Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2014.11.21 13:12:29 -
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Zetaomega333 wrote:Chribba wrote:Because the sites are far more powerful in the hands of the 3rd party developers.
/c Evekill missing half of the kills in eve and zkillboard being constantly down and battleclinic not being updated in the past 10 years doesnt seem very powerfull. Even thirdparty killboards are having problems since they cant pull from either of the main killboards. Jesus could you imagine if dotlan would go down? I know eve lived back then but most jump related anythings would crawl to a standstill. I would much rather have ccp at least give backup support so these important third party sites dont go down leave the community in the dark. even sites such as eveskunk are falling behind.
Don't get me wrong, I feel just as worried as you losing dotlan, evemon, zkb or any of the other amazing sites out there. So CCP taking over sites sounds good, in theory, one of the main advantages (imo) that them being 3rd party is that they are (most of the time anyway) driven and developed by dedicated fans that have a closer relation to their fellow users, and as such the sites and tools become more "what we want".
I'm not saying CCP doesn't listen or try to accommodate what the players want, because they do, but they also have a business vision and a business plan to fit into this. I feel that it's here where the power is lost, because they will constantly need to evaluate if their investments is in line with the business plan, and if spending money on it lives up to its ROI (this goes for most things not all obviously).
There's plenty of things that have been lost or almost lost in the past due to the fact that CCP is after all a company with a business plan. Just look at the old screenshot section (the one I mirrored over at http://timeline.eve-files.com/ ) or the old character portraits (the portrait server).
For me, I don't have to worry about if the things I create will make a high ROI because I get to do them purely because I want to (and of course I have the ability to do so), I don't have to think about a business plan and because of that I have an easier time spending time on a feature that is useless - but it's there because you wanted it to be there.
That's what I mean by them being more powerful in our hands. With that said, like I said before, I do share your fear or losing some of the best tools out there, but I would much rather see another dedicated and passionate player developer take over such projects (if at all possible) than having to fear CCP suddenly dropping a project because it is suddenly not worth the time.
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