Antei Thantonne
EVE University
Ivy League
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Posted - 2016.09.01 13:49:12 -
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I look forward to the influx of new players this change will bring! EVE University--along with the many other organizations in EVE dedicated to helping new players--will work hard to create positive learning experiences for these new Alpha players. There is a long-awaited change that will help us turn these Alphas into new Omegas:
Complete re-balancing the meta 1-4 modules that new Alpha players will need most.
Learning about meta modules is currently confusing for new players, partly because of the parallel systems of re-balanced and non-re-balanced modules, and partly because the names of non-re-balanced modules are much less intuitive than re-balanced ones. This makes it difficult for these players to know what to buy. The naming situation is particularly bad for small weapons, exactly the type of items that Alpha players will be most likely to buy. In addition, the market for some of these non-re-balanced weapons makes it such that the meta 4 variants are very expensive, and meta 3 variants are occasionally more expensive than Tech 2 versions. There is nothing inherently wrong with this market situation. But it does mean that, to make smart decisions, new players need to become familiar with the inconsistent system of meta naming and marketing--a system that CCP has said it is committed to simplify.
So, simplify it already.
So far, ALL of the problems I've described above have been solved in every module re-balance that CCP has executed. Naming has become more intuitive. The market for different meta items has relaxed (by and large). In spite of CCP's stated concerns about how to set stats on these re-balanced modules, none has broken the meta. I would argue that CCP has been extremely successful in its module re-balancing efforts so far, and has also learned a lot about how to do it right. Accelerate this process! I recommend that, along with the upcoming November changes, CCP finishes re-balancing Tech I meta weapons, and especially small and medium weapons that Alpha players will be most likely to buy. |