jambon
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Entropia came out in 2003 as Project Entropia - essentially a beta of the game that was envisioned. Many consider that time to have been the "Golden Age" of the game. At the start, everything was new and opportunity was massively abundant. Gear was cheap (TTing UL shadow parts was not uncommon early on) and some of those items later turned into arguably some of the best and most valuable gear even now, 17 years later.
6 Years after launch, in 2009, the game was rebranded to Entropia Universe (this rebranding actually happened around 2006) and was upgraded to use the CryEngine. Doing so meant the entire game was rewritten from the ground up. The entire landscape that we had known was wiped clean and Entropia once again became a brave new world bound with opportunity. To mark this change MA launched the Second Golden Age (SGA) event to celebrate where ALL players to had an EQUAL chance to loot special unique items while hunting out in the wild (no instances, categories, tokens, points...etc which is so common today. Your chance to loot was solely based on the mobs you were hunting). Some of which had tremendous worth as they were improved (even if only marginally so) versions of some of the best items in the game such as the SGA Mod Merc and SGA Shadow Set.
It's now been 10 years since the Second Golden Age (SGA) event completed. And in my opinion we are once again on the edge of a new golden age. A 3rd Golden Age (3GA)...
We've had some significant changes to the game over these last 10 years. Some good, some terrible. MA has definitely lost their way a few times over these years focusing on other shiny distractions trying to capitalize on trends in other industries, leaving Entropia twisting in the wind at times.
However, I feel that this is changing. MA has scrapped all the little side-projects and is finally once again focusing on improving their core product - Entropia. I believe a large part of this is due to the newly appointed CEO. For the first time in a number of years the future of Entropia looks bright to me. Despite a few minor setbacks.
For example, the loss of Paypal as a payment option hurt - but I feel this is the kick in the pants needed to see growth in improving this. Maybe it will lead to once again seeing the return of the cash card? Maybe they will accept crypto for deposit and faster withdrawal?
While I don't 100% agree with some of the changes it at least feels that we are heading in the right direction and progressing towards something once again. And that we're once again entering an age of opportunity and positive change. Just recently we've seen:
Anyways, this post is getting way too long....
My point is - we've entered 2020. A brand new decade in what almost feels like a new game and once again, a brave new world bound with opportunity compared to 10 years ago. And I don't think I'm alone in thinking this. It seems like we're right at the start of some fantastic improvements and I think it's time to celebrate and mark this significant event as being the beginning of a new golden age - the 3rd Golden Age (3GA).
There's a ton of new items in the game that would be neat to see 3GA version of and it doesn't all have to be super uber stuff. We need cool low end stuff too! Off the top of my head I'm thinking:
What are your thoughts?
6 Years after launch, in 2009, the game was rebranded to Entropia Universe (this rebranding actually happened around 2006) and was upgraded to use the CryEngine. Doing so meant the entire game was rewritten from the ground up. The entire landscape that we had known was wiped clean and Entropia once again became a brave new world bound with opportunity. To mark this change MA launched the Second Golden Age (SGA) event to celebrate where ALL players to had an EQUAL chance to loot special unique items while hunting out in the wild (no instances, categories, tokens, points...etc which is so common today. Your chance to loot was solely based on the mobs you were hunting). Some of which had tremendous worth as they were improved (even if only marginally so) versions of some of the best items in the game such as the SGA Mod Merc and SGA Shadow Set.
It's now been 10 years since the Second Golden Age (SGA) event completed. And in my opinion we are once again on the edge of a new golden age. A 3rd Golden Age (3GA)...
We've had some significant changes to the game over these last 10 years. Some good, some terrible. MA has definitely lost their way a few times over these years focusing on other shiny distractions trying to capitalize on trends in other industries, leaving Entropia twisting in the wind at times.
However, I feel that this is changing. MA has scrapped all the little side-projects and is finally once again focusing on improving their core product - Entropia. I believe a large part of this is due to the newly appointed CEO. For the first time in a number of years the future of Entropia looks bright to me. Despite a few minor setbacks.
For example, the loss of Paypal as a payment option hurt - but I feel this is the kick in the pants needed to see growth in improving this. Maybe it will lead to once again seeing the return of the cash card? Maybe they will accept crypto for deposit and faster withdrawal?
While I don't 100% agree with some of the changes it at least feels that we are heading in the right direction and progressing towards something once again. And that we're once again entering an age of opportunity and positive change. Just recently we've seen:
- New tiering/enhancer system changes
- The armatrix series that's breathing new life into profitable crafting
- New looting system that actually takes into account fap/armor/attachment decay.
- New camera system and graphic improvements
- New developments in Space - there are now apparently destroyable rocks in space? Removed fees for landing on planets. Pirates are now practically a thing of the past too making it safer to travel to CP and Foma. It finally feels like big changes are actually coming for space VERY soon rather than just "someday".
- Many quality of life improvements (turret returns, easier auto-use, society terminal accessible anywhere, ability to copy item link from item info panels... even if it's temporarily disabled)
- New land area investment system allowing shares to be sold of land areas. It's still early but seems quite promising as a means for new investment opportunities.
- New Codex mission system. It's like a fresh start on all the missions and they all have proportional skill rewards. No more kill 1000 of these for some nova fragments!
Anyways, this post is getting way too long....
My point is - we've entered 2020. A brand new decade in what almost feels like a new game and once again, a brave new world bound with opportunity compared to 10 years ago. And I don't think I'm alone in thinking this. It seems like we're right at the start of some fantastic improvements and I think it's time to celebrate and mark this significant event as being the beginning of a new golden age - the 3rd Golden Age (3GA).
There's a ton of new items in the game that would be neat to see 3GA version of and it doesn't all have to be super uber stuff. We need cool low end stuff too! Off the top of my head I'm thinking:
- 3GA Quad Wing
- 3GA Sleipner
- 3GA (L) Armtrix Weapons (and maybe a couple UL ones)
- 3GA Aakas Fire Dagger
- 3GA Mccormick Safe with a 2000 item limit (thinking of you Legend lol)
- 3GA (L) AP Plates (and maybe a few UL ones)
- 3GA Mod 2350 / 2600 / Restoration Chip
- 3GA Shogun Set
- 3GA Bukin Rifle / Blade
- 3GA Rings for all non-seasonal rings
What are your thoughts?
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