Helmut Varner
State War Academy
Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.01.08 23:43:05 -
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Ok, having read through this thread I can only say this:
EVE is broken...and it has been broken by the very people who control it.
Wars have a purpose. However, with all of the recent changes, CCP has made the entire wardec subject a mockery of gaming. Why do I say this? Because no more is it a matter of rationality...nor is it a matter of zone control. It's a matter of money. You can go online right now and find corps who have 20+ active wars and more pending. Why is this? Simply put, this is because CCP allows it in order to fill their coffers. We all know that these people are buying PLEX with real-world cash and selling them for ISK. This is a profit-line for CCP and shows what a lot of honest-to-goodness players have known for years - CCP has more concern for their bottom-line than they do about the gamers. People who don't want to play by the restrictions of where they can pew-pew...pay money so they can play wherever they want.
Now, I know the flamers are going to slam me for this and tell me things like "Go play here" or "Stop being a whiny-butt". However, the bottom line is that the wardec system - originally - was designed with purpose and not with the idea to make more money for the company. To those flamers, I say YOU are the ones who aren't real gamers...but posers.
CCP had - and still has - a great thing going. EVE is so far-reaching in it's scope that it's easy to become lost in the game. The broad expanse of what it covers - economy to combat to organization - allows for the most in-depth game in existence. This is exciting. EVE is so 'deep' that I personally know of people who have tried to play and decided that they can't because the scope is so large they can't wrap their head around it. This doesn't mean they are stupid...it's that it encompasses so much of real life attributes that it boggles the mind.
CCP, you need to be congratulated for creating and maintaining one of the best online experiences made. Yes, EVE is more of an experience than a game. However, by giving in to the almighty currency, you actually detract from the game itself. This is sad because I have seen many online games come and go...a lot of them gone because of greed. Please, don't let EVE disappear because of a line in the accounting books. The wardec system needs to be fixed. Let reality step in for a moment and show that corporations can't financially manage so many wardecs at once and incorporate that reality into the game which you have worked so hard to make as real as possible. Fix the system before it destroys the game. |