I know some of you guys (and gals?) are/were playing both games. I played WoW for three months and already felt that the quests where getting a little repetitive and mind numbing. Admitted, when playing with the right people it’s loads of fun and as they say the experience changes once your level 60.
But reading about Eve (no shards! spaceships!) and having played Elite for quite some time (and quite some time ago) I wonder: Is it better or let’s say more rewarding or motivating than WoW?
Looking forward: Jeck
Yeah, well. Hmm. WoW is about immersion and direct interaction, I’d say. It’s good for a “quick game in-between”, do a quest or two, slay a few mobs, run around, have fun.
EVE on the other hand is much bigger and more complex; as Morn put it a few years ago, it’s like having a job in your spare time. If you enjoy fiddling with Excel sheets, then this is your game. ;)
Okay, that might have been a tad harsh. I had fun in EVE, and the overall feeling of the universe is great. I love the idea of having lawless sectors and sectors not totally police-controlled. I have been ganked by other players on several occasions just because I wasn’t supposed to be in 0.4 space (that’s a security rating). I’ve lost quite some money a few times. But also I had fun team-mining in somewhat insecure sectors. As you’ve said, it all depends on your crew.
EVE is offering better group-rewards, methinks. The prospect of gathering enough resources and money to build your own station is great; then again, you’ll need a rather big team to pull that off. Smaller outfits will almost never achieve something like having an own station, I think.
So, as a lone runner (that’s my playing style) there’s not much you can achieve in EVE, and it’s getting somewhat boring rather quickly. I have more fun in WoW. Now, if you have a big group of friends and you’re looking for a fun game to play together, EVE might be the right ticket for you.
And it’s nothing like Elite. Sure, you can explore, mine, fight and trade, but you’re always looking at your ship, and not at your cockpit. The interface is point and click, and although it’s really well done, it’s a totally different experience than Elite.
If you’re looking for twitch-based space games, check out Jumpgate or Vendetta.
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PS: How about Oolite? ;) It’s not online, but dude… ELITE!
Harrharr. Bastard…
Hmm. From the things you said I will stick to WoW for the time being. Maybe one of those space cruiser thingies will be tried in winter.
I played jumpgate while it was a free beta. Did it evolve much from there?
There are Oolite PC and Linux ports, lad. :P
Re Jumpgate: a bit, yes. Much tweaking, a number of new features (stations you can build and own, mobs etc.). Now they’re all on the same server, too, no more Euro/US barriers.
Not yet…
Well, there is another month of thesisworking left anyways… =)
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I saw that, but that doesn’t count, it’s still alpha.
And alpha always sounds like we-have-a-good-idea-but-are-not-there-yet to me. Like the way Symphony OS is alpha.
Spassbremse.
I’ve played both EVE and WoW, and I hugely prefer WoW. I never really got into a corporation in EVE, and IMO soloing it it’s got to be the most face-eating eye-bleedingly boring MMO I’ve ever played. But then, I’ve never played another MMO when I wasn’t in a corp/squad/guild.
I’d have to disagree, however, on the grounds that EVE is a second job. Whilst it requires logons at least once a day, you don’t need to be online to level. The levelling system is effectively done by learning skills, which are time based, not mob-killing for XP. This means that you just set a skill going, log out and come back in about 2 hours time for the loewr skills, or a week if not. So if you’re going away for a month, start training the hardest skill you can find :)
I’d say that, for general gaming, WoW is better. However, PVP looks very, very nice in EVE, but other than that it’s just Jumpgate -twitch +(p+click).
After re-reading, I’ve noticed you’ve said you’ve been playing for 3 months. I’ve been playing for less than one and I hit level 30 today. Perhaps you’d prefer EVE, if you don’t really have the time to level quickly in WoW.
No I don’t mind the time it needs to level, and I will have plenty when my thesis is finished. Also it took me a little longer to level up because I have now three characters which all are beyond 25. Can’t blame a man for trying things out, eh? ^^
lol :) I’ve just stuck with the one, but I’ve been playing RPGS and so forth with these kinds of classes for a while, and I’ve also had a crack at Pen+Paper DND. I ususally like the Sword-swinging classes, but Paladin is ususally the best class for me, as you get spells and swords :). Unlike in P+P DND and Neverwinter Nights, where you’ve gotta be Lawful good to be a paladin. No.
I tried both. Seems to me, the only way to advance in WoW is to kill shit. You may be on a quest, you may be with a group of people… but no matter how you spin it, you’re killing shit for xp.
In EVE, you don’t necessarily have to have ONE goal, or ONE focus. Your goal doesn’t have to be “I’m going to reach lvl 70, and then just waste my time from that point on” or “I’m going to get rich and buy nice things and then gloat about how nice my things are”. There are numerous different goals you can have, as well as numerous ways of achieving those goals. I just like how… “open” the gameplay is. EVE, without a doubt, is more complex than WoW. Now I’m not going to get all self-righteous because I prefer a complex game over a simple one like WoW, because it’s all just preference. Some people just want to hop right into the action and kill shit, and that’s fine. But anyone who claims to have tried EVE for a little while, and then quit after getting bored… I’m afraid that’s just EVE’s way of weeding out anyone who can’t handle the complexity of EVE.
But for the record… any EVE player who claims to be better than a WoW player, just because he/she plays EVE, is a moron. Likewise, any WoW player that says EVE is so complex that it can’t be considered an actual GAME anymore… you’re morons too.