Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2009.07.19 17:00:00 -
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 Originally by: Pepsicor
Edited by: Pepsicor on 19/07/2009 16:29:08
As much as I would love to see some of the OP's ideas happen. Sadly they won't unless there is a big change at CCP.
It's obvious that the game company running EVE wants to make more money. Look at all the ads they have. But still subscriptions have been pretty flat. So instead they nickle & dime the current players base.
If CCP really wants to make money and improve the subscription base they will have to make it so in 6 months a player can compete at the highest level with the best ships. There are plenty of great gamers in the MMO community who would love to participate in EVE who aren't going to invest years of their life to compete at the highest level.
Eve is a great game with the potential for some great PVP in regular game play and tournaments. But it shouldn't take years for a player to build skill points simply to fly a ship and compete with others. Right now it has nothing to do with player skill, it's all about skill points. (I know that will make the Eve Elite angry, but it's true.)
The "I'm also one of the new guys. Having only played for about a month." telling people who have played for years how the game works. The truth is, that the longer you play, the more you come to realise it is your knowledge about the game that makes you fail/succeed in it. When you know the game well, the little difference SP makes is of no concern to you.
What you suggest is to make this game something the current subsribers aren't willing to pay for. And for what? To attract mystical phantom subscribers, that might never materialize. Those instant gratification people have dozens of games to choose from already, the companies that have catered for them(most MMOs) have lower subscriber numbers then EVE and usually lose most of those within a year or two. Also why would new players invest their time in a game, when the developer has just screwed over their existing playerbase and completely changed the nature of the game. Who on earth would trust such a developer ever again? The truth propably is, that you like instant gratification and expect everyone to be the same, so EVE should be changed to cater to your needs and false perceptions.
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