Alathus Christensen
Caldari
Blue Sun Enterprises
Blue Moon Alliance
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Posted - 2011.03.19 18:04:00 -
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Edited by: Alathus Christensen on 19/03/2011 18:07:30
As a relative unknown in the Universe of EVE, I felt the need to interject my opinion into this conversation as well. Please know that I have, in no way, ever experienced 0.0 life, aside from K-Space, so my opinion is relatively neutral.
"5. Any losses of any kind resulting from a large-scale player engagement are not covered by this reimbursement policy."
This is a horrible idea, CCP. You've given yourself carte blanche in order to approve or deny reimbursements coming from large-scale fleet fights on an at-will basis.
Null-Sec PVP is already suffering from crippling lag at times - even when reinforcement requests have been submitted - and to do something like this goes against your goals of a player-made environment.
It discourages Alliances from forming their own empires in Zero-point-Zero.
What happens when an alliance loses their whole capital fleet due to your flawed server management? You know what kind of loads to expect by now. You've got massive coalitions going back and forth in a struggle, resulting in unheard of numbers on the field.
I realize that this may reinforce your ideal of several smaller entities having a place in 0.0, but to be quite honest - this is not the way to go about it. Putting a policy such as this in place will discourage - even further - people from using the assets they've worked so hard to attain. Also, it can only lead to more :bittervet:.
Please, listen to your customers. There are other games on the horizon - one in particular that appeals to sci-fi nerds of our age range, and I've invested too much to watch EVE die - even as a relative unknown.
Sidenote: Vuk, I realize you didn't have to give up Fanfest. You could have gone and pasted a smile on your face, just for the trip. I appreciate that you didn't, one EVE player to another.
Thanks guys.
Tl:dr - Read it. It's just an opinion. It won't kill you. 
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Alathus Christensen |