Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2012.10.10 15:42:00 -
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What I see CCP doing for the game with these changes is basicly two things. First to make the mechanics easier to understand and secondly fixing the player moderated sandbox. The second aspect is more interesting and important in my oppinion. The first is just fixing old code, patching abuses and creating a foundation for the second part.
Currently the criminal aspects and consequenses of EVE are actually quite limited. They're predictable to the point, that we have forum arguments about do they contain any risk at all, since there is so little practical chance of anything unexpected happening. Whether you steal or gank it almost never leads to anything besides the immediate and predictable, but CCP clearly planned differently. There are killrights and a bounty system already in the game, but neither of them do what they are supposed to do.
Bounties are just broken. The conditions how killrights are created mean they aren't created often enough and because they are non-transferrable, they are not really utilized. EVE is all about player stories, but I don't recall hearing a single killright/bounty hunting story during my years here. It's pathetic, that in a game where players are notorious for adapting and exploiting game mechanics for personal gain, those two mechanics haven't managed to produce anything worth mentioning in all the years they've been in the game.
With the changes this winter CCP is deepening the sandbox and the criminal aspects of the game. It isn't just an A->B affair anymore, but will involve a lot more people and be more unpredictable. This will also open loads of new opportunities for player interaction and the stories EVE is known for. We might finally get a real bounty hunting profession and allow third parties to get involved in conflicts between criminals and their victims. All this makes for a better and more involved sandbox and all it costs is having to listen to the pitiful lamentation of gankbears. Totally worth it in my book. |