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Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 276	Posted - 2012.02.09 18:49:00 - [1] - Quote I'm Dovinian, or Tyler Lehfeldt as my mother knows me. I'm 23 (24 soon!), I live in Washington State and work in the printing industry, specifically the pre-press side of things. I'm married to a wonderful woman but we don't have any kids yet. In Eve, I'm in Dreddit, the corporation from Reddit, which is the founding corporation for Test Alliance Please Ignore. You've probably heard of us, we're terrible at this game. I've been playing EVE seriously for 2 years and have accomplished a lot in that short time. I originally tried the game in 2005 and 2007 but the New Player Experience was terrible and I wasn't able to stick with it. Dreddit, being very newbie friendly, helped helped me learn about parts of the game that have no documentation and are confusing and since then I've been having a great time. I'm running so that I can help the CSM keep CCP focused on the type of improvements that made Crucible such a fantastic expansion. I'm hoping that it was just the beginning of even more great things headed our way. As the paying players who make EVE possible, we deserve the best experience that CCP can provide for us. I was very relieved to see that CCP was able to swallow their pride and change focus back to EVE and actual spaceships. This shows, to me, a sincere change and new found focus from CCP which is something we desperately needed. It's hard for a CSM candidate to promise specific changes, and I don't want to make promises I can't fulfill. I'm going to work my best to bring my ideas (and those of my constituetes, the players) to the relevant and interested developers so they can be best improved and worked on. I fully support the continued efforts to improve a few major areas of the game; the POS management system still need improvements, corporation and alliance management interfaces and mechanics need an overhaul, and I support the implementation of an alliance-based roles system. I know the CSM does not specifically add or remove features to the game, but these are a few of the major areas that I would like to work with CCP to improve and refine. Ship balancing is an aspect of EVE that needs constant attention and tweaks. Many small changes over time are better than large reactionary changes that might be "too much" and break things even further. A vote for me is a vote to continue relevant and necessary changes to build on the success of the Crucible expansion. We still have a long ways to go, but on the CSM I will work my hardest to get us as close as I can.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 276	Posted - 2012.02.09 18:50:00 - [2] - Quote Reserved, for what I'm not entirely sure yet. But it's what the cool kids do.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 387	Posted - 2012.02.09 20:07:00 - [3] - Quote Zirise wrote: Dovinian: What is your stance on the high prices fatcat alliance logisticians charge for their JF services? Working as intended. :smug:
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 387	Posted - 2012.02.09 20:36:00 - [4] - Quote Mai Ceino wrote: How do you address the accusation that you are in the CSM solely to advance your crusade for Free Love for all by all? I just want the rights for my people to beep beep freely and openly without oppression.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 426	Posted - 2012.02.09 21:29:00 - [5] - Quote A3sir wrote: DoviBus 2012 Iceland Tour! :beep beep: On a more serious note: What are your views on NPC nullsec, and their effects on the sov-holding alliances with which they literally ~hobo~ space from? Should a re-examination of NPC controlled space in 0.0 be something to look into? One thing that was mentioned in the CSM6 notes was a potential ability to disable NPC station services. This is an idea that should be further investigated and improved on but it's a way to possibly directly affect NPC 0.0 residents. We all know how hard they can be to deal with at times, removing their ability to repair their ships and update clones might make them consider another home. I'm not 100% convinced this is the correct approach, but it's at least one idea.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 442	Posted - 2012.02.09 22:00:00 - [6] - Quote Kirive wrote: Dovi: 1) how do you feel the hybrid buff went? Are you happy with the state of blasters / rails and the rebalancing of Gallente ships? 2) beep beep 1) Rails getting a bit of a damage increase was awesome, much needed! T2 Null for blasters increased their falloff to make them quite a bit more versatile in light of Gallente ships being generally slower. As a fan of Gallente and blasters I'm a fan of the adjustments. 2) Indeed.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 452	Posted - 2012.02.09 22:11:00 - [7] - Quote quevie wrote: What is the one change you would like to see in EVE? It's hard to refine a list down to one specific thing. I'm going to combine a couple things because they're equally important to me. I'd really like to see a revamp of the corporation and alliance management interfaces. Even the most simple task is convoluted and a nightmare. Along with this, I'm wanting to push for improved POS Mechanics and alliance based roles.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 459	Posted - 2012.02.09 22:43:00 - [8] - Quote Nex apparatu5 wrote: Dovi: Is it true you support adding horns onto every Erebus in the game? If so, what sound would those horns make? No comment for fear of this thread being locked again.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 462	Posted - 2012.02.09 23:09:00 - [9] - Quote Gallinarr wrote: Although you liked the Gallente Buff do you feel it went far enough. Beep Beep I'm by no means a game developer and fully understand the intricacies of complete balance. I do know with close range, high dps ships like blaster Gallente ships you don't want to give them too much. It's hard to come back once you've gone too far. I think we should just continue to monitor where they're at in comparison to the other races.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 540	Posted - 2012.02.10 18:21:00 - [10] - Quote Sverige Pahis wrote: How'd you feel about the latest changes in nullsec and their relation to the beep? I cannot comment on the beep for fear of this thread being locked again.

Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 551	Posted - 2012.02.10 22:01:00 - [11] - Quote Emperor Salazar wrote: You'll be supporting the removal of supercaps from the game right? All of them but mine. I'm also going to push for ONLY my alts to be able to light cynos in highsec.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 782	Posted - 2012.02.15 11:52:00 - [12] - Quote JEFFRAIDER wrote: dovi has bar none the hottest wife of any csm candidate in history ever no troll mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm I love you, jeffraider.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 838	Posted - 2012.02.16 16:34:00 - [13] - Quote ******* christ am I hungover.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 842	Posted - 2012.02.17 09:54:00 - [14] - Quote Timmy Tebow wrote: I hope I didn't miss these elsewhere in the thread, but I have three questions for you: 1) How do you feel about time dilation and the potential impact it has on CCP in regards to demotivating them in upgrading server hardware? 2) PLEX/GTC prices are too damn high. How will you leverage your influence on the CSM to bring down the price of game time paid with isk? 3) How should CCP reward veterans for their longevity in playing this game instead of punishing them via "end-game" nerfs? Thanks for answering and good luck in your campaign! 1) I'm pretty well convinced that CCP and Team Gridlock are committed to improving our gameplay from a performance point of view. It just so works out that a lot of the walls they're facing are coding issues -- throwing more RAM and processors around doesn't do a thing to solve the problem. If they can find a way to make processes use more than one core/cpu that will go a long ways towards improvement. Server hardware isn't the problem causing lag, it's legacy code with terrible documentation. They're doing what they can to figure out problems and work on them. Read Dev Blogs and you'll see plenty of evidence of this. 2) PLEX Prices are something that CCP should absolutely not interfere with. The sellers are going to charge what the buyers are willing to pay. This is simple economics. It's possible there's not enough isk sinks and Incursions are too profitable for the risk. I'm not really sure what the exact cause is, but prices will stay as long as people keep buying at the high prices. 3) This is something that was touched on in the last CSM Summit Notes. It can be a very touchy subject but I think it definitely needs some attention. I don't have an answer/solution by any means but I'm open to exploring.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 842	Posted - 2012.02.17 10:02:00 - [15] - Quote Pseudo Ucksth wrote: Related questions are for Dovi: 1) Do you think that CCP should focus more on refining the back-end of EvE and the Carbon Engine? Do you think that this should take priority over other bugfixes or content development? 2) How much is 30 days of EvE worth to you in ISK? Is it CCP's fault for the high ISK prices? Do you think that having a fixed price around the world is a large factor? 3) Do you think that this sandbox of ours isn't sandboxy enough? Do you think that any particular perception of an endgame is the fault of CCP, or the players themselves? 1) There's evidence that CCP are working on the parts of the code that they can. Some areas need a complete re-write to fix things and that's fine -- it just takes a lot of time. Balance between performance fixes and gameplay bugs is absolutely necessary. Focusing on one and neglecting the other would end badly in my opinion. 2) If PLEX prices get much higher I might go back to paying in dollars for some of my subscriptions, but if they stay around where they are I'm happy enough. I'd LOVE to see 300m PLEX again, those were the good old days. But I think CCP absolutely should not meddle with the market. That's one thing that makes EVE unique over other MMOs. 3) I'd like to give this more thought before I respond. Grab me on Jabber and we can talk about it some more.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 842	Posted - 2012.02.17 10:04:00 - [16] - Quote Ingen Kerr wrote: Armor or Armour? E-Honoure~~~
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 876	Posted - 2012.02.22 21:05:00 - [17] - Quote Jinli mei wrote: someday you'll love me dovi~ I already love you, but unfortunately the feelings are not returned. Someday you'll love me back.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 881	Posted - 2012.02.27 10:36:00 - [18] - Quote Mohr Cowbell wrote: Dovi, which is better. Guiness or Samual Adams EDIT. Serious question They're both cheapish beers so I don't drink them often. But If I was forced to choose, probably Guinness since I can have it for breakfast and it's fairly filling.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 958	Posted - 2012.03.06 23:17:00 - [19] - Quote Jinli mei wrote: If not Juliet squad than a Pony Squad will do fine too I'm pretty sure I just destroyed my mouse "liking" that so hard.
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 975	Posted - 2012.03.07 21:08:00 - [20] - Quote (1:07:38 PM) jinli mei: post in this please (1:07:39 PM) jinli mei: thanks Following orders.

Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 975	Posted - 2012.03.07 21:10:00 - [21] - Quote :slick:
Dovinian Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore 981	Posted - 2012.03.12 17:39:00 - [22] - Quote Katrina Bekers wrote: Dovi is a great guy, a very decent player and - I know, it sounds incredible being said by a TESTie about another TESTie - a mature and balanced person, ideal for the dirt work and gentle push required by CSM seats. The "Beep beep" meme is just a part of his easy going, yet friendly attitude towards his ~~minions~~ mates, and a testament for his undying patience in dealing with a bunch of morons to get things done. Bridging a fleet of coughretardscough is not much different than herding the cats/players, represenenting them in front of CCP. If you're unsure about who you can vote, a vote for Dovi is a vote well spent. This may be the nicest thing anyone has said about me :3

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