Tom Ocilithon
The Scope
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2017.06.12 00:42:50 -
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Right then. There's practically no point adding to the mountain of **** that's gone down already, but here goes:
So I'm a new cap pilot, just bought myself a shiny new thanatos. I've spent a year training for this, and I've spent just shy of 5 billion ISK on it. I look forward to ratting with it, possibly make back the time and money I've put into this thing.
Suddenly - "Fighter damage reduction", and I think "Oh. It'll be something like a 5% reduction. 10% If we're being serious."
Hmm.
I don't understand what CCP are thinking. A 20% nerf to fighter damage is insane. I've only just got my hands on a carrier, and I'm having 700dps just lopped off of my initial 3500dps. I've been training for this for a third of my EVE career, and I've been grinding for this thing, only to have it stomped on as I get it. Thanks. To make things easier, someone has obviously had the great idea of "Oh, lets give everyone 5 days notice before we drop this!" Just enough time to do... oh wait. Nothing.
I must admit. I was worried that it was the 1st of April, and I'd just gone mad. But at this point, it looks like those damned "Biomass converters" might genuinely be added, which would still be more balanced than these fighter changes.
The forum post mentioned that "This ISK faucet is concentrated to a relatively small number of players." well, I'd like to point out that this is called "Progression"! This is what makes EVE actually fun! There's always something bigger and shinier, and carriers are a large part of the higher up progression elements of EVE. This is the point - for a relatively small number of people to be at the top of a progression distribution in terms of players by character skill and by extension, age.
Now, I am highly against the idea of just un-subbing, it seems a damn sight close to blackmailing the developers into giving us what we want and not thinking about the overall balance of the game. But when such an obviously harmful nerf is dropped with 5 days worth of notice, that basically makes the last year worth of grinding and skill training redundant, I am furious. And that's extremely difficult for a British person to say. I have dropped my subscription, with the only regret that my re-sub happened too recently.
CCP, please genuinely listen to our feedback. We have a wonderful game which has been built by both developers and the community. Do not **** it up like this.
TL:DR - These fighter changes can **** off. |