What is it that Microsoft sees in mac OS bloggers?
Or tech freaks at techhaven blogging about how they hacked their toothbrush and enabled a terminal on it...
Well, I don't know :) I'm just jealous that all these bloggers got a free laptop from Microsoft and we game-bloggers did not.
My ageing computer is running fine for now, but I'd sure like to try out vista on brand new acer laptop running eve.
Working at Microsoft marketing? ;) send us eve-pirate bloggers a laptop !
Now to AO...
I recently tried out Lost Eden at Anarchy Online, but I found it to be a complete failure.
So the AO people finally got a new PVP zone, some new items to play with... so what? We get that at each EVE-Online content update cycle, FOR FREE!
If your character in AO is low level, you're basicly worthless in PVP. You can't compete with highlevels, you can't specialize or take part in highend gameplay at all. It's all grinding to get exp to finaly get to lvl 220 when your only option is to go PVP or make a new character and start over. PVP in AO isn't particulary interesting either, you go gank someone but you dont risk losing anything. The other player doesnt lose anything, so it's mearely an annoyance if you do die in PVP. You respawn at terminal with all your items intact.
In eve, your character isn't safe, but your character will never be useless either. You'll always have something new to do.
Man, I feel lucky I'm an eve-player!
5 Comments
Hey Ander,
The 1st question is easy: M$ have no imagination of their own and simply copy the delicious thing called Mac in every way they can without getting sued ;-)
Thank god i deleted my AO character
Maybe I am simpler to please - can't be assed with PVP - AO still holds a lot of fun for me.
Well, AO pvp and EVE pvp are definitly very different.
It would not be fair to say that AO pvp does not have a death penalty, it does have one - reputation, if you die die and die, you will not a) have a pvp title b) won't have any bragging rights
Smacktalk and epeen sizes aside, pvp with no tangible penaly is great for exploring strategies and testing new methods of combat. And this is what Lost Eden is all about, mass pvp, and ALOT of it, with neverending refinements and adaptations as the game evolves with every new patch.
My hand is up with Ishy !
It have lots of fun