Jed Clampett
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Posted - 2011.06.24 06:08:00 -
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Loyalty for loyalty's sake alone? That is a pathetic life philosophy. Loyalty must be a two way street. Once CCP or any other provider loses respect for customers or even just forgets what current customers want....well that current community is gone.
Of course many college programs now train from the viewpoint of "you are going to be an employee cog of the corporation and VERY Low in the actual corporate decision making power structure -- so it will help if you learn to put on blinders and blame it all on customer disloyalty when you think about anything but creative ways to lure customers back. Because you damn sure aren't going to last if you critize corporate policy no matter how inexplicable (i.e. stupid) it seems"
 Originally by: Indorian
Dear CCP,
Everything goes threw hard-times, I for one recently graduated from College with a sociology degree and a background in Community Development. No job and no prospects in sight. I know what "hard-times" feels like. I have also been playing Eve Online for a little over a year now and have loved every single second of it.
Watching the forums over the past few months has filled me with sadness. How could a so-called fan base turn on the people responsible for so many collective years of fun and enjoyment. I personally am ashamed to be lumped into that part of the fan base. That being said, I would like to stand up and say very clearly I trust CCP and am highly excited about Incarna and the future.
Lets backtrack to the Incursion Expansion:
Instead of only releasing two patches a year a staged release was adopted. It was made clear from start to finish up the stage release the MAIN feature of Incursion was the actual PvE element of Incursions, which was not introduced until the SECOND stage. With enough research I was able to realize the main feature of the Incarna expansion was NOT CQ, but in fact was the revamping of the Contraband system, which will be SO exciting!
The Issue:
You've left that jump in logic as just that, a jump. At no time have you came out and said the important part of Incarna was the changes to contraband. The publicity has been on CQ, this is wrong, yes CQ is a step into a bold new world, yes I personally think its freaking awesome, however you need to make it clear contraband is the important thing. Personally I LIKE the fact Monocles are the same price as the average Dreadnaught, I think having the price that high truly shows it as a VANITY item, again, this is a case of too much stock being put into the store, and hence putting a negative light on CCP.
Conclusion:
CCP, I firmly believe in you, I am one of many who are waiting, and willing to wait, for the rest of the expansion.
Thank you for your time,
-Indorian of Devils Warrior Alliance
ps. No matter what anyone says, Eve Online will ALWAYS be better then WoW :)
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