This is another EVE vs WOW and how EVE needs to do better at retaining new players.

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Didn't WoW lose several hundred subs in the last quarter? People getting bored waiting for the new ride in the themepark.

I just cannot understand trying to compare EVE and WoW because the games are so different and I'm really liking the skill based sandbox more than the level based themepark.

Haven't seen attempts at streamlining the UI since the route list was redone. Haven't seen any attempt at making mining and missions more interesting since I started playing. It it weren't for exploration I would have quit long ago.

I'm guessing the much wanted "industry in nullsec" changes haven't brought the waves of people that were going to live there, and they still can't figure out why.

Only button is ugly and hard to click and cookie is stale and bitter.

I'm getting a serious bittervet vibe from your posting of late, James.

Mr Epeen

Are you sensing that malaise too?

make better ******* cookies then

But flour is old and water is dirty and sugar has ants and milk is sour and there's no spoon to mix it all up!

Old flour can be fixed by adding small amounts of olive oil. As for the ants, just throw some chocolate in there, recently melted to make sure they die from the heat and it coats them nicely, and you have intriguing and unique "chocolate chips".

Can't fix sour milk though.

But flour is old and water is dirty and sugar has ants and milk is sour and there's no spoon to mix it all up!

Unless orange popsicles have some other meaning I don't know about why would it sound icky?

For every newbie I see in nullsec I see two vets grumble about stagnation and boredom and how they're going to play some other game for a few weeks unless something exciting happens.

I'm not so sure retaining new players is as much of an issue as is retaining old ones.

That's the problem right there. People get stuck in a rut and forget they're playing in a sandbox. CCP isn't going to make something exciting happen for you. You have to do it yourself.

I'm guessing the much wanted "industry in nullsec" changes haven't brought the waves of people that were going to live there

The MMO crowd always likes something new, you see it all the time as they chase new MMO after MMO and throw money like crazy at hype and promises (Star Citizen anyone?)

CCP needs to find a way to separate new players for whom ISK is a issue from old players who have insane amounts of disposable ISK and power at their beck and call.

portraid

By the looks of things, it very definitely has.

Would you mind elaborating on this? I'd like to see the stats, but I have no idea what to even look for.

I still think we should have taken over Providence & free-ported the region. Pubs will flock to Providence as time goes on & we deserve a slice of the tax pie that CVA is too nice to exploit.

will ensure the player is no bombarded with a wall of text

Would you mind elaborating on this? I'd like to see the stats, but I have no idea what to even look for.

I sure don't.

From the company that brought you Barbies in Space, the uneditable POS code, and "you can impersonate yourself", I do not expect them to find a way to segregate the playerbase without severely compromising the game's design philosophy.

Don't get me wrong, CCP does a lot of things right, they are excellent at iterative improvements for example. But broad sweeping changes is not one of their strengths, historically.