Mors Manet
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.11.15 17:41:18 -
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Are the proposed changes to the clone system an improvement? Too early to say; I'll wait for the full dev analysis to understand their reasoning. It is worth suspending judgment and hearing their vision, since many of the recent improvements are welcome changes: UI updates, bookmark handling, ship/module updates and many others. Perhaps they'll give us some choice in the type/quality/fitting of our pods to provide meaningful decisions on how to avoid being podded!
To many, the depth of EVE is what makes it special: Diplomacy, shifting alliances and pervasive PvP as elements of chaos; Long-term strategy for character careers/skills, faction standings and wealth generation; Mid-term elements including force projection, logistics and production; Short-term implant, booster and ship fitting decisions along with elements of fleet composition and deployment; Real-time combat tactics, energy/heat management and coordinated attacks. Makes for an amazing game.
That said, there's been a fundamental shift lately towards a more forgiving and less complex game environment. This is an unfortunate trend for many players who were originally drawn to EVE by those unique attributes. Perhaps these changes are meant to lure the 'mass market' of console kiddies which can't stomach thinking about anything more complex than mashing random buttons, being killed and then respawning quickly for another mindless zerg. If business realities force the company to cater to such tastes, I'd like to see it done in a way which is less impacting. Perhaps another grafted but distinct element like Dust or an integrated subset of the EVE universe.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for eliminating 'useless' clicks and 'pointless' complexity. PI provides a wealth of opportunity for such improvements. Similarly, the current 'clone' mechanic could certainly be improved. Just saying that 'complex' doesn't necessarily mean 'bad' and that death should retain *very* strong teeth in the EVE universe.
Cheers
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