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Posted - 2011.06.28 12:41:00 -
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Whilst he clearly has not done much to calm the rabid mob I think a lot of people here are out of touch with reality.
You really need to get ahold of yourselves, calling for "people to take responsibility" to be "fired" seriously, you are mentally unstable.
These are people that created a game that many of you have been playing for near 8 years, I know I started back in beta and come back annually to get my fix, but you're just going to call for people who worked their tails off for you to be fired based on them stating their opinion?
Also got to love the "cancelled all my subs now, who wants to play a game that may not be any good in six months" welcome to the MMO world, the games change constantly and often the changes are not to the liking of every kind of player.
As for microtransactions, well...ideally they stay as vanity items but there are non vanity products that can be offered safely, for example new player skill point booster packs, allow someone to get a fighting chance if they are just starting out without having to sit around for 3 months, anyone who disputes that as unfair in my personal opnion is a pansy hiding behind their skills point advantage and time in Eve. In most other MMO's you can usually catch up in a month flat and be on a completely level playing field, Eve is heavily bias towards veterans and this is coming from someone who has been playing on and off since beta.
Get a grip on reality and stop with all the hate and bile towards developers that so far have withstood the trend of catering to the casual and PVE playerbase (much to the dismay of a hell of a lot of players), if you alienate them they'll put less into your game or up and leave altogether.
The more vocal playerbase is often an elitist bunch who mock loadouts and taunt players who make mistakes and lose everything, there are pockets of great people, but they tend to be overshadowed by the less than friendly masses.
One final note to CCP, many of my friends enjoyed Eve but found that there is nothing to do in highsec space and lowsec space is not a place for the weak, inexperienced solo players, so they stopped playing. Most of the time I play on my own because of this. So what's my point? well you created a world in which players who thrive on the vulnerable and inexperienced can flourish, a game where it pays heavily to trick, steal, kill and generally grief your fellow players. Why on earth are you surprised when they turn on you?
The friendly players who don't tear you a new one for even talking about features they may not like are in more PVE/casual friendly games, you know...games where someone stood by the side of the road doesn't get tranq'd, dragged into the bushes and stripped of everything including their internal organs for resale on the black market.
You reap what you sow.
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