Am I the only one that *want* to play Eve Online but am repeatedly scared off?

I'm a real sci-fi nerd and love space ships and giant capital ships.

Eve Online *should* be a perfect game for me, but I find that I am getting scared off by its complexity every time I try to get into it.

I wrote a small post about it that you can check out:

My Ambivalent Relationship with Eve Online

Am I the only one who feels this way about Eve Online?

Maybe I'm just too damaged by all the "casual" games that we get nowadays.

I'm not scared off by the complexity.

The time commitments are simply too high when you can lose it all in a split second due to a poor connection.

I'm a real sci-fi nerd and love space ships and giant capital ships.

Eve Online *should* be a perfect game for me, but I find that I am getting scared off by its complexity every time I try to get into it.

I wrote a small post about it that you can check out:

My Ambivalent Relationship with Eve Online

Am I the only one who feels this way about Eve Online?

Maybe I'm just too damaged by all the "casual" games that we get nowadays.

Technomancer82

You're definitely not the only one. EvE seems perfect for me, amazingly designed world with intensely complex gameplay, but the community for that is terrifying.

You're definitely not the only one. EvE seems perfect for me, amazingly designed world with intensely complex gameplay, but the community for that is terrifying.

Phoenix534

How far have you gotten into the game prior to being 'scared off'

I hang out in the rookie channel once in a while and I find most people complain about the game being too hard to get into but none of them do any tutorials. They are definitely there for a reason...

I also wanted to get into EvE, but the time requirements are just too high. Maybe once I finish school, I will look into getting into it, unless Archeage comes out or the Tera western publishers stop being such p*****s.

How far have you gotten into the game prior to being 'scared off'

I hang out in the rookie channel once in a while and I find most people complain about the game being too hard to get into but none of them do any tutorials. They are definitely there for a reason...

whitey_rolls

Not too long. Maybe around 5 hours usually.

I realise that it is entirely my own fault for not dedicating enough time to really dig into the game and just understand the systems.

But for some reason Eve Online just seems to be a lot more overwhelming in this regard than most other stuff I've played.

Oh, and I'm glad to hear that other people have pretty much the exact same feelings that I do ;)