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Goose99
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.09.20 16:33:00 -
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Seraph Cruoris wrote:I will vouch for what one of the earlier posters have said. If you want EVE and you want a solo experience id look into X3: Terran Conflict.. But put 5 years into that and you're also bound to be repeating missions. You've been around too long and you've stuck to the same gameplay element throughout (judging from what you said not from personal experience). Your brick wall and boredom was bound to happen; I don't think any developer designing and supporting an MMO expects you to stick to a solo play style for long as you have.
Hitting the brick wall in 5 years as opposed to 6 month means 5 and 1/2 years of extra subscription. Mission runners make up overwhelming majority of people who leave, yet there's still no new regular mission content for going on 5 years. CCP has got to be the only company out there so unconcerned about its bottom line. |
Goose99
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.09.20 16:54:00 -
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Emperor Salazar wrote:Goose99 wrote:Seraph Cruoris wrote:I will vouch for what one of the earlier posters have said. If you want EVE and you want a solo experience id look into X3: Terran Conflict.. But put 5 years into that and you're also bound to be repeating missions. You've been around too long and you've stuck to the same gameplay element throughout (judging from what you said not from personal experience). Your brick wall and boredom was bound to happen; I don't think any developer designing and supporting an MMO expects you to stick to a solo play style for long as you have. Hitting the brick wall in 5 years as opposed to 6 month means 5 and 1/2 years of extra subscription. Mission runners make up overwhelming majority of people who leave, yet there's still no new regular mission content for going on 5 years. CCP has got to be the only company out there so unconcerned about its bottom line. I think the point is that CCP doesn't want its bottom line to be mission runners. They still make a profit. Could they make more if they just rolled out mission content? Probably. But they don't want that. They want the game they have dreamed of, not a game dedicated to mission grinding. As much crap as people give CCP (myself included) I like that they stick to their guns, what they want for the game without selling out to the "majority."
That's the problem. A business don't get to pick and choose paying customers. Even now, CCP's bottom line is still mission runners, despite having low retention rate and high turnover. All they did by ignoring the biggest part of their customer base is decrease its overall size and tanking revenue.
"The dream they dreamed of?" It's long gone. Now they dream of Dust, Incarna and god know whatever else. Eve is the neglected first born whored out to pay bills. It should have been about what customers want, not what CCP wants. The "majority" is you and Eve player base in general, and CCP is sticking to themselves. |
Goose99
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.09.21 14:30:00 -
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mxzf wrote:
And anyone can do solo PvP if you are smart and choose your targets well. No, you might not always win like you will against rats, but where's the fun in that anyways? There are plenty of solo PvPers out there, it's not just blobs galaxy-wide 23/7, you just have to be willing to go look for targets and fly smart.
The problem is what you consider to be "pvp" and the traditional definition of pvp. Cloaky Proteus ganking a unsuspecting transport does not fit the traditional definition, where both sides have the capability to fight. It's just gank. And no, not all of us get off on wandering for hours and then get a free and challenge-less kill. |
Goose99
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.09.21 14:52:00 -
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Emperor Salazar wrote:Goose99 wrote:mxzf wrote:
And anyone can do solo PvP if you are smart and choose your targets well. No, you might not always win like you will against rats, but where's the fun in that anyways? There are plenty of solo PvPers out there, it's not just blobs galaxy-wide 23/7, you just have to be willing to go look for targets and fly smart.
The problem is what you consider to be "pvp" and the traditional definition of pvp. Cloaky Proteus ganking a unsuspecting transport does not fit the traditional definition, where both sides have the capability to fight. It's just gank. And no, not all of us get off on wandering for hours and then get a free and challenge-less kill. pvp means player v. player gank is just a form of pvp if you want old-west style duels, Eve is probably not for you
As can be expected from TEST. There was a time when blobbing and kb humping wasn't all there is in Eve. Back then, there were many more pvpers in proportion to carebears as well. Then the pvpers left, carebears continue to join then leave after average of 6 month due to lack of mission content, and we're left with... people like you. |
Goose99
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.09.21 15:15:00 -
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Emperor Salazar wrote:Goose99 wrote:As can be expected from TEST. There was a time when blobbing and kb humping wasn't all there is in Eve. Back then, there were many more pvpers in proportion to carebears as well. Then the pvpers left, carebears continue to join then leave after average of 6 month due to lack of mission content, and we're left with... people like you. Awww thats adorable. You connect my personal opinions to an alliance I've been in for <30 days. Aren't you just to die for. But really, its been like this for years. Are there blobs? Yes. They're called fleets. There are also small roaming gangs. There are also solo roamers. There are also black ops gank squads. The whole "back in my day" thing is cute though. You should definitely keep going with that argument. I'm sorry, but are you living in a hole or are you just delusional? PS: I'm as much of a carebear as I am a pvper, if not more so. But you keep on making assumptions, it seems to be working really well for you.
So many words just to say nothing.
Yeah, Eve changed because worthwhile people left - the trend to mmo's lifespan... |
Goose99
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.09.27 03:40:00 -
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Barakkus wrote:Cambarus wrote:Have you considered soloing vanguard sites? It's quite a bit more challenging than running level 4s :D This ^^ It requires about a 5 bil setup, but totally do-able if you know what you're doing.
At max skills, implants and boosters, it's possible to do with t2 fit loki. Sig tank. Don't expect to get paid solo though, lol. |
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