ElCapitan
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Posted - 2005.05.07 06:40:00 -
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 Originally by: Lythius Arcturnus
Edited by: Lythius Arcturnus on 07/05/2005 06:23:24
To the original poster...
Anytime you have a game as open as this, the cornholes of the world will flock to it like a moth to a flame just because they can do anything in it. This is why your seeing more and more mainstream MMO's so structured.
CCP's next game will follow along just like the rest, and impose order on the players simply because 1 ignorant griefer can cost a company 100's of customers if left unchecked. So if they want to make any money they really have no choice. It really is a shame that large groups of players left to their own devices can't seem to do any better.
Its a fact that I learned A LONG time ago. There are MANY players out there, that if they could, would do everything in their power to completely destroy a game and make a company go broke.
There are players who would play night and day destroying player after player making everyone quit only so they could say "OMG im SOOOO l337 I made the game go under" to their high school buddies.
Frankly this explains Eve's state. Its a BEAUTIFUL game, has great game mechanics for the most part, a GREAT storyline, and very talented people designing it. The only problem is that it gives too much power to the retards.
This is why Eve is a 50k subscriber game and will never really make much money. Sure, they'll pay the bills, and make a lil extra for the investors, but it will never be huge. Although I truly believe it could have been if they kept the game a bit more structured.
I really think CCP's next game will be phenomenol because they have already learned that this wonderful idea of "open ended MMO" just doesn't work as well in practice as it does on paper.
And why doesnt it work? Eve has has a very stable player base for a long time now. Its just not realistic for eve to have as many subscribers as WoW for example. Remember, there is only 1 server.
And the fact that eve does not have built in protection for idiots is a good thing. It actually requires me to think, plan and adapt before making decisions and doing stuff. Structure is what makes other MMOs very unappealing. Its like playing some arcade or single person game....totally boring.
And mind you i never griefed any noobs or went on killing sprees to boost my killboard score...I moved to 0.0 before i had a million sps (about month of playing) and never looked back. The whole time there i never let anybody grief me and just adapted to everchanging environment. The game has plenty of tools for that. The player created content and drama that happens in 0.0 is what makes this game great.
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