(01-22-2017, 02:51 AM)Heidrek Wrote:(01-22-2017, 02:43 AM)Warren Castille Wrote: EVE, for all of its faults and virtues, is also not a growing game. The people playing it continue to play it, and the people who don't, don't.
As an spreadsheet enthusiast, do you enjoy EVE?
Nope. I do enjoy the "MMO genre" as I mentioned earlier: Talent/skill trees are my shit in any RPG and I like honing in on how to best deploy skills to Make Number Go Up. It's what I was referring to in the other post about the games all being similar: You're playing a semi-realtime RPG based around a global cooldown and your skills have a defined progression. Reaching the top of those trees appeals to me, and to a lot of people, but I think holding players' interests is the hardest part. Leveling is an inherently enjoyable activity as far as video game mechanics go, but there's a reason we semi-jokingly refer to glamour as the true endgame: It's all that's left once you get a class' buttons down.