William Walsh wrote:50 Shades of Brown
It is quite evident that CCP had no intention of listening to any of the player feedback on the Mass-based spawn distance thread. It was simply a means of damage mitigation by CCP, i.e. GÇÿGÇÖwe are giving you this whether you like it or not but please feel involved in the process by posting on this threadGÇÖGÇÖ. I mean come on guys reallyGǪ 20 days before the launch are CCP going to start making changes?
What ticks me off more than this insult to our intelligence is the fact that CCP, by dropping the ball so badly (intentionally or unintentionally, I am not quite sure) has diverted the majority our attention away from something elseGǪGǪGǪCCP have not actually created anything new for WHGÇÖs since 2008. So what can we eagerly anticipate in Hyperion? Some new content? Something all wormholers can get involved in, explore, experience, enjoy??? Unfortunately not. We are just getting the same content we have had for the last 6 years with different mechanics. ItGÇÖs the cop out, the get around the great evasion of doing any real work and creating something new. The meeting for this mechanic may have gone something like this: GÇÿGÇÖ letGÇÖs just mix things up a little and see what happensGÇÖGÇÖ GÇÿGÇÖerm yeh ok sounds good to meGÇÖGÇÖ. Meeting finished. I mean realistically thatGÇÖs probably not how it went, but it would have given us the same outcome.
Now I would like to take you all on a journey with me, to a not so distant land occupied by United Systems Commonwealth, where an uncanny similarity occurred 2 Christmases ago. Its Christmas morning and young Alzuule is eagerly awaiting his Christmas presents. He is in for a real treat. CCP Santa has brought him an awesome remote control fire engine. ItGÇÖs great, it makes loads of noise, its red, it flyGÇÖs around the living room and he loves itGǪGǪGǪ
The following Christmas CCP Santa paints AlzuueGÇÖs fire engine brown and gives it him backGǪWell Merry Christmas!!!!!!!. CCP Santa then tells Alzuule, GÇÿGÇÖhey kid, its ok, donGÇÖt worry, this Christmas I didnGÇÖt give anyone new presents I just repainted their old ones brown. But there is this awesome online forum where you can go give me your feedback.
Alzuule races to the forum to tell Santa that he is a big red Christmas Grinch and that he should really re-consider giving kids back their old presents in a different colour as this might discredit him as a man responsible for bringing Christmas joy to all.
CCP Santa cannot be bothered to solve the problem properly because too many kids have complained, so he comes up with a cunning plan ...I will paint the all the toys a slightly different shade of brown and give them back. Problem solved.
Thank You and Good Night
P.S If you give me 1 billion isk I will paint things brown for you