Snupe Doggur
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2014.09.21 18:34:00 -
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Pookoko wrote:I....I made a choice to stick with a small group and we know our boundaries. Of course it is fun to test & push these boundaries, sometimes with very satisfying success and sometimes with lol-fail.
But at the end of the day, despite the amount of times me and my corpies have been stomped by larger entity, eve has always been fair. In hindsight, there was almost always something we could have done differently to get better result out of the situation, maybe not out right 'win', but accomplish something within our limited resources to the degree that we can be satisfied with.
And we came out on top on certain occasions too against all the odd. And it was hugely satisfying. And it is this process of figuring out how to overcome the odds that is the fun part of the game (although we've bullied even weaker corps and players too before, and that too was fun).
I feel that nowadays there are many more tools and options for smaller groups to achieve something and enjoy themselves.
Crius expansion vastly increased production capacity of small industrial corp, Orca boosts that made mining boosts available in hi-sec, the much complained about links actually can be seen as empowering smaller gang to match a larger gang, frigates and cruiser buffs that turned a relatively cheap T1 gangs into a viable force, wormholes that opened up new space free of sov mechanics, incursions that help dedicated PvE players to generate more isk income than ever before, etc, etc, etc.
Yet people are still complaining and saying that small guys have no chance. And yes, I'm complaining that people are complaining. :p
What do you guys think?
tl;dr You walked to school uphill, both ways. You found a niche, so anyone can.
"Fair" and "deserve" are player-oriented framings. In the second decade of EVE, CCP doesn't have enough players, and says it needs not only to retain a player base, but to grow a larger one. What you and I think is just is going to take a back seat, sometimes, to what CCP thinks it has to do.
The players who weren't as lucky as you were, who didn't fall in with a good gang of players skilled enough to defend a niche and to recruit new members as needed, are going to need other incentives. What CCP does in the coming years may not strike us as "fair.," but unless you and I are willing to sub a lot more paying accounts, we're going to have to adapt to a changing game.
You know, the way we always have. |