FireFoxx80
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Posted - 2011.06.24 10:24:00 -
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Pann,
I won't repeat much of what has already been said. If you take a look at the comments made by Seleene, Bartholomeus Crane, Jade Constantine, Chribba, and countless other experienced players; they are all against the direction CCP has taken over the past 14 or so days. If you take the time to read their blogs and forum posts, they have explained the thoughts of the community far more succinctly and eloquently than I could manage.
To me, it seems that CCP put headlines and subscription-grabbing features ahead of a quality product, when it announced that it would be releasing expansions every 6 months, or roughly in 2008. CCP ceased to have a 'quality product, when it's ready' policy, and instead seemed to adopt a 'more features, released often' one.
Each of the last six expansions has promised more, yet delivered less. This has culminated in CCP putting considerable manhours into the Incarna expansion, and delivering something that is little more than a doll's house. I am sure that CCP will announce this as an iterative feature, expanded upon over the next six months and the release of Incarna 2, 3, and 4; however, this has been the same hollow promise given to COSMOS (the original, not the new website), Faction warfare, Tech 3, Planetary Interaction; to name a few.
I won't comment much on recent events, but things like the Fearless leak only add to the attitude that CCP are out-of-touch with its customers. Although the CSM are doing a great job, it seems that between NDAs and CCP's secrecy, they have been positioned in a way that they've been unable to help either side; again, only contibuting to the negative impression of CCP over the past few days.
Finally, this isn't a "wahhh, I'm cancelling my 12 accounts". But, CCP is on the precipice of losing my custom. I stopped actively playing Eve about 12 months ago, due to the path that CCP was taking, but I always kidded myself that somehow it would get better. Over those 12 months, I'd still tell non-Eve players how great the game was, and explain that my disillusionment was simple burnout.
However, I can honestly say that this is no longer the case. As Eve stands today, I simply cannot recommend it to my peers. Almost every major feature is in an incomplete (sorry, iterative) state; CCP is seemingly adopting a business model which is more about getting customers and making money, than it is about buildiong a loyal customer base; and the $70 monocle thing is simply laughable. Why would I want to recommend this to a friend?
As an epilogue. My wife used to joke that Eve was the other woman in my life, I'd stay up to 1am some nights playing with her, and constantly talk about her when out with friends. Well, MrsFF will be happy tonight, as I'm no longer in love with Eve.
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