Ledo Hashur
New Eden Development Corp
Warped Intentions
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Posted - 2016.08.31 15:12:17 -
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Add this to the bucket list of, "Top 10 Dumbest Eve Features from CCP"
What is driving this CCP? Is it really new players? I'm sure that's part of it, but I'm also quite sure you have to be cognizant of how it will also drive the use of umpteen alts for ganking, hot dropping (if they can light a cyno... which doesn't require much skill to begin with), mining, etc. With an army of disposable toons, I see way more destruction and laying of waste in the Eve-verse.
What does that ultimately mean for CCP? More profits, of course. More revenue. As the stuff players truly value gets destroyed more frequently, they are more likely to pony up for Plex.
This is an awful concept. I hope CCP places some barriers on this or it will be a massive CF and I predict CCP will lose relative to the net number of people playing the game (not characters/alts/toons).
A system for this purpose already exists. It's called Trial Accounts. As the saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." CCP, if you are doing this (as I believe you are) in an effort to stoke revenue, you're heading down the wrong path. Why? Because you are breaking some of the fundamental game dynamics in the process. You are going to neuter some key aspects of the game that are why it's played to begin with. This is an effort to stoke the 'pay to play' concept, albeit indirectly. It's a terrible idea.
If you want to increase the # of players - actual real people paying for your game - as I'm sure you do, you'd be better off tweaking other dynamics.
There's no argument from me that this game is not friendly to new players. It still has a very steep learning curve, and many people bail after the trial period after being turned off. I get that you want to lower the barrier for entry, per se. However, this concept is just going to be abused by veteran players more than it will be a path of new subscribers. You need to think this through. I am afraid that like most of your new ideas over the past several years, it is being pushed out the door without being vetted well, and as a result will likely have a number of unintended, negative consequences.
Here's an idea: take this concept and form a committee of veteran players, and seek their input. Be honest about your goals and intentions, and stop feeding us bullcrap. We all know this is not just a game, but a business. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. |