Originally by: Akita T

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Originally by: Teinyhr

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So he ends his words in "You no longer have the confidence of the community."
I'd appreciate if you wouldn't put your words in my mouth, Tippia. CCP still has my vote of confidence, as it always has had.
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To be fair, until 2-3 years ago, making money hasn't stopped them from delivering what was, for better or worse, one of the best if not the best MMOs of that day.
In spite of a slow but heavy shift from "game first, cash second" to "cash first, game second", it still is one of the better MMOs of today.
I would not dare to call it "the best" anymore though, not at this time.
And even calling it "one of the best" already starts feeling a tad bit forced.
The big problem is, CCP seems to be caught in a situation where external forces make them emphasize the "cash" part more and more at the detriment of the "game" part, and there's not much of a chance of it stopping, let alone reversing in time to have EVE remain in the top of desirable MMO experiences.
It might take a couple more years for sure, and they MIGHT pass this hurdle... or they might not.

The question is, how could they go from a "build it right and they will come, and they will pay for it handsomely" mentality towards an even dangerously close to a "build something shiny and advertise it heavily hoping somebody comes, and fleece them for all they got" approach in such a relatively short amount of time ?
And do we, as the OLD customers, still trust them to stop and go back ?
I sadly doubt that.
The big problem however is... do you really think they'll really miss us, financially speaking ? If anything, this would encourage them to push in the "morally wrong" direction even more to cover the lost revenue, and they MIGHT ACTUALLY PULL IT OFF.
If they can pull it off, and new (slightly more ADD-ed) blood replaces and surpasses the cashflow volume that the old guard could have ever provided, do you think they'll ever have a reason to go back ?

Sadly, this is a lose-lose situation for the players.
And not really much we can do about it.
Eve is not dead, it's not dying either, but it's turning into something we no longer like so much anymore.
Then again, what isn't ?

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