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Anabella Rella
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Posted - 2012.10.10 01:51:00 -
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Well, this is disappointing. It appears as if it'll be years before we are able to do anything besides shoot at red crosses or flashing red boxes while zoomed out.
When I joined Eve I was greatly looking forward to Incarna (nee ambulation, WiS) and the ability to interact with others in my corp and alliance in shared meeting spaces, interacting with other players over games of chance in seedy bars, etc. After the perfect storm of Incarna performance problems, leaked memos, anger over microtransactions and the poorly thought out NeX store and the fallout that followed, CCP got frightened and swung the pendulum too far in the other direction (and in the process tossed those of us who were looking forward to avatars under the bus).
The hardcore Eve snobs can flame all they like but, fact of the matter is that most people find it easier to identify with a humanoid form as their in-game representation rather than a ship model.
As a roleplayer who's regularly subjected to ridicule as is I'm finding it harder and harder to justify spending my limited discretionary income on a game whose playerbase totally disrespects me and a developer who apparently feels the same.
Since it seems that CCP truly only listens to pitchfork wielding mobs who unsubscribe perhaps it's time that those of us who are growing weary of having our wants placed on the back burner again and again to emulate those mobs.
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Posted - 2012.10.10 16:03:00 -
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Any dev types care to respond to my concerns voiced here?
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Posted - 2012.10.14 21:40:00 -
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Hey Khasei, relax man, you guys with the pitchforks and torches already scared the hell out of CCP and got your way. They stated there would be no new major technological expansions (what CCP called "Jesus features") and they've demonstrated that avatar game play is on the shelf indefinitely. It's all about spaceships for the foreseeable future, so relax and enjoy it. You got what you wanted.
Just don't complain as Eve and CCP's revenues stagnate because of them listening to guys like you and not develop anything new and innovative. Fixing bugs and iterating on old content keeps subscribers but, it's new features that get you NEW subscribers. Like it or not, CCP needs to bring in new blood as well as keep current customers happy in order to grow.
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Posted - 2013.05.22 08:22:00 -
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I think CCP is far too scared to raise their heads from the bunker at this point. I hope that I'm wrong and that one day we'll get some actual new content from them again but, I'm not holding my breath. The focus on fixing longstanding problems, re-visiting parts of the game that hadn't been touched in years, refactoring old code and other under the hood work has benefited Eve greatly. There's no doubt about that. But, those aren't the kinds of things that get people excited, that draw in new players, that generate buzz.
I kept playing back when I was newish and frustrated with the complexity of the game in part because of the promise that one day we'd be able to get out of our ships and interact with others in different ways. From the days when I read articles on gaming websites about what was then called Ambulation, through Torfi showing off a demo of what was then known as Walking in Stations at Fanfest, I was excited about the future of Eve. I couldn't wait to see what would happen next. Then came the crash and burn that was the Incarna/Nex Store release and CCP's subsequent decision to hunker down in the bunker and play it safe.
After all the talk of focusing on spaceships, no new "Jesus features", the disbanding of Team Avatar and the like, I've pretty much given up on the CQ door ever opening.
Oh well...I guess at least we got the industry's most advanced forum portrait generator to show for all this, huh? 
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Posted - 2013.08.08 15:26:00 -
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Stitcher you're asking the hardcore anti-WIS crowd to consider that there could be other play style options within a supposed sandbox game? That they think outside the box? To consider that a 10 year old niche market game needs something new and vibrant in order to grow the player base? To use a little imagination? 
Not like it matters much anyway. CCP's so cowed by this group and so afraid to take any risks for fear it might lead to another "Incarna Gate" that I doubt we'll ever see anything remotely like the scenarios you described. They're going to feed us a steady diet of ship and module tweaks, UI fixes and the occasional bland new content and attempt to pass it off as major expansions.
Don't misunderstand me; there's nothing at all wrong with fixing parts of the game that are broken, or have been neglected for years. Rebalancing, bug fixing and iteration are wonderful initiatives that should be ongoing. I just wonder why we can't also have some real innovation to go along with that.
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Posted - 2013.12.01 17:43:00 -
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I agree with Ishtanchuk. Tweaking and rebalancing are great and should be an ongoing priority but, where is the fresh content? What new and exciting feature(s) have CCP rolled out lately that would encourage someone who's never played to want to subscribe? We really haven't gotten any major additions of fresh content or game play since wormholes were introduced.
It's time for CCP to come out of "Post-Incarna Traumatic Syndrome" and give us something bold and fresh along with iteration. Having the industry's coolest forum portrait generator and re-hashing of old content just aren't very compelling reasons to shell out $15 a month.
When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around. |
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