I want to keep playing EvE so much, but as it stands with the changes already made and the ones Propsed to be made. I find myself with nothing left to play for.

Let me start by saying that I have over 40 million SP which means I can fly both Gallente (Armor Tanks) and Minimitar ( Shield Tanked) at a high level (I.E. Both tank types skills all at 5 and both races BS 5). So I really have no reason to complain about the ASB other than the following reason.

As far as "Ancillary Shield Boosters" go.

Having already gone up against this mod in an actual fight I learned 1st hand how OP it was. I did not die to the complete noob that was flying the drake at 3-4 months old. But I nearly did, the only reason I made it out alive was not because I won but because I used my PvP skill to position myself properly to burn out of his point range. This would not be so disturbing if not for what I was in. I was in a Proteus with 140k EHP pushing near 1000 DPS with an overloaded speed of 1400 m/s. For those of you who don't know those stats are right on par with lower tier Battleships (Save the speed) and it was a cruiser size ship which means he would be hitting me for even less due to my signature radius. Even with all those odds in my favor I almost lost a 3 billion isk ship to a complete noob with 4 months worth of SP and no prior PvP experience. I wanted to go back for 2nds but had no way in which I could refit to counter what he had other than fitting a new ship with some ASB's of my own.


If this does not S*** upon everything that Eve PvP has always been about, then I don't know what would. I was left wondering why CCP would create a mod that would simplify pvp for players so extremely and it dawned on me. CCP is trying to dumb this game down to a point where a 9 year old can just log in throw a mod or 2 on his ship then go Pew Pew blow someone up or at very least not die himself and then go back to watching barney or something while he poo's on himself. Their motives for this you may ask ? well the answer is simple "Profit:" CCP dev's and Gm's get pushed to increase player base by their bosses, like a L*** of the night gets pushed by her P*** to make him money. This cause Dev's and Gm's alike to panic and make such drastic changes to core gameplay mechanics in a desperate attempt to generate new player base.



According to a recent "Dev Blog" i read (Ship Rebalancing) they are planning to make it way easier for newer players to get into the specialty ships that us Veteran players had to lust over for months before we could fly. They propose doing this by removing requirements like cruiser V to be able to fly a command ship. A lot of the changes they have proposed making contradict themselves for instance they may be possibly nerfing the drakes resists in favor of a "Rate of fire" bonus but then they introduce a ridiculously overpowered shield mod like the mentioned ASB.



In the end after I have dug my heels in the ground for years refusing to follow countless buddies that quit eve due to CCP's BS I am left with nothing to do in game anymore other than mine (I will quit eve before I mine), run incursions (Boring) or go Blob in Nullsec (The Politics Are ********) or go role play with FW in lowsec (Filled with Horrible Pilots). HS warfare has been rendered nearly obsolete except for the largest of corps/alliances due to the the price increases and the new mercenary exploit being used as a way to get free wardecs turning HS into a blobfest of its own. Me and many of my friends find CCP has backed us up against a wall with their heavy handed and profit motivated will. Im sure they would justify it as 'We are just trying to stay relevant" but let there be no mistake CCP is doing what
Blizzard did to its loyal fan base in favor of profit. As for me and my money I am gonna stick it out to see if they re-adjust some things by the end of summer if they have not i am gonna take my money somewhere else. Somewhere that respects and relishes diverse PvP at multiple levels and is still years away from selling out for profit (If ever)


Fly Safe Y'all o7

Dio Chrysostom/Euriphedes/SilentAsDeath/Apple Tile White/The Mixtress (Yes I have that many accounts)

Referring to the OPs post and the view of CCP dumbing down EVE, well the fact that DUST is coming out on the PS3 it makes me wonder what influence SOE has.