Xearal
SOL Industries
Black Thorne Alliance
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Posted - 2011.10.05 19:43:00 -
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I for one think this Blog was excellent.
For those that claim he's just saying a lot of 'I'm sorry'.. think again. He's a CEO, he blogged about the CEO level of CCP's plans. Then LINEKD TO A SECOND BLOG WHERE THERE IS MORE NITTY GRITTY ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE IMPROVED.
Not vague empty promises, but real ones. There is a list of stuff there they intend to improve on. On it are several things that we've been wanting for a long long time.
Also if you read his blog, it's not just PR speak and vagaries, it's a blog of someone that finally got his head out of his other side, and admitted he was wrong.
Also, he clearly stated that the NEX store stuff is vanity stuff only, unless the industry changes dramaticly. Now think about this for a bit.
Are we moving to a Free-to-play mode, probably, however, game breaking items where real money > investment of time in a game is not something you will see in ANY successfull major MMO.
This is because of the simple principle of Mudflation. Where the old gear just becomes useless and you have to go jump 20 hoops or shell out 50 bucks for a new set of uber gear.
Wow has this problem, which is why it's slowly dieing. Eve on the other hand does NOT have this problem. Yes, we have inflation, and increase of the general wealth both in assets and money all over the game, this is normal for even a regular society, the trick is, that it is gradual, and not exponential. That there are valves and stopgaps which slow this down, and balance it.
The simple fact that Eve is still going strong 8 years after launch is proof of this.
yes, things have been wobbly, and gone a little pear shaped this summer, and they paid for that. And now we are seeing them realising this and setting a new ( better? ) course.
As such, I don't think we'll ever see Pay2Win in Eve, simply because this will be a stab right into the heart of the game. As such, I think we'll never see anything that will enhance your skill training, or gold ammo which is superior to anything that the economy produces.
I see a good future for Eve.
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