Can we get a response as to why you bastards keep making entirely new ships out of these skins instead of letting us have a system that allows for the customization of an existing ship?

Is is simply a technical issue regarding database entries or something (similar in complexity to the old request for separate BPC icons) or UI devs to change the fitting screen? Or are you just holding it back until V3 is done and doing them as separate ships now to simply give people a perception of shiny?

I would love to know why you are re-releasing ships that are in the "Special edition" section of the market. Would it kill you to give us some warning before you destroy rare item collections on a whim?

You're asking why giving people accurate information with which to make their ingame choices would help?

To be explicit (in language even CCP can understand): A new player might see a market section for "special edition" items and believe, as many of us did, that this means the items will not be re-released. This new player might then purchase a ship, only to find it re-released a week later as part of some failed tournament HD stream promotion promotion. This new player would then have lost a lot of ISK, and would quit the game. The new player would then mention to his/her friends that EVE is not a fun game to play.

When it comes to making ingame decisions new players should have the same information available to them as veteran players do. Veteran players know that "special edition" means the ship is neither "special" OR "limited edition", but this is never made clear to new players. This is why we need clarity over what is limited edition and what isn't.

They've always done re-re-releases. Even the Apotheosis, the 5 years of CCP ship, was given out in a number of other promotions over the years. The only ones they haven't re-released are the guardian vex, silver/gold magnates, opux yhat, and at ships. Personally, I wish CCP WOULD release more of all of them, particularly the silver/gold magnates and gv. I have a GV. If more were available I'd be a lot more inclined to take mine out and start terrorizing belts or something. I don't care about ISK... I just want moar ships.

Um... uh... because you see... uh.... he would then have knowledge of the impending rarity decline, but .... uhm... uh... nobody else would?

Yeah, then he could sell his collection off before it was devalued to some other poor collector before the knowledge went ... um... public....

Yeah, giving advance warning of a re-release would certainly help out.

Me too. Then I got one. Now I've ALWAYS wanted a Silver Magnate. It's a slippery slope... covered in ISK and pod fluid....