Vincentus
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Posted - 2011.06.24 21:11:00 -
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Edited by: Vincentus on 24/06/2011 22:14:29
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA granted CCP you do know how to humor your paying customers. I won't be paying E15,- a month for that though...
Seriously, wtf is going on with you people? Has anyone ever taken some basic economics lessons? Opened a history book? Used the gray matter in their heads?
Apparently, you seem to think that all of this is just another whine by the same old "bitter vets" that always complain about everything (a lot of those points are valid btw, but whatever) and that it will all blow over in a couple of days. Well, you may actually be right about that, but unfortunately for you this time it will take your core player base with it. It seems to me that you actually haven't read any of the serious posts (for example: http://eve.beyondreality.se/NeXCQResponse.html) but instead have been busy deleting game-threatening ponies and doors. If you had stopped to think for a second instead and took away man hours from these very important tasks to maybe, I don't know, try to understand what is going on, you would have realized that the thousands that are protesting in the major market hubs as we speak are not bitter old vets, they are moderate people form the heart of this game, who love this game and who are genuinely worried about it's future. Call me crazy, but I'd think it is in your own interest to make sure you keep these people happy.
In case you've been hiding in some expensive designer office the last couple of years, let me tell you something else which seems pretty obvious to me but you do not seem to realize at all: eve-players are not your average "ow lookz at the pwetty shirt for my farmville sheep" gamers. They are intelligent people, who chose this game because it is intelligent and requires you to act intelligently. This also means however that these players want to be treated like intelligent people, and not being talked down to/ ignored like little obnoxious children. As has been pointed out a million times (pre and post incarna)there are many people who feel like this is exactly how they are being treated, and even though many were able to put up with this because they love this game and community, this patch in conjunction with the release of your internal document (which obviously isn't a discussion btw, as pretty much everything is pro-MT and is talked about as fact, not as an idea) was the last drop for A LOT of people. And if you push people enough, even moderate intelligent people will resort to insults and bashing if it is something they care about and if they feel like they are talking to a wall. Actually reading the forums and checking to see what's going on in game should have made this already very obvious for you.
If I were you CCP, I would quickly apologize for this LOLblog and everything else that has annoyed the players, actually comment on ALL the issues that have been brought forward by the player base and make a promise of what you are going to do and when. AND KEEP THIS PROMISE!
As for company management: It's a shame the company shares aren't listed publicly, as the price of those shares would have collapsed after the expansion/ patch and maybe would maybe give you some incentive to make sure you keep your customers happy. I would get rid of the marketeers and accountant as much as possible, hire people who like eve and PLAY IT and include the CSM in every possible decision that involves changes in the gameplay and LISTEN to them. Also, take a look at the development of your own empolyee satisfaction over the last couple of years, and maybe try to figure out what the outcome of 1+1 is.
As I still have 10 days of subscription time remaining I will be watching to see what happens the coming week, but at the moment I'm not too worried about being a little short on money to extend my subscription...
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