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Spades Slick
Caldari Rookies Academy Elite Rookie Empire
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Posted - 2010.07.14 17:56:00 -
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Edited by: Spades Slick on 14/07/2010 18:14:52 I'm not trying to grandstand in this thread.
I'm not looking to try to rock the boat.
I would prefer if the EVE players themselves kept themselves from trolling, or insulting CCP, or questioning their business practices, or WHATEVER. Please, if you don't have anything good to say, don't say it.
I just would like to ask a very simple question, out of curiosity, of the CCP forum lurkers (Fallout, Zymur, Storm, anyone else; bring the other CCP members from other parts of the forum if you must), but please: Do you guys play EVE?
I don't mean bug testing, I don't mean programming, I mean: do you guys ever legitimately, in your free time or in the office, just play EVE like the rest of us?
Not trying to make a point, I just want to try to get a definitive answer on one of the raging questions, which is whether you guys even enjoy the product you make, or if the disconnect has grown so large that you no longer feel comfortable spending time playing with us (with incidents like T20, it's understandable, but I at least trust that you guys won't pull stunts like that again).
For players, please don't post anything goading CCP, or bashing them, or giving them any crap, either before or after (hopefully) they post their answer(s). Let's just try to keep this civil and dignified.
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Caminja
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Posted - 2010.07.14 18:04:00 -
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Nope, thats why all the money we give them is going to make garbage like DUST instead of fixing things. They want MOAR SHOOTER PEW!
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Spades Slick
Caldari Rookies Academy Elite Rookie Empire
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Posted - 2010.07.14 18:08:00 -
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Edited by: Spades Slick on 14/07/2010 18:09:25
Originally by: Caminja Nope, thats why all the money we give them is going to make garbage like DUST instead of fixing things. They want MOAR SHOOTER PEW!
I specifically asked for comments like this to be avoided.
Seriously, you wanna go bash CCP, there's a dozen other threads to do so, and be on-topic.
I'm not trying to defend their honor or anything, I just don't want this thread to derail into "omg ccp sucks because of x, y, and z". Again, there are at least a dozen I could name for you where the thread has turned into a CCP-attacking threadnaught.
Not here, please.
EDIT: And I think many other people agree with me that this thread is better left as just a simple inquiry, judging by 60 views in maybe 5 minutes. Even counting repeats (who would look at this thread again?), that's a goodly number in such a short time.
People are probably just as curious as I am.
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Mangala Solaris
Caldari Blue Republic
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Posted - 2010.07.14 18:10:00 -
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In before its locked for some silly reason.
I too however would like to know. Can we also have your playstyles, where you focus in game with regards to a "career" ingame, and whether you fly dramiels ;) -------
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Spectre3353
Gallente The Python Cartel. The Jerk Cartel
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Posted - 2010.07.14 18:12:00 -
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If I was a mod, I wouldn't touch this thread with a 10 foot pole.
- CCP employee says that he does play Eve = He/She gets accused of being a cheater and abusing inside knowledge or capabilities OR he/she just gets blown off as "not playing the same way the rest of us play" OR told that he/she should be working more instead of playing video games.
- CCP employee says that he does not play Eve = He/She gets accused of being out of touch and knowing nothing about the very game he/she is supposed to be working on.
This question has no safe answer. ----- My Blog |
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CCP Zymurgist
Gallente C C P
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Posted - 2010.07.14 18:13:00 -
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Hell yeah I play EVE. I've been addicted since 2006. One of the reasons I came to CCP was because Fallout threatened me with bodily harm if I didn't, er I mean because I love playing the game . I usually spend a few hours after dinner in front of the PC probing down exploration sites or running through low sec running away from fights I go there to find.
<shamelessplug>I don't know if you are on Twitter but you can follow me there, http://twitter.com/CCP_Zymurgist, as I will sometimes tweet about my adventures while playing the game.</shamelessplug>
Zymurgist Community Representative CCP Hf, EVE Online Contact Us |
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Spades Slick
Caldari Rookies Academy Elite Rookie Empire
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Posted - 2010.07.14 18:15:00 -
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Edited by: Spades Slick on 14/07/2010 18:15:23
Originally by: CCP Zymurgist Hell yeah I play EVE. I've been addicted since 2006. One of the reasons I came to CCP was because Fallout threatened me with bodily harm if I didn't, er I mean because I love playing the game . I usually spend a few hours after dinner in front of the PC probing down exploration sites or running through low sec running away from fights I go there to find.
<shamelessplug>I don't know if you are on Twitter but you can follow me there, http://twitter.com/CCP_Zymurgist, as I will sometimes tweet about my adventures while playing the game.</shamelessplug>
And lo, we have an answer.
Thanks, Zymurgist, for fielding what's proven (from various forum threads mentioning it) to be a delicate/loaded question.
In before "HE'S LYING CCP SUCKS", etc.
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Aerilis
Gallente Percussive Diplomacy
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Posted - 2010.07.14 18:15:00 -
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I would imagine they all enjoyed Eve at some point, but it wouldn't surprise me if a few of them moved on with their interests but still work for CCP.
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Aldarica
Spinal Discipline
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Posted - 2010.07.14 19:25:00 -
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I would be suprised if they play... well at least most of them. Every job turns boring at some point so you'll try to spend your free time as far away of it as possible.
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Helicity Boson
Amarr The Python Cartel. The Jerk Cartel
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Posted - 2010.07.14 19:29:00 -
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Confirming that Zym plays. He's terrible though ;) ...
but not as terrible as a certain badger-mining forum mod I know of ;)
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CCP Fallout
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Posted - 2010.07.14 20:56:00 -
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I've been playing EVE since before boot.ini.
If you do Twitter (@CCP_Fallout) you can see me sometimes mention some of the stupid things I do. Because I'm a complete idiot.
I suck at ship fittings, so I usually go to Zym and Nav for tips or check BC or our forums for ideas.
A few months ago I decided to start a completely fresh character and did all the tutorials. Before that, I was mission running and mining, but now I do mostly exploration, and I complete admit I'm still terrified of the idea of Sleepers, so I've not explored WH space.
I'm also a well-known carebear, however, I'm not anti-PvP, it's just in EVE any mistake I make that gets me killed, whether through PvE or PvP means so much, so I tend to hide out in high sec.
Fallout Associate Community Manager CCP Hf, EVE Online Contact us |
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CCP Fallout
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:00:00 -
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Originally by: Helicity Boson Confirming that Zym plays. He's terrible though ;) ...
but not as terrible as a certain badger-mining forum mod I know of ;)
Hey!!!! Don't talk about Shadow like that!
(and I only do that when I'm working. Otherwise I'm in my Thrasher :))
Fallout Associate Community Manager CCP Hf, EVE Online Contact us |
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Blane Xero
Amarr The Firestorm Cartel
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:02:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Fallout I'm also a well-known carebear, however, I'm not anti-PvP, it's just in EVE any mistake I make that gets me killed, whether through PvE or PvP means so much, so I tend to hide out in high sec.
Mother of god.
You're me.
The implications of this both worry and excite me. _____________________________________ Haruhiist since December 2008
Originally by: CCP Fallout Been there. Done that. Need antibiotics.
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CCP Explorer
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:08:00 -
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Yes, I play EVE. I'm a carebear.
Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson Software Director EVE Online, CCP Games |
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GM Xamother
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:12:00 -
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Yup, I play. I've been playing since 2003 and never stopped. I do invention/manufacturing, Wormholes, Factional Warfare, missioning, exploration (really depends on the mood). Not very good at any of these though. :)
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GM Spiral
Game Masters
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:13:00 -
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Been playing since 2004, still am.
Tried many things; piracy, nullsec gruntwork, mission farming, building things and selling them. Currently mostly focused on maintaining a steady production of stuff to keep my wallets full so I can continue losing ships to running into gatecamps while not paying attention.
Been a purebred blaster ship pilot since day one. Can fly other races but never actually do. -------------------------------- Senior GM Spiral EVE Online Customer Support Team |
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Amerilia
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:16:00 -
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Originally by: GM Spiral Been playing since 2004, still am.
Tried many things; piracy, nullsec gruntwork, mission farming, building things and selling them. Currently mostly focused on maintaining a steady production of stuff to keep my wallets full so I can continue losing ships to running into gatecamps while not paying attention.
Been a purebred blaster ship pilot since day one. Can fly other races but never actually do.
Originally by: GM Xamother Yup, I play. I've been playing since 2003 and never stopped. I do invention/manufacturing, Wormholes, Factional Warfare, missioning, exploration (really depends on the mood). Not very good at any of these though. :)
Are you forum mods?
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Spades Slick
Caldari Rookies Academy Elite Rookie Empire
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:17:00 -
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Originally by: Amerilia
Originally by: GM Spiral Been playing since 2004, still am.
Tried many things; piracy, nullsec gruntwork, mission farming, building things and selling them. Currently mostly focused on maintaining a steady production of stuff to keep my wallets full so I can continue losing ships to running into gatecamps while not paying attention.
Been a purebred blaster ship pilot since day one. Can fly other races but never actually do.
Originally by: GM Xamother Yup, I play. I've been playing since 2003 and never stopped. I do invention/manufacturing, Wormholes, Factional Warfare, missioning, exploration (really depends on the mood). Not very good at any of these though. :)
Are you forum mods?
Hey, hey, people who work for CCP in one capacity or another was what I was aiming for.
I'm glad I got as big of a reaction as I did.
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Larg Kellein
Caldari Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:19:00 -
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Originally by: GM Spiral Been playing since 2004, still am.
Tried many things; piracy, nullsec gruntwork, mission farming, building things and selling them. Currently mostly focused on maintaining a steady production of stuff to keep my wallets full so I can continue losing ships to running into gatecamps while not paying attention.
Been a purebred blaster ship pilot since day one. Can fly other races but never actually do.
"It had expensive blasters on it" now a valid reason for reimbursement :p
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CCP Lemur
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:22:00 -
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Edited by: CCP Lemur on 14/07/2010 21:22:36
Originally by: CCP Explorer Yes, I play EVE. I'm a carebear.
I can confirm that. Once got a defect that veldspar mining amounts don't add up. Got fixed though
I've been playing since early 04 and done everything like corp and alliance management, 0.0 invasion and defence (always having to bring a cap if you own them is annoying), mining, logistics, manufacturing, FW, missions. Nowadays I do mostly industry and trading after reaching all the goals I set for me. Planning on trying to live in a WH for a bit.
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PCaBoo
noXCorp
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:30:00 -
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there's a distinct lack of pirates in ccp. < ________________________________ Stop nerfing everything! |
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CCP Stillman
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:33:00 -
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Originally by: PCaBoo there's a distinct lack of pirates in ccp. <
Ex-pirate checking in .
Though the truth is that I also had a giant carebear alt with a high-sec POS, which made me sweet, sweet ISK to allow myself to fly all the cool T2 ships.
Been playing since late-2005, and have played ever since basically.
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Zeba
Minmatar Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:33:00 -
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Originally by: PCaBoo there's a distinct lack of pirates in ccp. <
Yeah, the carebear is strong within ccp it seems.
This explains much.
Originally by: Balsak Eve-Online, the game that is so awesome people are willing to give CCP money so that they may have the privilege to bash it.
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Ryhss
Caldari Ominous Corp
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:34:00 -
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Originally by: Caminja Nope, thats why all the money we give them is going to make garbage like DUST instead of fixing things. They want MOAR SHOOTER PEW!
This.
Originally by: Abrazzar I don't know what's going on but I am terribly upset about it.
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Blane Xero
Amarr The Firestorm Cartel
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:38:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Explorer Yes, I play EVE. I'm a carebear.
This one is just out-and-out worrying. _____________________________________ Haruhiist since December 2008
Originally by: CCP Fallout Been there. Done that. Need antibiotics.
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Henri Rearden
Gallente XII Legion Southern Connection
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:40:00 -
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Dear God.
You're me!
Me of a few weeks ago, that is. It all changed once I got a blockade runner. Train up something that cloaks and you'll never look back to highsec again. :-)
Originally by: CCP Fallout I've been playing EVE since before boot.ini.
If you do Twitter (@CCP_Fallout) you can see me sometimes mention some of the stupid things I do. Because I'm a complete idiot.
I suck at ship fittings, so I usually go to Zym and Nav for tips or check BC or our forums for ideas.
A few months ago I decided to start a completely fresh character and did all the tutorials. Before that, I was mission running and mining, but now I do mostly exploration, and I complete admit I'm still terrified of the idea of Sleepers, so I've not explored WH space.
I'm also a well-known carebear, however, I'm not anti-PvP, it's just in EVE any mistake I make that gets me killed, whether through PvE or PvP means so much, so I tend to hide out in high sec.
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CCP Fallout
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:43:00 -
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Originally by: Henri Rearden Dear God.
You're me!
Me of a few weeks ago, that is. It all changed once I got a blockade runner. Train up something that cloaks and you'll never look back to highsec again. :-)
Shadow has suggested I try covert ops, actually.
Fallout Associate Community Manager CCP Hf, EVE Online Contact us |
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GM Zhainius
Amarr Game Masters C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:47:00 -
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I've been playing since 2003, and have 5 active accounts.
I've done alliance life, piracy, etc.
Currently I mostly play the market, and run missions, with the occasional wormhole excursion thrown in.
Also, Amarr ftw! --- GM Zhainius EVE Online Customer Support CCP Games |
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CCP Ginger Beard Guy
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:48:00 -
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I'm a carebear.
I will admit that I haven't been as devoted for the past year or so, but I started in late beta and have been going strong for quite some time, these days I just Ice mine while at work.
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Chaos Incarnate
Faceless Logistics
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:55:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Ginger Beard Guy I'm a carebear.
I will admit that I haven't been as devoted for the past year or so, but I started in late beta and have been going strong for quite some time, these days I just Ice mine while at work.
as an aside, you have the oddest CCP employee name ever _____________________ Horrors! Demons in the deep! |
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CCP Masterplan
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Posted - 2010.07.14 21:58:00 -
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2004 player reporting in. Big fan of pew-pew, especially low-sec piracy, exploring wormholes, and running around 0.0 dodging camps. In a former life, I've worked the markets, made and lost a fortune, ran a corp, done several tours-of-duty in 0.0, built POSs, destroyed POSs, and done lots of other fun stuff. Still play the game, still love the game. |
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Aranial
Gallente Empyrean Warriors Lux Caelestia
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:00:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Ginger Beard Guy I'm a carebear.
I will admit that I haven't been as devoted for the past year or so, but I started in late beta and have been going strong for quite some time, these days I just Ice mine while at work.
Gank him quick with Noobships!
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CCP Chiliad
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:12:00 -
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I started EVE some time early 2004. Tried most MMOs that have come out since, but I keep coming back to EVE. These days I tend to play some two, three nights a week. I very much prefer 0.0 and especially small roaming gangs in good company. When things get busy at the office I usually pull back to casual carebearing in high sec for a while.
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Brennivargur
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:14:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Masterplan 2004 player reporting in. Big fan of pew-pew, especially low-sec piracy, exploring wormholes, and running around 0.0 dodging camps. In a former life, I've worked the markets, made and lost a fortune, ran a corp, done several tours-of-duty in 0.0, built POSs, destroyed POSs, and done lots of other fun stuff. Still play the game, still love the game.
Ever lost it?
You just did.
Originally by: CCP Zymurgist I have facial hair how can I help?
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CCP Molock
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:16:00 -
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In since 2006. Mostly just play the market these days - buy low, sell high - and I've always tended toward solo play, though I have had a bit of small-gang low-sec fun over the years.
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Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:17:00 -
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CCP = Carebear ComPany! Good to know that some of you play. I'll start up an Eve twitter account for Liang just so that I can follow you peeps off of my "main". #ohgod
Be prepared to hear about my latest run. Every day. :P #exercise #tweetfleet #fitness
-Liang -- Liang Nuren - Eve Forum ***** Extraordinaire |
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CCP Masterplan
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:17:00 -
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Originally by: Brennivargur
Originally by: CCP Masterplan 2004 player reporting in. Big fan of pew-pew, especially low-sec piracy, exploring wormholes, and running around 0.0 dodging camps. In a former life, I've worked the markets, made and lost a fortune, ran a corp, done several tours-of-duty in 0.0, built POSs, destroyed POSs, and done lots of other fun stuff. Still play the game, still love the game.
Ever lost it?
You just did.
Grrrr Ok, I just lost the game...
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CCP Manifest
C C P
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:17:00 -
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I've been playing since 2006. Just got my 5th account (and went through the tutorial) about a month ago to re-experience the fragility of noob frigates.
You can find me flying in... hah hah I can't tell you that.
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Berserkeren
Minmatar Payable on Death
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:26:00 -
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Just stealing the thread here.
Okay, so now it's been proved that you guys are playing the game along with your customers. But how about identity? I know your not allowed to reveal yourself as CCP Employees (Or are you) - But are there some that know about your characters? Have you ever just been found out? And what to do then? Do you delete and make a new or what do you do?
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Dr Cron
Northern Lights Number 5 Hydroponic Zone
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:26:00 -
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Wow you all sound really out of touch as far as combat goes tbh.
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Zso Sahal
Minmatar Multiverse Academy
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:28:00 -
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So, you all obviously read the forums.
Why not answer the concerns about i dunno... CSM5 debacle?
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Batolemaeus
Caldari Vauryndar Dalharil
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:31:00 -
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I'm just dying to know how many ccp employees had fun repairing/shooting sov structures since dominion..
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CCP Unifex
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:32:00 -
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Been playing since 2005 and am currently logged in with my main, in 0.0, killing things with my small corp whilst under the beady eye of IA to make sure everything is above board
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Ran Khanon
Amarr Vengeance Innovations
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:32:00 -
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Nice to read all these dev and mod replies :-)
Almost all the walks of life are represented. Except for ...
... scamming and corp theft
Are the CCP posters staying clear of this?
Me likes to know :)
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CCP Explorer
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:43:00 -
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Originally by: Ran Khanon Nice to read all these dev and mod replies :-) Almost all the walks of life are represented. Except for ... ... scamming and corp theft Are the CCP posters staying clear of this?
As a part of our internal rules then CCP staff is not to engage in grief play of any kind and stay firmly away from any 'gray areas' in their game play.
Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson Software Director EVE Online, CCP Games |
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GM Grave
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:44:00 -
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I've been playing since 2004 & all I've ever done is kill people, sell them new ships then travel to EVE parties. This landed me a job at CCP so I highly recommend killing your fellow players and having a beer with them afterwards.
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GM Spiral
Game Masters
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:45:00 -
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Originally by: Ran Khanon Nice to read all these dev and mod replies :-)
Almost all the walks of life are represented. Except for ...
... scamming and corp theft
Are the CCP posters staying clear of this?
Me likes to know :)
This is something that is not permitted as a CCP employee. Same with insider trading to attempt to make ISK on changes that have not been announced yet. All assets have to be earned the hard way.
You can trust Arkanon and Morpheus from IA to watch over this quite carefully indeed. -------------------------------- Senior GM Spiral EVE Online Customer Support Team |
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Ran Khanon
Amarr Vengeance Innovations
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:49:00 -
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Edited by: Ran Khanon on 14/07/2010 22:50:25
Originally by: CCP Explorer
Originally by: Ran Khanon Nice to read all these dev and mod replies :-) Almost all the walks of life are represented. Except for ... ... scamming and corp theft Are the CCP posters staying clear of this?
As a part of our internal rules then CCP staff is not to engage in grief play of any kind and stay firmly away from any 'gray areas' in their game play.
Ok, that makes sense I suppose.
I can imagine it would be very satisfying to dev-ray players which submitted particularly impatient, hateful or aggressively written petitions for instance though. I agree with everything Barakkus posts. |
Auri Hella
Downwind Trading Guild
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:51:00 -
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Originally by: Zso Sahal So, you all obviously read the forums.
Why not answer the concerns about i dunno... CSM5 debacle?
Come now, did you really expect a reply?
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Zso Sahal
Minmatar Multiverse Academy
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:55:00 -
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Originally by: Auri Hella
Originally by: Zso Sahal So, you all obviously read the forums.
Why not answer the concerns about i dunno... CSM5 debacle?
Come now, did you really expect a reply?
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Jack Dant
Minmatar The Gentlemen of Low Moral Fibre
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:56:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Explorer As a part of our internal rules then CCP staff is not to engage in grief play of any kind and stay firmly away from any 'gray areas' in their game play.
If I may ask, what constitutes "grief play" for these purposes? Are devs allowed to take part in lowsec piracy, highsec wars, can flipping or ninja salvaging?
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g 402a
Kleinrock Heavy Industries The Kadeshi
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:57:00 -
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Originally by: GM Spiral You can trust Arkanon and Morpheus from IA to watch over this quite carefully indeed.
But who watches THEM!?!!!??!?!?!
Glad to see most of you still play tho :)
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Amerilia
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:58:00 -
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Originally by: Zso Sahal
Originally by: Auri Hella
Originally by: Zso Sahal So, you all obviously read the forums.
Why not answer the concerns about i dunno... CSM5 debacle?
Come now, did you really expect a reply?
I would guess that if any of those dared to say their opinion with a CCP Character, theyd get hunted by the PR departement.
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Cyrus Doul
Cosmic Vacum Cleaners
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Posted - 2010.07.14 22:59:00 -
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I thought there was something that you guys in blue and red couldn't play cept in jove space because of the implications that that would lead to with the player base thinking people are cheating.... sphere. bob shooting though tower shields to hit ships, stuff like that.
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Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.07.14 23:00:00 -
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Ok, I followed everyone I could find with @LiangNuren. I look forward to your tweetage.
-Liang -- Liang Nuren - Eve Forum ***** Extraordinaire |
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GM Spiral
Game Masters
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Posted - 2010.07.14 23:01:00 -
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Originally by: Jack Dant If I may ask, what constitutes "grief play" for these purposes? Are devs allowed to take part in lowsec piracy, highsec wars, can flipping or ninja salvaging?
Arkanon would arguably be the best person to answer this in proper detail. I know that piracy, high or low sec is not a problem, neither is salvaging (it is possible to be polite about it). -------------------------------- Senior GM Spiral EVE Online Customer Support Team |
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Ran Khanon
Amarr Vengeance Innovations
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Posted - 2010.07.14 23:09:00 -
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Originally by: GM Spiral (it is possible to be polite about it).
Next time when someone goes "Hi! You might wonder what I am doing in your mission *smile*. I would like to take the opportunity to inform you that I am here to salvage your wrecks! It is in no way intended to hurt your gameplay experience however :)" I know what kind of player I am dealing with, hehe. I agree with everything Barakkus posts. |
Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.07.14 23:12:00 -
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Originally by: Ran Khanon
Originally by: GM Spiral (it is possible to be polite about it).
Next time when someone goes "Hi! You might wonder what I am doing in your mission *smile*. I would like to take the opportunity to inform you that I am here to salvage your wrecks! It is in no way intended to hurt your gameplay experience however :)" I know what kind of player I am dealing with, hehe.
I have a highsec alt (two) and I'm not afraid to use them!
-Liang -- Liang Nuren - Eve Forum ***** Extraordinaire |
Ava Starfire
Minmatar Nordanverdr Modr
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Posted - 2010.07.14 23:17:00 -
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Pretty cool. Wish more of you were in losec so I could shoot at you, but yep, pretty cool.
Psst...code a 4th mid and +20 cpu in for the Rifter...no one will notice...
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2010.07.15 01:11:00 -
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Religiously.
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Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.07.15 01:13:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Dropbear Religiously.
Can we ask if its MANDATORY to play Eve for a certain amount of time each day/wk/month?
-Liang -- @LiangNuren - Eve Forum ***** Extraordinaire |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Gallente Aliastra
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Posted - 2010.07.15 01:17:00 -
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So CCP does play their own game...
what does a frozen corpse from CCP go for these days?
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Ascendic
Brotherhood of Suicidal Priests R.A.G.E
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Posted - 2010.07.15 01:24:00 -
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They may play around in eve a little. But if any of them REALLY played eve they would know what a cluster f*ck it has become and fix the god damn thing already
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Mr M
Legion of Illuminated Social Rejects
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Posted - 2010.07.15 01:37:00 -
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Kind of depressing to see how many of the devs who are noobs
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Selene D'Celeste
Caldari The D'Celeste Trading Company ISK Six
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Posted - 2010.07.15 01:59:00 -
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Nice to see so many faces from CCP in this thread. More please =D ______________________________
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Galan Amarias
Amarr The Drekla Consortium
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Posted - 2010.07.15 02:28:00 -
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Originally by: GM Zhainius ... Also, Amarr ftw!
Indeed Amarr FTW.
Originally by: Ascendic They may play around in eve a little. But if any of them REALLY played eve they would know what a cluster f*ck it has become and fix the god damn thing already
Actually I see many have played as long or longer than I. Not to surprising but if you've been here you'd know that EVE is far from the disaster that it so painfully and regularly gets painted as by disgruntled forum monkeys.
Sadly the thing most holders of bad ideas seem to cling to is that their minor complaint is somehow worlds ending for the rest of us.
Anyway I always suspected that the devs played, how could you not, it's EVE.
-Galan
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Terrigal
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Posted - 2010.07.15 02:33:00 -
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If thats it 15/250 CCP employees its a very poor showing TBH. I bet CCP doesnt listen to you guys either because there busy listening to the majority who dont have a clue.
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Khusan
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Posted - 2010.07.15 03:01:00 -
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Originally by: Terrigal If thats it 15/250 CCP employees its a very poor showing TBH. I bet CCP doesnt listen to you guys either because there busy listening to the majority who dont have a clue.
talk about pessimistic. If you're assuming that every ccp employee who plays replied in this thread you fail at common sense
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CCP Casqade
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Posted - 2010.07.15 03:14:00 -
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I've been playing since 2004 everything from mining to get everyone in my corp into a battleship to alliance warfare, merc alliance/corp running empire contracts, running my own corporation. Recently I have been running reaction POSs.
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Mynxee
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Posted - 2010.07.15 03:16:00 -
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♥♥♥ CCP MasterPlan. That is all.
Well...and very nice to see CCP folks chiming in about what they do in-game.
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CCP Adida
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.15 03:31:00 -
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I do find it valuable to play so I can keep up with all your shenanigans. Care Bear Stare checking in
Adida Community Rep CCP Hf, EVE Online
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Thoraxe Rig
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.07.15 03:39:00 -
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Do you guys have to pay for your EvE account, or do you guys get like 1 freely subscribed account for as long as you are a CCP employee?
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Lyshah
The Carebear Stare Hydroponic Zone
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Posted - 2010.07.15 04:20:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Adida I do find it valuable to play so I can keep up with all your shenanigans. Care Bear Stare checking in
confirming dev on payroll
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Berserkeren
Minmatar Payable on Death
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Posted - 2010.07.15 04:54:00 -
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Originally by: Berserkeren Just stealing the thread here.
Okay, so now it's been proved that you guys are playing the game along with your customers. But how about identity? I know your not allowed to reveal yourself as CCP Employees (Or are you) - But are there some that know about your characters? Have you ever just been found out? And what to do then? Do you delete and make a new or what do you do?
Sensitive subject :/?
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Rakshasa Taisab
Caldari Sane Industries Inc. Initiative Mercenaries
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Posted - 2010.07.15 05:54:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Explorer
Originally by: Ran Khanon Nice to read all these dev and mod replies :-) Almost all the walks of life are represented. Except for ... ... scamming and corp theft Are the CCP posters staying clear of this?
As a part of our internal rules then CCP staff is not to engage in grief play of any kind and stay firmly away from any 'gray areas' in their game play.
I find it really funny that while many of you seem to have experience from 0.0 alliance life, none of you clearly stated that you're currently involved in real 0.0 alliance life.
Would explain a lot if that was the case. ^_^
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Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.07.15 05:56:00 -
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Originally by: Rakshasa Taisab
I find it really funny that while many of you seem to have experience from 0.0 alliance life, none of you clearly stated that you're currently involved in real 0.0 alliance life.
Would explain a lot if that was the case. ^_^
Oh come on. Yeah, sure the CCP devs are totally gonna pipe up and say "Yeah 5 of us lead a major 0.0 alliance in Fountain".
-Liang -- @LiangNuren - Eve Forum ***** Extraordinaire |
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CCP Zulu
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Posted - 2010.07.15 06:15:00 -
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Been playing since early 2004. Small, medium and large scale PVP (from pirating to fleet battles and everything in between). I've never done any industry stuff though so between my 3 characters I have 750sp in industry total, out of a total of approximately 200mil sp.
I don't really have the time to actively play anymore but I do keep up with skilltraining religiously and once in a while I'll go and roam a bit, but not as much as I'd want to.
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Zeba
Minmatar Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2010.07.15 06:20:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Zulu Been playing since early 2004. Small, medium and large scale PVP (from pirating to fleet battles and everything in between). I've never done any industry stuff though so between my 3 characters I have 750sp in industry total, out of a total of approximately 200mil sp.
I don't really have the time to actively play anymore but I do keep up with skilltraining religiously and once in a while I'll go and roam a bit, but not as much as I'd want to.
Yay! A pew pew dev!
So can we get you to be the inhouse 'champion' for fw and all the other pew pew related stuff in eve? It seems there is none atm if the recent csm minutes are any indication.
Originally by: Balsak Eve-Online, the game that is so awesome people are willing to give CCP money so that they may have the privilege to bash it.
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Borun Tal
Minmatar Virtual Rock Industries
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Posted - 2010.07.15 06:23:00 -
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Personally, I'm curious who Chribba's CCP Alt is...
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2010.07.15 06:32:00 -
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Originally by: Borun Tal Personally, I'm curious who Chribba's CCP Alt is...
I think you will find the answer to that very saddening
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Zeba
Minmatar Honourable East India Trading Company
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Posted - 2010.07.15 06:36:00 -
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Originally by: Chribba
Originally by: Borun Tal Personally, I'm curious who Chribba's CCP Alt is...
I think you will find the answer to that very saddening
Pfffft. You might not be on the official ccp payroll but you will always be a ccp employee to us. I mean at least your web services run flawlessly unlike a certain official forums I sometimes poast in.
Originally by: Balsak Eve-Online, the game that is so awesome people are willing to give CCP money so that they may have the privilege to bash it.
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Charlemeign
BESTIAL CARNAGE Wildly Inappropriate.
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Posted - 2010.07.15 06:42:00 -
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Edited by: Charlemeign on 15/07/2010 06:43:38 Jee wizz, I love how many of CCP are carebears. Either have to be carebears or not play to not realize how f_cked up nullsec is! amirite or amirite? No wonder the CCP pewer's rarely play or quit.
Also, C/D That Devs/GM's aren't allowed to have Supercaps pl0x
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NereSky
Gallente Domination.
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Posted - 2010.07.15 06:53:00 -
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maybe some of these GM's that 'apparently' play the game should answer petitions, or at least put a petition in when something with the game go's wrong and read your reply
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CCP Vertex
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Posted - 2010.07.15 09:16:00 -
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I've been playing since early alpha, some 10+ years without a break. I've tried almost every aspect of the game and love to chop and change my play styles when I get bored. I've done the whole large Corporation/Alliance 0.0 stuff and the Empire Missions/Industry, so yeah I play ;) every day with my 3 accounts.
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CCP Navigator
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.15 09:35:00 -
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Started playing in May 2004 mostly just doing carebear stuff before moving to Curse and beginning life in 0.0.
Former CEO of two large corporations which were both pretty much 0.0 entities and part of big alliances. My main was retired when I joined CCP in 2007 but since then I have trained three other characters to 40-50 mil SP and nowadays I hang around low sec areas or run an odd mission in Empire when needs must.
I much prefer going around in smaller ships (Curse, Ishtar, Vagabond) and seeing if I can have a bit of fun. Win sometimes and lose other times but that is the way of the world.
I still log in pretty much every day.
Navigator Senior Community Representative CCP Hf, EVE Online
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CCP Konflikt
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Posted - 2010.07.15 09:53:00 -
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I've been playing since 2006, I do wormhole exploration, nullsec PvP and then earn all the ships I lost back with my carebear chars. I love small fleet fights in nullsec.
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Klandi
Science and Trade Institute
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Posted - 2010.07.15 09:53:00 -
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In a thread that proves many CCP employees play and have played for some years, I now want to reference the majority of whiners that complain about the issues in Eve.
Think about this. They are aware of issues as they have experienced them. They are in fights where the lag monster as caused problems and they do work with the really crappy UI as we do. No doubt they have CTS (carpal tunnel syndrome) as some of us do cos of PI and the main reason they love eve is because of the people.
At times, dear reader, your comments are not the most productive.
I would love it if you became more of the solution - constructively
That is all
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CCP Diagoras
C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.15 09:58:00 -
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Beta 5 player, been playing ever since.
I've done everything from mining Veldspar to remote-doomsdaying a fleet of Goons (prior to my employment) and everything in between. Large scale industrialist and PVPer. _______________ CCP Diagoras Research and Statistics |
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CCP Sputnik
C C P
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Posted - 2010.07.15 10:01:00 -
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Summer 2005 __________________________ CCP Sputnik CCP Core Engineering Software Engineer
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IQ 001
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Posted - 2010.07.15 10:02:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Zymurgist Hell yeah I play EVE. I've been addicted since 2006. One of the reasons I came to CCP was because Fallout threatened me with bodily harm if I didn't, er I mean because I love playing the game . I usually spend a few hours after dinner in front of the PC probing down exploration sites or running through low sec running away from fights I go there to find.
<shamelessplug>I don't know if you are on Twitter but you can follow me there, http://twitter.com/CCP_Zymurgist, as I will sometimes tweet about my adventures while playing the game.</shamelessplug>
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thatbloke
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.07.15 10:03:00 -
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So do the CCP employees play together much/at all or do you all do your own thing?
Did you perhaps start off together and then break up?
Do you shoot at each other much? Any "special" treatment you give each other if you see each other in space?
Has a CCP Employee ever been shot up and lost a large amount of ISK/assets by another CCP employee?
Do you perhaps intentionally seek each other out in a fight or perhaps intentionally avoid each other in a fight?
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Lallante
Reikoku IT Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.15 10:30:00 -
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Edited by: Lallante on 15/07/2010 10:32:56 Edited by: Lallante on 15/07/2010 10:30:18 Edited by: Lallante on 15/07/2010 10:30:07 There was a time when pretty much every CCP Gamedesign dev had a 0.0 alliance character, several FCd.
Now it seems there are a few 'casual' 0.0 players and noone who is truly representative of the 0.0 endgame.
No wonder patches have stopped iterating PvP and warfare and instead just introduced side-show minigame after minigame without improving the core gameplay.
When I read recently in the CSM minutes that CCP "would look at interating existing features hopefully after DUST and Incarna are completely finished" I gave up the hope I had remaining. How many times have we heard that a feature introduced is "modular" and would be expanded on heavily in future only for it to NEVER get balancing let alone iteration. (Hint: COSMOS, Heat, t3, alchemy to name but a few).
PS: Playing since closed beta 3.
Lall - THE Vocal Minority - Reikoku
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Loki O'Grady
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Posted - 2010.07.15 10:42:00 -
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Holy **** - Blue and Red box avalanche!
Thanks for the responses, Devs... you know we love you guys, right?
Also... I forgot to update my clone before venturing out into 0.0. Any chance of getting magically sent home to fix that situation? Thanks
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Ishina Fel
Caldari Terra Incognita Black Star Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.15 10:55:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Navigator My main was retired when I joined CCP in 2007 but since then I have trained three other characters to 40-50 mil SP and nowadays I hang around low sec areas or run an odd mission in Empire when needs must.
I've actually always wondered about this.
Is it customary or required to retire your current character(s) when you join CCP, or do you get to keep them if nobody knows there's a dev behind it?
I can only imagine what happens to the mail inbox of a known dev alt...
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CCP Alice
Caldari C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.15 11:24:00 -
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Another carebear checking in! I've been playing since 2005, ran my own corporation for a while and did mostly missioning, industry and small gang pvp. Took a break in 2008 when I joined an awesome company called CCP and played on/off since then.
Just recently started playing more seriously again, have joined a small corporation and I'm currently training up skills for PI, then I plan to work on my pvp skills and get myself back up to speed on how best to blow stuff up
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Cailais
Amarr THE ORDAINED
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Posted - 2010.07.15 11:28:00 -
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Originally by: Lallante Edited by: Lallante on 15/07/2010 10:32:56 Edited by: Lallante on 15/07/2010 10:30:18 Edited by: Lallante on 15/07/2010 10:30:07 There was a time when pretty much every CCP Gamedesign dev had a 0.0 alliance character, several FCd.
Now it seems there are a few 'casual' 0.0 players and noone who is truly representative of the 0.0 endgame.
No wonder patches have stopped iterating PvP and warfare and instead just introduced side-show minigame after minigame without improving the core gameplay.
When I read recently in the CSM minutes that CCP "would look at interating existing features hopefully after DUST and Incarna are completely finished" I gave up the hope I had remaining. How many times have we heard that a feature introduced is "modular" and would be expanded on heavily in future only for it to NEVER get balancing let alone iteration. (Hint: COSMOS, Heat, t3, alchemy to name but a few).
PS: Playing since closed beta 3.
Im not sure I would agree with your statement that .0 is the"end game" of EVE as that doesn't seem to be the case, in fact its arguable if EVE has an 'end game' at all.
Patched have introduced PVP - FW is one example, the new sov system another: it just so happens that they are flawed and didn't really hit the target.
C.
the hydrostatic capsule blog
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Terrigal
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Posted - 2010.07.15 11:41:00 -
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Still pretty poor CCP now your up to 24/250. You all on holidays or is this a representation of the company staff that dont give a rats Ar...
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CCP Purple Tentacle
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Posted - 2010.07.15 11:44:00 -
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Playing the game since May 2003, also participated in the beta. I am a hardcore 0.0 guy, I was involved in high level politics as a CEO of decent 0.0 corp before I joined CCP.
I have 3 active accounts atm, all 3 mains located in 0.0. Playing pattern varies, depending on what's going on in the area of space I am living in. I love CTAs and pew pew.
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Bin Matar
Fallen Angel's Blade.
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Posted - 2010.07.15 11:52:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Purple Tentacle Playing the game since May 2003, also participated in the beta. I am a hardcore 0.0 guy, I was involved in high level politics as a CEO of decent 0.0 corp before I joined CCP.
I have 3 active accounts atm, all 3 mains located in 0.0. Playing pattern varies, depending on what's going on in the area of space I am living in. I love CTAs and pew pew.
So whats your opinion on the state of 0.0 at the moment.
Quote: [20:25:09] wtfepixz > did someone just shoot me?
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cpu939
Gallente Volatile Nature Systematic-Chaos
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Posted - 2010.07.15 11:54:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Purple Tentacle Playing the game since May 2003, also participated in the beta. I am a hardcore 0.0 guy, I was involved in high level politics as a CEO of decent 0.0 corp before I joined CCP.
I have 3 active accounts atm, all 3 mains located in 0.0. Playing pattern varies, depending on what's going on in the area of space I am living in. I love CTAs and pew pew.
got a few questions do you still have to pay to play or is it a bonus for working for ccp.
next i find it hard for you not to use your inside knowledge or known staff i.e. "you loss a ship due to a bug" Do you get it refunded and do you get it back faster as your a member of staff? 0101011 001101111 011011000 110000101110100 01101001011011000 1100101001000000 1001110011000010 11101000111010101 11001001100101
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Bilko Bobski
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Posted - 2010.07.15 12:12:00 -
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Originally by: cpu939
got a few questions do you still have to pay to play or is it a bonus for working for ccp.
next i find it hard for you not to use your inside knowledge or known staff i.e. "you loss a ship due to a bug" Do you get it refunded and do you get it back faster as your a member of staff?
I'd be really surprised if any of them even ask for their ships back; even when it's a legitimate bug - just to avoid any risk of people accusing them of cheating the system.
It's really great to see so many CCP Devs still playing and more importantly; playing all aspects of the game. It's good to know CCP isn't really biased towards making one single area better than the others.
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CCP Habakuk
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Posted - 2010.07.15 12:13:00 -
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I started to play 2003 in the last 2 months of the Beta. I tried nearly all parts of the game (except piracy), was in several alliances, ... At the moment I don't manage to play as much as in earlier (student-)days, but I'm still active and kicking.
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SoulBlythe
Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk Amarr branch.
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Posted - 2010.07.15 12:23:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Alice Another carebear checking in! I've been playing since 2005, ran my own corporation for a while and did mostly missioning, industry and small gang pvp. Took a break in 2008 when I joined an awesome company called CCP and played on/off since then.
Just recently started playing more seriously again, have joined a small corporation and I'm currently training up skills for PI, then I plan to work on my pvp skills and get myself back up to speed on how best to blow stuff up
<3 miss you Alice!! ======================
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GM Orfeus
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Posted - 2010.07.15 12:26:00 -
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I've been playing EVE longer than I've worked for CCP.
Started in '05. Mostly PVP, low sec pirating, guerrilla warfare. But lately looking into industry and trading.
I think it's pretty safe to say, although I don't have any data on it, that most CCP employees and probably all that are involved with the development of EVE, play EVE and the majority probably did so before joining CCP.
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GM Homonoia
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Posted - 2010.07.15 13:34:00 -
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Yep, since almost 5 years now (was it that long? Damn). The only things I have not done as a player is T3 production, fly Supercaps, Faction Warfare and pirating (something I am seriously considering doing next). Everything else, from running missions in high sec, mining everywhere I could find rocks, to being part of alliance leadership and conquering regions.
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Lallante
Reikoku IT Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.15 13:35:00 -
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Originally by: Cailais Im not sure I would agree with your statement that .0 is the"end game" of EVE as that doesn't seem to be the case, in fact its arguable if EVE has an 'end game' at all.
Patched have introduced PVP - FW is one example, the new sov system another: it just so happens that they are flawed and didn't really hit the target.
C.
I'm not claiming 0.0 is -the- endgame for Eve, merely that there is a type of alliance 0.0 pvp that is the endgame for 0.0 playstyles. As it happens this is also probably the playstyle that has the highest ratio of "veteran" players.
FW - half implemented sideshow, almost completely pointless - rewards for PvE side of it only. Added nothing to overall mechanics of warfare.
New sov system - half implemented replacement for a mistake. Made lag and blob warfare considerably worse and 0.0 territorial control MUCH less dynamic - overall a massive error (and missed opportunity) that should have been revisited within 3 months rather than ignored for a year with not even proper discussion of improvement.
CCP has lost touch with its hardcore playerbase and its original concept for Eve. I am still hoping it will find it again. CCP need to realise that 'ooh shiny' new features that are essentially artificially 'bolted on' to the game (such as PI), while great for attracting new players and providing about 4 months content for favourably-inclined existing players, add little to the overall game whilst so many existing features need balancing or iteration.
CCP please focus several sprints on identifying existing features, balance or mechanics that need love and giving it to them. A massive balance and iteration patch adding depth will win you FAR FAR more in retained subscriptions in the long run than new but ultimately shallow bolt-ons.
Lall - THE Vocal Minority - Reikoku
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CCP Navigator
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.15 13:54:00 -
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Originally by: Ishina Fel
Originally by: CCP Navigator My main was retired when I joined CCP in 2007 but since then I have trained three other characters to 40-50 mil SP and nowadays I hang around low sec areas or run an odd mission in Empire when needs must.
I've actually always wondered about this.
Is it customary or required to retire your current character(s) when you join CCP, or do you get to keep them if nobody knows there's a dev behind it?
I can only imagine what happens to the mail inbox of a known dev alt...
It was my decision to retire my character permanently while I am employed by CCP. I will not go into too much detail as this is something decided between new employees and Internal Affairs
Navigator Senior Community Representative CCP Hf, EVE Online
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CCP Fallout
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Posted - 2010.07.15 13:57:00 -
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Originally by: Dr Cron Wow you all sound really out of touch as far as combat goes tbh.
Not necessarily :D
Fallout Associate Community Manager CCP Hf, EVE Online Contact us |
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Snake O'Donell
Gallente Habitual Euthanasia Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2010.07.15 14:05:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Fallout
Originally by: Dr Cron Wow you all sound really out of touch as far as combat goes tbh.
Not necessarily :D
Live events where you spawn rats =/= being in touch with combat in this game.
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CCP Fallout
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Posted - 2010.07.15 14:13:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Alice Another carebear checking in! I've been playing since 2005, ran my own corporation for a while and did mostly missioning, industry and small gang pvp. Took a break in 2008 when I joined an awesome company called CCP and played on/off since then.
Just recently started playing more seriously again, have joined a small corporation and I'm currently training up skills for PI, then I plan to work on my pvp skills and get myself back up to speed on how best to blow stuff up
I seriously would never have pegged you for a carebear!
Fallout Associate Community Manager CCP Hf, EVE Online Contact us |
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CCP Fallout
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Posted - 2010.07.15 14:16:00 -
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I'm not sure how many posters/lurkers attend Fanfests, but we do hold a Player v Dev event that's a lot of fun to watch.
I'm not sure of his overall playstyle, but this is my favorite Yokai story. He wasn't working for us then. But as a player, he was on the pickup team Bubblegum that made it all the way to second place in the FF08 PvP tourney. It was amazing to watch this batch of strangers play amazingly well.
Fallout Associate Community Manager CCP Hf, EVE Online Contact us |
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Bin Matar
Fallen Angel's Blade.
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Posted - 2010.07.15 14:17:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Fallout
Originally by: Dr Cron Wow you all sound really out of touch as far as combat goes tbh.
Not necessarily :D
hahahahahahhahahhaha oh yes lol thats a good one.
Quote: [20:25:09] wtfepixz > did someone just shoot me?
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CCP Alice
Caldari C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.15 14:25:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Fallout
Originally by: CCP Alice Another carebear checking in! I've been playing since 2005, ran my own corporation for a while and did mostly missioning, industry and small gang pvp. Took a break in 2008 when I joined an awesome company called CCP and played on/off since then.
Just recently started playing more seriously again, have joined a small corporation and I'm currently training up skills for PI, then I plan to work on my pvp skills and get myself back up to speed on how best to blow stuff up
I seriously would never have pegged you for a carebear!
It's a TARP! Muhahaha
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Vuk Lau
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Posted - 2010.07.15 14:53:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Purple Tentacle Playing the game since May 2003, also participated in the beta. I am a hardcore 0.0 guy, I was involved in high level politics as a CEO of decent 0.0 corp before I joined CCP.
I have 3 active accounts atm, all 3 mains located in 0.0. Playing pattern varies, depending on what's going on in the area of space I am living in. I love CTAs and pew pew.
I can confirm that CCP Purple Tentacle was decent pvp-er 4 years ago.
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CCP Explorer
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Posted - 2010.07.15 14:53:00 -
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Originally by: Liang Nuren Can we ask if its MANDATORY to play Eve for a certain amount of time each day/wk/month?
It's not mandatory.
Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson Software Director EVE Online, CCP Games |
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CCP Explorer
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Posted - 2010.07.15 14:54:00 -
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Originally by: Herzog Wolfhammer So CCP does play their own game... what does a frozen corpse from CCP go for these days?
We can't reveal our identity so how would you know?
Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson Software Director EVE Online, CCP Games |
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CCP Explorer
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Posted - 2010.07.15 14:57:00 -
[117]
Originally by: Thoraxe Rig Do you guys have to pay for your EvE account, or do you guys get like 1 freely subscribed account for as long as you are a CCP employee?
We get up to 3 free accounts, have to subscribe beyond that.
Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson Software Director EVE Online, CCP Games |
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Mr M
Legion of Illuminated Social Rejects
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Posted - 2010.07.15 15:04:00 -
[118]
Originally by: CCP Vertex
I've been playing since early alpha, some 10+ years without a break.
OK this I can respect, but the rest of you NOOBS!
Eve Tribune|EVEgeek|Firebrand Radio |
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CCP Explorer
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Posted - 2010.07.15 15:07:00 -
[119]
Originally by: Terrigal Still pretty poor CCP now your up to 24/250. You all on holidays
Yes, we are all on holiday.
Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson Software Director EVE Online, CCP Games |
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TeaDaze
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Posted - 2010.07.15 15:13:00 -
[120]
If any of the CCP Carebears want to get a taste of PVP then Agony are happy to help out with classes
TeaDaze.net Blog | CSM Database |
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Jack Dant
Minmatar The Gentlemen of Low Moral Fibre
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Posted - 2010.07.15 15:16:00 -
[121]
Originally by: CCP Fallout
Originally by: Dr Cron Wow you all sound really out of touch as far as combat goes tbh.
Not necessarily :D
Considering the high quality fittings used in the live events, I really don't see your point
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KaarBaak
Minmatar Hell's Librarians Darkmatter Initiative
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Posted - 2010.07.15 15:20:00 -
[122]
Originally by: CCP Fallout
Originally by: Dr Cron Wow you all sound really out of touch as far as combat goes tbh.
Not necessarily :D
Not to derail, but is there an AAR on how that project worked out? Will there be more or another 3-year wait?
KB
=vinur allra manna
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Hennata
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Posted - 2010.07.15 15:22:00 -
[123]
ya know, ppl work at ccp so they can cheat at eve, kk
I wonder if there is a clause prohibiting insider information from being used, for example:
Dev 1: we are gonna buff *insert item* Dev 2: Logs in and clears out jita of said item Dev 2: posts smack on MD with an alt on how he wins at Eve
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hakkiew365
The Knights Templar R.A.G.E
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Posted - 2010.07.15 15:27:00 -
[124]
Originally by: CCP Fallout I'm not sure how many posters/lurkers attend Fanfests, but we do hold a Player v Dev event that's a lot of fun to watch.
I'm not sure of his overall playstyle, but this is my favorite Yokai story. He wasn't working for us then. But as a player, he was on the pickup team Bubblegum that made it all the way to second place in the FF08 PvP tourney. It was amazing to watch this batch of strangers play amazingly well.
Indeed, I laugh every time I see this video http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=8wljfgZlF_4&hd=1#t=1h33m30s, a good example of some quality DEV PVP Tho I feel a bit sorry for Mindstar and Nova for dying this fast oh well, their fault I'm looking forward to fight you dev's again next fanfest
Muffin Muncher for Life
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TeaDaze
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Posted - 2010.07.15 15:42:00 -
[125]
Originally by: hakkiew365 Indeed, I laugh every time I see this video http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=8wljfgZlF_4&hd=1#t=1h33m30s, a good example of some quality DEV PVP Tho I feel a bit sorry for Mindstar and Nova for dying this fast oh well, their fault I'm looking forward to fight you dev's again next fanfest
That was a fun day
TeaDaze.net Blog | CSM Database |
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CCP Solomon
Minmatar C C P
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Posted - 2010.07.15 15:58:00 -
[126]
Since 2005 - Carebear and proud.
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Project X592
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Posted - 2010.07.15 16:04:00 -
[127]
With all these CCP alts playing EVE I can't help but wonder how many I've griefed in the past
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GM Pyro
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Posted - 2010.07.15 16:31:00 -
[128]
IÆve been playing since late Æ05 and enjoyed every minute of it. IÆve moved through various alliances and had lots of fun out pirating in low sec and 0.0. IÆve done my fair share of carebear stuff as well, though itÆs more fun to be out in the thick of things.
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Simeon Tor
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Posted - 2010.07.15 16:48:00 -
[129]
Originally by: GM Spiral You can trust Arkanon and Morpheus from IA to watch over this quite carefully indeed.
Oh good!
But who watches over Arkanon and Morpheus?
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Batolemaeus
Caldari Vauryndar Dalharil
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Posted - 2010.07.15 17:23:00 -
[130]
I used to. But apparently there was so little talk in #eve-chaos, that Morpheus left.
Also, interesting to see that out of maybe two devs in this thread, nobody seems to have any experience with the sov system. Figures.
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enterprisePSI
Gallente Unimatrix 0.1
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Posted - 2010.07.15 17:23:00 -
[131]
There are so many i have got to ask! Did i got any of your hulks CCP? If so, please do not ban me
Tears, or the titan dies!
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Larkonis Trassler
Neo Spartans Laconian Syndicate
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Posted - 2010.07.15 17:24:00 -
[132]
Originally by: Simeon Tor
Originally by: GM Spiral You can trust Arkanon and Morpheus from IA to watch over this quite carefully indeed.
Oh good!
But who watches over Arkanon and Morpheus?
/o\
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Arcetype
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Posted - 2010.07.15 18:30:00 -
[133]
Had no idea so many CCP employees played the game!
+1 for CCP!
Note: No guarantee of any pluses, or ones for anyone at CCP.
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farfrael
FP Enterprise
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Posted - 2010.07.15 19:05:00 -
[134]
**** YEAH, this (CCP participating again) needs to happen again and more Thank you CCP devs, somewhat rekindled the thought that you still care about the game. It was getting harder and harder to believe it.
Just smack Nathan up the head and make him come down to earth and everything will be good again. All will be forgiven :)
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seany1212
Stylo Corporation
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Posted - 2010.07.15 19:22:00 -
[135]
posting in a truely epic thread, nice to see how many CCP employees have posted in here and what they do while in eve. Now, get back to fixing the overview...
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Blane Xero
Amarr The Firestorm Cartel
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Posted - 2010.07.15 19:34:00 -
[136]
MY GOD.
It's full of Carebears.
brb, putting Carebear on my CV and applying. _____________________________________ Haruhiist since December 2008
Originally by: CCP Fallout Been there. Done that. Need antibiotics.
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Yuki Katsumura
Caldari Carthage Industries
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Posted - 2010.07.15 19:40:00 -
[137]
Edited by: Yuki Katsumura on 15/07/2010 19:41:02
Originally by: Blane Xero MY GOD.
It's full of Carebears.
brb, putting Carebear on my CV and applying.
Wait, you didn't already? You're one of the biggest carebears I know. Have all those expensive ships to PvP with but you'll never undock with them. Lazy ****.
♥
This is soooo not Zions Child's Alt because he sooooo did not get a ban for soooooo not trolling one of Ekrid's sooo not a troll post.
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Jove X
Dragon Highlords
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Posted - 2010.07.15 19:42:00 -
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To the CCP carebears .. well done for confessing that. I have a recommendation (or perhaps a challenge):
Try living in 0.0 and building up standings with a criminal faction. I'm not just talking with a criminal corporation but with the over-riding faction. It is harder than it looks.
(It is not the same experience as building standings with the main-stream factions. It will give you an entirely new perspective on a game element you thought you knew. Criminal connections does not work exactly the same as Connections, and it is an entirely new ball of wax. Also, you already fundamentally know the approach.)
I'd love to see a CCP employee with a standing of 8 with the Guristas or Serpentis. Please resize your signature to the maximum allowed resolution of 400 x 120 pixels with a maximum file size of 24000 bytes. -Weatherman |
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CCP Jasonitas
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Posted - 2010.07.15 20:02:00 -
[139]
I started playing EVE after I started working for CCP in 2008. Now I have three accounts, with my main and another alt in lowsec. If I'm not fighting in Factional Warfare, I'm out doing exploration sites in lowsec and nullsec. (I'm trying to get into booster production.) And sometimes I gear up for a night of fighting, when I'm in the mood.
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DJ Obsidian
New Eden Technical Institutes
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Posted - 2010.07.15 20:05:00 -
[140]
Originally by: Batolemaeus I used to. But apparently there was so little talk in #eve-chaos, that Morpheus left.
Also, interesting to see that out of maybe two devs in this thread, nobody seems to have any experience with the sov system. Figures.
See Reference CCP Abathur. Right, Abathur was the one in MC?
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CCP Dropbear
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Posted - 2010.07.15 20:18:00 -
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Originally by: Jove X I'd love to see a CCP employee with a standing of 8 with the Guristas or Serpentis.
Well, Cartel here (9.0+). Same principle applies though, even if you're running out of Serpentis Prime or some other horrible clusterf...
Step 1: Grab a Tech III. Tengu is arguably the best for this job. Step 2: Fit MWD/Impro Cloak + Interdiction Nullifier Step 3: Learn how to evade camps using MWD/Improved Cloak. Get it down to an art form, so that when you jump into that gatecamp from hell, you can keep it together. Step 4: Pray to your God that you never land <3,000m from something else in a gatecamp. This is, in fact, the only real risk. Step 5: Profit!
Other points...
Escape gatecamps: Use MWD/Impro cloak trick to turn 0.0 into the equivalent of lowsec. The only difference - when it comes to gate camping - between 0.0 and lowsec is that bubbles work in one, and not in the other. Interdiction nullifiers change this, and effectively turn 0.0 into lowsec. Ergo: You don't need to fit that Covert reconfiguration that horribly gimps your DPS (and consequently your mission-running capabilities). Just fit an I.N and pretend you're in Ammamake, not Serp Prime.
Avoid station camps: Instantly undock with an off-station bookmark. For added safety, at the cost of added logistics, fleet up with a second character and have them get the missions. I'm guessing this is what I'd want to do at Serpentis Prime, rather than undocking my 3b ISK Tengu in front of a hungry fleet. A second character also adds to your safety in that you can cloak one of them outside the station, and have them insta-warp your other mission-grabbing character out, quite a few seconds before you can actually control that character's client and tell them yourself to warp to the "undock" bookmark. It also helps to have a sacrificial lamb you can jump into systems you suspect are being camped.
Avoid mission disruption: Make your Tech III impossible to probe down. Don't launch drones. Kill target painting NPCs first. Usual drill here. If you fit faction modules in the right places, you can squeeze on the required ECCM/Backup Array configuration of your choice.
Add it all together and you can travel where you want, dock/undock at any station you want, and run missions for the pirate faction of your choice with almost complete impunity. It may be slower than taking a Maurauder in there, but it's of course, an order of magnitude more safe, and to me at least, far more interesting.
NinjaPvE best PvE.
P.S. On a technicality...getting Guristas faction would have become much less difficult since the advent of the pirate faction arcs.
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Entity
X-Factor Industries Synthetic Existence
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Posted - 2010.07.15 20:20:00 -
[142]
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Nah, I don't play EVE at all. Oh drat, I'm not a dev. Ignore me! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
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Got Item? | EVE API? | Cache? |
DJ Obsidian
New Eden Technical Institutes
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Posted - 2010.07.15 20:28:00 -
[143]
Originally by: Entity ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Nah, I don't play EVE at all. Oh drat, I'm not a dev. Ignore me! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
Epic win!
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Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.07.15 20:29:00 -
[144]
Edited by: Liang Nuren on 15/07/2010 20:30:04
Originally by: CCP Dropbear ...
If CCP devs posted this kind of in depth "No, you're wrong" more often nobody would doubt you guys play Eve. Drop, follow me on Twitter and I'll DM you another easy way to get standings. :p
-Liang
Ed: In fact, I'm saving a link to this post because its that good. Next time someone says CCP doesn't play Eve... -- @LiangNuren - Eve Forum ***** Extraordinaire |
Goey Goober
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Posted - 2010.07.15 20:40:00 -
[145]
Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Originally by: Jove X I'd love to see a CCP employee with a standing of 8 with the Guristas or Serpentis.
Well, Cartel here (9.0+). Same principle applies though, even if you're running out of Serpentis Prime or some other horrible clusterf...
Step 1: Grab a Tech III. Tengu is arguably the best for this job. Step 2: Fit MWD/Impro Cloak + Interdiction Nullifier Step 3: Learn how to evade camps using MWD/Improved Cloak. Get it down to an art form, so that when you jump into that gatecamp from hell, you can keep it together. Step 4: Pray to your God that you never land <3,000m from something else in a gatecamp. This is, in fact, the only real risk. Step 5: Profit!
Other points...
Escape gatecamps: Use MWD/Impro cloak trick to turn 0.0 into the equivalent of lowsec. The only difference - when it comes to gate camping - between 0.0 and lowsec is that bubbles work in one, and not in the other. Interdiction nullifiers change this, and effectively turn 0.0 into lowsec. Ergo: You don't need to fit that Covert reconfiguration that horribly gimps your DPS (and consequently your mission-running capabilities). Just fit an I.N and pretend you're in Ammamake, not Serp Prime.
Avoid station camps: Instantly undock with an off-station bookmark. For added safety, at the cost of added logistics, fleet up with a second character and have them get the missions. I'm guessing this is what I'd want to do at Serpentis Prime, rather than undocking my 3b ISK Tengu in front of a hungry fleet. A second character also adds to your safety in that you can cloak one of them outside the station, and have them insta-warp your other mission-grabbing character out, quite a few seconds before you can actually control that character's client and tell them yourself to warp to the "undock" bookmark. It also helps to have a sacrificial lamb you can jump into systems you suspect are being camped.
Avoid mission disruption: Make your Tech III impossible to probe down. Don't launch drones. Kill target painting NPCs first. Usual drill here. If you fit faction modules in the right places, you can squeeze on the required ECCM/Backup Array configuration of your choice.
Add it all together and you can travel where you want, dock/undock at any station you want, and run missions for the pirate faction of your choice with almost complete impunity. It may be slower than taking a Maurauder in there, but it's of course, an order of magnitude more safe, and to me at least, far more interesting.
NinjaPvE best PvE.
P.S. On a technicality...getting Guristas faction would have become much less difficult since the advent of the pirate faction arcs.
Ever been double bubbled by a dictor? You can be caught, it just takes more work and a very specific fitting/knowledge base. |
Eventy One
Magellan Exploration and Survey THAT Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.15 20:48:00 -
[146]
Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Originally by: Jove X I'd love to see a CCP employee with a standing of 8 with the Guristas or Serpentis.
Well, Cartel here (9.0+). Same principle applies though, even if you're running out of Serpentis Prime or some other horrible clusterf...
Well done again then CCP Dropbear (we need more clues).
How do you get around the issue of not being able to rat? If you do - any faction you build up is instantly killed (not with the corporation, but with the faction)?
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Ran Khanon
Amarr Vengeance Innovations
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Posted - 2010.07.15 22:39:00 -
[147]
Edited by: Ran Khanon on 15/07/2010 22:41:44
NICE post, CCP Dropbear. Quite inspiring :)
It is a shame however, that starting players in EVE who fancy PVE to make their isk, are almost automatically set out on a course which has them end up with terrible standings with pirate factions once they are reasonably skilled up and start planning their character's future in EVE.
This is something I find very detrimental to the game. There would be a much greater incentive for pve'ers to go to low sec and 0.0 to mission for pirate factions if the age old 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' concept would be introduced to PVE:
Occasional important storyline missions which not only boost your standings with your own empire faction, but also with one of the pirate factions opposing your empire faction's enemy: for example, players missioning for Amarr corporations would gain standing with the Angels after completing a mission with detrimental effects to the Minmatar Republic. (These missions should be totally optional and lead to lowsec or 0.0 space in my mind).
Not sure if this would compute with the lore though, but it would deepen the conflict between races and make your allegiances a more important factor, (now all pirate factions are in a league of their own, conflict wise, instead of being involved in the 'wars' between Empire factions), it would open the door to make a career switch and make missioning for pirate factions in lowsec /0.0 a tempting option for a lot of empire dwellers and it would spread out the player base a little more evenly over New Eden.
I don't think player pirates will complain to having more targets flying around either.
Win, win win.
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Issaries Valran
Caldari
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Posted - 2010.07.15 22:59:00 -
[148]
Originally by: CCP Explorer
Originally by: Thoraxe Rig Do you guys have to pay for your EvE account, or do you guys get like 1 freely subscribed account for as long as you are a CCP employee?
We get up to 3 free accounts, have to subscribe beyond that.
Is this CCP's way of implying that you need at least 3 accounts to play EvE properly?
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CCP Kepler
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Posted - 2010.07.15 23:49:00 -
[149]
I've been playing since 2007-ish. Mostly pvp (and getting blown up....a lot), but I have been known to dabble in industry. I have a deep affection for mining, but I'm not sure why... It's calming...meditative almost.
To answer someone else's question: As far as I know, I don't play with any other CCPers; however, we often talk about our EvE experiences in the office.
See you in space....
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Myrkala
Minmatar Interstellar Empire Warped Aggression
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Posted - 2010.07.15 23:53:00 -
[150]
Originally by: Issaries Valran
Originally by: CCP Explorer
Originally by: Thoraxe Rig Do you guys have to pay for your EvE account, or do you guys get like 1 freely subscribed account for as long as you are a CCP employee?
We get up to 3 free accounts, have to subscribe beyond that.
Is this CCP's way of implying that you need at least 3 accounts to play EvE properly?
There is always one.
(Actually, more than one. But hey...) -
Originally by: Plumpy McPudding Minmatar? More like Winmatar.
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Babel
Utopian Research I.E.L. Hedonistic Imperative
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Posted - 2010.07.16 00:20:00 -
[151]
Originally by: CCP Dropbear Well, Cartel here (9.0+). NinjaPvE best PvE.
For a minute then, I thought you must be me .... . All generalisations are false - Discuss.
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CCP Manifest
C C P
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Posted - 2010.07.16 00:33:00 -
[152]
Originally by: g 402a
Originally by: GM Spiral You can trust Arkanon and Morpheus from IA to watch over this quite carefully indeed.
But who watches THEM!?!!!??!?!?!
Glad to see most of you still play tho :)
They watch each other like two Illuminati bent on controlling the world. Like Randolph and Mortimer from Trading Places.
Or, kinda like Night Owl worries about Rorschach and Rorschach worries about everyone else. Yes, they are definitely like Rorschach...
In all seriousness they are super professional Tech 4 warriors for the sanctity of EVE's sandbox. They have the respect of everyone around them for a reason. --CCP Manifest-- |
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Revii Lagoon
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Posted - 2010.07.16 00:43:00 -
[153]
It seems like the majority of the dev's/GM's do enjoy playing the game, I'm sure they also have issues with it just like the rest of us. One question I would like to ask is what are some of the dev's/GM's opinions about Incarna and DUST514? Do you think its a good idea to devote so many resources to these two things, when resources could be spent elsewhere fixing issues in game. Personally I can't wait for Incarna, walking in stations sounds like a very good addition to what EVE currently is. However I don't like the idea of DUST514, EVE really isn't meant to be invaded by the masses of 14 year old Call of Duty players.
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Mr M
Legion of Illuminated Social Rejects
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Posted - 2010.07.16 00:59:00 -
[154]
Originally by: Revii Lagoon Do you think its a good idea to devote so many resources to these two things, when resources could be spent elsewhere fixing issues in game.
Better to sell two different products to 700,000 people than one product to 350,000.
Eve Tribune|EVEgeek|Firebrand Radio |
Hussain
Gallente Federal Defence Union
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Posted - 2010.07.16 01:47:00 -
[155]
Is this the tread that ever had more CCP people posting ?
If not I think its near the mark.
As so many important issues normally dont have a single CCP post one must wonder why.
Is it for PR after letting us know that the game wont change for at least 1 and a half years?
Are you guys felling guilty somehow about it or was it management that felt it was good for you to show how much you love the game?
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Mr M
Legion of Illuminated Social Rejects
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Posted - 2010.07.16 01:58:00 -
[156]
Originally by: Hussain Is it for PR after letting us know that the game wont change for at least 1 and a half years?
Are you guys felling guilty somehow about it or was it management that felt it was good for you to show how much you love the game?
Step right up! Get your tinfoil hats here. Only $1.99. Buy three and you get one for free. Get them before they get you.
Eve Tribune|EVEgeek|Firebrand Radio |
ShadowandLight
Amarr Doom Guard Wildly Inappropriate.
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Posted - 2010.07.16 01:59:00 -
[157]
love all the sub 2005 players from CCP
2005 represent! ------- "The Lord loosed upon them his fierce anger All of his fury and rage. He dispatched against them a band of Avenging Angels" - The Scriptures, Book II, Apocalypse 10:1
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northwesten
Amarr Trinity Corporate Services Novus Ordo Mundi
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Posted - 2010.07.16 02:12:00 -
[158]
wish I had the skills to work at CCP! Hell I thinking taking college so i can work for CCP lol
Trinity Corporate Services
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Optical Illusion
Minmatar Rionnag Alba Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2010.07.16 02:13:00 -
[159]
Bol*ox. If you guys actually played the game you promote so well, you would have told the Management how much of a **** up there making by pushing for additional content before fixing the many issues in the current build.
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Zerrov
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Posted - 2010.07.16 02:43:00 -
[160]
Originally by: CCP Diagoras Beta 5 player, been playing ever since.
... to remote-doomsdaying a fleet of Goons (prior to my employment) ...
I always thought that was part of the CCP employee initiation.
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CCP Shadow
C C P C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.16 04:21:00 -
[161]
Originally by: CCP Fallout
Originally by: Helicity Boson Confirming that Zym plays. He's terrible though ;) ...
but not as terrible as a certain badger-mining forum mod I know of ;)
Hey!!!! Don't talk about Shadow like that!
(and I only do that when I'm working. Otherwise I'm in my Thrasher :))
Lies.
I do not mine.
-- Shadow
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Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.07.16 04:22:00 -
[162]
Originally by: northwesten wish I had the skills to work at CCP! Hell I thinking taking college so i can work for CCP lol
Doesn't help. I sent them my resume and they never responded. 4 years of computer science, math, and 5 years of experience. :p Maybe they don't need my specialty? :)
-Liang -- @LiangNuren - Eve Forum ***** Extraordinaire |
Mr M
Legion of Illuminated Social Rejects
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Posted - 2010.07.16 04:37:00 -
[163]
Originally by: Liang Nuren Doesn't help. I sent them my resume and they never responded.
I have a masters in telling people to shut the **** up and stop whining but CCP never responded to my application either.
Eve Tribune|EVEgeek|Firebrand Radio |
Amarr Supremacist
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Posted - 2010.07.16 06:16:00 -
[164]
Originally by: Liang Nuren
Originally by: northwesten wish I had the skills to work at CCP! Hell I thinking taking college so i can work for CCP lol
Doesn't help. I sent them my resume and they never responded. 4 years of computer science, math, and 5 years of experience. :p Maybe they don't need my specialty? :)
-Liang
Maybe they realized what an incompetent and obnoxious little prick you are. ____________
HYDRA Reloaded - 2nd place at Alliance Tournament 8 EVE-Arena is awesome!
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Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.07.16 06:17:00 -
[165]
Originally by: Amarr Supremacist Maybe they realized what an incompetent and obnoxious little prick you are.
You're a terrible poaster. Hey, how long was Intigo's ban on Eve-O?
-Liang -- @LiangNuren - Eve Forum ***** Extraordinaire |
Vaerah Vahrokha
Minmatar Vahrokh Consulting
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Posted - 2010.07.16 07:13:00 -
[166]
CCP are going to hire team players not primadonnas spending 30% of the time ranting, 30% banned, and the rest e-peen warrioring.
Also if their recruiters are good, they are going to look for substance first, not for titles. Most titles are worth trash outside of the country they are released in, plus some professions are new enough that some guys are working without any title.
I.e. I have ZERO degrees in computer science yet I am programming for a living since before the '90s and keeping constantly updated about new technologies (that are not just marketing vaporware ofc). - Auditing & consulting
When looking for investors, please read http://tinyurl.com/n5ys4h + http://tinyurl.com/lrg4oz
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Mist3r Evil
Caldari the united Negative Ten.
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Edited by: Mist3r Evil on 16/07/2010 07:23:33
Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Escape gatecamps: Use MWD/Impro cloak trick to turn 0.0 into the equivalent of lowsec. The only difference - when it comes to gate camping - between 0.0 and lowsec is that bubbles work in one, and not in the other. Interdiction nullifiers change this, and effectively turn 0.0 into lowsec. Ergo: You don't need to fit that Covert reconfiguration that horribly gimps your DPS (and consequently your mission-running capabilities). Just fit an I.N and pretend you're in Ammamake, not Serp Prime.
What The Flying Frack ???
CCP officially condoning/supporting what is considered by many of the low sec denizens to be an "exploit" Are you fracking kidding me ??
First we get to hear from the CSM CCP isn't gonna be doing any devolpment or improvements to the game it self (including low sec, which by their own admission is borked and has been for whatever deity you subscribe to knows) for over 18 months, next we get a dev no-less condoning or even promoting questionable tactics, that could be considered exploits (by some)?
Really, i mean what the flying frack ?
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Caldrion Dosto
Svea Rike Controlled Chaos
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Posted - 2010.07.16 07:49:00 -
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Tbh he is inded correct, if u wanna move a "large" ship safe in 0.0 and you don¦t have standings with people you will indeed need a MWD and a cloak, or your certainly screwed.
But still you might get unlucky by a fast (closeby) ceptor pilot that decloaks/bump you and then point you.
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Blasphemour
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Posted - 2010.07.16 07:50:00 -
[169]
Originally by: Mist3r Evil Edited by: Mist3r Evil on 16/07/2010 07:23:33
Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Escape gatecamps: Use MWD/Impro cloak trick to turn 0.0 into the equivalent of lowsec. The only difference - when it comes to gate camping - between 0.0 and lowsec is that bubbles work in one, and not in the other. Interdiction nullifiers change this, and effectively turn 0.0 into lowsec. Ergo: You don't need to fit that Covert reconfiguration that horribly gimps your DPS (and consequently your mission-running capabilities). Just fit an I.N and pretend you're in Ammamake, not Serp Prime.
What The Flying Frack ???
CCP officially condoning/supporting what is considered by many of the low sec denizens to be an "exploit" Are you fracking kidding me ??
First we get to hear from the CSM CCP isn't gonna be doing any devolpment or improvements to the game it self (including low sec, which by their own admission is borked and has been for whatever deity you subscribe to knows) for over 18 months, next we get a dev no-less condoning or even promoting questionable tactics, that could be considered exploits (by some)?
Really, i mean what the flying frack ?
Lowsec people don't decide if something is an exploit or not.... You could see this as a confirmation that it is NOT an exploit :D
props to all the CCP guys (n gals) here respondig... awesome to see
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Baneken
Gallente Aseveljet
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Posted - 2010.07.16 08:04:00 -
[170]
Edited by: Baneken on 16/07/2010 08:05:39
Originally by: Jack Dant
Originally by: CCP Fallout
Originally by: Dr Cron Wow you all sound really out of touch as far as combat goes tbh.
Not necessarily :D
Considering the high quality fittings used in the live events, I really don't see your point
Probably because if they would have a real fit people in this thread (and forums) would go 'waahh CCP giving free goodies to pirates waahhhh!!' and 'waaahh!! CCP killed my pimped faction ship waaahhh!!' every time someone would kill or get killed by actors on those live events. So to avoid the inevitable baby cries it's better to fit those ships cheap then deal with whiners at every turn, hell don't think I've ever met as much whiners about game play (or features) issues except in EVE-O forums.
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CCP Nepthys
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Posted - 2010.07.16 08:07:00 -
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Since 2003. I lose way to many ships when I try to be a pirate
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Amarr Supremacist
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Posted - 2010.07.16 08:17:00 -
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Originally by: Baneken Probably because if they would have a real fit people in this thread (and forums) would go 'waahh CCP giving free goodies to pirates waahhhh!!' and 'waaahh!! CCP killed my pimped faction ship waaahhh!!' every time someone would kill or get killed by actors on those live events. So to avoid the inevitable baby cries it's better to fit those ships cheap then deal with whiners at every turn, hell don't think I've ever met as much whiners about game play (or features) issues except in EVE-O forums.
He wasn't talking about using faction loot. To use a real fit you don't need to use faction goodies.
You just need to be competent.
The CCP fits were not competent. :P ____________
HYDRA Reloaded - 2nd place at Alliance Tournament 8 EVE-Arena is awesome!
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Daniel Cordova
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Posted - 2010.07.16 10:17:00 -
[173]
Originally by: Mist3r Evil What The Flying Frack ???
CCP officially condoning/supporting what is considered by many of the low sec denizens to be an "exploit" Are you fracking kidding me ??
First we get to hear from the CSM CCP isn't gonna be doing any devolpment or improvements to the game it self (including low sec, which by their own admission is borked and has been for whatever deity you subscribe to knows) for over 18 months, next we get a dev no-less condoning or even promoting questionable tactics, that could be considered exploits (by some)?
Really, i mean what the flying frack ?
Wasn't aware this was considered an exploit. These low sec "denizens" you speak of, are they per chance teed off gatecampers thinkking they're entitled to masacre everything that passes through their gatecamps?
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Ophelia Ursus
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Posted - 2010.07.16 10:29:00 -
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Edited by: Ophelia Ursus on 16/07/2010 10:32:52 Unprobeable ships: worst game mechanic everrrrr, now CCP-endorsed.
PvP everywhere (except on my mission boat).
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Jack Dant
Minmatar The Gentlemen of Low Moral Fibre
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Posted - 2010.07.16 10:51:00 -
[175]
Originally by: Mist3r Evil Edited by: Mist3r Evil on 16/07/2010 07:23:33
Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Escape gatecamps: Use MWD/Impro cloak trick to turn 0.0 into the equivalent of lowsec.
What The Flying Frack ???
CCP officially condoning/supporting what is considered by many of the low sec denizens to be an "exploit" Are you fracking kidding me ??
First we get to hear from the CSM CCP isn't gonna be doing any devolpment or improvements to the game it self (including low sec, which by their own admission is borked and has been for whatever deity you subscribe to knows) for over 18 months, next we get a dev no-less condoning or even promoting questionable tactics, that could be considered exploits (by some)?
lol united.
As a "low sec denizen" I want to make it clear that you don't speak for me. Further, you are in position to declare what is or is not an exploit. MWD+cloak trick has been around for ages, it's been widely documented, and the one time it was nerfed it was recognized as a bug and re-enabled in a few days.
Besides, it's about as hard to counter as it is to kill a stabbed smartbombing battleships camping a pipe system. Would you consider that an exploit too? Thought as much.
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Minmatar Assassin
Utopian Research I.E.L. Hedonistic Imperative
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Posted - 2010.07.16 12:29:00 -
[176]
Edited by: Minmatar Assassin on 16/07/2010 12:30:32 ..
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Xiaodown
Guiding Hand Social Club
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Posted - 2010.07.16 14:20:00 -
[177]
Originally by: CCP Diagoras Beta 5 player, been playing ever since.
I've done everything from mining Veldspar to remote-doomsdaying a fleet of Goons (prior to my employment) and everything in between. Large scale industrialist and PVPer.
I always wondered what had happened to you, Ens. Glad to see you're still happily and gainfully employed.
o7. --
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Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.07.16 15:38:00 -
[178]
Originally by: Amarr Supremacist
Originally by: Baneken Probably because if they would have a real fit people in this thread (and forums) would go 'waahh CCP giving free goodies to pirates waahhhh!!' and 'waaahh!! CCP killed my pimped faction ship waaahhh!!' every time someone would kill or get killed by actors on those live events. So to avoid the inevitable baby cries it's better to fit those ships cheap then deal with whiners at every turn, hell don't think I've ever met as much whiners about game play (or features) issues except in EVE-O forums.
He wasn't talking about using faction loot. To use a real fit you don't need to use faction goodies.
You just need to be competent.
The CCP fits were not competent. :P
I can't say for sure that they're incompetent, but the fits damn sure make it seem that way. So, +1 to Intigo's ranting again. Dammit. IMO events should be difficult - throw some minor faction on the carriers, fit them properly, and make a serious go of ****ing people up in a highsec carrier!
-Liang -- http://twitter.com/LiangNuren@LiangNureln[/ur] - Eve Forum ***** Extraordinaire |
Loki Farseer
F9X WE FORM VOLTRON
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Posted - 2010.07.16 20:23:00 -
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Tbh, and I am not trolling, this was one of the more interesting post's I've read in awhile. Gives an insight into CCP and the mindset of the people working there even if it is an incomplete view.
Good Read
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McDuglas
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Posted - 2010.07.16 21:01:00 -
[180]
Great Topic... It made these CCP guys bigger in my eyes... But I find it intresting, not to see any of you in massive fleet battles in 0.0... Well, Fly Safe!...
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Cipher Jones
Minmatar
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Posted - 2010.07.16 21:55:00 -
[181]
Here's an observation to all you dirty forum troll *****s:
When a player posts a fit that does not make the maximum ISK per hour they are called stupid and flamed.
Everyone who has done this to players but failed to do it to the devs (they all just admitted they dont min/max fits for ISK) is a total fanboi.
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Bacchanalian
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2010.07.16 22:10:00 -
[182]
Edited by: Bacchanalian on 16/07/2010 22:10:45
Originally by: CCP Explorer
Originally by: Ran Khanon Nice to read all these dev and mod replies :-) Almost all the walks of life are represented. Except for ... ... scamming and corp theft Are the CCP posters staying clear of this?
As a part of our internal rules then CCP staff is not to engage in grief play of any kind and stay firmly away from any 'gray areas' in their game play.
While I understand why (particularly after the T20 era), I still find that disappointing. It's a large part of the game that often goes unnoticed. It gets stealth buffs every so often (PLEX dropping from wrecks now makes a nice bonus for suicide ganking), but more often feels like it's getting nerfs (see also CONCORD buff). I wonder how much of that is due to the fact that CCP doesn't get to experience the joy that is ruining someone else's day in EVE and watching your inbox fill up with epic ragemails. Maybe I'm just a bad person, but that aspect is one of the couple that make EVE the unique game that it is and has kept me subbed since the day this character was created in 2006.
____________________ GM Sunshine > oops Neurotica > Hate to see a GM in your gang say 'oops'
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Lubomir Penev
interimo
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Posted - 2010.07.16 22:17:00 -
[183]
Originally by: Ran Khanon Nice to read all these dev and mod replies :-)
Almost all the walks of life are represented. Except for ...
... scamming and corp theft
Are the CCP posters staying clear of this?
Me likes to know :)
There was a CCP Dev that made a fortune scamming with motherships sales, exploiting a hole in supercaps selling mechanics (well, the fact that non exists, Chribba's current fortune is kinda a side effect of his antics). He was also the genius that suggested nano Naglfar were a functional way to tackle Titan before HIC existed. After there was a strong suspicion he sold an alliance tournament in exchange for a mothership (true one that time) for himself he eventually had to leave the company, as that was starting to look really bad.
I guess that's why CCP employees can't even use the trade window with a Stabber called "Vagabond". -- 081014 : emoragequit, char transfered to a friend, 090317 : back to original owner blog |
Lubomir Penev
interimo
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Posted - 2010.07.16 22:27:00 -
[184]
Originally by: CCP Dropbear
P.S. On a technicality...getting Guristas faction would have become much less difficult since the advent of the pirate faction arcs.
You mean they got ninja fixed? The second agent in the arc wouldn't talk to me. Hum... It seems that they were... Cool -- 081014 : emoragequit, char transfered to a friend, 090317 : back to original owner blog |
Trovarion
Gallente Spiritus Draconis
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Posted - 2010.07.17 13:46:00 -
[185]
Originally by: CCP Zymurgist One of the reasons I came to CCP was because Fallout threatened me with bodily harm if I didn't, er I mean because I love playing the game .
RL threat -> ban? ^^
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Daniel Cordova
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Posted - 2010.07.17 14:18:00 -
[186]
Originally by: Bacchanalian Edited by: Bacchanalian on 16/07/2010 22:10:45
Originally by: CCP Explorer
Originally by: Ran Khanon Nice to read all these dev and mod replies :-) Almost all the walks of life are represented. Except for ... ... scamming and corp theft Are the CCP posters staying clear of this?
As a part of our internal rules then CCP staff is not to engage in grief play of any kind and stay firmly away from any 'gray areas' in their game play.
While I understand why (particularly after the T20 era), I still find that disappointing. It's a large part of the game that often goes unnoticed. It gets stealth buffs every so often (PLEX dropping from wrecks now makes a nice bonus for suicide ganking), but more often feels like it's getting nerfs (see also CONCORD buff). I wonder how much of that is due to the fact that CCP doesn't get to experience the joy that is ruining someone else's day in EVE and watching your inbox fill up with epic ragemails. Maybe I'm just a bad person, but that aspect is one of the couple that make EVE the unique game that it is and has kept me subbed since the day this character was created in 2006.
Instead of asking CCP to buff grief play so you can derive satisfaction from ruining other people's game experience may I suggest a therapist?
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Dr Lebroi
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Posted - 2010.07.17 14:18:00 -
[187]
Thanks guys - it's genuinely refreshing to see the human face of an organisation that has become worryingly monolithic of late.
My faith in the future of the nuts and bolts of Eve has been restored just a little.
Sometimes the biggest PR wins come from the simplest things and cost nothing more than a little time and truthfulness.
For the first time in ages, I feel a sense of kinship with CCP like I used to have - thanks.
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Rellik B00n
Lethal Death Squad Motivated and Determined
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Posted - 2010.07.17 14:54:00 -
[188]
hi,
Officially best thread since "Ask us your questions and we will answer"
good timing too
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Jim Pooley
The Bobtheminer Appreciation Society
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Posted - 2010.07.17 15:00:00 -
[189]
Originally by: Entity ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Nah, I don't play EVE at all. Oh drat, I'm not a dev. Ignore me! ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
This is quite amusing, as you actually ARE, yet now I say it noone will believe it.
Reverse psychology, best psychology. ------------------------------------------
Mines a Pint of Large
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CCP Yokai
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Posted - 2010.07.18 10:58:00 -
[190]
Everyone has their own opinion of "Really Playing" EVE. But I like to PVP, so I try to sneak on one a week and blow stuff up. I have an alt in 3 corps and try to log in to lose a ship when someone has an op planned.
Also, a few weeks back the entire Ops team did lose a bunch of T2 ships on a quicky lunchtime roam :) My poor Vaga never had a chance!!
Hugs and Kisses CCP Yokai
P.S.
Been playing since 2004... had 6 accounts at one point... Saving lots of money now that I work at CCP... and my top toon is somehere just shy of 100Mil SP.
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Dragon Greg
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Posted - 2010.07.18 15:16:00 -
[191]
Edited by: Dragon Greg on 18/07/2010 15:19:13
Originally by: CCP Yokai Everyone has their own opinion of "Really Playing" EVE. But I like to PVP, so I try to sneak on one a week and blow stuff up. I have an alt in 3 corps and try to log in to lose a ship when someone has an op planned.
Also, a few weeks back the entire Ops team did lose a bunch of T2 ships on a quicky lunchtime roam :) My poor Vaga never had a chance!!
Hugs and Kisses CCP Yokai
P.S.
Been playing since 2004... had 6 accounts at one point... Saving lots of money now that I work at CCP... and my top toon is somehere just shy of 100Mil SP.
I'm curious, to what extent or degree do the decision makers play EVE, people like Helmar, Nathan, the levels of Torfi, Zulupark, the business development and administrative or strategic research staff, etc. I mean, EVE is a type of product that requires to live and breathe the very values that are so unique to and applicable to both product and company. I cannot imagine people not making time, or thinking of ways to structurally maintain both emotional links and immersion with the products, because EVE (and anything CCP builds really) is an immersive product. It's not a can of soup. I could understand the boss not walking over the robotic assembly line, but in order to make decisions for commercial scoping of an immersive product, he needs both the externalised, business and internalised viewpoints to consider.
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CCP Incognito
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Posted - 2010.07.19 09:07:00 -
[192]
Been playing since Beta, one of the reasons I sought out this job was that I love what EvE is and what it can become! ----- I am a programmer, not a designer, all design comments are just speculation and have no grounding in fact! |
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Steakkbone
Capital Construction Research Pioneer Alliance
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Posted - 2010.07.19 09:57:00 -
[193]
Originally by: CCP Fallout I've been playing EVE since before boot.ini.
Me too, and I'm still waiting for my compensation!
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CCP Xhagen
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Posted - 2010.07.19 15:32:00 -
[194]
I play and have been doing so since late Beta.
When I was working as a GM I took great care of trying every single play style out there and I've been trying to maintain that attitude even after I moved over to the CSM.
The last few months I've not had as much time to play as I would have liked so I'm down to missions and manufacturing only with the odd looking-for-trouble in lowsec. ____________________________
EVE Online CCP Games |
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Gin Tiang
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Posted - 2010.07.20 10:56:00 -
[195]
Can I hust say, What a brilliant topic. It's really nice to see that CCP employees are playing the game they design and admin.
Thanks to the OP for the topic. It's made it happy.
One thing though. I didn't see CCP Guard..... Too busy with his ban hammer?
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Gecko O'Bac
H A V O C Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2010.07.20 12:23:00 -
[196]
I never doubted CCP played eve... But Dropbear just went up by two notches in my book after his post. That's pr0 gaming for you! And he was quite high already due to the hints about Sleeper lore :P
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Criegor
Sniggerdly
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Posted - 2010.07.20 18:40:00 -
[197]
CCP really think they are fooling people
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Norahb
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Posted - 2010.07.21 15:23:00 -
[198]
I am replying having only read the Dev comments just as a disclaimer. Usually in development of anything the people that are heavily involved tend to overlook shortcomings. For example if you really wanted to make this game better you would need to get people that have never played it before and spend the first couple weeks watching them playing and recording comments and such. The more that you play the game the more that you get used to it. I can tell you that when I first played this game I had a million ideas as to how to make it better and slowly over time I just got used to it and can't even remember most of them.
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Traitorous Scum
Caldari State War Academy
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Posted - 2010.07.21 16:24:00 -
[199]
Reading through all these posts from GM's and CCP folks and it sure does look like 99% sit in Highsec...
Guess 0.0 got boring for them or something.
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Monkey Saturday
Unknown Soldiers The Spire Collective
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Posted - 2010.07.21 16:59:00 -
[200]
Can you blame them? They want to be able to play just like the rest of us and staring at a black screen isn't as fun as advertised.
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Pennwisedom
Gallente Sublime.
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Posted - 2010.07.21 17:51:00 -
[201]
Originally by: Traitorous Scum Reading through all these posts from GM's and CCP folks and it sure does look like 99% sit in Highsec...
Guess 0.0 got boring for them or something.
If you really don't understand why Devs mainly stay away from the overly political aspects of the game just look up the incident that shall not be named.
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eliminator2
Gallente
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Posted - 2010.07.21 17:56:00 -
[202]
im really worried that ccp has started piratin then ended up becoming a carebear really really worried -----------------------------------------------
I met Eliminator1..... I chewed it up, and spat it out. Now, he is my minion.
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Ghaylenty
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Posted - 2010.07.21 19:01:00 -
[203]
Originally by: Pennwisedom
Originally by: Traitorous Scum Reading through all these posts from GM's and CCP folks and it sure does look like 99% sit in Highsec...
Guess 0.0 got boring for them or something.
If you really don't understand why Devs mainly stay away from the overly political aspects of the game just look up the incident that shall not be named.
bull caca. they stay away from the political aspects because the system theyve designed has evolved into something stupid, and they know it. the t20 incident while principally wrong was VERY minor. here is a list of the t2 bpo's obtained (and then raffled off)
* Flameburst Precision Light Missile Blueprint * Phalanx Rage Rocket Blueprint * Havoc Fury Heavy Missile Blueprint * Bloodclaw Fury Light Missile Blueprint * Spike L Blueprint * Sabre Blueprint
not exactly game breaking like people made it out to be. i actually fly amarr |
Germinus
Caldari Backroom Fluffers
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Posted - 2010.07.22 04:42:00 -
[204]
It's been fun reading this thread, too bad it's holiday season. I'd like to know if Helmar plays, or have you been succcesful in getting Dr.EyjoG to fly spaceships already. CCP t0rfifrans likes to shoot people in face, that's a known fact (too bad he magically deleted his corpse from TQ ).
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Mist3r Evil
Caldari the united Negative Ten.
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Posted - 2010.07.30 14:30:00 -
[205]
Originally by: Jack Dant As a "low sec denizen" I want to make it clear that you don't speak for me
where did i say i spoke for you again ? learn 2 read
Originally by: Jack Dant Further, you are in position to declare what is or is not an exploit.
i think you meant that i am NOT in a position to declare anything an exploit. Learn to post
Originally by: Jack Dant MWD+cloak trick has been around for ages, it's been widely documented
so, because the moon goo debacle was in the game for over a year and half, it should've just stayed in the game ? also, please point me to any (offical CCP) documentation while you are at it.
Originally by: Jack Dant and the one time it was nerfed it was recognized as a bug and re-enabled in a few days
that was actually when they introduced a 30 second timer on reactivating the cloaking device, not directly nerfing the MWD/cloak trick, but almost completely rendering the cov-ops cloak un-useable, IIRC.
Originally by: Jack Dant Besides, it's about as hard to counter as it is to kill a stabbed smartbombing battleships camping a pipe system
bring more points, nub. Also, for a solo smartbomber, fitting a stab, IMO, is a prefectly legitimate fit. (hint: smartbombs do not need any ships to be targetted)
Originally by: Jack Dant Would you consider that an exploit too?
no, i do not consider that to be an exploit, funnily enough.
Originally by: Jack Dant Thought as much
bolded your mistake.
Also lolThe Gentlemen of Low Moral Fibre. amidoingitrite?
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Mag's
the united Negative Ten.
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Posted - 2010.07.30 14:48:00 -
[206]
Confirming lol united.
Originally by: Torothanax Low population in w systems makes afk cloaking unattractive.
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Apollo Gabriel
Domini Lex Talionis Etherium Cartel
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Posted - 2010.07.30 15:32:00 -
[207]
Thank you for this post, can you link a source?
bull caca. they stay away from the political aspects because the system theyve designed has evolved into something stupid, and they know it. the t20 incident while principally wrong was VERY minor. here is a list of the t2 bpo's obtained (and then raffled off)
* Flameburst Precision Light Missile Blueprint * Phalanx Rage Rocket Blueprint * Havoc Fury Heavy Missile Blueprint * Bloodclaw Fury Light Missile Blueprint * Spike L Blueprint * Sabre Blueprint
not exactly game breaking like people made it out to be.
CCP Commit to Excellence by September 1st 2010
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Jitabot 6000
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Posted - 2010.07.30 16:38:00 -
[208]
Jesus you are all carebears, this explains literally everything.
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The Pharcyde
Rionnag Alba Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2010.07.30 16:44:00 -
[209]
Whoops, that was me ^
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Sombike
Caldari Enterprise Estonia Session Changes
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Posted - 2010.07.30 17:24:00 -
[210]
So this is the only thread where CCP actually answers questions? Whats the eta on the lag fix?
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James Lyrus
Lyrus Associates The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2010.07.30 21:54:00 -
[211]
Originally by: GM Spiral
Originally by: Ran Khanon Nice to read all these dev and mod replies :-)
Almost all the walks of life are represented. Except for ...
... scamming and corp theft
Are the CCP posters staying clear of this?
Me likes to know :)
This is something that is not permitted as a CCP employee. Same with insider trading to attempt to make ISK on changes that have not been announced yet. All assets have to be earned the hard way.
You can trust Arkanon and Morpheus from IA to watch over this quite carefully indeed.
Whilst I understand and appreciate why that's so, I do sort of wonder at times - how much does IA inhibit the 'free enjoyment' of playing EVE? I mean, I know there's rules above and beyond the normal player character would face (like not revealing the identity of your 'main').
The thing that worried me a bit when IA was first introduced, was that it would become oppressive - not deliberately, but ... well, who wants to play a game when they have to look over their shoulders to watch out for rules that might get them fired?
Mostly I guess ... well, the biggest thing I fear is that CCP employees got alienated as a result of various scandals and shenanigans - I've seen it happen in alliances 'normally' when a storm kicks off, and people stop playing for a while, or move back to highsec to run missions for a bit or something. I'd really hate for that to have happened to EVE.
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Mara Rinn
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Posted - 2010.08.02 02:54:00 -
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I wouldn't be surprised to find that the folks at CCP who are in null sec alliances are not in the same set of CCP employees who regularly read the forums.
You're working on the game as your day job, you come home to read alliance forums, catch up on IRC, do some roams and gate camps, do you really want to go browse the EVE-O forums which are entirely populated by trolls and forum-*****s? Then there's the issue of alliances or corporations who request that their pilots refrain from posting on EVE-O forums.
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Garbad theWeak
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Posted - 2010.08.17 17:15:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Originally by: Jove X I'd love to see a CCP employee with a standing of 8 with the Guristas or Serpentis.
Well, Cartel here (9.0+). Same principle applies though, even if you're running out of Serpentis Prime or some other horrible clusterf...
Step 1: Grab a Tech III. Tengu is arguably the best for this job. Step 2: Fit MWD/Impro Cloak + Interdiction Nullifier Step 3: Learn how to evade camps using MWD/Improved Cloak. Get it down to an art form, so that when you jump into that gatecamp from hell, you can keep it together. Step 4: Pray to your God that you never land <3,000m from something else in a gatecamp. This is, in fact, the only real risk. Step 5: Profit!
Other points...
Escape gatecamps: Use MWD/Impro cloak trick to turn 0.0 into the equivalent of lowsec. The only difference - when it comes to gate camping - between 0.0 and lowsec is that bubbles work in one, and not in the other. Interdiction nullifiers change this, and effectively turn 0.0 into lowsec. Ergo: You don't need to fit that Covert reconfiguration that horribly gimps your DPS (and consequently your mission-running capabilities). Just fit an I.N and pretend you're in Ammamake, not Serp Prime.
Avoid station camps: Instantly undock with an off-station bookmark. For added safety, at the cost of added logistics, fleet up with a second character and have them get the missions. I'm guessing this is what I'd want to do at Serpentis Prime, rather than undocking my 3b ISK Tengu in front of a hungry fleet. A second character also adds to your safety in that you can cloak one of them outside the station, and have them insta-warp your other mission-grabbing character out, quite a few seconds before you can actually control that character's client and tell them yourself to warp to the "undock" bookmark. It also helps to have a sacrificial lamb you can jump into systems you suspect are being camped.
Avoid mission disruption: Make your Tech III impossible to probe down. Don't launch drones. Kill target painting NPCs first. Usual drill here. If you fit faction modules in the right places, you can squeeze on the required ECCM/Backup Array configuration of your choice.
Add it all together and you can travel where you want, dock/undock at any station you want, and run missions for the pirate faction of your choice with almost complete impunity. It may be slower than taking a Maurauder in there, but it's of course, an order of magnitude more safe, and to me at least, far more interesting.
NinjaPvE best PvE.
P.S. On a technicality...getting Guristas faction would have become much less difficult since the advent of the pirate faction arcs.
I'm actually really impressed. You plainly know what you are saying more than most devs in most games.
o7, +1 win for CCP
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GM Horse
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Posted - 2010.08.17 18:36:00 -
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Originally by: James Lyrus
Whilst I understand and appreciate why that's so, I do sort of wonder at times - how much does IA inhibit the 'free enjoyment' of playing EVE?
Honestly, not at all. IA has absolutely no effect on my gameplay, and I doubt it's a big issue for anyone at the company.
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Fishsticks Fred
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Posted - 2010.08.17 18:37:00 -
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Originally by: GM Horse
Originally by: James Lyrus
Whilst I understand and appreciate why that's so, I do sort of wonder at times - how much does IA inhibit the 'free enjoyment' of playing EVE?
Honestly, not at all. IA has absolutely no effect on my gameplay, and I doubt it's a big issue for anyone at the company.
Love your picture, bro.
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Intigo
Amarr Genos Occidere HYDRA RELOADED
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Posted - 2010.08.17 20:38:00 -
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GM Horse and GM Grave are awesome. GM Grave was <3 during AT. ___________________
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Crestingmoon
Caldari Amarr Empire Research Copr
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Posted - 2010.08.18 20:58:00 -
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Wow! It is nice to see so many of the CCp staff playing in the game and answering the thread.
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Faolan Fortune
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Posted - 2010.08.19 00:09:00 -
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This was a pretty good read, even forced me to use my twitter again so I can stal- see what's up
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San Severina
Minmatar Tribal Liberation Force
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Posted - 2010.08.19 00:41:00 -
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Awesome thread! Enjoyed. Thanks all....
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No sympathy for the Devil! Always remember that....
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Usagi Tsukino
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2010.08.19 21:54:00 -
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Hrm... Devs and GMs actually play? I guess I am going to need to start toning down my smacktalk in local, lest I get hit with a ban hammer.
"You were a jerk to a 'friend' of mine! "
In seriousness, some of the Twitter traffic from these guys is hilarious. <3 ___
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CCP t0rfifrans
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Posted - 2010.08.20 00:00:00 -
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Originally by: Mara Rinn I wouldn't be surprised to find that the folks at CCP who are in null sec alliances are not in the same set of CCP employees who regularly read the forums.
There's a very broad spectrum of playstyles within CCP between the employees that do play. Some of us do a lot of killing, some get killed a lot and some take out their anger on innocent Veldspar. Grrr, Veldspar.
I do play but had a hard time playing for the first years after EVE came out, as I had been so involved with the graphics that they didn't seem "real" to me. When I started playing later, I got totally sucked in. Most times I play though, I must admit, I rage and write scribbly notes on my "must fix this" list, which is growing ever longer. A lot of it are the same things the CSM brings up, forum threads go on about and our staff talks about on in-house forums and e-mail threads. Generally the developers on EVE are very passionate about the game and a large portion of them have been with the game for a very long time, and we do our best to make it such that we can stay with it for a long time as well and it will keep entertaining and inspiring all of us that play it for years to come.
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Vile rat
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2010.08.20 00:49:00 -
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I don't think that any of you really play it. There's no damn way. You don't build a system where you can put 90 supercapitals on the field at once and say that the game isn't horribly broken and also say you play it. I'm calling every single ccp employee a liar and a fool at this point because you simply have lost the plot. You've let rampant power inflation destroy your game.
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Kieselguhr Kid
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Posted - 2010.08.20 01:10:00 -
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Originally by: Vile rat I don't think that any of you really play it. There's no damn way. You don't build a system where you can put 90 supercapitals on the field at once and say that the game isn't horribly broken and also say you play it. I'm calling every single ccp employee a liar and a fool at this point because you simply have lost the plot. You've let rampant power inflation destroy your game.
Dear CCP,
Your game is pretty unstable with anything over (a *very* charitable) 1200-1400 people in system. In this particular battle, the other side put hundreds of people in system early, hoping to lag the system too much for the 90 supercaps to jump in [this right here is already a testament to awful game design. Why the hell would you design a system capturing mechanic that's based around jumping into a system your servers cannot handle the strain of? But I digress.]
The other side jumped in anyway and loaded grid with 90 supercaps. If your game were not horribly broken, a theoretical 1,110 people on the other side could do something about that. Because it is stupendously, horrifically, outrageously broken, the 90 supercaps did not even need a single supporting pilot. They did of course have a few hundred extras, but that's just filler. Even if every single possible pilot you could fit into that system was on the opposing side, and even if every single one of them were in a carrier or dread, those ships would simply die to fighter bombers in seconds each while the motherships easily spidertanked the damage. Short of every titan pilot in the game deciding to join Atlas, the fight was over when those 90 supercaps loaded grid. There is no way to fight enough supercapitals in a blob because the server crashes far before that can happen.
Prior to Dominion, you correctly looked at 20-odd titans DDing a carrier and freaked out. You then replaced the old broken doomsday mechanic with the new, infinitely more broken supercap blob mechanic. Your game is broken. Mudflation is running more rampant than it once did in Everquest. Fix it or else.
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Vile rat
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2010.08.20 01:21:00 -
[224]
I'll admit I had to look up Mudflation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudflation
And it's spot on. I guess you're making a game solely based around old rich players at this point? We had a poster made, where it showed how one rifter can make a difference.
We're gonna have to change that I guess.
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Super Whopper
I can Has Cheeseburger
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Posted - 2010.08.20 03:07:00 -
[225]
Originally by: Kieselguhr Kid
Originally by: Vile rat I don't think that any of you really play it. There's no damn way. You don't build a system where you can put 90 supercapitals on the field at once and say that the game isn't horribly broken and also say you play it. I'm calling every single ccp employee a liar and a fool at this point because you simply have lost the plot. You've let rampant power inflation destroy your game.
Dear CCP,
Your game is pretty unstable with anything over (a *very* charitable) 1200-1400 people in system. In this particular battle, the other side put hundreds of people in system early, hoping to lag the system too much for the 90 supercaps to jump in [this right here is already a testament to awful game design. Why the hell would you design a system capturing mechanic that's based around jumping into a system your servers cannot handle the strain of? But I digress.]
The other side jumped in anyway and loaded grid with 90 supercaps. If your game were not horribly broken, a theoretical 1,110 people on the other side could do something about that. Because it is stupendously, horrifically, outrageously broken, the 90 supercaps did not even need a single supporting pilot. They did of course have a few hundred extras, but that's just filler. Even if every single possible pilot you could fit into that system was on the opposing side, and even if every single one of them were in a carrier or dread, those ships would simply die to fighter bombers in seconds each while the motherships easily spidertanked the damage. Short of every titan pilot in the game deciding to join Atlas, the fight was over when those 90 supercaps loaded grid. There is no way to fight enough supercapitals in a blob because the server crashes far before that can happen.
Prior to Dominion, you correctly looked at 20-odd titans DDing a carrier and freaked out. You then replaced the old broken doomsday mechanic with the new, infinitely more broken supercap blob mechanic. Your game is broken. Mudflation is running more rampant than it once did in Everquest. Fix it or else.
They should make motherships dockable, that would solve quite a few problems and, of course, create new ones but who cares, right?
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Fitz VonHeise
Eye Bee Em Stellar Defense Alliance
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Posted - 2010.08.20 05:01:00 -
[226]
Originally by: Vile rat I don't think that any of you really play it.
I do think they play Eve and I also believe they really love it and want to make it the best that they can.
However I think they have made a 'monster' in the game of so many cap ships and people trying to be in one system at one time to kill each other.
I think they really want to fix the problem but they have no idea how. Or no idea how without spending millions of real isk on redoing the entire code.
They are caught between a rock and a hard place and are forced by economics to work around the Eve 'monster'.
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Vile rat
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2010.08.20 10:54:00 -
[227]
Originally by: Fitz VonHeise
Originally by: Vile rat I don't think that any of you really play it.
I do think they play Eve and I also believe they really love it and want to make it the best that they can.
However I think they have made a 'monster' in the game of so many cap ships and people trying to be in one system at one time to kill each other.
I think they really want to fix the problem but they have no idea how. Or no idea how without spending millions of real isk on redoing the entire code.
They are caught between a rock and a hard place and are forced by economics to work around the Eve 'monster'.
I see no indication they even understand the problem.
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Partsking
Caldari Bene Gesserit ChapterHouse True Reign
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Posted - 2010.08.20 13:28:00 -
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Originally by: GM Spiral Been playing since 2004, still am.
Tried many things; piracy, nullsec gruntwork, mission farming, building things and selling them. Currently mostly focused on maintaining a steady production of stuff to keep my wallets full so I can continue losing ships to running into gatecamps while not paying attention.
Been a purebred blaster ship pilot since day one. Can fly other races but never actually do.
Confirmed that he loves blasters. Hellova EVE player recruiter too.
/waves at Spiral
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CCP Atropos
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Posted - 2010.08.22 12:24:00 -
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Originally by: CCP t0rfifrans
Originally by: Mara Rinn I wouldn't be surprised to find that the folks at CCP who are in null sec alliances are not in the same set of CCP employees who regularly read the forums.
There's a very broad spectrum of playstyles within CCP between the employees that do play. Some of us do a lot of killing, some get killed a lot and some take out their anger on innocent Veldspar. Grrr, Veldspar.
Confirming I have CCP t0rfifrans' corpse.
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will munny
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Posted - 2010.08.22 12:27:00 -
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Originally by: Optical Illusion Bol*ox. If you guys actually played the game you promote so well, you would have told the Management how much of a **** up there making by pushing for additional content before fixing the many issues in the current build.
This
But I think that they do realise how ****ty the game is becoming but are all too pathetic to say anything about it. They rather be the meek accepting kind of *******s that asscreep the boss so much they chew his/her food for them....
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CCP Greyscale
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Posted - 2010.08.22 13:06:00 -
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Originally by: Mara Rinn I wouldn't be surprised to find that the folks at CCP who are in null sec alliances are not in the same set of CCP employees who regularly read the forums.
"The first rule of alliance club is that you don't talk about alliance club."
Staying anonymous in a large alliance is difficult at the best of times, and giving away any hints or details at all on the forums is only going to make that job harder.
It is honestly a pretty weird experience anyway. There are so many times where you have to bite your tongue about correcting someone because you don't want to risk a "well, how come YOU know everything?", or you deliberately do something you know is dumb because you figure a normal player probably wouldn't know enough about the inner workings of the game to know that it was stupid, or you're listening to someone complaining about a feature you worked on because they completely don't understand how it works (and didn't read the relevant blog or do the tutorial), or hell, you're listening to someone complaining about a feature while thinking "yes, that's dumb, we're going to fix it as soon as we have time" (or, even worse, "yes, I fixed that last week but it won't be deployed until next patch"). I also find myself thinking "no, it- oh, yeah, we did do that" fairly regularly... I do have a list of things I want to fix that could fill a small book, built up solely of things I've written down while playing, but it's always a matter of fitting them into the schedule.
You can still get a lot of fun out of the game, of course, but it's a rather more bizarre experience than the one most of you enjoy
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Faolan Fortune
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Posted - 2010.08.22 15:29:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Greyscale
Originally by: Mara Rinn I wouldn't be surprised to find that the folks at CCP who are in null sec alliances are not in the same set of CCP employees who regularly read the forums.
"The first rule of alliance club is that you don't talk about alliance club."
Staying anonymous in a large alliance is difficult at the best of times, and giving away any hints or details at all on the forums is only going to make that job harder.
It is honestly a pretty weird experience anyway. There are so many times where you have to bite your tongue about correcting someone because you don't want to risk a "well, how come YOU know everything?", or you deliberately do something you know is dumb because you figure a normal player probably wouldn't know enough about the inner workings of the game to know that it was stupid, or you're listening to someone complaining about a feature you worked on because they completely don't understand how it works (and didn't read the relevant blog or do the tutorial), or hell, you're listening to someone complaining about a feature while thinking "yes, that's dumb, we're going to fix it as soon as we have time" (or, even worse, "yes, I fixed that last week but it won't be deployed until next patch"). I also find myself thinking "no, it- oh, yeah, we did do that" fairly regularly... I do have a list of things I want to fix that could fill a small book, built up solely of things I've written down while playing, but it's always a matter of fitting them into the schedule.
You can still get a lot of fun out of the game, of course, but it's a rather more bizarre experience than the one most of you enjoy
I bet it isn't half as annoying if they did know you were a dev, all the rage and 'game ideas' would probably crash your client every time you open the mail.
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Na'li Cyntanis
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Posted - 2010.08.22 17:00:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Greyscale
Originally by: Mara Rinn I wouldn't be surprised to find that the folks at CCP who are in null sec alliances are not in the same set of CCP employees who regularly read the forums.
"The first rule of alliance club is that you don't talk about alliance club."
Staying anonymous in a large alliance is difficult at the best of times, and giving away any hints or details at all on the forums is only going to make that job harder.
It is honestly a pretty weird experience anyway. There are so many times where you have to bite your tongue about correcting someone because you don't want to risk a "well, how come YOU know everything?", or you deliberately do something you know is dumb because you figure a normal player probably wouldn't know enough about the inner workings of the game to know that it was stupid, or you're listening to someone complaining about a feature you worked on because they completely don't understand how it works (and didn't read the relevant blog or do the tutorial), or hell, you're listening to someone complaining about a feature while thinking "yes, that's dumb, we're going to fix it as soon as we have time" (or, even worse, "yes, I fixed that last week but it won't be deployed until next patch"). I also find myself thinking "no, it- oh, yeah, we did do that" fairly regularly... I do have a list of things I want to fix that could fill a small book, built up solely of things I've written down while playing, but it's always a matter of fitting them into the schedule.
You can still get a lot of fun out of the game, of course, but it's a rather more bizarre experience than the one most of you enjoy
Sounds like you're winning the spy metagames for CCP.
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Kat Bandeis
Caldari Deep Core Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2010.08.22 18:12:00 -
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CCP IS BoB.
Nuff said.
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Kaaii
Caldari KaaiiNet Holding Executor Corp
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Posted - 2010.08.22 18:21:00 -
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Originally by: Vile rat I don't think that any of you really play it. There's no damn way. You don't build a system where you can put 90 supercapitals on the field at once and say that the game isn't horribly broken and also say you play it. I'm calling every single ccp employee a liar and a fool at this point because you simply have lost the plot. You've let rampant power inflation destroy your game.
You mad? Can I have your stuff....
According to Oveur, existing LSAA's already anchored will stay there. kieron Director of Community Relations,
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Jove Karede
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Posted - 2010.08.25 01:00:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Step 2: Fit MWD/Impro Cloak + Interdiction Nullifier Step 3: Learn how to evade camps using MWD/Improved Cloak. Get it down to an art form, so that when you jump into that gatecamp from hell, you can keep it together.
Escape gatecamps: Use MWD/Impro cloak trick to turn 0.0 into the equivalent of lowsec. The only difference - when it comes to gate camping - between 0.0 and lowsec is that bubbles work in one, and not in the other. Interdiction nullifiers change this, and effectively turn 0.0 into lowsec. Ergo: You don't need to fit that Covert reconfiguration that horribly gimps your DPS (and consequently your mission-running capabilities). Just fit an I.N and pretend you're in Ammamake, not Serp Prime.
CCP Dropbear, could you please explain this in a bit more detail, how exactly do you use a MWD/improved cloak to avoid gate camps, besides the obvious burn back to the gate trick.
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Kelban Kevar
Gallente Shadowed Command Fatal Ascension
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Posted - 2010.08.25 04:31:00 -
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Edited by: Kelban Kevar on 25/08/2010 04:33:54 after seeing alot of the comments from ccp players. and seeing quite a few are pvping and pirateing.cool but on the other hand i got to say seeing how buying isk is legal only via ccp gtc for ingame conversion to isk so ppl can buy ships and stuff...with you all pvping and pirateing on ya player base killing off assets bought with said gtc i gotta say thats well cant say it you'll edit me.but you get my meaning.you wanna run missions fine mine fine but you all shouldnt be allowed to go near a player with intention off killing them...but course wont do that as its not in best interest for ccp making money off gtc.....more players you kill more cash your company makes...and as a company i wouldnt be at all surpirse if you get a bonus for killing the most players
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Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.08.25 04:38:00 -
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Originally by: Kelban Kevar Edited by: Kelban Kevar on 25/08/2010 04:33:54 after seeing alot of the comments from ccp players. and seeing quite a few are pvping and pirateing.cool but on the other hand i got to say seeing how buying isk is legal only via ccp gtc for ingame conversion to isk so ppl can buy ships and stuff...with you all pvping and pirateing on ya player base killing off assets bought with said gtc i gotta say thats well cant say it you'll edit me.but you get my meaning.you wanna run missions fine mine fine but you all shouldnt be allowed to go near a player with intention off killing them...but course wont do that as its not in best interest for ccp making money off gtc.....more players you kill more cash your company makes...and as a company i wouldnt be at all surpirse if you get a bonus for killing the most players
I would rather the game devs know how to play the game I play so that they know what we're going through and know how to balance it.
-Liang -- Eve Forum ***** Extraordinaire On Twitter Blog
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Scyyy
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Posted - 2010.08.25 04:54:00 -
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Originally by: Kelban Kevar Edited by: Kelban Kevar on 25/08/2010 04:33:54 after seeing alot of the comments from ccp players. and seeing quite a few are pvping and pirateing.cool but on the other hand i got to say seeing how buying isk is legal only via ccp gtc for ingame conversion to isk so ppl can buy ships and stuff...with you all pvping and pirateing on ya player base killing off assets bought with said gtc i gotta say thats well cant say it you'll edit me.but you get my meaning.you wanna run missions fine mine fine but you all shouldnt be allowed to go near a player with intention off killing them...but course wont do that as its not in best interest for ccp making money off gtc.....more players you kill more cash your company makes...and as a company i wouldnt be at all surpirse if you get a bonus for killing the most players
You should probably think before you type, it would make you look less like an idiot.
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Tivookz
Caldari Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2010.08.25 10:25:00 -
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Lots of staff members seem to have played since early beta.. but how many still have the actual beta invite mail? ;)
Found this in a dusty corner of my mailbox today:
From:CCP: EVE Beta Testing ([email protected]) Sent:13th may 2002 12:51:55 To: *****@hotmail.com
Hi, **** This letter is sent to you to confirm that we have received your application to become a beta tester for EVE:The Second Genesis. We thank you for offering your help in our constant efforts to improve EVE. Your username is:***** Your password is:***** To change any information in your application, you can go http://www.eve-online.com and use the ôMy Profileö section to do so. We would like to take this opportunity to explain a few things about the process of selection and procedures of the beta testing. Most people ask if their application is in for sure. When you submit your application, you receive a short confirmation message sent to the e-mail address that you provided us with. This e-mail is your confirmation that we have received your application. The content of the beta test is confidential. During the early phases we will ask you to sign an NDA-agreement to be able to participate in the test. The beta test will be organized in a number of phases. We will choose a limited number of people to start the beta testing period, but will gradually increase the numbers until the game is ready to be released. You will still have a chance to participate, even if you are not selected in the first phase. We will carry on collecting applications well into the beta testing period. The beta test will start soon, early in the year 2002. It will open with a closed beta phase and later progress into an open beta with a larger scale community testing by the end of the year. You will be notified by email when you have been selected for participation in the beta test. This e-mail will tell you more about the details of the beta test and how to get started. In the meantime, you can carry on learning about EVE: The Second Genesis, by visiting our website: www.eve-online.com that has the official information on the game and is updated regularly. __________________________________________________
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Freyya
Advanced Planetary Exports Intergalactic Exports Group
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Posted - 2010.08.25 11:03:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Originally by: Jove X I'd love to see a CCP employee with a standing of 8 with the Guristas or Serpentis.
Well, Cartel here (9.0+). Same principle applies though, even if you're running out of Serpentis Prime or some other horrible clusterf...
Step 1: Grab a Tech III. Tengu is arguably the best for this job. Step 2: Fit MWD/Impro Cloak + Interdiction Nullifier Step 3: Learn how to evade camps using MWD/Improved Cloak. Get it down to an art form, so that when you jump into that gatecamp from hell, you can keep it together. Step 4: Pray to your God that you never land <3,000m from something else in a gatecamp. This is, in fact, the only real risk. Step 5: Profit!
Other points...
Escape gatecamps: Use MWD/Impro cloak trick to turn 0.0 into the equivalent of lowsec. The only difference - when it comes to gate camping - between 0.0 and lowsec is that bubbles work in one, and not in the other. Interdiction nullifiers change this, and effectively turn 0.0 into lowsec. Ergo: You don't need to fit that Covert reconfiguration that horribly gimps your DPS (and consequently your mission-running capabilities). Just fit an I.N and pretend you're in Ammamake, not Serp Prime.
Avoid station camps: Instantly undock with an off-station bookmark. For added safety, at the cost of added logistics, fleet up with a second character and have them get the missions. I'm guessing this is what I'd want to do at Serpentis Prime, rather than undocking my 3b ISK Tengu in front of a hungry fleet. A second character also adds to your safety in that you can cloak one of them outside the station, and have them insta-warp your other mission-grabbing character out, quite a few seconds before you can actually control that character's client and tell them yourself to warp to the "undock" bookmark. It also helps to have a sacrificial lamb you can jump into systems you suspect are being camped.
Avoid mission disruption: Make your Tech III impossible to probe down. Don't launch drones. Kill target painting NPCs first. Usual drill here. If you fit faction modules in the right places, you can squeeze on the required ECCM/Backup Array configuration of your choice.
Add it all together and you can travel where you want, dock/undock at any station you want, and run missions for the pirate faction of your choice with almost complete impunity. It may be slower than taking a Maurauder in there, but it's of course, an order of magnitude more safe, and to me at least, far more interesting.
NinjaPvE best PvE.
P.S. On a technicality...getting Guristas faction would have become much less difficult since the advent of the pirate faction arcs.
A: I thought only cov ops and recons where able to do the mwd/cloak trick nowadays? Afaik normal ships suffer from the cloak and mwd cycle gets cut effectively slowing you down to omghe'ssoclosepleasedon'tge*boom*.
B: You've just given a prime example why I hate multiple accounts so much. What ever happened to teamwork...or MMO in general. Turned into Multiple Me's Online?'No I don't stationcamp or pirate so no it doesn't affect me. Just in general feeling.
C: Boost drones since they are quite possibly the best Pve weapon Gallente's have since rails suck and blasters suck for Pve too? Yes indeed Caldari is the best choice for Pve.
Conclusion; You're not supposed to be able to run missions/plexes/whatever with impunity. It's lawless space for a reason. Not high sec...
Other than that, thanks for the tips. Perhaps i might even be able to make profit off of it one day...
What I'd also like to know; Are there any former devs etc. that quit CCP but are still playing? ___________
NOW COLLECTING ISD AND CCP AUTOGRAPHS It'll be worth something someday. -Rauth
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Freyya
Advanced Planetary Exports Intergalactic Exports Group
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Posted - 2010.08.25 11:50:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Greyscale
....., or hell, you're listening to someone complaining about a feature while thinking "yes, that's dumb, we're going to fix it as soon as we have time" (or, even worse, "yes, I fixed that last week but it won't be deployed until next patch"). ......
I'm also hoping the above made boost drones is firing up some cilinders in Greyscale's/ whomever's head. Isn't it a stupid mechanic that drones (as small as pinheads compared to say a BS) result in you getting probed instantly, while any other PvE ship not relying on drones for dps can run without getting probed on his weapons? Never been probed that way but still i find it awkward. ___________
NOW COLLECTING ISD AND CCP AUTOGRAPHS It'll be worth something someday. -Rauth
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DJB16
Gallente Phantom Squad Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2010.08.25 14:17:00 -
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Originally by: Issaries Valran
Originally by: CCP Explorer
Originally by: Thoraxe Rig Do you guys have to pay for your EvE account, or do you guys get like 1 freely subscribed account for as long as you are a CCP employee?
We get up to 3 free accounts, have to subscribe beyond that.
Is this CCP's way of implying that you need at least 3 accounts to play EvE properly?
no it means they have 2 accounts of *normal chars* given and 1 account for *DEV char/s* they have to keep the dev chars away from there normal char as some corps demad u take a screenshot of ur login screen also the devhacks i think are limited to the account aswell as the dev client
just guessing here but is that line of thought of mine right?
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Scoundrelus
The Black Fleet
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Posted - 2010.08.25 14:59:00 -
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Man I felt super smart for a second like I uncovered a huge conspiracy and started racking together quotes from all the CCP guys about them being carebears only to notice everyone else noticed.
Guess it makes sense that pirates are getting so badly hammered. No matter though, I'm moving into high sec to gank the hell outta you. Nerf whatever you want, I'll find a way to kill you! If it takes me a thousand EVE years I will find a way!
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Rocko MonkeyBone
The Darkness Within Death Rhubarb
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Posted - 2010.08.25 15:52:00 -
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Originally by: GM Spiral Been playing since 2004, still am.
Tried many things; piracy, nullsec gruntwork, mission farming, building things and selling them. Currently mostly focused on maintaining a steady production of stuff to keep my wallets full so I can continue losing ships to running into gatecamps while not paying attention.
Been a purebred blaster ship pilot since day one. Can fly other races but never actually do.
orly...if I could find the mails of your lol fits.. and was allowed to post...the lolcano would errupt! --------------- Spelling yllistsuj backwards is just silly
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Feydlynn
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Posted - 2010.10.01 11:21:00 -
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Originally by: GM Zhainius I've been playing since 2003, and have 5 active accounts.
I've done alliance life, piracy, etc.
Currently I mostly play the market, and run missions, with the occasional wormhole excursion thrown in.
Also, Amarr ftw!
Down with amarr!!! Minmatar all the way!
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Xorth Adimus
Caldari The Perfect Storm Random-Violence
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Posted - 2010.12.14 12:17:00 -
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Edited by: Xorth Adimus on 14/12/2010 12:18:40
Originally by: CCP Dropbear
Originally by: Jove X I'd love to see a CCP employee with a standing of 8 with the Guristas or Serpentis.
Avoid mission disruption: Make your Tech III impossible to probe down. Don't launch drones. Kill target painting NPCs first. Usual drill here. If you fit faction modules in the right places, you can squeeze on the required ECCM/Backup Array configuration of your choice.
Add it all together and you can travel where you want, dock/undock at any station you want, and run missions for the pirate faction of your choice with almost complete impunity. It may be slower than taking a Maurauder in there, but it's of course, an order of magnitude more safe, and to me at least, far more intresting.
NinjaPvE best PvE.
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Using ECCM to avoid being scanned down indefinatly with 100% certainty is an exploit.
Don't believe me.. ok how about infinate effect on modules then? Hardners 99.9999% resistant.. fit damage mods to reach that same infinate value and also fit nanofibres and multiple MWDs to reach these infinate levels. Yeap we all know what the answer is to that. Sure, if you want ~4 ECCMs could make you hard to probe down but not 100% impossible, make it random (like ECM) I don't care.
This is on a large scale an open long standing stacking exploit, exploited by isk bots and also greifers who use this for their benefit with no risk of being caught at 100km + in un-probable snipe spots in battleships.
As soon as you make PVP impossible you open up the game to exploiters, do some simple balancing to give the game back to the PVPers so we can kill these guys for you, instead of using your time to exploit game mechanics you know are broken.
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Naxias
Pod Liberation Authority
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Posted - 2010.12.14 16:37:00 -
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A fun thread. Thanks. So I'm really curious: Any of you CCP pvpers ever kill me in a small-scale engagement? I've lost more than 500 ships so there are some pretty good odds that any given pvper in the game has killed me. I hope I gave a good fight.
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Herping yourDerp
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Posted - 2010.12.14 17:59:00 -
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glad to see CCP plays, if someone discovers your a dev can you get your name changed to hide yourself? or is it a office wide haha you get messaged every 20 seconds.
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Starlight Twilight
Amarr
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Posted - 2010.12.14 18:03:00 -
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someone should load up the old beta on the test server for a week so players can see how the game was originally played!
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Diomedes Calypso
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Posted - 2010.12.14 18:27:00 -
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So if you're 0.0 alliances doesn't that sort of give you a bias and influence game mods in the myriad of "grey areas" of rule interpretation?
Even if you don't overtly apply pressure to a co-worker social dynamics would have them giving you and your corp the benefit of the doubt out of "professional courtesy" etc ... just knowing that coworkers were in a corp filing a sov or lag related petition might be enough.
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Do you have a team of you that try out Bot programs on tranquilty and play hide and seek with other Developer players in your spare time.
I think tha would be a good idea to have more to share with the teams that have bot-prevention as a official job.
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Mamba Lev
Masturbating Hand Social Club
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Posted - 2010.12.14 18:53:00 -
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Yes they play EVE, it's a lot easier when you cheat.
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Vertisce Soritenshi
O.W.N. Corp OWN Alliance
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Posted - 2010.12.14 18:55:00 -
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Originally by: Mamba Lev Yes they play EVE, it's a lot easier when you cheat.
How do you know they cheat?
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CCP Yokai
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Posted - 2010.12.14 19:49:00 -
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Originally by: Naxias A fun thread. Thanks. So I'm really curious: Any of you CCP pvpers ever kill me in a small-scale engagement? I've lost more than 500 ships so there are some pretty good odds that any given pvper in the game has killed me. I hope I gave a good fight.
I found one of you... but I was in a fairly large fleet at the time... Don't think you had a chance in that one but that's how life goes when you jump through a gate.
And yes, some of us actually PVP... but like many vets take some breaks now and again. I've recently gotten back into PVP and am considering losing some sec status to go play on gates for a while too :)
Great thread... I need more lunch time PVP budies :)
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Hroya
Gallente TerraNovae
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Posted - 2010.12.14 21:16:00 -
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I know you play, i dont really care how you play it.
If you didnt play it the company would have been called EA and had closed the game long ago leaving a great community hanging out to dry.
Have fun, screw up, blow up, lead or follow. Just enjoy what you do in the game as everyone should.
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Naxias
Pod Liberation Authority
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Posted - 2010.12.14 21:45:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Yokai
Originally by: Naxias A fun thread. Thanks. So I'm really curious: Any of you CCP pvpers ever kill me in a small-scale engagement? I've lost more than 500 ships so there are some pretty good odds that any given pvper in the game has killed me. I hope I gave a good fight.
I found one of you... but I was in a fairly large fleet at the time... Don't think you had a chance in that one but that's how life goes when you jump through a gate.
And yes, some of us actually PVP... but like many vets take some breaks now and again. I've recently gotten back into PVP and am considering losing some sec status to go play on gates for a while too :)
Great thread... I need more lunch time PVP budies :)
I had the privilege once of playing one of my all-time favorite strategy games -- Dominions -- against one of the game creators. I was not very good at the game but, curiously, neither was he. I bet that is true of many highly complex games where the creative aspect diverges from the skills to manage the complexity.
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Jimer Lins
Gallente Noir. Noir. Mercenary Group
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Posted - 2010.12.14 22:49:00 -
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I now find myself wondering if I've ever podded a CCP staffer.
Blog and Podcast - Twitter: DeclareWar
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Nadarius Chrome
Celestial Horizon Corp.
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Posted - 2010.12.14 23:24:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Dropbear Religiously.
Every easter and christmas then?
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Rian Fothe
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Posted - 2010.12.14 23:35:00 -
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Seriously, was it Torfi or Hilmar who mass mailed everyone at CCP to come post here?
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Zippydaspinhead
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Posted - 2010.12.15 16:09:00 -
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Originally by: Hroya I know you play, i dont really care how you play it.
If you didnt play it the company would have been called EA and had closed the game long ago leaving a great community hanging out to dry.
Have fun, screw up, blow up, lead or follow. Just enjoy what you do in the game as everyone should.
^This. Seriously though I'm glad to know that a bunch of you play. Question for curiousity's sake, how many of you play from CCP's Georgia site? (yes I'm American)
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CCP Spitfire
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Posted - 2010.12.17 13:54:00 -
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Me and my friend stumbled upon EVE Online in autumn 2006, and I never stopped playing since (apart from a few minor burnouts, but at least, technically speaking, I never stopped training skills ). I spent most of my EVE career in various 0.0 alliances (most of which have spectacularly failcascaded since), and also dabbled in science and industry, pirate missions, mining *ahem* and other stuff. Probably the only thing I never did seriously was wormhole exploration, which I regret to this day.
Right now, between work and family, I donÆt have much time to play, although I try to engage in FW on a more or less regular basis.
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rodensteiner
Amarr Shioshi Capital Storm
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Posted - 2010.12.17 18:35:00 -
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Great to see a strong response from CCP
What boggles the mind, however, is the sheer volume of whining, complaining, and general immaturity posted up by some of the playerbase here. The OP specifically stated not to derail this thread and turn it into a CCP bashing thread. That, of course, didn't happen.
Why do so many CCP employees seem to be carebears? I'd imagine one reason is that, unlike a surprising amount of EVE players, CCP employees have a job that, I'm sure, requires a lot of time. I also assume that many of them have families with whom they like to spend time with.
It is also incredible how many people accuse CCP Employees of being a mass of cheaters and do nothing but use their game knowledge to gain unfair advantages. Are there really that few honest people left in this world that those are the first conclusions that are jumped to?
And no, I'm not mad, bro. And you can't have my stuff, I'm not leaving EVE.
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CommmanderInChief
Piracy With A Twist Of Nullsec
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Posted - 2010.12.17 18:44:00 -
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do you guys get your accounts for free? surely?
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Cyaxares II
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Posted - 2010.12.17 19:19:00 -
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Edited by: Cyaxares II on 17/12/2010 19:24:20
Originally by: rodensteiner It is also incredible how many people accuse CCP Employees of being a mass of cheaters and do nothing but use their game knowledge to gain unfair advantages. Are there really that few honest people left in this world that those are the first conclusions that are jumped to?
it's a cultural thing and not limited to mistrust against devs but applies to GMs (and Aurora members), too - some of the old live events were extremely prone to favoritism (e.g. Lotka Volterra getting inside info prior to an event helping them to win a mothership) and gave some corps massive advantages (e.g. TTI's jovian mining laser/Miner II BPO); the T20 debacle and CCP's "unfortunate" reaction to it (see the "Fansite link censored but not KBs." topic) is just the most remembered and most glaring of a numerous cases of favoritism.
CCP also has the problem that the usual silence from "internal affairs" can either mean everything is fine, that CCP doesn't care to inform the community when cases of devs misbehaving are found or that this department just exists pro-forma and isn't doing its job at all. (my guess would be that IA only exists to investigate player concerns/suspicions but does not act on its own) As long as a dev doesn't use his CCP-sponsored accounts for misbehavior and sticks to passing on/making use of inside-information it shouldn't be possible to track him down.
=> there have been numerous cases of dev/GM misconduct in the past and CCP can't really do much to change the perception these incidents have left (IA crucifying a dev every other week might do the trick but silence will always be interpreted as "IA looks the other way because they don't want to generate negative press").
edit: if IA doesn't just react but does proactive regular audits of dev accounts I'd love to hear some details about the methodology used. Might give us some ideas how to improve MD audits and the security vetting of corp members/alliance leadership.
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Oneiros IV
Minmatar Dudu Micha Stella Polaris.
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Posted - 2010.12.27 05:26:00 -
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Edited by: Oneiros IV on 27/12/2010 05:34:25 Glad to see so many CCP posts here but most of them just prove my theory that devs always see the game through a different prism rather than players. I mean look from a player's perspective at "I do an alliance warfare and some empire ice mining herp derp cool game". I mean one can hardly have an interesting/challenging game after knowing all of the inside mechanisms so most of these post just show minimal care about CCP's play accounts and if one doesn't care much one can do anything. Ice mining? who cares.
For a player it's vastly different as players (I mean those that matter at least single bit) are driven by in-game goals and seek to reach them in effective way. Where developer sees coolÖ diversity player sees fail proteus and win tengu. Where dev may see an ice mining as actual game activity player sees something reserved only for bots and those who mistook such occupation for something else. Simple as that.
Judgement that comes from large design picture will always be vastly different from one that comes from practical application.
P.S. Gotta give greyscale a credit for probably most and only player-like post here. _______
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Jamie Banks
Wasted and Still Mining
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Posted - 2010.12.27 08:30:00 -
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Nice replies, really helps to know that you guys still enjoy the game as much as us.
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What I found really interesting is not the replies, but the lack of replies from a certain few who would normally chime in.
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