Kerppe Krulli
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Posted - 2011.05.17 18:30:00 -
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I've played EVE off and on for years now and watched it grow every time I came back. CCP is doing what they should, growing a game and the company. How many subs were in this game when it was mostly PVP, how many subs are in this game now? Guess which number CCP cares about?
The game has grown from High sec, low sec, 0.0, WH. Each has a unique play style. The discussion to force people out of high sec sounds more like you want more targets to simply kill for the **** of it because you can. This will cause a vast majority of those "carebears" to quit the game which equals less subs which equals fired developers and lessening of server resources which equals a crappier game. You need to look at the game as a whole and how it is constantly growing and evolving. CCP is doing a great job growing the game and the company.
The other discussions regarding minerals are similarly self-serving and are aimed only at lining someone's personal pockets rather than balancing the entire game. People live in high sec and WH why shouldn't they have access to the resources to make stuff without being entire dependent on 0.0 space? What makes 0.0 space so revered. Currently the best Moons rats belts and ice are in 0.0, it sounds more like the 0.0 alliances and players want a complete lock to dictate all prices and thus really inflate their wallets. This is not game balance and adding the minerals elsewhere does not break anything, it balances the needs of people enjoying high sec and people in 0.0.
As to 0.0 space, currently there is a forum to let CCP know when you will have a fight out there so the node doesn't crash. In its current form, CCP could never run servers with even half the high sec population in 0.0 space, the game experience would degrade and cause people to quit and more whines about how bad the game is.
Its amazing how far this game has come over the years and I'm excited on how it will grow and change. Nothing stays the same and you must adapt to the new changes. Remember, CCP has to balance the needs of current users but still make the game exciting and fulfilling enough to attract new users. That is their only concern.
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