Originally by: Terianna Eri

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Originally by: CCP Navigator

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CCP Navigator;
This wouldn't be as hot a topic if we could get an explanation as to why CCP Abathur's very well received ideas were discarded two and a half weeks before Dominion, without announcement (somebody noticed it on Sisi), and have been replaced by CCP Nozh with very.... different... ideas.

The fact that the ideas that CCP Nozh has presented are as far as I can tell idiotic is only a small part of the problem; the larger problem is that they were introduced with no input from the players and with no explanation as to why CCP Abathur's changes were removed.

This is without even considering the effects that repeated announcements have had on the Mothership/supercarrier market.

Let's break it down:
CCP Abathur and players: extensive testing and balancing on sisi with supercarriers and titans. Result: well-received changes, ships were finally good enough to be worth using for their price. All signs point to these changes going to TQ.
- one week passes -
CCP Nozh: I am changing pretty much everything and giving no shred of an explanation why.
Players: WTF.
CCP Nozh: okay i guess those changes were bad, I'll give them an additional fighter and let them dock.
Players: DOUBLEYEW TEE EFF
- threadnaught occurs -
CCP Nozh: Well clearly since those ideas weren't well received we won't be doing anything to motherships at all. Also, you can totally target paint ships that are immune to electronic warfare.
Players: WHAT NONSENSE IS THIS

Even as someone without a direct interest in the state of motherships, the way this has panned out is frankly appalling and makes me feel betrayed.
Most of all, though,

Originally by: CCP Nozh

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As designers we need to do is take a few steps back, deliberate more (with your help), go through more testing (also with your help) and really perfect the Mothership redesign.

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The deliberation and testing was already done. CCP Abathur did it. Please explain why they were undone.

FREE ABATHUR

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