I'll start this off by saying I think Eve Online is alright.
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Considering I've been in this "game" for about ten years now that statement may be slightly incorrect.
Recently CCP introduced new content, and massaged some older content but I'll talk about that later.
The Abyss was introduced into Eve Online, and like all new content they bring into the game their is always some trepidation, as CCP have a rather hit and miss reputation when it comes to this sort of thing.
So imagine my surprise when The Abyss actually turns out to be rather well designed, and enjoyable.
Is that legal? Should they be allowed to make fun Science Fiction? What if Science Fiction is taken less seriously as the future drones on? Have they created something new?
Probably not, but The Abyss is the closest you will come to actual PVP while staying firmly in the PVE realm.
It has five tiers, with level one being the easiest and five the hardest. However each tier is generated somewhat randomly, within limits, so a hard level one could still kick your arse if you're not paying attention and/or your ship isn't the best.
In a level two abyss I've managed to get into significant trouble by not paying enough attention, finding myself outside the allowed area, getting damaged by that, in addition to the ships also shooting at me.
Losing an Ishtar in a level two abyss site would be embarrassing, if it happens I'll say it was a level four, nobody will ever know.
The next coolest thing about the new abyss sites are the mutated items. You can obtain a module that when used with another "normal" module, can produce something new, but it's not without risks. The new module may not be better than the base one, but it could be better, pray to the RNG gods.
Even better is something from my Eve Online wish list, when those new items are created your name is stamped on them forever! Now if only that would happen with all created items, and I could search for them on zkillboard, that would be great!
The older content that has been massaged is Planetary Interaction (PI), which became Planetary Colonies (PC), and is now called Planetary Production (PP). Why the name changes I don't know, and looking through the CCP sites even they mix up some of the terms, but for now we have PP.
(some comment here about purile humour, but Blogger ate it)
CCP have changed the way PP is controlled, which is wonderful as it was so bad I created a special hot key just as a double click for my mouse!
Look Ma I've doubled my productivity!
Why the HELL did it take Hilmar using PP, although at the time it was actually PI, or maybe even PC, for everyone to suddenly find out it was a horrible click fest and some changes were required? Didn't the much vaunted CCP Seagull know it was terrible to use? Or maybe she did, but no time was provided to fix the future RSI law suits that PI/PC had become.
I guess we will never know.
