ShadowandLight
Black Aces
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Posted - 2013.09.13 21:33:00 -
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In EVE there is a very prevalent "tough s**t" attitude around that makes EVE a very "real" and "adult" game.
Things in EVE matter, you can pay for your account with ISK or you can buy that shiny faction ship which you will then die in a fire inside of. Many games dont have that visceral connection to your stuff that EVE has.
However I think we as a player base and CCP themselves need to step back here a bit and look at the bigger picture. CCP is using the income from EVE to fund at LEAST 3 other projects. DUST514, EVE VR and Vampires Online (World of Darkness). The game has 500k subs that took 10 years to reach, while completely terrible MMO's like Age of Conan or Warhammer hit nearly 1m and then fall off the map due to complete lack of content or whatever else cause them to crash.
The likely hood of a newer player coming into EVE, spending months / a year plus mining, ratting or trading in EVE to have 90% of that effort wiped out by a scammer is a problem for CCP. I know many of you, us, me included realize that dangers in EVE of getting ripped off are just like the dangers in life. Verify that what your doing is legit, triple check, ask 10 other people if doing x or y is a good idea etc..
However you have a huge market of sci-fi, fantasy or fps players that CCP is looking grow into EVE subscribers and DUST514 bling buyers. If they come into EVE and 4 months later get robbed of all their goods and hard work a vast majority of them will just say **** it and quit.
I know that many people think thats LOL AWESOME GJ NOOB and not think twice about it, but the reality is CCP has probably done a ton of internal investigation on what is causing new players to stop playing EVE and I am going to wager that one huge issue is the scamming that occurs in the game to newer players.
Almost every group in EVE I can think of is welcoming to new players... why? because they are as f*****g rare as a unicorn. Even when a "new player" joins your corp or alliance you cannot tell me you arent extremely suspicious of that "new guy" for a god damn year after he joined.
EVE has a major issue with market penetration. The tutorial is shakey at best, finding a good home for a new player is extremely tough BEFORE you take into account scammers, the game is hard to learn and harder to get good at and dont forget how extremely boring EVE can be if you have a new account with limited options on what you can do.
I am betting that this is just one step CCP is taking to mitigate new player losses. We as a community should be taking a hard look at how new sub's to EVE Online are treated before we get our pitch forks and torches trying to burn down CCP HQ.
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