I'm on the beta-test for EVE Online!

March 1st, 2003, 01:09 AM

WOOHOO!

But I can't say anymore than that because of a non disclosure agreement.

Eve Online

Thomas P · March 1st, 2003, 08:31 AM

Man am I jealous! I signed up some time ago and they never responded

March 1st, 2003, 09:02 AM

Well... I'm on the beta test for SW:Galaxies! So there!

I've been following EVE for a while now, can't wait to get my hands on that...

March 5th, 2003, 02:07 AM

well, I'm beta testing for...for...for...ok well so I'm not beta testign for anything! :p

Thomas P · March 27th, 2003, 05:03 PM

Okay - so I finally got invited (the day after Proximo). So far, don't get excited about it that's for sure. Giving them slack for the fact that it is not really beta but more an alpha (bugs galore - server hangs - changing rules - etc) this game sucks.

Looks great but you have to spend, literally, 50hrs to get enough skills and money to upgrade anything that is useful. They seem to be heading towrads making it even harder than that - the internal chat folks are always complaining about it.

AND... to really piss me off, after I finally get enough freak'n money to upgrade my ship and mining equip (all you really can do at first is mine) the game locks out my player!!!!!! I had to start over.

Unless they really do something hugh they are gonna fall flat on thier faces.

March 27th, 2003, 08:21 PM

I got accepted to the beta just a couple days ago. haven't downloaded it yet though.

Thomas P · March 28th, 2003, 07:24 AM

Well the download to start is ~400MB (this is supposed to be a CD when they release). I went ahead and created a new character and went out to the boonies to a rich ore field and started recooping my wealth. Unfortunately, they changed the rules (again) and the amount of rare ore required to refine has doubled and makes it extremely hard to get enough in less than 5 hours of play. This means - you just sit on your ass and listen to the music or chat with other players.

Some noobies have used the trading system (which did not work when I started) and have maded money much quicker. The game does get interesting when your skills improve and you can afford to upgrade equipment.

March 28th, 2003, 01:53 PM

Oh god...it sounds like they're turning it into Sims Online. Work and work and work and work and work and work, and after 10 hours you'll have enough for half a toilet for your house.

Thomas P · March 28th, 2003, 03:49 PM

I hoping that the feedback they get will change that. Unfortunately not all the features are yet implemented and those that are change often. It may turn out that my concerns are poo but I would be hesitant to pay for this at the stage it is in now.

March 28th, 2003, 08:14 PM

Hahaha...people on the Sims Online boards were literally screaming for them to change the game and not only did they release it WAY too early (gotta love the christmas money grubbing) but with each patch they made it increasinly worse.

April 13th, 2003, 12:52 AM

The only reason I have the sims is so I can load them into sim city 4 and fry them with lightning bolts *evilgrin*

May 5th, 2003, 01:36 PM

Anyone else in this beta too?

Is it just me or did they end the beta about 12 hours earlier than they said they would?

When I was able to connect to the gemini site the news, dated 5/5 said after 0900 GMT tomorrow it would be open.

Yet I can't connect...it's telling me I don't have the right version. This sucks.

May 5th, 2003, 01:41 PM

Well actually, I gave up. It promised to be something completely different to what it actually was so I got disillusioned.

Thomas P · May 5th, 2003, 03:49 PM

Yeah, me too. It had horendous crashes and they could do squat to fix your client. The tech support would just have you reload which meant you lost everything and could not get to the point where the game allows for diversity. IMHO, it was an over-glorified chat room as that seemed to be the only thing that anyone did.

Too bad really, it seemed so promising.

Kai · May 5th, 2003, 04:34 PM

got my email ... did'nt even bother downloading it

now..

X2 - BTF or Elite IV ... those I'm waiting for

(thats X2 - Beyond the Frontier not Xmen 2 LOL)

May 5th, 2003, 08:27 PM

Well, the beta was still going on, just they seem to've forgotten to link the new patch on the site, and of course the auto updater wasn't downloading it.

The game is promising, though they need to find a way to make it easier for people to start off in different careers without having to mine and mine and mine to get enough money to do anything.

This last day was cool though...they gave everyone 500,000,000 in game dollars (isk) and it was basically all out war if you wanted to go around and fight. Everyone had battleships and in the 11th hour I finally decided to jump in myself and just start fighting. I had fun...more so than I had the entire month+ that I spent mining and mining and mining...

I'm hoping someone comes up with a server emulator...the game is better spent in a smaller universe with a few people to go head to head with instead of in a huge universe.