-17 07:03am

Zablorg wrote:
dragon wrote:
Mr. Coffee wrote:YB, what's your character name? The PRFY's got a corp in game and there's an SDN chat. Hit me up with an EVEmail, names Angus McAWESOME.
Are there different servers and if so whats the one to play on?
Well, it's advertised in the banners as having one giant server, so I'd guess not.

Yep, there is the one giant server that everyone plays on.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2008-09-17 07:03am

PREDATOR490 wrote:The other two races suck

even though I'm specialized in caldari/gallente
No they don't!!

PREDATOR490 · Post by **PREDATOR490** » 2008-09-17 08:36am

Caldari and Gallente are the most popular races so if you want people to fly with then those are your best options. Minmatar are currently the worst race to go and the upcoming patch is supposed to make it even harder for them. The Amarr are mainly popular for their awesome looking lasers and battleships.

The Caldari are the best race to go for overall ship selection. They have the best mission running ships, agents and ECM boats in EVE. Gallente have a good selection of Drone carriers like the Dominix or Ishtar which are quite popular for taking on other players.

I would suggest Caldari if you want a slightly easier time learning EVE. I'm sure someone can show you the trademark EVE learning curve.

Think of your race selection like this:

Easy - Medium - Hard - Nightmare
Caldari - Gallente - Amarr - Minmatar

White Haven · Post by **White Haven** » 2008-09-17 10:39am

I'm sure someone can show you the trademark EVE learning curve.

Describes it fairly nicely. So close to being a fun game...

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2008-09-17 12:27pm

I'm not playing much at the moment and I'm forgetting stuff already

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2008-09-17 02:58pm

I'm hanging out in Caldari Space but I chose Min-martyr for thier "Firefly" like look, and robinhood background.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » 2008-09-18 12:39pm

What's the SDN channel called in game, just 'SDN'?

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2008-09-18 12:44pm

sdnet

haard · Post by **haard** » 2008-09-22 06:26am

Is there any roleplay in EVE these days? I used to play since the alpha, but real life and the influx of powergamers (or rather, the absolute lack of any attempt to role-play) made me drop it shortly after it went gold. Sometimes I look longingly on the banners, though.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2008-09-22 07:03am

haard wrote:Is there any roleplay in EVE these days? I used to play since the alpha, but real life and the influx of powergamers (or rather, the absolute lack of any attempt to role-play) made me drop it shortly after it went gold. Sometimes I look longingly on the banners, though.

There was a bit back when I was playing a year or so ago. The corp I was in merged with a couple others though, the RPers got diluted with the nubs we merged with and it all kind of deteriorated, so I set some absurdly long skill training and left, for now.