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zangler
Member Posts: 11
in EVE Online
well...ive played several MMO's but got bored with them after a while (year or so) and i played a trial of EVE and really liked it...however, i was told that i could never really be a 'player' because of the lvl system...i basically could never catch up to people...does that still hold true? have they changed anything for new players to get them up to speed? anyway just looking for some advice on if i should play or not.
im NOT looking to be some "uber pwner" or anything...just be competative and have fun. thanks guys.
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So while no, you'll never catch the guy with 30M sp - it doesn't matter. If you spent just a few months specializing on one ship class, you'll be just as good as he could be in that ship class. The only difference is, he's got more options then you. (oh - and very few skills offer a bonus that significant - in most cases you're looking at 5-10% extra for double the training time of the first 4 levels).
More info: http://www.mmorpg.com/hdl/hdlScrollClick.cfm?fId=237
From Oveur's Dev Blog on the topic:
between 0 and 1 million skillpoints: 358353
between 1 and 2 million skillpoints: 14035
between 2 and 3 million skillpoints: 8149
between 3 and 4 million skillpoints: 5826
between 4 and 5 million skillpoints: 4696
between 5 and 10 million skillpoints: 14859
between 10 and 15 million skillpoints: 9875
between 15 and 20 million skillpoints: 7861
between 20 and 25 million skillpoints: 6194
between 25 and 30 million skillpoints: 4373
between 30 and 35 million skillpoints: 2568
between 35 and 40 million skillpoints: 1313
between 40 and 45 million skillpoints: 257
between 45 and 50 million skillpoints: 4
between 50 and 55 million skillpoints: 7
between 55 and 60 million skillpoints: 1
Not as many high skillpoint players after 3 years as you would have
thought. We should also remember, that time is in favor of new players,
the average EVE player only stays for 7 months.
The key in EVE is to specialize in something you feel you would like to do. The only difference between players who have played longer is that they are specialized in more areas of the game. There is no way you can use all your specializations at one time. So a player who has played a few months can compete with a player who has played for years. He just doesn't have as many options.
Edit: I see someone beat me to the post. That's what you get when you get distracted while posting. lol
I always found those numbers interesting. Oveur's point was that there are many, many more low SP players than high SP players, and that's true. People tend to think when they get ganked by someone in low sec or 0.0 space that the person is an uber character with 20m SP+, but in reality they are probably someone with 7m SPs who has focused training and learned how to kill things (which you can learn with low SPs).
And yes I know one person in the 42m SP area, and another in the 45+ area, both corpmates of mine ... and they get ganked from time to time as well :P
From Oveur's Dev Blog on the topic:
between 0 and 1 million skillpoints: 358353
between 1 and 2 million skillpoints: 14035
between 2 and 3 million skillpoints: 8149
between 3 and 4 million skillpoints: 5826
between 4 and 5 million skillpoints: 4696
between 5 and 10 million skillpoints: 14859
between 10 and 15 million skillpoints: 9875 <------ My Friend
between 15 and 20 million skillpoints: 7861
between 20 and 25 million skillpoints: 6194
between 25 and 30 million skillpoints: 4373 <------ Me
between 30 and 35 million skillpoints: 2568
between 35 and 40 million skillpoints: 1313
between 40 and 45 million skillpoints: 257
between 45 and 50 million skillpoints: 4
between 50 and 55 million skillpoints: 7
between 55 and 60 million skillpoints: 1
Not as many high skillpoint players after 3 years as you would have
thought. We should also remember, that time is in favor of new players,
the average EVE player only stays for 7 months.
He is my equal in our respective battleships of choice. The difference is that I have a larger variety of skills trained to higher levels and thus, more options of what ships to fly or fit, but he is just as deadly as me in combat, and now he is rounding out his skillset to become more versatile.
Lol, no kidding! He's loaded, though, so he doesn't get a lot of sympathy from me ...
Could be something to do with out '5 man gang takes on 50 ship carrier supported gatecamp' strategy however.
/me adopts Fast Show voice
'Playing Eve is very much like making love to a beautiful woman...
6 months of hard work and building up loyalty points then your wallet disappears in one bang.'
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'Argueing with an Eve player is like argueing with a religous nut. '