Vrash Bone
Caldari
Kingfisher Industries
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Posted - 2011.06.26 16:43:00 -
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Why am I "whining?" Here's what I've posted elsewhere...
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EVE is most definitely NOT WoW. While it's true that it's been possible to use USD to in-effect "buy" items in game (a Nyx supercarrier or a Sin black ops BS, for instance), it has always taken months and months--if not actual YEARS, for capital ships--of training to effectively use these items. One can play WoW for a month or two and be level 85.
Buying a monocle or some goofy pants to play dress-up is irrelevant. Let those people go to Second Life; nobody cares. However, if some punk with his mommy's credit card can now not only buy that uber ship, but the skills to use it, the implants to give him an on-field advantage and the standings to build a station to house it, that's quite literally a game changer.
This is the situation that was alluded to in the "leaked" top-level email and this is the issue that the devs absolutely refuse to address. It's their game, their property, their intellectual rights and their pixels--they are free to do what they want with those assets. What we want to know is if they're now going to sell win to players who by default don't have as much blood, sweat and tears invested.
EVE has always been a game where the rewards have to be earned and profit comes not before extraordinary risk. The check to an uber pilot in a faction BS has always been that a couple of *smart* pilots in T1 frigs can take him down. If the advantage goes not to the smarter player, but the richer one, the the EVE we all love will be gone. I hope to convey to everyone that those of us who have invested a lot of time and resources in the game (just over four years for me) have a substantial amount to lose. Yes, it's just a game, but that game has a TRULY player-driven economy as well as a CSM. EVE is unique...it's the thinking-man's MMO...it has a learning cliff, not a learning curve...we lovingly call it a spreadsheet with a screensaver. We've been through so much together--scandals, botched expansions, lean content in the early years, etc. We stood by CCP and defended it against those who just don't understand because the devs--imperfect as they are--always listened to us and cared about the game every bit as much as we did.
Now that CCP has to listen to investors and Sony more than the the players, we're afraid that the Golden Age of New Eden is over. All we want to know is where the Aurum store initiative is headed. We don't care that the monocle costs $70--if you're stupid enough to buy it, then you deserve to lose $70. CQ is a thinly-veiled attempt at alpha testing ambulation and a testbed for WoD. Yes, it screws-up FPS, but CCP will eventually fix that--they always do. Besides, there's already a work-around for us multi-boxers. That CCP won't answer The Burning Question is more than a slap in the face, it's a gigantic F-U. I guarantee you that Blizzard, Sony, Cryptic, EA, etc. are watching the Jita Riots. You may not play EVE; you may not understand what the fuss is all about...but if you play an online game, this WILL affect you. The subscription model may be on its way out, but this is still relevant.
The Community is broken. We old-timers are confused and angry and every hour that goes by without a response from the devs just makes it worse.
The villagers have torches and pitchforks and have attacked the statue in the square.
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Like most of the posters, I don't want to wait until it's too late...Until EVE is too far gone.
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