Mr Kidd
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Posted - 2011.06.25 02:53:00 -
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 Originally by: Vivienne Amora
Guys calm down. This was a very standard corporate message sent to keep the troops in check. What is going on in the top boardrooms and what is being discussed is probably very different.
Also note that the version of the email posted here is missing the timestamp. It was sent late yesterday evening - therefore anything that came today supercedes it, and everything that comes tomorrow does so too.
Hilmar also stated very clearly that he would pay attention more to what the players DO (i.e. NOT buying monacles) as opposed to what players SAY (the number of trolling posts is uncountable).
Once things calm down a little more and CCP folks have enough of a chance to see the valid points being made behind the anger, I am sure they will address it.
Remember your anger is at the possibly bleak future that microtransactions would introduce where MT would ruin the game experience as opposed to just being purely vanity related. VANITY is what they have addressed, and so VANITY is what they know. Give CCP a chance to catch up :)
You only need to examine this http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/CCP-Games-Reviews-E159347.htm to figure out that there is no communication from the top. It's a theme review after review.
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Fun game play is not a priority, promises made to investors and aesthetics are. æIf it looks good then it is goodÆ is an often heard motto. CCP is committed to use technology in EVE as well as WoD and DUST, so certain features are made and used in EVE knowing they will not be fun, nor fit EVE and no one expects them to be appreciated by the playerbase. Alienating the playerbase of EVE further. Objections from employees who point this out are waved away.
The writing is on the wall, in the email, in the newsletter, in the devblogs, in the forum responses. How many more places do you need it? Almost everything CCP has said to date in response to the player furor has been inflammatory. There is only one reason for that. They're attempting to communicate to us but, only to hold the corporate line from on high. They're not actually having a discussion with us. I'm sure you've noticed.
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