EVE Search - Why Eve Can't attract new players, and has lost 20,000 so far.

Molpadia Devaux wrote:

Let's start with some RL background:
I'm an Old Fart, Age 66.
American Veteran of the Vietnam War. Having engaged in RL PvP, I am not obsessed with blowing up pixels.
Age and injury put me at a disadvantage in a twitch contest with teenagers.
Currently disabled and therefore spend a lot of time on line.

The PvE environment in Eve has a base game that if developed could be great. I have come and gone multiple times, mostly because of the attitude of CCP itself, I keep coming back in hopes the attitude has changed. It is one thing to have a bias toward one play style, it is another to kiss the ring of one group of players. Adding up CCP's lost revenue from me is about $3400.00.

The areas I feel CCP could improve Eve in Hi-sec.

Graphics.
I am an armature astronomer with a nice 8" telescope.
As seen from space stars would be distinct points of light. In Eve, stars are blurred as if looking through an atmosphere.
The nebula as portrayed in Eve are huge, to be that close to most nebulae a person would be fried by X-rays and Gamma Rays.
The light diffusion as you look at the star in each solar system is that of again, as observed through an atmosphere, and not from the vacuum of space.

Ganking Risk vs Reward.
The gankee takes all the risk. Crime watch is an improvement, I feel it would be better if in addition to the 15 min. timer, a second 24 hour timer was attached ( perhaps black pirate icon ) that would make them a valid target for the neighborhood watch. These timers would be cumulative. You gank 5 players, you're a valid target for 5 days or until you're killed 5 times.
NPC Corporation faction loss similar to security loss. I have 8.5 standing with say Core Complexion, and you have no status, you get negative status with Core Complexion, get enough and Core Complexion won't let you use their stations.

Piracy
I'm not sure where CCP got it's idea of what a pirate was. Caribbean pirates, with only a couple of exceptions, used very fast, lightly armed sloops against unarmed merchants. The goal was to steal the cargo, not sink the ship.

Evolution of sheep.
CCP believes that humanity will evolve into a species that accepts lawlessness without exception. Something along the lines of an old west town terrorizing it's citizens in perpetuity. Bring in Wyatt Earp.

License to steal.
Custom Office Monopolies granted to the select few at the time of the change. These should either be returned to Interbus or allow multiple offices. This is an example of unfair bias in favor of a few, and a demonstration of how much Eve Is Not a Sandbox. The rules alone prevent me from installing a second office.

Sandbox Myth.
Those who claim Eve is a sandbox are those that the rules favor.
If it were a true sandbox I could make a WWII "Q" ship. An exhumer hull fitted with weapons and modules to gank the gankers.

Non PvP player.
CCP could most likely attract and retain many that are more interested in PvE, manufacturing and trade. ( Expecting PvP diehards to respond with 'that's not what Eve is about", "CAREBEAR", "why don't you leave then" or any troll you want.) Keep in mind, what I propose is not for low-sec or null, only high sec, to aid new players and those that are not obsessed with PvP.

A change in Player Corporations, add a PA (Private Association) category. Up to 3 members that are on the same account, ie a personal corporation. Only other PA's can declare war on a PA.

Any logistics support in High-sec is an act of aggression.

I have seen overzealous wanna-be pretend bad boys drive potential players away. A brand new player (less that one day old) went to recruitment channel, announced he was a new player, some trolls immediately placed a bounty on him. I added him as a contact, but he had already logged off, and 10 days later, has not logged on again, nor replied to the e-mail I sent apologizing for the bad behavior.

Rant is long enough.