Its always sad to see people go, but when they were the person behind the wheel during the car crash that was Incarna, it's a little hard to feel sympathy.

I'll just add that his previous blog entry titled 'Give me monocles or give me death!' was aptly named.

CP will be launching each and every one of our subscribers who have a paying EVE account as of 23:59 GMT on December 31, 2011GǪ into space itself. ThatGÇÖs right, the character names and images of every player character subscribed at the end of this year will be placed in an expertly crafted EVE Pod during Fanfest 2012. That pod will then be affixed to a high-altitude balloon during the event and released

This is ******* cool.

...into space itself.

war! huh! yeah! what is it good for?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7V6FAoTLc

:D/-<
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ThatGÇÖs right, the character names and images of every player character subscribed at the end of this year will be placed in an expertly crafted EVE Pod during Fanfest 2012.

We solo players?

Its always sad to see people go, but when they were the person behind the wheel during the car crash that was Incarna, it's a little hard to feel sympathy.

I'll just add that his previous blog entry titled 'Give me monocles or give me death!' was aptly named.

Any idea where CCP Zulu is headed or what he will do now?

Because MMOs put solo players as a top priority.

Bye Zulu, hi new guy.

CP will be launching each and every one of our subscribers who have a paying EVE account as of 23:59 GMT on December 31, 2011GǪ into space itself. ThatGÇÖs right, the character names and images of every player character subscribed at the end of this year will be placed in an expertly crafted EVE Pod during Fanfest 2012. That pod will then be affixed to a high-altitude balloon during the event and released

war! huh! yeah! what is it good for?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7V6FAoTLc

:D/-<
:D\-<
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:D\-<

Ok Unifex owns. He's a chill lanky brit with a popped collar and plays the **** out of eve.

Personally, I hope that it involves a handbasket.

war! huh! yeah! what is it good for?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX7V6FAoTLc

:D/-<
:D\-<
:D/-<
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Jon Lander, previously the head of our Carbon Technology group, will take the
reins while we transition the EVE project into a better and more efficient organization.
Jon has been a player since 2005

Cool!

So the captains Quarters is all but officially dead then? Glad all that time/effort was wasted. Sometimes I think CCP has dev ADHD.

What do you expect them to do? The engine can barely handle one person on the screen and you want them to do more?

The new CQ look awesome, but now they become another orphaned feature.

I want them to finish the project they started and not leave features 1/3 of the way done for another 5 years. CQ as is has no purpose, give it one, and people will use it.

Faction War revisited?

Does this mean NeX is over?

Zulu o7

Unifex, good luck tying WIS and FIS together and iterating.

Please kill the NeX and release the items trapped in it, thanks.

Will we have the opportunity to shoot down the balloon, or are you going to wimp out and launch it from an undisclosed location?

So the captains Quarters is all but officially dead then? Glad all that time/effort was wasted. Sometimes I think CCP has dev ADHD.

Hey all, thanks for the kind words (and not so kind :)). I'll be around. But more on that later.

I hope not, insofar as the whole Walking in Stations project. Just because part of it was rushed forward in an attempt to extract as much money from the cash cow that is CCP's customers, doesn't mean the concept is bad. It just needs to be completed to a level that blows us away and delivers real content, the lack of which was the problem with CQ in Incarna.

So the captains Quarters is all but officially dead then? Glad all that time/effort was wasted. Sometimes I think CCP has dev ADHD.

I know I am in the minority that post on the forums but can high sec carebears get some carrots? Any chance the aleatory mission engine will become a reality? You know unlimited mission choice not one the same as the other? How about more solo content? Crucible was great, Incarna was .....err......not great?

Nope, not wasted.

Looking for the right way to blossom? Yes. We will make sure we do Avatars the right way for EVE and will make sure we do it in a way that doesn't detract from everything else we have already in game.

I don't mean to be rude, but CCP Unifex? what kind of cruddy name is that? It sounds like a brand of sticky tape or window spray...

I didn't like what CCP Zulu achieved much but at least he got a decent name.... Pah.

Oh and War as a theme? What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

Finally, we will be concentrating on those features we already have in the game after 8 years of development. Yes, we will be iterating (itGÇÿs not a dirty word) on those features which need some polish, balance, fixes and general love. The releases throughout 2012 will be an extension of the type of release we had with Crucible with the addition of a theme to help us scope and tie the work into a really compelling and coherent package. The first theme is going to be War and everyone is getting very excited about it.

Come on, it's a great, Sci-Fi, very non-cuddly name ;-)

Come on, it's a great, Sci-Fi, very non-cuddly name ;-)

i dunno kinda looks like uniSex to me...

Come on, it's a great, Sci-Fi, very non-cuddly name ;-)

I hate to be a downer, but the user-list isn't going to even get close to space.

Weather balloons go up to about 30-35 km (about 20 miles)

The edge of space however lies at 100km (about 62 miles)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line



Now if you attached a rocket to the balloon....

Nope, not wasted.

Looking for the right way to blossom? Yes. We will make sure we do Avatars the right way for EVE and will make sure we do it in a way that doesn't detract from everything else we have already in game.

I was wondering when someone was going to chip in with this

compare to pontifex, artifex, ...

I hate to be a downer, but the user-list isn't going to even get close to space.

Weather balloons go up to about 30-35 km (about 20 miles)

The edge of space however lies at 100km (about 62 miles)

Nope, not wasted.

Looking for the right way to blossom? Yes. We will make sure we do Avatars the right way for EVE and will make sure we do it in a way that doesn't detract from everything else we have already in game.

Ok Unifex owns. He's a chill lanky brit with a popped collar and plays the **** out of eve.

Nope, not wasted.

Looking for the right way to blossom? Yes. We will make sure we do Avatars the right way for EVE and will make sure we do it in a way that doesn't detract from everything else we have already in game.

I hope not, insofar as the whole Walking in Stations project. Just because part of it was rushed forward in an attempt to extract as much money from the cash cow that is CCP's customers, doesn't mean the concept is bad. It just needs to be completed to a level that blows us away and delivers real content, the lack of which was the problem with CQ in Incarna.

Come on, it's a great, Sci-Fi, very non-cuddly name ;-)

Hey all, thanks for the kind words (and not so kind :)). I'll be around. But more on that later.

I bet Unifex is scared shitless if he can't deliver on upper managements failed ideas. Now he knows he'll get the boot like zoolu

then get some education

uni- = one
-fex = builder/maker
(don't confuse the sufffix -fex with the noun fex^^)

compare to pontifex, artifex, ...

unifex is a little weird because it is a prefix and a suffix with nothing in between but whatever...

I guess it could be translated as something along the lines of "the unifier" (which sounds like someone CCP would need)

Sounds like a carnifex in a unitard. I'm not sure what it would be, but it's definitely not cuddly.

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Will we have the opportunity to shoot down the balloon, or are you going to wimp out and launch it from an undisclosed location?

Come on, it's a great, Sci-Fi, very non-cuddly name ;-)

Come on, it's a great, Sci-Fi, very non-cuddly name ;-)

In other words.

The door will open there's something useful behind it.

Which I for one find quite reasonable.

If we could step through it now, we'd only get our out-of-pod bodies biomassed since there's nothing there except some remaining toxic corporate dream gas ;)

I call dibs on CCP Tribbles



And when, exactly do you see that happening, if ever? Do I expect CCP to come out and say, oh yeah, CQ is dead, no.

Do I expect CQ to sit in atrophy and limbo for the next 4 years doing absolutely nothing/waiting for the right moment to blossom, aside from maybe the occasional new clothing set, or a change to the AUR system, definitely.

I'd say prove me wrong, but CCP's own history of leaving things unfinished kind of already proves my case.


Also, for those hoping for FW revamps in the war themed expansion, sorry to dissapoint, but the new expansion is going to revolve heavily around the launch of Dust 514, and it's integration. Hence their tag line "one universe, one war".

Because MMOs put solo players as a top priority.

So CCP is going to kill off all the little people,the small idependent industrial corporations and probably most medium size industrial s all in favor of griefers and nullsec , and if the griefing can actually hurt in RL aswell even better

Well done CCP

Oh, so YOU"RE the reason ccp has started to get their act together, to hopefully become quality competition with other MMORPG games, in regard to overall graphics and less patches due to less bugs.

Crucible is the FIRST edition of eve that Ive seen have the least ammount of bugs on first release as well as the first Ive seen to address the graphics problems. your graphics were crap before cruicible; they were something an amateur studio would produce 12 years ago.

finally, eve is starting to become more realistic; can we, however, get a FULL realistic perspective, compared to direct x 11 games that are currently out. We need solar flares, planets orbiting but a way for people to still have "static" bookmarks in relation to customs offices and planets, etc. Ever heard of offsets for variables in the programming?

We need comets, shooting stars, supernovas along with a vast variety of other improvements.

little tip for you m8 i have been playing since JAN 2007 , THE TIP **** OF BACK TO WOW.

The engine for the tech isn't ready, the plans for WiS aren't ready and the playerbase is still hostile towards sinking any significant amount of resources to the project. I'm sorry you have such a hardon for it, but focusing on that now would have in the best case scenario been a huge gamble with a huge chance of failure and in the worst case it would have been a death sentence for CCP. It's a horribly bad bet and it's an irresponsible bet to take at this time.

@topic I'm glad to see significant changes being made, but I'm also glad to hear Zulu is still going to be part of the team. Not everyone hates him regardless of what his part or blame in the summer clusterfuck was. You do your best, but at times ****/mistakes happen and you try to learn what you can from them and move on. Hopefully everyone is a bit wiser from the experience and can go on to make EVE an even better game than it already is.

o7

Nope, not wasted.

Looking for the right way to blossom? Yes. We will make sure we do Avatars the right way for EVE and will make sure we do it in a way that doesn't detract from everything else we have already in game.

Nope, not wasted.

Looking for the right way to blossom? Yes. We will make sure we do Avatars the right way for EVE and will make sure we do it in a way that doesn't detract from everything else we have already in game.