Sultan Khan
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Posted - 2009.12.15 10:54:00 -
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Hi
I'm a noob, barely 1 month old in the dominion.
My online gamming activity revolves mostly around the simulator genre.
As a light hearted change I sometimes play WoW.
I enjoyed that very much as a release from serious simming in LockOn - Flamming Clifs - Blackshark,
even the Silent Hounter series over the years.
I heard about EVE several years ago but it was only recently that I made the jump.
Sadly from my limited experience, listening to the various chat channels and reading threads like these,
Ive decided that I will not continue my EvE subscription.
I have arrived a year or two to late.
EvE is going, it appears, they same way WoW has and many, if not all, games that enjoy success.
A poster on the first page of this thread hit the nail on the head. Money !!
Up to a critical point most developers will develop in accordance with their dreams and visions for the utopian gamming experience,
but once they achieve a critical mass of success, once their success demands expansion and greater coorperate commitment,
the money men move in..... decisions that were once based on 'will it make the game more fun, or more realistic or more challenging'
submit to the demand that all development is filtered by ' will it make more money, will it increase subscribers,
will it make things easy enough so we dont loose subscribers' etc.
Like WoW , EvE appears to be on this road.
It spoilt WoW for me and I can see my interest waining very rapidly here for the same reason.
So much so that I am about to cancell my subscription.
Like in the real world everywhere nowadays, whether it be local affairs, regional , national or international,
the bankers ,accountants and money men actually make the decisions.
Whats 'good' for you and me is left out of the equation.
As a programmer for over 30 years I know that software development can be a fikkle place to work and sometimes it is hard to get
things right, but I also can recognise when someone is trying to pull the wool over my eyes.
CCP is beyond the critical point, it HAS to generate cash as its priority, else it goes under.
No longer do the dreams and imaginations of the core developers determine the course of development, accountants do!!!
So whilst , as a noob I dont understand much of the technical ingame stuff being discussed in this thread, the symtoms show through clearly.
Eve has grown too big, for the purists .... time to move on , I think!!
Regards to you all , may each of you find the path that takes you to your dream.
Salute
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