John Tallor
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Posted - 2007.10.21 11:02:00 -
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CCP ~ Thank you for taking security issues to heart by acting immediately and completely to issues as they are noticed.
just a few comments, since I took the time to read this rather lengthy thread.
Skill stacking ~ while it would be a nice feature, I am sure that CCP is well aware of the customer base that feels this is a feature that should be inherient to the game. However, that being said, I think it is wholely unnessecary to post to this affect several dozen times in the same thread. If CCP does not respond whether this is feasible or not, planned or not, etc, I am sure there is a reason for such. Perhaps the issue is still being considered for practicality. While not a software programer, I'd like to think that CCP is foresighted enough to review suggestions from it's player base for every possible eventuality and possible exploit. That takes times. Once considered, such features would have to be prioritized, determined if they can be implemented during a patch or best left for the next upgrade. Wait and see, have some patience in life...
Lost training time ~ As it happens, I did not know there was an unscheduled downtime until I read the news, and attached forums upon logging out. Thursday 7pm EST I had a skill scheduled to complete, when I got home several hours later, I found a hardware issue and was unable to rectify the matter until saturday afternoon. I'm not complaining I lost time, I'm just dealing with it. I'm sure some of you are thinking, but that was your problem as a user, not our problem as paying customers... My thoughts are... Nothing is perfect, never was, never will be. If the game is interesting enough for you to be so worked up about, then your interest is going to spark the malicious intent of others who will seek some means of profit by it. It's the way the world works. ISK sellers, characters on Ebay, etc. these are all people attempting to profit in cash for anothers interest in a game. CCP, IMHO, has done much to help these types of schemes from becoming a detriment to us all. GTCs on the my-eve page and the ISK for GTC system in place works in a fashion, and demonstrates the awareness CCP has for consumer desires and the overiding social conscienceness to abuse those desires. This is just one example, there are many more to be found, if you take the time to look.
hmm, not nearly as much as I wished to discuss, but I'm running out of available characters. I'm also sure the flamers and trolls have enough meaty text to chew on as well.
Have fun people, it's a game. Yes you pay, but so does everyone else. If you make it more than a game, whether as a source of revenue or an outlet for your frustrations, you're just making things less than ideal for the rest of us too. |