marly cortez
Mercurialis Inc.
The Bastion
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Posted - 2016.07.05 18:38:45 -
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Nana Skalski wrote:20 k people dont log in in the peak because they dont need to. They have a lot of PLEX stashed and a lot of skills in skillqueue. Maybe they will come back now, while you can inject more SP, so they will not have to wait until Carrier lvl 5 completes.
A specious argument to a far more complex problem than many care to admit.
CCP continuous efforts to 'Improve', The game are failing to attract and hold new players in numbers that outweigh those that no longer play the game which as an aside is of greater concern than a constant stream of so called 'Carebear' tears, I really hate that term tbh as it degrades the contribution that that facet of the player base actually contribute to the games health overall but why do they feel that way in the first place.
This is were the crux of the problem is in the opinion of many, expectation, When I joined Eve in it's original Beta form the game was attractive to me because of it's complexity, The famous vertical learning curve cartoon still makes me chuckle because it really did epitomise the game as it was then meaning you really did have to spend the time and effort learning how it worked, even getting out of the station was not obvious to many and simply moving around the place, unless you were very astute meant that you required the help and advice of others and your experience there often set the mould for your future in the short term in Eve.
Career prospects in the game came next on the list, I can move around but what do I do with this new found knowledge and it was very simple to trip onto the easy track and start mining, it gave you ISK built your bank account and gave you time to sort out Eve, at that time in the three years I did it I never got ganked once in Lonetrek, even when I moved to mission running, the same rules applied, I used what I had taken the time to learn and avoided getting into problems, 5 plus billion later I moved into Null Sec and never returned to Empire with that toon again.
The thing is that it took time, not only to learn the mechanics of Eve but to build the confidence and experience to use those to your best advantage, Since then CCP has made it plain they want to reduce this workload and tbh it has not been in the best interest of players, That well meaning helping hand from the Devs has meant that players do not have the time to gain that experience, learn how to play the game and worst of all not had the time to fully understand that Eve is not a nice place even if you do follow the rules, it can at times bite you just when you thought things were going well.
I don't have an answer the ganking issue, if there really is such a thing in the game, but I do know this much, what ever course CCP are currently on, the player base is having a problem with it, admit it or not, overall there is less reason to join Eve and stay, and of far more concern is it is far to easy for players to find they have nothing invested in the game and leave than it used to be in times past. |