Originally by: Liquid Vision

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Don't get it twisted. A LOT of people are hanging around EVE for the simple reason that it's still one of the best games around. There really isn't a plethora of other games to choose from in the MMORPG style. What. . .EQ and WOW and what else? So, most pilots aren't going to dump all the time/effort/money they've put into EVE while there isn't another suitable game to jump to.

However, I think the future for EVE looks rather bleak if things continue how they have been. More and more content being thrown out instead of legitimate fixes to bugs and game mechanics. Continued unethical standards from CCP employees. More and more pushes towards an entirely PVP centered game with severe penalties to anyone that wants to do anything else. EVE is a great game, but with all the crap that's been going on. . .if another MMORPG came along that was fun and legit I think a LOT of folks would jump ship, me included. There's a new Warhammer 40k MMORPG being built right now which, if good, would cause a lot of people to migrate. Plus, there's also Infinity Online and some other attempts at "space games" which would definitely be able to replace EVE in the "internet spaceships" department if they got up and running. Fortunately most of these projects are a good deal from completion which gives CCP time to fix stuff, but does anyone really think they will? They've shown time and time again that they are more concerned w/ selling the game to billions of communists and winning award after award instead of paying attention to their customer base.

Personally, I've stopped trying to bring people to the game and I probably won't resub after my 3 month time period is up. Of course this is just my take on EVE. There are always going to be die-hard capsuleers that, no matter what stunts CCP pull, will always play and support the game. However, I just don't think EVE is ever going to go gangbusters and become much bigger than it is now. The MMORPG market is expanding and developing which will eventually give people other good options to spend their money on. Couple that with the way CCP runs their game and the bad press it generates and I don't see how you could predict EVE to blow up and stay at the top of the pile.

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