Sylthi
Minmatar Coreward Pan-Galactic
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Posted - 2006.11.26 13:44:00 -
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Bottom line: I'm NOT going to use it; and here's why:
#1. Yes, $10 a year is VERY reasonable, and the cost is very low. BUT, and this is a BIG point, it shouldn't cost us ANYTHING and should be integrated for ALL of the players of Eve, not just a select few who want to take the plunge. DDO (D&D Online) has had BEAUTIFUL integrated voice chat for EVERYONE since launch. They charge $14.95 USD a month just like Eve. So why should WE have to pick up an extra expense, no matter how low and reasonable it is, when we are already paying for these game expansions to come in with our monthly fees? Simple answer: We shouldn't have to. A quick aside, I LOVE how CCP calls this Rev Chapter One a "free" expansion. It's NOT "free" for goodness sake. We pay every month for this development along with access to the servers. Sorry, off topic, just had to stick my two cents in about that little pet peeve of mine. I HATE it how they are always claiming they are ôgivingö us these expansions for ôfreeö. Back on topic, on with the discussion.
#2. I play several MMOs. I am sure many of you do too. The TeamSpeak server I run works for ALL of those games, not just individual ones, AND itÆs FREE. How can you beat FREE?!? Also, how can you beat bouncing around to different channels to see what is going on in ALL of the games you play, all on the same server? I have PLENTY of bandwidth on my server to run all of my corp-mates in Eve, and SEVERAL other clans and organizations I run in the other games, all at once, all on the HIGHEST bit rate, all for FREE. So, as many people have said above, TS wins hands down.
IMHO, this entire voice project, as it is currently being implemented, is a waste of CCP resources and time. They should be spending their time fixing long standing bugs and fixing the most recent examples of sloppy code work rather than implementing something that is only going to benefit a relatively small portion of the community. If they wanted integrated voice chat in the game so badly, they should be implementing it for EVERYONE, and simply raise the monthly fee by 80 cents. I, and I am sure many others as well, would grumble that we shouldn't have to pay for it at all. But, then at least, it would be uniform and available for all rather than the mish-mash cluster (you know what) its going to be now.
But, the main point behind the whole mess is that this is what happens when game development companies become complacent and lazy: Other games surpass them in integration and customer service. But, the guys at CCP are stubborn, IÆll give them that. They donÆt want to be shown up by the SEVERAL other MMOs that are already live, WITH INTEGRATED VOICE CHAT AS PART OF THE NORMAL SUBSCRIPTION FEE. So, they make a typical bonehead corporate decision for those companies that find themselves in ôcatch upö mode: they outsource. Make no mistake, that is EXACTLY what they have done. They were lazy and complacent and got behind in the times on the subject of integrated voice chat. They then didnÆt want to tackle this problem themselves, so they outsourced it, and now they are making the community pay for it. ItÆs that simple.
But, itÆs not like any of my opinions on the subject matter. CCP is going to do what it is going to do in spite of what anyone wants. I just felt like voicing my thoughts on the subject to whoever wanted to read them. That way the word could get out to those who havenÆt realized exactly what CCP has done to us with this situation. (If this doesnÆt end up in the ôsnip-itö file.)
To those of you who are going forward with using this ôserviceö I TRULY wish you the best of luck. I hope you enjoy it and get your moneyÆs worth. As for me, nope, not going to use it. EVER. I will also try to convince everyone that will listen not to use it as well until CCP does the RIGHT thing, for once, and makes it available for ALL automatically. Cheers to you all!! *
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