Anarchy Online

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Originally Posted by Millburn [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nah not even close. Anarchy Online's complexity was pretty much just a few mechanics and some number crunching. Granted...it was incredibly important to nail down to be successful but it doesn't touch on the complexity EVE has.

EVE is a sandbox filled with a ton of complex mechanics you can choose to use depending on how deep you wanna dig.

I would say AO could EVE's complexity level a serious run for its money. Granted, yes, at the base of it, there is a lot of number crunching involved, but right out the gate for the first time is brutal.

Now, where AO really gets complex is when you are literally scrounging, researching and delving through a plethora of different gear/nanoprograms/implants/etc. to plan out just how the hell you're going to get the most egregiously high quality level equipment you can at your level.

Here's a basic example of an Atrox shade attempting to equip a specific back item as early as possible(Granted this is an outdated example as I equipped the same item on my shade up to 40-50 levels prior) from the Official AO forums:

Atrox 204.

We start out by getting tier3 hands on.
QL220 hands has req of 805 agi and 660 sense.

Sense for gloves:
Base: 440
Poor Essence Brain Spirit: 460
Pitiable Heart Spirit of Essence: 506
Pitiable Midriff Sprit of Essence: 534
Galahad Inc T70 Zig Zag (L): 554
Galahad Inc T70 Zig Zag (R): 574
Nar Shere's Earring of Tapping (or omni version): 577
Rat Catcher Googles: 585
Human Skin Hood: 590
Personalized Robot Brain: 605
Kirch Kevlar set QL200 (body/2xsleeve/pants/boots): 630
Ring of Divine Teardrops (QL200) (L): 655
Ring of Divine Teardrops (QL200) (R): 680
Buffs (Comp attri/ES): 707
QL300 City HQ: 715

Agility for gloves:
Base: 540
Pitiable Midriff Sprit of Essence: 559
Pathetic Spirit of Essence: 600
Rejected Spirit of Feet Defense: 631
Full Acrobat: 661
Kirch Kevlar set QL200 (body/2xsleeve/pants/boots): 686
Ring of Divine Teardrops (QL200) (L): 701
Ring of Divine Teardrops (QL200) (R): 716
Buffs (Comp attri/FG/prowler): 833
QL300 City HQ: 841

This will allow us to wear QL229 gloves, they add 17 sense at
this QL.

We now have:
Sense: 732
Agility: 841

Now take out Pitiable Midriff Spirit of Essense (+28 sense)...

Sense: 704

.. and put in Somber Dispirited Midriff Spirit of Essence (683 agi/sen req)

Somber Dispirited Midriff Spirit of Essence: 737

Now take out Poor Essence Brain Spirit (+20 sense)...

Sense: 717

.. and put in Somber Essence Brain Spirit (716 agi/sen req)

Somber Essence Brain Spirit: 740

Now take out Pitiable Heart Spirit of Essence (+46 sense)...

Sense: 694

.. and put in Dispirited Heart Spirit of Essence (683 agi/sen req)

Dispirited Heart Spirit of Essence: 748

So we're 2 points in sense short.

Here's a few ways to get them:

a) Higher QL teardrop ring(s). The QL200 rings has a CL req of 800,
the robot brain has a req of 961 - so obviously you can get
higher QL rings on too (you needed Cyborg board for the robot brain).

b) Bracer of Killing Intent.. low ql will do the trick - AI expertise 3 not
required.

c) Eva Pourais' Snakeskin Patch (or omni version, don't know the name)
from Omega Eva Pourais in Adonis Unredeemed Underwater Temple, adds 4 sense.

d) One perk in Enchanced DNA.

Notes:
Used 2 Zig Zags, they have a nasty multiranged req of 508.

I got 750 CL pre-tl6 on my atrox shade, getting enough for robot brain
(req of 961) should be no problem with cyborg board.

That's the stuff that is so intriguing to me.