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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.02 02:59:00 -
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I received one of these dreadful, ill-conceived, and hastily-created missions. I sent in a petition, and a new mission was given to me.
Does anyone really believe the story that these "experimental" missions are being inflicted upon Gallente mission runners as an "exciting" part of the background story? We received it because if Gallente mission runners complain, who cares? (Think about the paucity of Gallente COSMOS missions for example.) If they tried doing this to Caldari mission runners, the uproar would be over-whelming, and these missions would be quickly withdrawn. And the real reason that we must all go to the same few systems is not only because these idiotic missions were hastily conceived, but because the developers were lazy.
Such missions as these should be strictly voluntary with an acceptable alternative choice, or given to the militia. Every time I now receive one of these missions--and whoever conceived of these detestable things should be reassigned to the mop and bucket brigade--I will petition for something else.
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.02 03:04:00 -
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"Obviously not everyone will like these new missions but oh well, I did."
Will that still be true as every pirate in the region sets up a gate camp at the few systems where these missions must take place?
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.02 14:25:00 -
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 Originally by: Gzalzi Tralan
I got this exact mission and I was actually excited...
Am I the only one who likes these new missions?
We can only hope so.
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.04 01:58:00 -
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Originally by: Trystrin
If you want feed back this is my 2cents worth on it. Trying to get back to righteous with the Gallente. Dropped the first of these when it was a L2, wasn't worth the risk or the reward. Luckily it was only an L2 mission. This time around I have:
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Mining Base Camp - Kaalakiota Corporation
I would highly recommend that you bring friends along for this mission. Not only will you be flying to lowsec, but the odds of your being overwhelmed are high.
Location
0.2 Odamia (Low Sec Warning!)
(The route generated by current autopilot settings contains low security systems!)
Rewards
The following rewards will be yours if you complete this mission:
one unit of Hardwiring - Zainou 'Gnome' KYA1000
Bonus Rewards
The following rewards will be awarded to you as a bonus if you complete the mission within 3 hours and 46 minutes.
550000 credits
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So this is 14 jumps 5 into low sec. This means several low sec jumps and then having to sit like a good patsy while carrying out a combat mission. I'll be dropping this one however of taking the time to run 16 L4 missions so I can have a crap shoot on not getting one of these is a bit ridiculous. If you want to have these missions in game why not have low sec agents generate these types of missions. If I wanted to play in low sec I would log on my pvp char. These missions are inconvenient at best and a pain in the neck for very little gain.
If you get one of these "experimental" missions, complain about it to the powers that be. We should not have to be the involuntary subjects of their "exciting" "experiment".
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.04 17:26:00 -
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Originally by: Ki Shodan
Edited by: Ki Shodan on 04/01/2010 14:47:32
While I admit, CCP did an awesome job on the tutorial missions for new players, this "you-have-to-die-in-the gallente-war-wether-you-are-in-the-milita-or-not" thing sux big time.
Move these missions to the Militas! NOW!
I entirely agree. If some thought had actually been put into these missions, I would be somewhat less vexed about this. But since these missions were hastily crafted and tacked on at the last moment, and are totally out of character with the rest of the mission block, I do object to being presented with them.
I accompanied a friend on one of these missions. He had made the error of accepting the mission, not realizing what it was, and his appeals were turned down: "You accepted it, do it!". Was it fun? No. We avoided the gate camps, this time, so that was good.
"Try it, have some fun?" Been there, had no fun. 
Again, I advise that if you receive one of these appalling bad, ill-conceived missions, refuse it and make your concerns heard. Let them find someone else to conduct their "experiments" on.
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.06 02:28:00 -
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Originally by: Trystrin
Here was the official refusal to exchange the mission with something that was of the standard fare (well standard for Caldari, Amarr, Minmatar...oh wait Gallente are the only ones who get this I almsot forgot)
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Hi,
I'm afraid that is not something we can do, as this falls within normal game play.
The mission is working as intended.
Best regards,
GM Zhainius
EVE Online Customer Support
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Thank you for taking the time to reply. I would recommend either spreading these missions universally across all factions instead of targeting a single faction. If your intent is to try and sneak in a live test why not make this an official release and function. As such let the entire Eve universe experience this so you can gather your feedback in a much faster more universal way. Otherwise please keep experiments in the test center where the belong.
True testament to Eve customer service :)
It is unfortunate that you were not helped. Either someone in CS thinks that I'm hot, or I somehow otherwise elicited their sympathy thereby gaining an alternative mission.
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.06 12:02:00 -
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I wonder what the frequency of these missions is? Are they coming up as a storyline more often than a non-experimental mission would?
Some might also wonder why these missions are all being directed to just a few systems? Is it because of the haste with which the missions were crafted and added to the last update? If I was a pirate, I would hang around some of these systems waiting to chew up the PvE pilots who arrive to engage the mission.
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.08 14:08:00 -
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Originally by: Captn Charisma
CCP is sick and tired of a large chunk of players sitting in high sec soaking up risk free isk and standings and basically not actually playing the game. What is the point of spending months grinding risk free high sec missions to accumulate iskies and ships, and then not actually use them in the game?
I think its pathetic that none of you clowns can see this- you are going against the core of the game ethos, they are trying to make it exciting and more involved, and you cry like little girls because your shiny little ships got scratched.
What do you want? Endless months of mindless missioning for isk to spend on stuff to do more endless months of mindless missioning?
Give me a break and get out there and PLAY.
Here is an idea from a different perspective to make both these missions, specifically, and low-sec, in general, more attractive to high-sec pilots: eliminate the pirate-baby-cannot-play-any-other-way gate camping: Gates should have a no-camping 1.0 security zone of 200 kms around them. Pirates should have to work for what they want- learn scanning, fly interceptors, and such. But no, they sit and wait at gates, too afraid to do anything else that might actually approach a real fight. Eliminate the cowardly gate campers, and more of us carebears might actually wish to enter low-sec.
As for these new missions that try to force us into low-sec and battle a series of gate campers, get rid of them. These missions are nasty, ill-conceived messes that will just drive people away from the game. If EVE wants lab rats for their "exciting" "experiments", let them look elsewhere.
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.12 13:38:00 -
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Originally by: Eternal Bellend
Edited by: Eternal Bellend on 10/01/2010 17:57:39
Well I have just received this mission (Mining base camp) and could NOT BELIEVE THE CRASS STUPID INEPTITUDE OF THE MORONS WHO THOUGHT THAT THIS IN ANYWAY WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. As a way to encourage PVE players to try PVP and take some risk it rates as about -1000000 on a 1 to 10 scale.
Hehe! You are too subtle. You should tell us how you really feel!
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.13 00:18:00 -
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Originally by: Eternal Bellend
The response to my petition about the mission was underwhelming in terms of customer service, along the lines of
"blah blah part of game play blah blah nothing we can do blah blah please go away"
I have replied wanting it escalated and stating that as a paying customer I am not a lab rat for poorly thought out untested ideas by morons in Atlanta who have no understanding about PVE. If I want to do testing I will use my precious play time to jump on Singularity.
I intend to push this as far as I can through petitions. Perhaps if we fill up their boxes they might get the idea, we can but live in hope of customer service from CCP.
It seems that so far, I am about the only one who has received a replacement mission. Why? Who knows? The vagaries of luck.
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.13 11:47:00 -
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I received mine from an Astral Mining agent.
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.17 22:37:00 -
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QUOTE: "Thanks to the tremendous response from the Gallente players to these new exciting storylines we are introducing them to all factions so everyone can take part in the fun".
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.01.21 00:12:00 -
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Originally by: Orion Batman
Edited by: Orion Batman on 19/01/2010 19:49:34
FFS grow a backbone people.
I just did the level 2 version in an 0.1 sec system in a rifter, I just had to use speed to pull the combat ships off the ships they were supposed to be defending then warp across the grid and kill the industrials. In fact I think it was a pretty good mission because if you used your brains you can complete the objective in hit and run style. The only thing I didn't like was the fact that I had to fly 29 jumps (shortest route) to get there.
And yes, these missions should be given out by all factions.
Please describe for us the hybrid PvE/PvP fitting of your ship. We would all like to know how to survive multiple gate campers along the way to the mission system. Or were you just lucky and made multiple low-sec jumps that the gate campers neglected to gurad?
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.02.28 18:12:00 -
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Originally by: Syme
What on earth are CCP thinking?
That is indeed the mystery here, isn't it? I rather imagine, since these missions are "experimental" and were hastily developed and rushed to be included in the last update, that no one was thinking.
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Cynth Greythorne
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Posted - 2010.03.03 02:23:00 -
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BTW, two in a row turned down.
I was thinking of taking the lovely advice of flying in a shuttle or Atron for my L4 Troop Build Up mission with 7 jumps through low sec, but then I thought, no, maybe not. I do appreciate helpful advice like that though.
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