Had the first part of my interview for Eve University last night. I was expecting it to be short, something of a formality. What can you ask someone who's only been playing the game for two weeks, after all? But my conversation with the recruitment officer dragged on for a couple of hours, with sometimes lengthy pauses between messages as both of us were doing other things at the same time. It didn't really feel like an "interview" as such, more just a casual chat.
When it came time for me to go to bed, I suggested we carry on the interview when both of us were next online, hoping that he'd tell me that wasn't necessary and just welcome me into the corporation. But he didn't. I'm not sure whether this is a deliberate stalling tactic they employ with all new recruits, to weed out the folks who are keen from those who are not, but I guess I can understand if it is.
Found the first thing that I don't like about Eve last night: agents will sometimes give you missions that you've done before. Considering I've only been playing this character for a couple of days, I think it's pretty lame that I'm already running into this. I levelled a character from 1 to 70 in World of Warcraft without ever having to do the same quest twice. Guess that's one of the reasons why solo PvE content generally isn't considered Eve's strong suit.
