Thanks for being clear, admitting that you don't know and getting back to get the facts.

I for one sure like this kind of corporate communication;)

The remap gift is being looked into, we should have news for you shortly. Thank you for your patience!

Confirming remap has currently been removed from the list of options...

Confirming remap has currently been removed from the list of options...

Ugh, well this is going to get ugly.

If the remap is added back but is morphed into a remap timer reset, people will get cranky.

If the removal is permanent, people will get cranky. People will then whine about aurum being the only 'logical' choice thus prompting people to replay the Nex store/Incarna drama, or how the free blocks crash the market, or how some gifts are more valuable, etc., and they will flood the forums with their righteous indignation.

If the remap is added back as a proper 2nd remap, then people who already selected their gift will need to be reset, which will result in petitions by people who got the "wrong" gift because they were unaware of the reset or weren't able to log back in to re-select their gift which then requires the already busy CCP brain trust to formulate a clear, formal policy on gift "resets/refunds" and have that policy implemented consistently by all GMs, which simply means that General Discussion will be filled with countless threads by a small but vocal group of players angry about getting screwed on the Christmas Gift.

tl;dr - CCP should have gotten feedback before going live with the gift list.

tl;dr;P.S. - CCP should know by now that most Eve players prefer and affiliate more with the pre-change-of-heart Grinch.

tl;dr;P.P.S. - Nothing is free. Even free gifts have a price and unintended consequences.

as a noob, i screwed up my first remap
so i had to use my 2nd remap

eve's learning curve is steep, my 2nd remap was a fairly even mapping. now that i know enough of the game it'd be nice to have another remap which i can use to properly plan my future as a pilot.

merry christmas?

the 1 thing that actually had high value, because you cant buy it in game, can no longer be chosen.

i would like to see the remap returned. though i dont really need it since i planned far far ahead for what i need, it gives me the option to do something i normally wouldnt do, like " waste" a remap for a full charisma setup to get leadership skills up

the other reason is that the rest simply isnt interesting. the destroyer stuff....i cant even remember last time i used one, and no, thats not a reason to try now. its nice if youre brand new, but an older player, even if just a year, wont have much use.

outliers: again, nice, but i got em all from previous years. theyre nice as collectors items, but lack any use what so ever.

implants: the ga-1 i recently got for free, thank you very much. on all my accounts as well. a +3 set....nice if youre new, but i always use +4 sets as near everyone i play with does, so no use (and yes, i live in 0sec).

fuels: when the bpo's were released we bought them by the dozens. its a nice gift if i had known in advance, now its pointless. and the fuelblocks....its enough for a day...i mean....seriously

aurum: dont care

faction ammo: kinda nice, but very low amount and many of the types you never use anyway.

drugs and quafe: kinda nice, though i still have the original quafe. i suppose ill go for the boosters

i know this sounds like whining, and maybe it is. however my main point is that in previous years we got something new, something kinda cool the 1st time. now we just get stuff we can already buy, and the value is very very low for a player that is more then a few months old. the 1 thing that actually had high value, because you cant buy it in game, can no longer be chosen.

You're seriously complaining that your free gift isn't good enough?

You're seriously complaining that your free gift isn't good enough?

It was the true gift.

Since it could neither be bought nor sold, it actually did not have any value. There was no pricetag.

If you believe "value" and "financial value" are equivalent in meaning, I suspect you're confused about what one of the words involved actually means, in this case, most likely "value". Something can be quite valuable while having no financial value. Absent the qualifier, "value" has a much more generalized meaning that is often closer to "usefulness" than "price", although even "useless" items (for practical purposes) often have great value. "Value" is a very broad word. "Financial value" is much smaller and narrower in meaning.

hint : snowballs.