Despite the fact that EVE Online has one of the most advanced virtual economies in the world (not to mention pretty graphics, interesting lore, and a great soundtrack), CCP's sandbox game is primarily about one thing and one thing only: blowing up spaceships.
Sure you can become a captain of industry, a respected (feared?) trader, or a profit-seeking miner, but at the end of the day, many EVE fans care little for the gameplay that exists outside of spaceship on spaceship violence. CCP's latest dev blog reflects this obsession, and CCP Diagoras presents a load of statistics culled from the end of 2007 to the present. Among the interesting (if esoteric) factoids: Something blows up in New Eden once every six seconds.
Head to the game's official website for more numbers.
Reader Comments (9)
Posted: Dec 2nd 2011 6:40PM Zyrusticae said
Once every six seconds, they say? That sounds kinda low to me...
I expected something more like "six every second" or something like that. But then, I spent most of my time ratting, so obviously I would have a skewed and probably completely unrealistic perspective...
I expected something more like "six every second" or something like that. But then, I spent most of my time ratting, so obviously I would have a skewed and probably completely unrealistic perspective...
Posted: Dec 2nd 2011 10:15PM Korvix said
@Zyrusticae
"Unless otherwise stated, we’ve also limited this to PVP, so ships lost to NPCs won’t count in the totals."
The "10 per minute" its counting in the hours for downtime too...i bet if they took out the 1460~ hours the game is unplayable for the past few years it would increase a wee bit.
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"Unless otherwise stated, we’ve also limited this to PVP, so ships lost to NPCs won’t count in the totals."
The "10 per minute" its counting in the hours for downtime too...i bet if they took out the 1460~ hours the game is unplayable for the past few years it would increase a wee bit.
Posted: Dec 3rd 2011 3:32AM jimr9999us said
hmmm...I thought ccp killed this game?
Posted: Dec 3rd 2011 11:01AM (Unverified) said
13 million PLAYER ships destroyed in the last 4 years. This is what makes EVE the best MMO out there.
Posted: Dec 4th 2011 1:34PM (Unverified) said
Full looting, so you get valuable salvage and mods.
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