WTF is Eve Online?

So there has been a lot of news about the Eve Developers doing all this horrible stuff and then it was released this week that Eve and Dust, the devs other game, will be in a combined universe. Now I Know Eve is a Space MMO and there is combat and trading and all that but its an MMO. So is the combat aim assit or aim for yourself? Is the trading hard or confusing? Is it worthwhile actually getting Eve? What ausience is it aimed at and will someone like me who has pretty much only played Valve and Bethesda games like this? Thanks guys!

PS: I don't really want to download the 14 day trial to then have wasted the download because its not good.

So there has been a lot of news about the Eve Developers doing all this horrible stuff and then it was released this week that Eve and Dust, the devs other game, will be in a combined universe. Now I Know Eve is a Space MMO and there is combat and trading and all that but its an MMO. So is the combat aim assit or aim for yourself? Is the trading hard or confusing? Is it worthwhile actually getting Eve? What ausience is it aimed at and will someone like me who has pretty much only played Valve and Bethesda games like this? Thanks guys!

PS: I don't really want to download the 14 day trial to then have wasted the download because its not good.

creaturemagic

Download the trial and try it out.

I did, but only played it for like a few hours, cause it takes a lot of "dedication".

You really have to spend a lot of hours reading and learning about how different things work.

And besides, its very slow-paced. Not necessarily a bad thing.

It depends on what you mean by "uneventful" , you really can't expect to jump right into the pvp action or incursions just after the trial.I myself just upgraded my trial from 7 months ago and i'm steadily getting bigger/better ships.

I like to compare Eve's combat mechanic with wow's even though it's MUCH more complicated it's still the same concept , you lock onto a target and then each ship takes "turns" in damaging each other( much like an auto-attack but player controlled).

It's a good game, i recommend it.