The last poster wins

[Vindekarr]

Went back to EVE Online today, after taking advantage of the offer. I'm deeply deeply impressed by how good the game looks after over a decade of service, and the gameplay is significantly better.

And yet for all the technical improvements, it's still got the heart of pure darkness that makes EVE so compelling. There's constant tension because the game allows world PVP with certain restrictions; if you attack a player you lose the ship you attacked them with. That deters but doesn't prevent ganking, and makes running uber-valuable cargo a thrill ride to remember. There's also the capitalism and economic elements, which are still staggering a decade on.

 

EVERYTHING in EVE is player-driven. Every single Titanium plate in a Battlecruiser's hull and missile in it's batteries was made by a player. Every molecule of titanium in those plates was dug from an asteroid by a player, using a ship made by players. The cycle goes on, and the entire economy is "alive". There's taxes, inflation, and market-crashes. You can play EVE purely as an economist and become insanely wealthy without ever entering space.

 

That is why people love EVE; the PVP and Economy exist on a scale no other game in history has ever tried to match. Watching space battles in EVE is a very surreal experience; every single ship is player-piloted, from Titans the size of Manhattan, to individual fighter craft. EVE remains the only video game in the world in which players can form nation-states and then engage in actual wars, let alone do so with permadeath as a feature.

 

It's a truly special experience.

Edited July 23, 2014 by Vindekarr

[ub3rman123]

Daggerfall was pretty dang hard too, if I recall. I fell into a pit and had to reload to get out.

 

Worst thing ever: Hangnail while driving.

[Thor.]

Playing some old classics like Silent hill 2 and Bethesda's pirates of the Caribbean.

 

[BlackRampage]

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Edited July 24, 2014 by BlackRampage

[billyro]

Daggerfall was pretty dang hard too, if I recall. I fell into a pit and had to reload to get out.

 

I didn't even get out of the first dungeon. :P

[Deleted54170User]

I feel so content. It is kind of like feeling secure after being well fed.

I visited a priest today. I was seeking pictures or documents that might help validate when a building on my property was built. I am pretty sure the ice house is what remains of a group of 3 buildings. An Ice House, the stage coach and horse's stable building which part of the foundation of my house is sitting on, and a saloon/hotel; all of which may have been built to support traffic coming from Fort Benton, Montana via the stage coach.

I saw some depictions at the Historical Society today with riverboats in an area upstream that transported the people further up the Missouri from the area near the 3 buildings.

 

The church definitely was built many years after the 3 buildings.

[mlee3141]

I win yet again!

[ub3rman123]

I can do archaeology on my property too. We've found that the last person who lived here really liked Bud Light. This can be determined by the large number of cans buried under the shed, for some reason.

 

Edit: Here's a purely hypothetical question: If I were sick of Nvidia's cards because their Surround functionality is totally useless and wanted to switch to an AMD card, where would I look to start finding out about compatibility issues and what sort of budget I'd need to get together?

[Thor.]

I can't dig concrete, apartment.

[Deleted54170User]

I, Pagafyr, the Archaeologist wanna be, just have to say, "I Win!"