Tactical Miner
Amarr
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Posted - 2010.10.24 17:44:00 -
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No
Basically the problem with this on the part of CCP is that they are looking at this as money. CCP is not generating enough money to develop content, pay rent, or buy pizza.
I think CCP should fix what is wrong with this game rather than trying to patch their money hole with crap like this.
The reason why CCP is not generating enough money to support operations is the player base is not growing sufficiently. This is evident by the recent offers for second account activation at a discount for active players. The current model is that new players give EVE a try then quit weeks to months later.
Why?
Because there are sever things broke within EVE for new players to get hooked.
- Gank in Hi Sec
Learning skills to learn skills faster is lame (for new players)
The overall lack of trust in the community - SCAMS!
The time it takes to train for anything decent to fly is prohibitively long to the average ADHD youth.
Basically, most of the rants on the "New to EVE" forum that have been recycled over and over are a concern to the growth of the player base. Try giving in to some of the more protective aspects of the new players so they are here long enough to get hooked.
Why?
CCP has done a good job of hooking the players that have the fortitude for investment over the long term. The available market for others who have similar staying power is rapidly shrinking. Lets face it, how many potential players do you know personally that are willing to spend 6 months learning how to fly a digital space ship into pvp/pve interactions? One, two? That's the extent of people I know, and I invited them to play to grow the player base. Yes, they still play the game too. Do your part and help grow the player base so CCP won't need to resort to microtransactions to fund the pizza parties.
Otherwise, CCP will be required to make changes to fund the basic operations of the company.
These may include microtransactions, low SP = gank proof 1.0 systems that new player start in and WH into the real EVE after completing the tutorials, increasing the monthly cost of the game (bad idea), change the initial skill set to include many of the learning skill already complete, AND/OR sell the game to a publisher that will not care about the community over profits, etc.
CCP has indicated that they need and are willing to do something to increase their revenue for profits/liabilities. We need to do something as a community that helps maintain the player base so CCP is less stressed to execute a bad idea.
For every scam/gank/blob that causes a player to quit playing, CCP is that much closer to making microtransactions a reality. |