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Mangala Solaris
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
375
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Posted - 2013.02.28 10:16:00 -
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I, Mangala Solaris, would like to officially announce my candidacy for the 8th Council of Stellar Management.
My Background
I attempted to start playing as early as 2004, however it was not until 2006, that I sat down and gave this game the attention it deserves, creating Mangala around the release of Revelations I. Since then I have been a miner, a mission runner, a trader, a pvper, and an industrialist. I have - and I still do - primarily lived in Empire and with a short period of time spent in Null during my time playing EVE. The past 3 years I have spent in Empire as a member of RvB. I have gone from regular line animal to Director & back again a couple of times, along the way I have learned to FC regular RvB, RvB's third party wars, and more recently I have become the "main" FC of the weekly, drunken, public Null sec roams known as RvB Ganked.
My Affiliation
While I am in RvB, and am very well known for being in RvB, I do not solely see myself as the RvB candidate, although the excellent RvB community are supporting my candidacy. In addition while RvB is primarily a high sec entity, I do not see myself as the high sec candidate, I see myself as the candidate for people who enjoy playing EVE - be it manufacturing, mining, pveing or pvping - and wish to see it continue both the evolution & growth it has over the past 10 years, under the - sometimes - careful stewardship of CCP, the watchful eye of both the CSM & you, the player-base.
My Platform
The main stay of this platform is a desire to keep CCP on the course they have kept for the past 18 months with regards to updates to the core product, most notably a continuation of the hull & item balancing work they have undertaken of late. It is my firm belief that these changes have been the primary cause for the resurgence of both small ship pvp in EVE & the increase in the active PCU compared to a year ago, when the fallout from the previous summer was still being felt across Tranquility.
Along side my initial point, I would be especially interested in encouraging CCP to make what I call "Quality of life" changes to the client, this would include further amendments to the Fleet UI along with the ability to create public fleets without the need for standings to be set; Changes to the corporation UI - most especially roles and the powers they grant; Overview changes; & encouraging CCP to speed up the revamp POS and the attendant code, starting with the roles relating to access and then work from there.
Next up - and what with being in one of the groups that is seen as being an early port of call for newer players - I would like to address New Player Retention with CCP. Specifically improvements to how new players are moved on after the tutorials. While the existing methods of the official recruitment forum, the in game recruitment channel & corporation advert system work well as they stand, I feel that much more integration between these tools could help direct newer players to corporations that better match their interests & social requirements, with a potential result being players who once would have been turned away due to a lack of good, useful social interaction staying with the game.
Tied into the above would be pushing for changes to the current isk making standards for the majority of players, namely missions & mining. While these are a necessity, surely they can be improved with regards to the level of attention needed, and to the challenge they offer, making the tedium of isk generation much more interesting for players. And better pve related content with a more active element can only serve to help retain players in my opinion.
Finally I guarantee that should you, the voters decide I am deserving of a place on the 8th CSM, that I will work with CCP & the other delegates to ensure that the majority benefits from changes to the core product rather than just a minority, especially in light of how CCP plan to deliver content & changes in future expansions.
Contact Me
You can reach me by posting in this thread, on my blog's comment section, posting in my RvB forum thread, by EVEMail & on Twitter. Please be assured that wherever you contact me I will answer as soon as I can, and that I will post that answer across all mediums. However you follow my campaign, you will not miss out on any information from me.
Vote Mangala
In voting for me, you will get the benefit of my varied experience in game, as well as a delegate that wants CCP to provide the best content for as much of the player-base as possible. So come the Pre-Election Ballot vote for Mangala Solaris, then when the "proper" Election happens in April make sure I am your number 1 choice! Mangala is not FC, yet another randomly updated EVE blog.
http://mangala.rvbganked.co.uk/ |
Samuel Vokan
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
1
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Posted - 2013.02.28 10:31:00 -
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You carry the fate of us all little one, if this is indeed the will of the council, Gondor will see it done. |
Mizhir
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
5503
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Posted - 2013.02.28 10:36:00 -
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Mang for CSM! The Logi Pilot we need... Not the Logi Pilot we deserve |
Singular Snowflake
New Order Logistics CODE.
119
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Posted - 2013.02.28 10:45:00 -
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Another everything for everyone candidate.
Edit: I mean even Xenuria manages to create an unique "breasts for male avatars" platform. And (s)he is Xenuria. |
Endeavour Starfleet
844
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Posted - 2013.02.28 11:04:00 -
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Hello there!
I would like to name several situations that I feel are detrimental to the game. Give a solution and ask you for your stance on both. I do need answers to all the situations for my vote(s)
POS those three letters bring nightmares to just about anyone having the misfortune of having to operate one. The solution in the long term is obviously modular POS. Yet CCP seems to be backpedaling on implementing this despite the MANY benefits. What is your stance on the possibility of a near term bandage of a form of player POS that is only designed to be the equilivant of a Secure Container for ships until modular POS is ready?
Overpowered passive cloaking. It is now to the point where people are now beyond AFK cloaking but running Twitch.tv streams of enemy stations and systems! Would you support balancing cloaking to punish those who go AFK (Eventually able to be scanned down for decloak) while maintaining the benefits to people actively cloaking (Remaining at their keyboard)
Lack of Ring Mining. Again with the CCP backpedaling despite the many benefits for nullsec and other areas for the game. What is your stand on the crap that is moon mining?
The silly push by some in the community to end or delay "Local" or any effective means for those in a nullsec system to determine if a hostile or unknown is in system in them. This obviously needs no solution but I want your thoughts.
The horrible state of missions in hisec. The solution in my opinion is a complete rewrite to allow for a more incursion like approach that rewards those who want to train up logistic frigs and cruisers or be a specific role in a fleet. Also providing a way for newer players to experience group play in EVE.
Incursion suckage. With the nerfs to Incursions fleets have slowed to a trickle and it was sad to see CCP willing to spend more development time nerfing entire expansions instead of doing what was right being making other aspects of EVE better. Modular POS and Ring mining need dev time sooner so I will admit this ought to be looked at later however I wanted to get your views on them and have this to be some context to the next aspect of Logi.
Logi suckage. Logis do not have the tools to do their job. They need to be able to tell who is locked and taking damage and in large fleets the watchlist can't handle that leading to dependence on broadcasts that most of EVE seems to not know or refuse to use right. Look at any average HQ incursion fleet where people don't broadcast right stressing out logi or in fleet fights where following FCs orders makes it harder to broadcast properly. A solution is a logi only screen that is completely configurable to show who is taking the most DPS and who has the most locks in fleet.
Logi Suckage #2 Reps don't get you on mails? Wut? Solution obviously is to have repping those in fleet land you on killmails generated from fleet. |
Dracoth Simertet
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
32
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Posted - 2013.02.28 11:25:00 -
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You have my vote!
o7 Drac |
Mangala Solaris
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
379
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Posted - 2013.02.28 11:42:00 -
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Endeavour Starfleet wrote:Hello there!
I would like to name several situations that I feel are detrimental to the game. Give a solution and ask you for your stance on both. I do need answers to all the situations for my vote(s)
Thanks for the post and the interest in what I have to say regarding your concerns, I'll sort a response out for you as soon as possible.
Once again thank you.
Mangala undocked. A randomly updated blog
http://mangala.rvbganked.co.uk/ |
Zimmy Zeta
RvB - RED Federation
9134
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Posted - 2013.02.28 13:27:00 -
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Whoever has enough leadership- and organization skills to coordinate the drunken marauding hordes of RvB Ganked almost every week is more than qualified to deal with CCP on behalf of the player base as well.
Please don't feed me. |
Cephias Caine
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
10
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Posted - 2013.02.28 16:18:00 -
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Mangala Solaris For CSM!
As a long standing Eve Player and a player that has seen "Mangs" in action over the course of the last 9 months. I can fervently endorse him as a candidate for CSM.
A vote for Mangala is a vote for continued prosperity and valued content for the Eve community as a whole and a real boost to the new player experience!
Mangala Solaris for CSM!
Ganked Fleet = Best Fleet! |
Random McNally
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
174
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Posted - 2013.02.28 17:15:00 -
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Mangala Solaris wrote:Endeavour Starfleet wrote:Hello there!
I would like to name several situations that I feel are detrimental to the game. Give a solution and ask you for your stance on both. I do need answers to all the situations for my vote(s) Thanks for the post and the interest in what I have to say regarding your concerns, I'll sort a response out for you as soon as possible. Once again thank you.
Try to use 1000 words or less, Mang.
Just FYI, the hordes of RVB supporters are NOT just Mang Zombies or alts. Mang will be a very good candidate for CSM.
You have my axe, good sir! (even for a filthy smurf.....) Red Fed Grunt.-á Co-Host of the High Drag Podcast. http://highdrag.wordpress.com/ |
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Haru Kion
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
2
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Posted - 2013.02.28 17:21:00 -
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I approve of this product and/or service.
But please buff tgl3. He needs it. |
Catalyst XI
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
41
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Posted - 2013.02.28 17:37:00 -
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Having exploded mangala more times then i can remember, i can say without hesitation that hes more then qualified to be part of the CSM, in fact he may be the only candidate that "gets it" and isn't out to make a name for himself but simply trying to make the game better.
The Hero we Deserve!
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Del DelVechio
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
63
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Posted - 2013.02.28 17:41:00 -
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I AM A MANG ZOMBIE.... |
David Farragut
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
2
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Posted - 2013.02.28 17:42:00 -
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I AM A MANG ZOMBIE.... |
Ben Shacar
Blohm and Voss Shipyards
1
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Posted - 2013.02.28 17:43:00 -
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I AM A MANG ZOMBIE.... |
Marla Toucre
Blohm and Voss Shipyards
0
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Posted - 2013.02.28 17:45:00 -
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I AM A MANG ZOMBIE.... |
Random McNally
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
175
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Posted - 2013.02.28 17:45:00 -
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David Farragut wrote:I AM A MANG ZOMBIE....
Ok, SOME of the RVB hordes aren't Mang Zombies.... Red Fed Grunt.-á Co-Host of the High Drag Podcast. http://highdrag.wordpress.com/ |
Saxonaire Trollstriker
Space Exploitation Inc Get Off My Lawn
0
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Posted - 2013.02.28 17:45:00 -
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I AM A MANG ZOMBIE.... |
Thecla Elarik
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
18
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Posted - 2013.02.28 18:05:00 -
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oh hai Mang
ps: no zombie |
Align Planet1
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
16
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Posted - 2013.02.28 18:13:00 -
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For many of us, RvB is Eve. We came for PvP, we exploded gloriously, we wanted to do it again.
We joined a Ganked roam, went to null for the first time, exploded gloriously, and wanted to do it again.
We went to war with Eve University. Everything exploded gloriously. We can't wait to do it again.
Mangala Solaris is a leader of RvB, and the architect of Ganked.
He already plays the role of enabler to thousands of players.
Now, he wants to do that for everybody.
Vote Mangala for CSM8.
P.S. I am Mang Zombie! |
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Professor Clio
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
178
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Posted - 2013.02.28 19:31:00 -
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Brains..... braaaaaains |
J'Poll
The Fiction Factory Tribal Band
1930
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Posted - 2013.02.28 19:44:00 -
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He's got my Vote. |
Baby Dady
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
10
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Posted - 2013.02.28 20:03:00 -
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The large size of Mang's cranium does make him an attractive candidate to zombies. |
Galenwade
Shrubbery Acquisitions
189
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Posted - 2013.02.28 21:21:00 -
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Baby Dady wrote:The large size of Mang's cranium does make him an attractive candidate to zombies.
I thought it was because he can't run fast and doesn't even lift ?
oh and +1 for mang from the shrubberys!! |
Mangala Solaris
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
389
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Posted - 2013.02.28 21:52:00 -
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Endeavour Starfleet wrote:Hello there!
I would like to name several situations that I feel are detrimental to the game. Give a solution and ask you for your stance on both. I do need answers to all the situations for my vote(s)
So I have answered the points you asked, and have split them into 2 responses given the limitations of the quote system on this forum.
Quote:POS those three letters bring nightmares to just about anyone having the misfortune of having to operate one. The solution in the long term is obviously modular POS. Yet CCP seems to be backpedaling on implementing this despite the MANY benefits. What is your stance on the possibility of a near term bandage of a form of player POS that is only designed to be the equilivant of a Secure Container for ships until modular POS is ready? While I do admit the POS system is in dire need of the promised revamps - and wont come over night as we can see from Seagulls response to Two Steps threadnaught - I do think that before CCP look at the structures themselves is revise the role system that governs the access & use of POS. Lets try and stop POS's denying access arbitrarily or even shooting the very people wishing to use them. That isnt to say your suggestion is not something I agree with, I could see it as an interim if said object allowed easier fitting/storage of ships & swapping of sub-systems on Strategic Cruisers. Especially this last for our friends in Unknown Space.
Overpowered passive cloaking. It is now to the point where people are now beyond AFK cloaking but running Twitch.tv streams of enemy stations and systems! Would you support balancing cloaking to punish those who go AFK (Eventually able to be scanned down for decloak) while maintaining the benefits to people actively cloaking (Remaining at their keyboard) Frankly, and I am sure you will not like this viewpoint but I do not see anything wrong with it. If you do not want such types getting into your space, do a better job of gate security. And if they are streaming a view that features a station, that gives the bright amongst you the opportunity to locate his exact position, get a decloak on him and then explode them?
Lack of Ring Mining. Again with the CCP backpedaling despite the many benefits for nullsec and other areas for the game. What is your stand on the crap that is moon mining? Rare minerals that are a necessity in all T2 production are - in an ideal universe - a conflict driver, whether they are found on moons or found on system spanning rings - the sheer imagery of which appeals to the sci-fi fan inside of me. Would I prefer ring mining over moon mining - yes, IF ring mining relied on pilots being considerably more active than they are in current mining activities, which would also mean more targets in space for roaming gangs and the like. And creating content for many play styles should be at the root of potential changes like this.
Mangala undocked. A randomly updated blog
http://mangala.rvbganked.co.uk/ |
Mangala Solaris
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
389
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Posted - 2013.02.28 21:53:00 -
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Quote:The silly push by some in the community to end or delay "Local" or any effective means for those in a nullsec system to determine if a hostile or unknown is in system in them. This obviously needs no solution but I want your thoughts. Its fine as is. Works great in Unknown Space, but right now is not needed anywhere else. Frankly I think such a change to anywhere in "regular" space could back fire. As it is right now a fair amount of null-sec is empty and you can easily see that from local, but imagine roaming without local. Now you spend too much time in every system scanning and scanning and scanning, just on the off chance someone is there. Sorry but that impinges on fun a little too much.
The horrible state of missions in hisec. The solution in my opinion is a complete rewrite to allow for a more incursion like approach that rewards those who want to train up logistic frigs and cruisers or be a specific role in a fleet. Also providing a way for newer players to experience group play in EVE. A ground up rewrite of missions could prove even more elusive than the POS revamp, but as an interim solution the addition of newer missions with better AI, fewer enemies but with better fit ships (to maybe simulate basic pvp situations) would win my support, especially if it encourages group play. These missions could - as more are added - have their frequency in the rotation increased, until such time the existing missions are depreciated. So not really a rewrite but an over-write.
Incursion suckage. With the nerfs to Incursions fleets have slowed to a trickle and it was sad to see CCP willing to spend more development time nerfing entire expansions instead of doing what was right being making other aspects of EVE better. Modular POS and Ring mining need dev time sooner so I will admit this ought to be looked at later however I wanted to get your views on them and have this to be some context to the next aspect of Logi. To be totally honest, I have not spent any time doing incursions to have experienced exactly how badly they were nerfed. However, from conversations with people who did & still do run incursions, & from reading various threads on the forums and other sites, it seems that when they did this they went too far, almost to the extent of making them a forgotten feature. And even after a slight fix to them, they are still not as popular as they once were. Now given that they are an excellent example of group content, I would like to see them fixed a touch more, to keep them relevant as one of the main forms of challenging group pve content in EVE.
Logi suckage. Logis do not have the tools to do their job. They need to be able to tell who is locked and taking damage and in large fleets the watchlist can't handle that leading to dependence on broadcasts that most of EVE seems to not know or refuse to use right. Look at any average HQ incursion fleet where people don't broadcast right stressing out logi or in fleet fights where following FCs orders makes it harder to broadcast properly. A solution is a logi only screen that is completely configurable to show who is taking the most DPS and who has the most locks in fleet. Right now you have an extended watch-list, that actually does show when someone is taking damage, however before ccp goes adding yet another item to an already cluttered UI, maybe they could improve the watch list first; Bigger bars, maybe with a more obvious "this ship is getting done over" notification for example. Although I have to say that as long as you educate your fleet members about when to broadcast, which buttons to use to broadcast and that moaning about it on comms wont make it happen faster you should as a logistics pilot in any situation be able to do your job. Also helps that you can configure your broadcast history and ensure that as a logistics you are only seeing the calls for the reps you offer & capacitor transfers.
Logi Suckage #2 Reps don't get you on mails? Wut? Solution obviously is to have repping those in fleet land you on killmails generated from fleet. This really does need changing, yes there are hacks for some of the available killboards, but that is not the same as CCP changing the killmail code slightly. I mean if I can get on a mail with an item like a target painter, that doesnt directly do damage, then why not show reppers on mails when they have been repping a target. They do not need to include how much you repped - assuming its even saved in a log that could be readable - just that you were there. So yes, if CCP ever came to the CSM and said we have found a way to make this happen, I'd be the first to support them spending some development time on it.
Mangala undocked. A randomly updated blog
http://mangala.rvbganked.co.uk/ |
Endeavour Starfleet
846
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Posted - 2013.02.28 22:09:00 -
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Thank you for answering my questions! Sadly I am unwilling to support your candidacy with such views on the obviously overpowered cloaking. (I encourage you to look at Twitch.tv to see how far this issue has grown)
I am glad to see CSM candidates showing more support for Incursions this year however. If CSM8 could bring balance to cloaking, get changes done to POS, and restore some of the good that was Incursions it would be one of the best yet in my opinion. |
Zine Kel'thet
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
5
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Posted - 2013.03.01 03:51:00 -
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I'm voting for Mangala, not because he's a fellow RvBro, but because he has balls. Unlike most of the current CSM who fiddle with each other once every few months and nod and give thumbs up to CCP when they post Dev Blogs, Mangala is rather vocal. |
Agnar Volta
Shrubbery Acquisitions
76
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Posted - 2013.03.01 11:22:00 -
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Supporting Mangala on this one.
PS: Not sure if zombie |
Star Juggler
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
0
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Posted - 2013.03.01 14:31:00 -
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Mangala has a rare combination of highly skilled EVE leadership and great patience.
Some EVE FC's are highly skilled and very boring. Others are very funny and very patient, but they achieve nothing.
Mangala knows a surprising number of things about this game, and never hesitates to turn this knowledge into the best of player experiences for everyone around him.
Vote for Mangala, he has an extraordinary sense for good gameplay. This will benefit you!
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