Kyrie Elaison
GoonFleet
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Posted - 2007.09.30 09:30:00 -
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 Originally by: Sorja
Originally by: Nez Perces
As for the future of EVE... forget the old pre-pos days... they are gone for ever, CCP is not going to take evolutionary steps backwards just to satisfy a percentage of vets who are jaded.
I'd like to comment on that.
Maybe you have a point, but I still have to read a post from someone who loves POS wars.
On the other hand, the boards are flooded with disgruntled pilots who simply hate the 'job' POS wars imply and the never-to-be-solved lag that comes with it.
The first to say 'screw it' were 5.
They simply gave up their space to RA and went on rampage mode.
It didn't turn out too well for them, no clue about how BoB could handle the same situation, since it's now more likely than ever that they'll have to.
Sorry to repeat myself, but as an old (20+ years) pen & paper gamemaster, I've seen it countless times: once a gamemaster, in this case CCP, starts giving the players bigger and bigger weapons and magical objects, the faster his campaign goes to sh8.
Battleships should have stayed top of the line weapons, it is, IMHO, a severe mistake to introduce more of the same, only bigger.
The worst failure being DD weapons.
What CCP should do, again IMHO, is introduce new ways of fighting, refraining from giving into the escalation path.
They succeeded to some extent (interceptors, command ships, stealth bombers) but went overboard with firepower, stucking themselves in a never to be solved balance problem.
If BoB crumbles and is forced back to Empire, it will be the final demonstration that shooty-shooty PvP is dead in EVE.
BoB might not be the most impressive PvP force ever seen in any online game, but they are still one of the best PvP entities in EVE, with above par pilots, fleet commanders and industrialists.
Maybe you're right Nez, and EVE is not the place to be for vets anymore.
Adapt or leave I guess.
I both agree and disagree with you here. I agree that the "bigger is better" mentality is pretty sad. I personally am a big fan of balancing. For example, you get big guns but no tank (or something along those lines). I like tradeoffs in gaming and, frequently, I'm not seeing them in this game.
I disagree that eve isn't a place for vets. I'm not an old player, barely a year, but I find the intricacy of the game, beyond arcade-style shooting, to be far more rewarding than a simple point-click-shoot game. Should bob lose, it doesn't mean that pvp unfettered by pos wars is dead. It simply means that the territory game is far more dangerous and intricate than it was in the past. This really isn't a bad thing at all. It will likely provide more roaming gangs, which will up the opportunities for pvp (hopefully anyway).
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