Yo Boss
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Posted - 2011.06.15 14:44:00 -
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So I have been playing EVE on multiple accounts for about three years now, and have almost exclusively been a hardcore PvP player. I have participated in all of the faction warfare fronts (mostly Minnie/Amarr), pirated, hi sec griefed, and did quite a bit of null sec PvP. In all of my time playing, the game has never been in as bad as condition as it is in right now.
As far as low sec is concerned, the recent changes to mission mechanics have greatly increased the population of low sec. However, that great increase in low sec population is 75% MISSION ALTS. Faction warfare is at this point almost completely dead and the missioning alts are worst than ever (and they have always been bad). This has also made finding targets for pirates more difficult than ever, considering that very few people are actually out roaming for fights anymore, and ganking speed tanking frigs and stealth bombers is no exactly fun or easy. Since the new missions mechanics, PvP activity in the Minnie/Amarr FW front and low sec area specifically has nose dived considerably.
In null sec, the recent changes to renting have forced many of the smaller alliances out of null sec and into bordering low sec areas, and just like the new missions mechanics, this has alienated a considerable portion of active PvP players in the game. As it stands now null sec is more of a snooze fest as ever, with roaming gangs becoming less and less common. Sure cap fights and big POS fights are still common, but unfortunately due to the broken nature of super carriers and fighter bombers I cannot even find these enjoyable anymore.
Another thing that I find frustrating is, that with the release and production of Incursion/Incarna, ship balance and actual implimented features to the game have not even been touched. It is almost as if CCP cannot responsibly handle and manage their own game. There are so many gameplay features that need work and updating I don't even want to begin to list them, but they are there and they have been there for a while. OP and overused ships such as the drake, hurricane, falcon, and of course super carriers have not been addressed and updated. It is also pretty dissapointing that in this most recent Alliance tournament(AT IX), all of the team builds and the ships being used are exactly the same as the last alliance tournament because there has been no balance changes. This is pretty boring and I don't think I am even going to enjoy watching AT IX.
All in all I honestly think Incarna is the beginning of the end for what I loved and enjoyed about EVE, and the shift from being a PvP focused game to a very obviously now PvE focused game is a huge let down. However, the nail in the coffin for me was the announcment that the new Dust game was being released as a PS3 exclusive. Honestly I don't think CCP could have made a worst business decision as they are alienating most of their fan base on PC.
I just wanted to share my thoughts on why im canceling my subs. Does anyone else feel the same way about the direction of PvP and the game in general?
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