Aptiva Rin
Caldari
Guerillas Of The Underground
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Posted - 2011.06.25 03:02:00 -
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What I wanna say will get me banned. What I think will get me arrested.
CCP has major communication issues and I believe them to all be internally. IF that is a real email from Hilmar then CCP is done for. All our money and time is wasted for nothing. This is beyond words and actions and to be honest I'm seriously contemplating leaving EVE. As a new player, this is by far the biggest FKU move I've ever seen from ANY game company. CCP used to listen to the players and they would implement their ideas if possible.
The balance has shifted away from the players and this is a programmed response from us the community. HOWEVER, as a lower income player(IRL) I cannot afford one cent to pay for these NeX items. I can barely afford to pay for one account (although I pay for the 2nd with PLEX).
In my opinion, this is a last ditch effort on CCPs effort to avoid a bankruptcy. Their money is all spent (probably on hookers and blow) and they can no longer sustain the servers and site and they know it but they have lost the transparency they used to have. If I was in the position of an investor, I would withdraw IMMEDIATELY. I'm no one special, but at the same time, I have some fkn common sense. These are broken promises and when the ENTIRE community save for a few fanboys is in a rage fit over this, there should be some action. Unfortunately for us, there will be none.
(Here's a better analogy than the $1000 jeans so take note Zulu). Once a dog tastes blood, they want more. This is what CCP is doing. As with all major game developers, they caught the scent of money and they liked it. The way it's being handled is completely unacceptable on both CCP's end and on our end. We're out locking systems, raping monuments, rage quitting, and causing general chaos. CCP let me point out a better way for you....
Take note of Funcom's 10 year old classic MMO set 20000 years into the future, Anarchy Online. This game hasn't had a graphics engine update since the game was launched in 2001 yet their fanbase is 20x yours. They have a free to play version as well as the paid version. You have approx 360k paid accounts. You have lost 10k players in like 6 hours over Zulu's post and CCP's new 180 degree direction. Funcom however knows how to tell their fans FU but make it worth their while. You guys however have zero tact when it comes to this.
In short let me just say this:
You think your money troubles are big now? Wait till your ENTIRE fanbase leaves you and goes to play STO (for the short months it will be up) until the next spaceship MMO comes out which is superior to EVE in every way including their people skills.
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