Agatir Solenth
Servants of the Throne Worlds
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Posted - 2014.08.17 18:04:00 -
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One thing that can be said about CCP is that it is consistent. It surprises me how they continue to make changes that result in, GÇ£WTF CCP?GÇ¥ responses from the EvE community. However, that is their modus operandi, and it continues with the current wormhole changes set for the Hyperion expansion.
Poor communication upon initial testing on SiSi caused the proverbial s#!t storm (yet again, another WTF moment). This resulted in CCP attempting to clarify with a Dev-Blog, with the added bonus of asking for player feedback on this forum section. They went so far as to have CCP Fozzie attend a town-hall meeting with the wormhole community with wormhole CSM Corbexx in attendance (Joined by a few non-wormhole CSM representatives).
I would like to thank the CSM members for attending, CSM Corbexx taking the time to facilitate the meeting, and CCP Fozzie for attending. My only critique of the meeting, is that the hosts probably should have planned on the worse case scenario, and had a plan on how to moderate/control it from the beginning. Letting a bunch of EvE players into chat room with a Dev, and expect that it would not turn into chaos, didnGÇÖt show much foresight. However, thumbs up to the moderators, as they adapted on the fly, and took control.
Here is what I took away from the town-hall meeting:
1.There will not be any changes as a result of any of the feedback provided by the wormhole community, regarding the announced Hyperion changes.
CCP Fozzie made it clear that all of the changes will be put into the game. Some of the actual numbers have been adjusted. I do not think that it was a result of player feedback, any changes were already in the works during the SiSi release.
2.CCP Fozzie nor CCP has a clear concept of what they want from wormhole space, but have a clear idea of what they DO NOT want.
CCP stated that the changes were not made with any idea of how it will affect game play. The changes were made to shake things up, because he believes that stagnation is bad for game play. He believes that the Devs make changes and let the players do what they may with them.
He also stated the changes were made with no intent to force a single type of play style upon the players. Even though there is a new wormhole being introduced that will solely allow frigates sized vessels to enter. (???)
3.You can argue the good or bad of each change. During the town-hall meeting there was no Hyperion change that had 100% support of condemnation. However, there is one thing that everyone seemed to agree withGǪ The changes would not benefit smaller groups, and would make things more difficult for wormhole dwellers.
4.CCP Fozzie does not like the capital escalation ISK/hour rate for wormhole space. He even went so far as to say that it is by far superior to incursions. He hinted that heGÇÖd like to see it reduced.
5.The statistics support that there is as much mining going on in w-space now, as there was when ore sites were a cosmic signature. Eexpect those sites to remain anoms. (No data was given on what types of ships are doing that mining. I think it is safe to safe, it is being done by a lot more frigates than barges.)
6.One player suggestion is being implemented (not originally part of Hyperion), Signatures IDs will not change after down time.
7.All of the changes were discussed with the CSM, most of which do not play in w-space.
8.Some of the changes were suggested by the former CSM Chista. I can confirm that the increased spawning distance from wormholes jumps was one of many suggestions given to CCP that could improve game play. I saw the original list, Chista posted it to an alliance forms prior to submitting it to CCP, asking for feedback. It was so far down the list, IGÇÖm surprised it even saw the light of day.
9. CCP Fozzie would not commit to any changes being implemented which ALL wormholes agree upon (POS interface changes, ability to swap clones in w-space).
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