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Former EVE Online developers are building a society simulation MMO where your character keeps playing even after you log off (cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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It seems promising? Has anyone been in the playtests yet?

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[–] 51 points 5 months ago (12 children)

I mean I guess but what does society simulation mean? Is my character working an office job while I am working an office job? I wouldn't want to curse even lines of code to that fate.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    They did say there was something like 40 professions. I would hope it's better things than that!

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    They also said you and your friends can have your own society. I'd be down for that, just login and check it before playing other games right quick.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    Yeah and can make your own rules.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Can societies attack other societies is my only question. Do I have to worry about being colonized? Something about the spikey polygons on people in that video made me think bad things happen sometimes.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    If the developers of EVE are involved it seems like a safe bet that yes, you will have to worry about attacks from your neighbours, from strangers, and from your closest friends sometimes.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    Based on reading the article my guess would be no? But I'm not sure.

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    • [–] 23 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    From experience with older games with the function, computer autoplaying becomes boring fast.

    Besides, MMOs 99% of the time can't be self-hosted, meaning it'd be a fleeting experiment, your character not really being yours.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    It's most likely in the same style as EVE, timed skills learned based on real time. Add in crafting and similar type stuff and your character 'stays online' while you're sitting at work checking an app to see if it's time to log in and change skills.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    The biggest difference I see in what they’re proposing is that, in EVE, yes you train skills while logged off but you can’t be ganked, and in fact, logging off is a way to protect yourself from ganking in some circumstances. In the new game, presumably you can be ganked while logged off.

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    • [–] 7 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    And then Jimminy Crickett said calmly into the man's ear "WHY ARE YOU BUYING CRACK AGAIN?! EVERY DAY I PULL YOU OUT OF THIS F**KING ALLEYWAY, WHAT MECHANIC AM I MISSING THAT THIS KEEPS HAPPENING?!"

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    • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    I did that with my character in WoW for fishing.

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    [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Finally, a version of me can get a decent 8 hours of sleep.

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    [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Now we got the matrix

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