Meiyang Lee
Gallente
Azteca Transportation Unlimited
Gunboat Diplomacy
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Posted - 2011.06.25 11:09:00 -
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Dear CCP Pann, CCP Manifest, I'd like to thank you for donning the asbestos suits and stepping in front of the flamethrower wielding masses gathered here.
However it seems that management at CCP has thrown you to the wolves so they can continue to ignore the issue at hand. It isn't about the NEX, it isn't about CQ, it is about trust.
The leaks of the past few days (all nicely confirmed to be legitimate either through words or actions) have shown an absolute disconnect between those in CCP choosing the future direction for EVE and the playerbase. Even IF (and that's a big if) the Fearless issue was purely speculative, Pay2Win shouldn't even have been a potential discussion point, it is so anathema to what EVE stands for that to even speculate about it is to obliterate the trust your players have in you.
Add CCP Zulu's completely and utterly arrogant non-blog to this loss of trust and it only gets worse.
The primary concern wasn't even addressed, this was just a bunch of empty words telling the players to either accept it or leave. Those $1000 pants were just a cherry on top.
If the raging inferno on the forums is any indication, we got the message, we're leaving.
Next up is an e-mail allegedly sent by Hilmar himself showing an even greater disregard for those who already pay to play the game he once dreamed of making.
This all adds up to an upper management that can't even imagine what the players in EVE even play the game for, this complete disregard for our pleas and wishes makes it clear that abandoning ship may well be the best course of action.
At this rate EVE will go down in flames over the next few months, and they're taking everyone you hold dear down with them.
Trust needs to be earned over time, and it can be lost in a single instant.
That instant has passed, their words have done what years of half-baked patches could not, the trust of the players has been shattered, and if their response stays the same EVE as we know and love it will cease to exist.
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