Erin Crawford wrote:Evei Shard wrote:It's unfortunate that Rubicon is so lacking that many people are choosing to spend money to check out X-Rebirth as opposed to buying PLEX in order to grab the latest content in Eve.
I agree, but forget X-Rebirth...
There is that other huge white balloon of an elephant that has gained, so far in excess of, $27+ million from what appears to be desperate people looking for something else. I wonder what? What is it they are looking for? What's worth $27+million and growing? A dream, a vision...?
Image, that instead of that white elephant, it had all been PLEXed into EVE! Imagine the possibilities... $27 million more and growing!
Heck, EVE already exists and has been around for just over a decade and with good reason!!! Make it even greater!
Sad to see so many negative views about where this game is purportedly heading... Sad to see massive 'player-based' funding/pledging going into something that, as yet, does not exist! Why..?
As somebody who has pledged I will tell my reasons.
I grew up with the games Chris Roberts worked on.
Games such as Times of Lore, Privateer, Wing Commander and Freelancer.
I love his vision and his passion. I love that he is designing a game he wants to play.
I spent months visiting the SC website before investing to see how they interacted with their community, seeing how they constantly updated their progression and was very impressed.
As Frying Doom has already said, you know on week to week basis where they are up to, what they are doing, what they have planned next etc.
I love the weekly Wingman's Hanger episodes where the devs let you know what is going on and also give feedback.
Its a vision I would love to be part so I decided to invest.
Yeah its a risk but life is full of risks :)
I could of either purchased a couple of plex or invested in SC, I decided to invest in SC as I am not convinced of the direction that CCP are taking and whether I will still have all 4 of my accounts active in a years time.
Most of the people that I met those 3+ years ago when I started playing Eve have long since left. A few pop on every now and again when a special offer on to see what has changed, they are usually left very unimpressed and do not renew.
Those I know that still play Eve are not what I would call super excited about the direction that Eve is taking and are only here because there is no alternative.
Quite a few of those have also invested in SC which I find very telling.