Levarr Burton
B0rthole
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2011.05.10 23:31:00 -
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 Originally by: Weaselior
Could you comment on the reasoning behind nerfing 0.0 now, and then revamping it "later" rather than a coherent overall change that makes sense and addresses the region in a unified way - instead of this "make bad change, promise fix in six months", especially given CCP's extremely bad record on delivering things promised in advance.
Skipping a dozen or so pages here, but I would like to see this answered. CCP has, frankly, a horrible track record when it comes to feature iteration. FW is crap, PI was pushed out the door both behind schedule and under finished, the Dominion Sovereignty updates were never completely implemented, T3s haven't been fully implemented (lol still can't refit @ POS), Lowsec is still waiting for a reason to exist, Incarna has been on the way for at least 4 years, new ship skins started rolling out last year, and so far we have 5 that I'm aware of, POSes still suck, etc. Hearing "later" from CCP has a long history of meaning "we'll never get around to that."
Regardless of the concrete pros and cons surrounding the impending nerf, it is simply irresponsible to make such a drastic change so suddenly (not enough notice to even remap existing networks). It is especially irresponsible when not only are the changes which are supposed to offset the nerf and provide incentive to once again live in 0.0 sov space not ready for prime time, but there are no concrete ideas about what such a buff should entail, how it will be implemented or when, if at all, we will see the nullsec buff(s). "9 months" will likely get pushed closer to a year (at CCP's rate, 15 years before all the mechanics are implemented and function properly) where sovereign null security space will be less lucrative than highsec without having any concrete advantages of accomplishing the feat of motivating and organizing hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals to work towards a common goal.
Saying "we should have mini-objectives, and hopefully we will" is bullhit. It's saying "we have no plan to make sovereign 0.0 space a viable and desirable place to live, but we might think of something, sometime, maybe."
As for 0.0 being "stale" and not having "enough PvP," I'm going to once again call bull****. The largest war in EVE's history is currently playing out between the DRF & associated groups and the NC/CF/BFFs. On top of that, billions of isk worth of ships are killed every week in nearly every inhabited nullsec region. Anyone who can't find PvP simply isn't trying.
All in all, regardless of my opinion on this change, I get the feeling that CCP either has a master plan for the game which they will implement without any consideration of its actual effect on the player base, or they have no good plan and are willing to throw any half-assed idea onto TQ without proper vetting and testing and, once again, no consideration or understanding of its actual effect on the population in the affected areas. Either way, it is disheartening.
On top of that, there are dozens of pieces of unfinished business which ought to be higher on the priority list than tweaking nullsec logistics. Like taking care of that backlog of issues which remove all credibility of the "this winter" "9 months" and "soon" statements. Frankly, with CCP's track record of feature implementation, 0.0 grunt-level players in sov space have just been dealt a kick in the teeth, and there is no guarantee that any improvement will ever materialize. There is even less hope that any "improvement" will be functional on delivery, or within a reasonable time-frame of that delivery.
In ur engineering, fixin' ur warp core. |