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Posted - 2014.02.09 16:27:00 -
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[quote=CCP Rise]
Quote:Thats what CCP does with the Features and Ideas Discussion section. Its not about discussion, its about CCP dropping some assclown change in our lap and going " ok this is it deal with it" no matter what the player base says about the change.
This is also fairly silly. We constantly make adjustments based on public feedback. Some recent examples might include most of the deployables and all of the Sisters of EVE ships.
Still weird your changes often give advantages to one side of Eve only. Once your changes are implemented because of one side of Eve it makes CCP biassed in every way.
Quote:Sentry drones haven't ever received any mechanical changes in any iteration they've done, the only thing thats changed is the Domi and the Ishtar, and yet suddenly they act like something changed in Sentry Drone mechanics to create some kind of imbalance thats being abused, which needs a change to drones, and not the catalyst that actually caused the rampant use: the Domi and Ishtar.
We aren't acting at all like something changed in Sentry mechanics. We also aren't talking about imbalance at all here. We are talking about how, partly because of changes to Domi and Ishtar, Sentries have become popular, and as a result assist has become popular. We think entire fleets of assisted drones is not good gameplay and so we are making a change to address that. I've already said multiple times that the actual power of sentries or of ships that tend to use them is separate and will be addressed, if needed, in a different way (and already has been somewhat by lowering the Dominix tracking/optimal bonus and by adding scripts to omnis).
You are still not providing a solution as it will still allow for a massive blob of drones, only now we will have more people controlling them. Again, proof of CCp's favoritism of one particular side.
Quote:CCP made changes, and when I say that I mean Kil2 and Fozzie made changes that they KNEW would break the game when they buffed the Domi and Damps as hard as they did. I've even been told that when warned about it all they did was smile, and now instead of owning their own retardation they're just brushing it all aside and moving on like they're not at all responsible, while at the same time completely destroying player made systems that have been around forever to cover their own ineptitude at balancing things.
The public feedback that you claim was so obviously telling us something we already knew - that the Dominix would 'break the game' - was actually mostly complaining the Dominix would be useless compared to the Armageddon. We knew the tracking/optimal bonus would be powerful but we also liked the idea of giving Gallente a fleet capable ship that used drones. We did not anticipate the server load issues but even if we had I doubt we would have scrapped the idea of letting drone users have a fleet ship.
So, you messed up on your "balancing" and now you are going to favor the blobbing side? Or as you say, you are nerfing the counter to the blob. Would you care to explain your interest in a certain faction of EVE? Your action still favor the numbers game only.
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And instead of opening a dialouge with the players about it they ask the "CSM" which is made up largely of people fighting a group that uses sentry drones. I'm sure the feed back given was totally accurate and non biased and I'm sure that progod was very articulate in his ramblings.
We always open dialogue with players following CSM discussion which follows internal discussion. If you don't feel the CSM is valuable because of their affiliations or personal preferences then I'm sorry, but we will continue to use them as a resource. They are productive, articulate, calm, and they know a lot about EVE Online.
CSM was crap from the moment it was introduced, it is in no way balanced or good for the game. Clearly Mittens is the proof of that. I think a lot of players know a lot of Eve Online, some are more productive or whatever. of course CSm is calm, you are basically giving them (the biggest blob) what they want. kinda obvious you will not hear their spokesmen in the CSM.
Again CCP, poor communication, random changes that break the game, an unwillingness to roll bad changes back and utterly clear favoritsim of one side in EVE.
Yet again you are pulling the card of: "bring the biggest number and you win". Patch after patch you have been reducing weapons and tactics that can counter the blob. So again, what are your "personal" interest in favoring one side? |