Nandy Cocytus
Pandemonium Private Consultants LLC
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Posted - 2011.10.09 18:27:00 -
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You have got to be ******* KIDDING ME. This is the 3rd time I have hit "post" and the page simply reloads and deletes the small novel I wrote. But, it's part my fault; that's what the Clipboard is for. [insert obscene mutterings here]
Let me try and recreate this:
I've expressed this opinion before, but here it goes again.
Back when Apocrypha was released, we got the first real announcement regarding WiS: it was out of the conceptual phase. That doesn't sound like much, but to me it was progress, and I was thrilled. But right now, what we have is not what was promised, primarily because it's incomplete. Some, like myself, can look at a project in piecemeal and take it for what it is without issue. But many, and they are justified in this, feel they should not have an unfinished project thrown at them. We pay to play, not playtest. That's different, and people get paid for that. If you do want to play test, that's what Singularity and Duality are for. Also, in a world where cloning is commonplace and FTL travel is the norm, what I know of humanity tells me that fashion did not fall to the wayside. We need more stuff on the NEX, reasonably priced. And then there were Establishments. That got pushed back, to my dismay. I want my virtual space beer, CCP. WHERE IS MY VIRTUAL SPACE BEER!?
This next part is very important, so pay attention:
Flying in Space is, was, and forever will be the core of EVE. When I first started playing, a T2 battleship might as well have been the Flying Dutchman. I was never going to get into one. The people who flew those were all years old. That might be a bit exaggerated, but I was a n00b back then. I can't remember the price numbers, but they were far more respected than they are today. We didn't have incursions (read: money presses). WH were just being introduced in Apocrypha, and T3 ships came shortly after (an FiS addition). It was a smash. It was the precursor to Incursions really; fleet based PvP. There were and are people who can solo Sleepers, but most do it with fleets. The next expansion I wasn't around for. I started up again shortly after Incursion came out. Another FiS addition. Great stuff. It did contribute to inflation, but that was an unfortunate by-product of giving carebears a chance to fleet up in hisec.
But, now, a lot of players feel/felt disenfranchised with the current state of affairs, in no small part because FiS has not been receiving the strange, slightly perverted techie love that it deserves. And now many have left. By making FiS fun again, everyone benefits: Miners mine more (they always did that - mining was the original money press). Ratters rat more. Missioners mission more. PvPers fight more. Campers camp more (stationary targets are always a good thing). Explorers explore more. WH fleets WH fleet more. The results are good for everyone: salvage, loot, more salvage and more loot. Prices go down, and we have an EVE again. And best of all, we start seeing some worthwhile news from the Correspondent. Because the original draw of EVE for me, besides the internet spaceships, was that the story wasn't centered around some king I've never met or heard of who came back from the dead to do some such or another. The story was written ENTIRELY BY PLAYERS SIMPLY PLAYING THE GAME. Sovereignty change = news. POS assault = news. Hostile Takeovers and Bloodless Coups=news. Best. Story. EVAR.
TL;DR
I love what Incarna could be. I simply like what it is, though. We pay to play, not playtest. That's what the test servers are for. FiS is the most important. It needs love. FiS becomes fun again, and everything gets better. Internet Spaceships are SERIOUS BUSINESS
****EDIT****
In the hanagars, now, it's not just an empty void. I actually see a hangar. That's pretty cool.
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