massively.com - 12/5/2008
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A common theme in popular MMOs today is the idea of exploration. For a surprisingly large number of players, their reason for playing an MMO is to experience new content and explore new lands. Each new MMO or expansion becomes a new country to explore with its own set of features and game ...
EVE Evolved: Why EVE Online will be around for a long time.
massively.com 12/15/2008 —
A little under five years ago, a friend of mine introduced me to a new online game he was playing called EVE Online. A key part of his pitch was that the game was less than a year old and I should get in on the ground floor. My friend correctly ...
EVE Evolved: The making of EVE Online
massively.com 10/6/2008 —
EVE Online's development path from concept to release has followed a very different path to the MMO norm. Starting from its humble beginnings as one man's dream to build an online space game, EVE has developed into the massively popular game it is ...
EVE Evolved: Money for nothing
massively.com 9/4/2008 —
In most MMOs, making currency without actually playing usually involves rule-breaking macro-farming which risks getting your account banned. In EVE Online , however, a number of viable options exist for making ISK with absolutely no effort. From ...
EVE Visual Guide: The Birth of New Eden
massively.com 9/4/2008 — The backstory of EVE Online is one of the game's major strengths. Not all players immerse themselves in the setting, which is a shame as the backstory -- built up over years -- is rich. No epic science fiction tale is without a grand struggle, and ...
EVE Evolved: EVE Online's server model
massively.com 10/3/2008 —
Almost any time a discussion about EVE Online comes up, one way or another we end up talking about the server. EVE Online is unique among today's most popular MMOs for its single-server approach. While most MMOs deal with large number of users by ...
EVE Evolved: Making the most of your EVE Online free trial
massively.com 1/1/2009 —
Like many MMOs, EVE Online offers a free trial to let players try the game out before they buy it. While this lets you see if you like the gameplay before committing, the sheer scope of EVE makes it practically impossible to experience everything ...
EVE Evolved: Electronic Warfare, part 3
massively.com 9/26/2008 —
In the first two parts of this three part guide, I explained the basics of electronic warfare in EVE Online and examined the skills and equipment you'll need as an electronic warfare specialist. In this final section, I tackle the tricky issues of ...
EVE Evolved: Top five EVE Online apps
massively.com 8/9/2009 —
Back in 2004, a friend introduced me to a relatively new space MMO called EVE Online , where the markets were run by the players and there were undiscovered frontiers to chart. A short time after, I became obsessed with pre-calculating everything in the game. I thought that if the game ...
EVE Evolved: Electronic warfare, part 2
massively.com 9/18/2008 —
In part 1 of this guide , I delved into the world of electronic warfare in EVE Online . In this second segment, I examine the skills and equipment you'll need to be an electronic warfare specialist with special regard to ECM jammers, remote ...
EVE Evolved: PvP masterclass - Introduction
massively.com 10/24/2008 —
One of the most perplexing things about EVE Online has to be the fact that although the game is essentially designed around PvP, a lot of players avoid it entirely. In this new series of articles, I will explain PvP from the bottom up, with a ...