Originally by: Ozmodan

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Well I see alot of jaded opinions from the veterans. Hard to put yourselves in a young players shoes and be somewhat objective isn't it?

I am at the end of my 2nd month. I do mining ops with the corp a couple days a week, after that I mostly log in and check learning and then log right back out. I have run level 1 and level 2 missions till I am bored to tears. I really need to be in .4 and under, but combat skills are far too low. Dead and podded within the hour everytime I go there.

I don't see that changing much in the next two months, not even sure I will continue playing. Don't take me wrong, I don't mind losing ships and the podding routine. I accept that as part of the game, but I can't have that happen everyday as I would soon be very broke. I can't tell you how many times I have been blown up in one shot in my cruiser, these pirates are extremely well equipped. Nothing like seeing shield, armor and hull indicators turn completely red at once.

So I am reduced to mining to earn money, thank you no. More than half the people I started the game with have left.

I personally think if ccp added more lower end content they would have a much better chance to retain new players. They also need to fix high sec pvp, it is extremely one sided to the aggressors favor right now.

No matter how you slice it, more players means more money for development, if you don't retain new players, this game will go the way of all the other also rans.

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