The answer is yes. After the "Big Bang", space time as we know it began to stretch. As a result...

...In conclusion, we are doomed.

Everyone logs in on a different game when you log in to Eve. Every time we have an "Eve is dying troll thread", untold gazillions of neutrinos die, having never met the gluon of their dreams. You should be ashamed of the callous destruction you have caused

Have a nice day

Max

the game's core mechanics (read pvp)

Is is because PLEX prices, i remember buying them at 550mill, 500mill, now is almost 1bill, or is it because the changes are making oldSchoolers quit?

1) The biggest problem area is that in my almost 8 of years of playing, the game's core mechanics (read pve) are almost exactly the same as when I started.

2) The inflation factor has a big turn of for a lot of people; i.e. too much work for to little reward. I remember when PLEX were first introduced and sat around 300mil.

3) Cookie cutter class changes also took a lot of fun out flying different ships.

4) Nullsec decay and blue donoughts lead to a large number of people quitting the game as CCP dragged their feet years too long to change the nullsec mechanics. The new sov at least gets people actively playing again, but there's still room for improvement even if it was too little too late.

5)* I won't classify this one as a major issue but I feel with all of the 3rd party sites that monitor everything I feel like the game, espeically nullsec is no longer wild and dangerous.

The game seems to be in a perpetual state of transition.

Hmmm... so if CCP came out with an EVE-tie-in that was a little like Pokemon Go, where we'd hunt each other based on coordinates given on our smart phones? Wait, Never Mind! Real life ganking doesn't allow for waking up in a clone bay! Don't do it, CCP!!!

Honestly there are a lot of reasons to the decline in the EVE player base. Just to list some, that CCP could potentially fix and possibly maintain a stable growth in the player base.

1.) Complete started projects such as walking in stations/citadels, and bounty system.

2.) Rework Sov and war dec system. ( I know they are in the process of eliminated Fozzy Sov and creating this new Aegis Sov should be interesting)

3.) Bring back low sec separation between empire space (older players from beta know what I'm talking about)

4.) Shift PvE content to player created content. *

5.) Rework corporation and Alliance structuring systems.

6.) Rework Faction war-fare system.

All of those have been stated by players over and over again. Regardless the outside influences such as ageing veteran player base and mobile app gaming has had a massive impact on gaming in general. So has the creation of Free to play and Pay to win games.

* If CCP created a way for a player corp to higher a NPC as a mission agent. Then some sort of form that they could fill out that would use the player corps wallet for mission rewards etc. It would add some change to the PvE side of the game. Lots of possibilities and then they wouldn't be forced to create content. They would need to set a team aside for content approval. like editors etc. to prevent copy right infringement and keep it clean. However I believe it would add more content to the game. Just look at all the content generators out side of the game. Just imagine if they could generate that content in game. Crazy possibilites.

That, and the gameplay remains very different than most other options out there. (If someone has experience with Star Citizen or No Man's Sky that can tell us differently, please do so.)

Is is because PLEX prices, i remember buying them at 550mill, 500mill, now is almost 1bill, or is it because the changes are making oldSchoolers quit?

Lack of content....... we've had the same lvl 4 missions since 2003, sure they added lvl 5's, but what solo player ( most mission runners) whats to go to low sec (toilet bowl of eve) in a shiny ship and get nuted in a mission or ganked on the way there? plus skilling in this game takes way way way tooooooooo long

Yea yea they added the serp (grind) event ....... last thing any normal person wants to do is grind!

Take out the players and EVE is a pretty dull game a - I think this is the fundamental issue.

The majority of people probably only play this game for the social reasons or because they have been playing for so long that they feel they have invested too much to quit. For new players this game simply doesn't offer enough over other sci fi games.

It's probably way past time that CCP start adding big new features instead of only improving existing parts of the game.

WIS has been squashed for years and I do not think CCP will bring WIS back.

If you only sell meat in your store, why would the vegetarians come in ??

Well the reason is pokemon go