Adrienne Stargazer
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Posted - 2010.04.03 20:50:00 -
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 Originally by: tosh eebaa
Edited by: tosh eebaa on 01/04/2010 02:51:35
Originally by: Banlish
Full time uber player? No.
Player that figured out the 'passive' way to make isk? Yes.
If your casual and only want to play 1 or two hours per month, no problem WoW awaits such an 'awesome' player as yourself.
I don't give a crap what you think of my attitude, people that worked for years and years to be able to get awesome ships should be able to use them. And I don't mean the 'gifts' of t2 bpo lottery and stuff like that. I work hard for my isk, every day for around an hour I changing buy/sell orders. Why should someone who plays once per month or so be given a level playing field. They don't have to be in 0.0 by any means, nor should they get the best ships unless they SAVE for it.
I love how your answer for everything is "gtfo". It's a like a kid who wants everything done his way or no way at all, without a thought to the consequences of running off everyone who is playing with him. How fun will the game be when you've effectively reduced the number of available pvpers to 10-20% of the current playerbase? And of those 10-20%, only a handful at a time will be willing to go out into lowsec.
Insurance serves as a pvp motivator. Why in the world would people crash headfirst out into 0.0 space if not for insurance? Why in God's name would anyone except the most hardcore miners or large 0.0 alliance miners go out there for minerals? This isn't just a "I hate carebears gtfo" this is a "f*** you PvPers too! I just want to play with my cool toys and don't want to see duplicates flying around the universe!".
Personally? I enjoy this game far too much to watch it get killed off. So far you have been an outstanding salesman for WoW (hell, after reading your post even I was tempted to go pick it up) but I would like to play EVE... and that will only happen if I have people to kill and people who are willing to fly outside of highsec more than once a week.
The increase in ship costs due to the lowsec mineral market completely exploding since no one would be willing to fly out there would result in an even GREATER loss. The majority of players would basically have to carebear their own basic highsec minerals just to pay for the lowsec minerals they would need to purchase some ship beyond frigate.
I appreciate your devotion to WoW that you would not only come and try to kill EVE while screaming all overs its forums that its members should go play it, but we like our game... please leave it alone.
The devs have long been trying to Wow-ize Eve to give it a more universal appeal. You will have a group of old timers in every thread suggesting that the road traveled is more important than the destination. I would have to agree, but it doesn't make sense as a business model. I believe there are several limitations to Eve becoming more mainstream and generating more subs for the Big Dog.
One - The user interface is stupid crazy. Nearly everything is impossible to use at first, but becomes somewhat manageable with practice. This probably overwhelms most neophytes. Exception: I was always quite impressed with the market screen. Room for improvement: Drones, Overview, Ship HUD, Hangar!, Science and Industry, POS Management.
Two - You got no avatar, just a crappy little picture! Can I give my pilot big hooters? This from some comments I received from WoW fans. Incarna will address this need (I could care less).
Three - I have to train for how long? Expect CCP to roll back requirements for more stuff in the future, not just bomb deployment, cloaking, and thermodynamics.
Four - Gameplay issues: server crashes, lag, bugs, etc. The common theme seems to be "I don't have enough time to enjoy this game." Let's make sure unscheduled downtime is at a minimum guys.
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