I had a slight difference with EvE, though...Atleast in MMO's where players cluster to the larger areas, you atleast see the odd newbies or know of these players. In EvE I played for about 5 weeks total (a few attempts over the years) and I could have sworn it was a single player game...I know all about the concepts and that in other areas it is populated, but you run around doing quests/missions, there is no incentive to go with other players or even a notice of any of them...not to mention when you use those acceleration gates (which made no sense since your ship had warp) they put you into your own instance, so you can even see other players in the PvE areas...not to mention the missions always stay the same even if you goto a new zone, its the exact same thing with a different name....I dunno my first MMO was Earth and Beyond, a space mmo that came out before EVE, and we kind of shunned EVE
. Its a unique game, but imo the skills should not be time based, now there is really no point in playing for the first 6 months to a year, you just need some currency and to log on each time a new skill is learned...the quests you do as a lowbie should involve partying, interacting with other ships and maybe getting bonuses for doing them in formation or something, and each mission should be a new one....
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