Tehg Rhind
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Posted - 2011.03.17 22:34:00 -
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I have generally been critical of the overly agressive tone that CSM5 took and don't believe that it accomplished as much as some people believe. However, I don't think this letter has that same problem. A better way of caging it might have been as a farewell deathbed request kind of thing, but in general not bad.
As for the whole Incarna thing, I dunno, I just don't see what the big deal is. Ok, if it's forced that's a problem, but I seriously doub it will be. Think about trading for instance. The current skill mechanics don't even require you to be in a station to trade. Same goes for research. The idea of having to switch to a different interface to quick fit is ridiculous and would cause so many problems. Now, maybe for some things like....I dunno.:..I actually can't think of a current mechanic that wouldn't be hurt by forcing it to be done through a different interface.
So, while I agree that they shouldn't force it, I don't see for a second how they could without completely breaking the game. And I'm not talking about the whiny PI/FW/Jump Bridges/ whatever are broken/breaking the game wahhhh. I mean it would irrevocably destroy the game.
Anyways, if all they want is to use it as a method of stress testing it they just need to add the ability to punch and/or teabag someone and then 90% of the player base will spend their docked time doing that.
As for complaints about it being a tool for another game and/or a waste of dev time etc, that's just shortsighted. WoD may end up being one of the best things to happen to EvE. If it is succesful then CCP, a relatively small private development firm, is looking at arguably doubling it's revenue stream. If you don't think that's a positive for EvE you are mistaken. Savings on shared overhead alone will free up so many resources. Dev team for forums? Only need one. Human resources? Only need one. Rotten shark cook? Only need one.
This is a GOOD thing. More money means more options for things like upgrading the servers.
Oh but we haven't been getting good updates recently!!
Seriously? Yeah, you have. Wormholes, awesome. Incursions, pretty neat. Tyrannis. Ok, tyrannis had problems, but it also involved arguably the largest number of changes to the economy and industry of EvE in any expansion, ever. The fact that the markets didn't completely explode is a testament to the quality. I still have no clue how they did that, the math behind it is absolutely PhD level staggering. I have problems controlling 3 variable systems and getting what I want.
But everyone has this short sighted "what have you done for me lately" attitude where they only see what affects them and if they don't like it they will jump on the whaaambulance and threaten to quit. It's the same thing gamers always do, just look at L4D2. The amazing thing is that gamers often lack so little self awareness that they cry wolf every week or two and don't realize that people stopped listening years ago. Which sucks when there really is a wolf.
Some companies bend over backwards for this nonsense. One of them is Blizzard. Ironically, their incessant pandering only results in the terrible mess of a product they now have. I for one am glad that CCP holds itself to higher standards.
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