Umbrellaface
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Posted - 2009.11.12 21:37:00 -
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It amazes me time and time again that so many CCP employees are clueless about their own game!
Once upon a time I petitioned about remote repair mechanics. Everyone who has flown a logistics ship or remote repair battleship knows that repairing someone does not prevent you from jumping through a gate. CCP told me time and time again that repairing does, in fact, prevent you from jumping. I tested myself. I asked others. Everyone except CCP agreed: you can jump as long as you don't use some sort of aggressive module (gun, launcher, nos, neut, smartbomb, target painter, etc). I petitioned more. I was referred to outdated guides which had no info about remote repair mechanics. I petitioned more. CCP claimed they did their own testing and were unable to jump but wouldn't provide any sort of proof whatsoever of their claims. Yeah, right.
Then they release information about Dominion. EVERYONE rejoices that sov warfare is going to become less painful. Perhaps people are split on some of the issues like removing doomsdays. Most people like that 0.0 would become more accessible for the fledgling sov-holder under the new mechanics. So then CCP decides that they aren't going to use some sort of non-linear system for sov/upgrades. The costs become prohibitive for small aliances and the costs become enormous for large alliances. But you benefit a lot with all of the promised cool upgrades, right? No. The upgrades blow. Rage ensues on forum. CCP realizes they had no clue (do they even do any math before they release these figures?) and adjusts the initial figures.
People were so excited about supercarriers when they were first envisioned: Finally that mothership that has been parked in a POS on an alt could be used. Fighter bombers, wow those are cool and they do huge damage versus other capital ships. They're still expensive and still tie up a character but at least they are worth flying! You see some reward for that risk! Then we get this wonderful supercarrier information--people that already own them are getting screwed by the reduced base cost. People that want to fly them are disenchanted by seeing that they are now, once again, a slightly glorified carrier.
I understand that things won't always be perfect upon release but how can CCP time and time again be so out of touch with their own game? Whether it's a mechanic that the GMs are clueless about or whether it's a potential feature that's totally off base--leave it to CCP to botch it.
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