mvrck22
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Posted - 2011.07.25 18:57:00 -
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Originally by: The Offerer
Well, I can speak for myself only, but looks to me that giving the raw data to the players is a step forward compared to QEN. I can find much better use for raw data, especially if it would be available in CSV format like in this devblog.
After all, we did have an economy expert who isn't involved directly in everyday economy of EVE. Many conclusions and decisions by EVE's economic team were just wrong (or misleading at best). With this new format the players themselves will have enough information to make their own analysis and conclusions.
Which means you have to trust them to provide meaningful raw data, not the data for those 4 indexes which are not only restrictive but also well, a mess. Go over them for a bit, dig a little deeper, and you can see the preselections of type and category.
Besides, the raw data for those four indexes is out already.
Problem is, not only does this move strongly negate some very deep and binding aspects of EVE's gameplay - for a lot of us with jobs and lives who still like the puzzle even if we can't spend 6 hours a day having amazing fun shooting a structure - it also pushes us into another realm of mistrust. No way to verify data, unless CCP truly aim to deliver actual raw data ... something which in the past they have always refrained from under the argument of this being too much insight.
But I can understand people's concerns that too much insight is not good. Still, I can also understand that structural and consistant insight is required. A balance has to be found. Kneejerking into an extreme, is simply not an option. I would have thought that the last 4 years of such a tradition would have taught CCP that this does not lead to monetary rewards. It's the kind of thing that compromises the experience. But hey, I am sure it is possible to compensate through advertising campaigns to get engaged in another higher paced ratrace for direct sales right.
Look, CCP, if you really want to put your shoulders under it, please learn that communication is a two way street, and one which always requires a sense of urgency and a sense of perspective.
Right now, all that is visible is something too close to the impression of "it's too much, we don't want to do it anymore cause both us and eve being part of the dynamic is just getting too much, so instead of doing what has always worked for growing EVE we're just going to start cutting off pieces". I'm not saying that this is the situation, but you should understand that in absence of information and in light of established precedents it can not be a surprise that such impressions are created.
So, let's communicate!
And no, this is not something where the excuse of "anyone can write a paper on any position" flies.
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