Krystal Vernet
Minmatar
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Posted - 2011.07.03 15:05:00 -
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As I'm severely hard of hearing, I'd like to see an official English transcript of the video as well. Whenever you get around to it, please? :) I can catch most of what's being said in the video through lip reading and body language to figure which sounds I'm hearing, but I'm afraid I'm missing enough to not get the full experience of what's being said. CCP has done an excellent job of captioning videos like this in the past and I was hoping to see that particular bit of excellence carried through here.
For now, while CCP's written statement does contain some weasel words and vagueness (as well as its tight focus), the combination of it and the CSM's statement (clear, covers most of the apparent concerns) is enough to keep me from unsubscribing right now. I am going to keep a close eye on your actions from now on, though. I knew clothing would come in through the NeX store and when I heard about the Isukone ship, I was a little surprised, but that sort of ship is okay as long as the stats and training are identical to its fully in-game cousin. Then it's purely a choice of "Do I want a ship with this paint scheme or just get a regular ship?"
The pricing being another concern, I'm anticipating the dev blog with your explanation of that keenly. $60 dollar monocles are unprecedented, particularly in a trouble economy, and make me worry about what CCP plans for the NeX store are. As long as available items are strictly vanity and you can secure those items via ISK in some manner, the pricing, while worrying, is ... okay.
Oh, and one last request (which I know will be an unlikely outcome of this) - No weasel wording. I realize that your company has professional public relations and marketing staff and weasel words are bread and butter of those two industries, but particularly concerning anything to do with microtransactions (or megatransactions, as the case may be), please give the respect your community needs by using clear, unambiguous, and precise wording. Preferably, use the same wording you would use to describe to your developers on what you intend to see being sold in the NeX store and beyond. There is a huge difference between statements like "We have no plans to do X" and "We will not do X". In either case, though, whatever you say will be eclipsed by what you do.
I want to support CCP's development of Eve Online. It's a wonderful game, as cutthroat and mean as the real world, and astonishingly deep for an internet spaceships game. CCP is also one of the few companies with an MMORPG that actually at least attempts to give that RPG aspect some support, which I want to see contine (but not at the expense of hitting our wallets for the NeX store). The chronicles, the in-game events, and the active encouragement of getting people to look deeper into your game lore are all things I love seeing and that's what encourages me to resub every time I have to leave for a bit. No other game I've played is like this, and that's why I worry deeply about CCP's plans regarding the NeX store and microtransactions. Greed is good, but money is ultimately ephemeral. A good game with a solid community can leave a lasting mark far beyond their usual means.
Anyways, thanks for your patience if you read the long post. And thank you, CCP, for Eve Online. Even if something occurs where I feel obligated to leave your game, I will always have good memories of playing it. Even if I get terribly bored with it sometimes. :)
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