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Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.01.09 16:54:00 -
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The Mittani wrote:
They're a minor area that needs adjustment, not a sucking chest wound. They're too hard to make and they're not used often, and I think they're on the agenda for looking at (iirc they were being tweaked in Crucible).
I can elaborate about this one, since I followed it closely when it was proposed. The booster GÇ£tweakGÇ¥ that was to be implemented in Crucible was to remove all side effects and lower the boost amount, changing all the skills to give back the boost that was nerfed rather than mitigating side effects as they do now.
This proposal was highly controversial, since it would have effectively sparked a market rush on boosters (many DONGÇÖT use them currently because of the side effect risk alone) without doing anything to compensate on the supply end of things. The bottleneck would have caused them to become exorbitantly expensive, which many of us felt would result in less people using boosters, not more as CCP was trying to accomplish. They would have become another pay-to-win luxury PvP element not unlike Officer mods. Others objected to the change because they felt that the side effects and risk were manageable what made boosters exciting and fun, and in the spirit of EvEGǪinstead of making them potions that youGÇÖd be a fool not to have in your cargo, assuming you could afford them in the first place.
Some booster manufacturers supported the change and would have loved to have made a killing under these circumstances, but CCP agreed that overall a better set of adjustments could be made to make boosters more accessible and usable, and that more time should be spent coming up with a better solution, so the changes were postponed for now. |
Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.01.09 19:25:00 -
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Cearain wrote:
The statistic proves my argument. Eve is losing allot of players who don't want EVE to be their social media platform. Only players that do use it a some sort of social media stay because it is forced down our throats so if you don't like it you tend to leave.
(Ok Cearain - lets see if we can do this without bringing up plexes  )
I was hoping if you could clarify what you meant here? I've always seen plugging one's self in socially as the key to long-term success and happiness in a game like EvE. I don't really understand why someone would try to "go it alone" in an MMO when there are a host of great single players games offering better solo gameplay.
If you're speaking about more "casual" gameplay being integrated into the game, such as content that can be accessed within the hour, whether its shorter-length PvE, or shorter length PvP such as (DOH!!! I did it, I mentioned plexing again....) In that case I agree, EvE needs more variety in that department.
But perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you mean exactly by "players that don't want to use EvE as social media" - are you saying those that want to log in and not interact with other players at all? Or just those that want to log in and use a matchmaking type service to grab partners for content, rather than being forced to pick a corp, make friends, etc?
Sorry if I missed an earlier post of yours explaining, I'm suffering a bit of "thread fatigue" and haven't scoured this one 100%. |
Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.01.16 11:41:00 -
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Marlona Sky wrote:Malcanis wrote:See my "Hi-sec manifesto" thread for an expanded PoV. Ahh... I've not read all 12 pages, but the OP sounds good. 
I'll give you the TL:DR version of the other 12 pages - its mostly people upset and accusing Malcanis of being a "l33t pvp-er who's out to destroy carebears and wants to turn Jita into nullsec", while skipping over the part of the manifesto where Malcanis argues for and provides examples of why high sec casual players deserve more ways to protect themselves from aggressive activity in the first place. |
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Posted - 2012.01.27 09:57:00 -
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Plutonian wrote:Don't want to derail, but would like to address a comment: Hans Jagerblitzen wrote: I don't really understand why someone would try to "go it alone" in an MMO when there are a host of great single players games offering better solo gameplay. Some pilots disdain groups and enjoy hunting other players. There are several factors which come into play, but the distinctions between them get blurred easily. The Ultimate Game: No AI can emulate the deviousness found in a human being. Schedule: The game will serve me, not vise-versa. The Rebel: I refuse to group up, I'm not a cog in the wheel, I make my own destiny. Anti-social: People are ****. Blow 'em up!  Something to Prove: I want to take on the world by myself... can I survive (and occasionally win) completely surrounded by my enemies? Trial By Fire: It is generally accepted that learning PvP solo is far more accelerated (and brutal) than learning within a group. It's a weird mix of those type things. I'd be willing to bet that a survey of the solo fighters of Eve would show every damn one of us played single player games on the hardest/impossible skill levels. In my case, I've modded games so it became harder than the developer-imposed highest skill level. It's a hard thing to describe. I sometimes wonder if I play games for 'fun' at all.
No, I totally hear you. Living in lowsec I've been attacked by plenty of solo PvP'ers (in ships of all sizes) and have plenty of corpmates who are quite proficient in fighting alone themselves. This is also why I believe many of the best PvP'ers in the game live in lowsec because the smaller the fight, the more individual pilot talent matters. This scales all the way down to where those that fight alone are usually unmatched in skill and expertise.
I was probably thinking more along the lines of solo PvE content in MMO's, which is generally lackluster. This is true in EvE just as any other "terrestrial" MMO. Isk flamewars aside, no one really disagrees that Incursions foster cooperation and ended up being a helluvalot more fun and challenging than any of the missions that can be done solo.
PvP still feels social to me whether you're with a team or not in that you are directly seeking out other players to have fun, even if you aren't talking to them directly. (This is where The Mittani steps in and mentions something about the percentage of EvE players with Aspberger's.) I love logistics more than anything, and am not personally that competitive, so I've never really been one to go out seeking solo kills, but I have high respect for those that do. They usually have the most they can teach us. |
Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.01.31 15:31:00 -
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The Mittani wrote:It's almost election season, which means that actual issues will be abandoned in favor of trolling and raw hysteria among the hoi polloi - grab your popcorn!
I'll be running for Chairman again but I won't have any serious threads up until the candidacy period finishes. Amusingly, the release of the minutes didn't see much action itt, so I assume you all loved them!
Confirming EvE Populace has zero qualms with the summit meetings and are 100% behind the council's proposals.  |
Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.02.02 02:10:00 -
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None ofthe Above wrote:
By this I'd say you aren't even reading the forums.
Not going to bother stating your positions until after the candidacy period FINISHES? Well glad to see you taking this all very seriously.
By this I'd say you aren't even reading the CSM election procedures.
There are multiple stages. First, you submit paperwork to CCP. They must vet you. Than they announce a list of candidates to be placed on the ballot. Those candidates must than gain the 100 signatures needed to become finalized candidates. After the final list of candidates is published, there is than another 7 days before voting begins.
This gives Mittens 3 weeks to campaign after the candidacy period but before polls close.
Well glad to see you taking your trolling very seriously. |
Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.02.02 10:14:00 -
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Akirei Scytale wrote:What is your stance on Lyris' independent bid for a CSM seat?
Ahhh yes I was curious about this as well. I keep hearing reports the strat this year was for Goons not to split but to rally behind Mittens alone. Lyris' campaign is, well, interesting to say the least. And even though I take everything a Goon says with a grain of salt I figure its just better to ask the man himself instead of speculating....
Mittens, do you foresee a threat to the Chairman's seat that would require you to rally the whole bloc to your side instead of splitting and grabbing two travelling seats like before? Or simply enjoy breaking some records? 
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Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.02.02 15:25:00 -
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Akirei Scytale wrote:Hans Jagerblitzen wrote:Akirei Scytale wrote:What is your stance on Lyris' independent bid for a CSM seat? Ahhh yes I was curious about this as well. I keep hearing reports the strat this year was for Goons not to split but to rally behind Mittens alone. Lyris' campaign is, well, interesting to say the least. And even though I take everything a Goon says with a grain of salt I figure its just better to ask the man himself instead of speculating.... Mittens, do you foresee a threat to the Chairman's seat that would require you to rally the whole bloc to your side instead of splitting and grabbing two travelling seats like before? Or simply enjoy breaking some records? I can tell you straight up that Lyris poses no threat to The Mittani's re-election. I'm more curious of what his opinion of it is. If Lyris gets elected, it wont be on goon votes.
Naaahh, I know Lyris isn't a threat to The Mittani. I meant threat from a non-Goon. |
Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.02.02 19:59:00 -
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The Mittani wrote:
Realtalk: I got elected to chair with only 1750 GSF votes in CSM6; the rest of my 5365 votes came from non-GSF sources, likely due to name recognition and being something of a name. When CSM6 was elected, a huge chunk of the playerbase thought the CSM was a waste of time and powerless. After my tenure as Chair, most of the screeching has changed tone to 'CSM has too much power', so I suspect that people who appreciate what we've done will vote even harder for me in CSM7.
tl;dr is basically guessing how many votes I can actually muster from the non-GSF public; I'd like to get an impressive number above 5365 in order to demonstrate an outright mandate over and beyond my previous 'more votes than anyone in the csm's history' showing.
Re: Lyris, there are always independent goon candidates, they just don't have the formal backing of Goonfleet.com and don't aim for goon votes. I don't think it's actually necessary to stack the council with GSF voices, since I'm something of a persuasive guy, the CSM doesn't 'vote', and most null reps view the game through a similar lens.
Enlightening. Thanks! |
Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.02.02 20:05:00 -
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None ofthe Above wrote:The Mittani wrote:
let's see, i'm me, you're you
Mintchip? LOL
But is he evil? or SO evil? |
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Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.02.03 06:47:00 -
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Cearain wrote:
And what is the problem with my old corp? Your lazier than I am retiring before 30 and all. I can't believe someone from goose swarm is saying they can't take my posts seriously because of my corp. ffs!
You know you're probably giving him a woodie right now, Cearain. He loves hearing this stuff. |
Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.02.05 21:24:00 -
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Che Biko wrote:The Mittani wrote:I got elected to chair with only 1750 GSF votes in CSM6; the rest of my 5365 votes came from non-GSF sources, How do you know this?
Because he know's what he's doing. When you have an alliance full of *enough* sheep (not saying every Goon is incapable of thinking for themselves), its pretty easy to command a specific number of them to vote one way, and the others to vote the rest.
Mittens has the capability to cause GSF to either vote completely for himself, or to divide their votes between other candidates.
The 1750 votes was probably by design.
As for guaranteeing the other 3500 votes, that was a coordinated work with the Clusterfuck Coalition, containing leaders of other alliances with equally high compliance rates when giving out vote orders.
To win an election in EvE, you can't just "throw your hat" into the ring and pray for good results. The winning candidates, year after year, are those that have taken the time to guarantee their own voter base, and usually know how many votes they will get, and from where, long before the talking heads make their predictions or the first vote is ever cast.
That's the perennial challenge for the non-0.0 candidates. |
Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.02.08 16:12:00 -
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The Mittani wrote:
At the summit, CCP suggested testing new capture mechanics on FW; the idea didn't originate with me. There was no discussion of 'linking' the systems as you imply.
Stop trying to use me as a boogeyman and mentioning me in every other post, or if you do it, you should at least get the facts straight.
CSM Minutes wrote:Some CSMs suggested that FW could be used as a testbed for new capture mechanics, since FW would be smaller scale than nullsec.
(emphasis mine)
Would you mind sharing with the voter community who exactly suggested this? You have already stated it wasn't you. I'm hoping you can either clarify this, or if you don't feel comfortable outing the person who proposed this initially, I'm hoping the CSM6 member who did has the integrity to step forth and take responsibility.
Thank you, much appreciated!
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Hans Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2012.02.09 08:49:00 -
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The Mittani wrote:Hans Jagerblitzen wrote:
Would you mind sharing with the voter community who exactly suggested this? You have already stated it wasn't you. I'm hoping you can either clarify this, or if you don't feel comfortable outing the person who proposed this initially, I'm hoping the CSM6 member who did has the integrity to step forth and take responsibility.
Thank you, much appreciated!
I'm pretty sure it came from CCP first, but I certainly agree with it. I'd rather new capture mechanics be tested on FW before being inflicted on nullsec.
Cool, cool. It's kind of water under the bridge who came up with it, right? Cat's out of the bag now.
I think the more important question is, what sort of mechanics do you have in mind that would work well for both Faction Warfare and null sec sovereignty?
If you've got some good ideas, I can be convinced to get my people on board. We should definitely be talking specifics here though, I don't want my supporters getting all riled up about "null sec mechanics in FW" if there really isn't anything to get all doomsday about.
If you can explain to the Faction Warfare community what options you endorse that might be tested, maybe we can deflate the whole argument before it gets too out of control.
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