But then.. there was Star Trek Online.. and the jury is still out..
Basically over this last week, I have been hearing nothing but good coming from those that play STO closed Beta, and so I find myself in a quandry. Myself, my wife, and my sister (as well as her husband) are all Trekkers and love anything Star Trek (within reason of course). I had originally dismissed the game due to the fact that an MMO Bridge commander was not a great idea in my mind. But it looks like they have actually gone more of the Eve type of route adding in the one thing Eve is missing: Walking around (sans Dust 514).
The big thing is there is definitely stuff missing from STO that might make it more of a fun casually played game than a true Eve Killer for me. I haven't explored enough to see if there is a trade-esk type of system, or even plans for future expansions of the content. Certainly the lack of actual ship variety is a bit of a slight turn off, although it does appear they have spent a lot of time making them highly customizable, so the variety maybe more in the fixtures than the actual ships.
Anyways, I digress. The main thing is why i am posting. I have a feeling that if I like STO I will probably let my Eve account slide. Eve has been my addiction for awhile now, and I still love it. But if they have pulled out what I thought was impossible with the ST license then there is a good chance I will stop playing. From the looks of it STO would be easier for my sister and wife to get into as well. So good chance they may switch all together anyways.
So the question is really planning for that eventuality. STO doesn't come out until Feb, so there is time to discuss and plan for eventualities.
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1) What does this mean for the future of Rock?
It is safe to say that the original plans for Rock are still working, although the main players are far more limited in time than they used to be. Referring back to Caligstar's main complaint that there is no one online. Now Theo has an account in Rock, but there are no roids to mine currently. The last haul of 540 was brought in by DesertGirl and myself, so we have some good acid to sell here tomorrow I believe. So it still does work, and still generates money, but it is not for lack of a better term a busy tower. Is Rock something we want to maintain? Is it still working for people? Should we roll back to Sirius?
2) Should I keep ownership of the tower?
The tower is currently owned by me, but it was launched for corp, so it is maintainable by members of the corp regardless of ownership. So in those terms it is mind of a mote question. Should I just keep the tower, or would it be easier to sell the tower to someone in the corp so that concern over tower is handled by someone who is still playing. Most if not all the faction modules for the tower are also mine, so I would assume any sales of the tower would also include those modules. On the flip side I still have a med TS tower if anyone wants to purchase it.
3) Will there be players in Rock?
It is safe to say that while we have a lot of pilots logged out in Rock, the actual visitation of Rock by said pilots has been rather low. Will people still be playing from Rock? Or will new players be stuck with no one to fly with. Admittedly lately it has been more difficult to find easy to harvest/mine spaces in our Dangerous wormhole connections. With my work keeping me away from Eve most of the day now, and on some weekends, I only have nights left now. Which works for me, but I am 2 hours behind most of us in Rock, and soon to be 3 hours once Day light savings kicks in. Which just further complicates play times. So Just would like to get a consensus of what people's plans are.
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Thoughts, complaints, all input good at this point. I just want to make sure that everything still works if I suddenly end up not playing.
Best reason so far!
