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Andrue
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Posted - 2008.02.21 13:22:00 -
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 Originally by: Lil'Red Ridin'Hood
Originally by: Avon
Remember what happened to Ultima Online?
Yeah, exactly.
Those were exactly my thoughts. Too bad that CCP doesn't see following UO's footsteps as a mistake. Then again, from a financial pov it probably isn't a mistake to dumb things down so the game becomes more mainstream.
It's your own problem that we don't want mainstream.
There. I've corrected it for you 
But tbh you're absolutely correct.
CCP is a company and it will always go where the money is. If you want to start your own company and develop a niche MMORPG that never gets more than a few thousand subscribers then nothing's stopping you trying.
All you have to do is find a bunch of developers, graphics artists, IT specialists, equipment manufacturers, ISPs and various others who will be happy to be paid in hopes and aspirations rather than hard cash.
Welcome to the real world
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Andrue
Amarr
Federation Of Space Loonies
Culture Shock Initiative
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Posted - 2008.02.21 13:27:00 -
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Originally by: Xar Zhun
Its sad to say but i look at this post and the antiwhiners and the antinerfers all seem to fall into the 2 years plus catagory.
Not me. I've been playing since 18.2.2004 and I still love the game. It's great to see it develop and flourish. I think CCP are doing a good job in keeping it interesting. It's no surprise to me that the hardcore PvPers are whining a bit. Those are people that crave excitement and the novelty soon wears off.
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Andrue
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Posted - 2008.02.21 14:27:00 -
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Edited by: Andrue on 21/02/2008 14:28:23
Originally by: Lil'Red Ridin'Hood
Originally by: Andrue
All you have to do is find a bunch of developers, graphics artists, IT specialists, equipment manufacturers, ISPs and various others who will be happy to be paid in hopes and aspirations rather than hard cash.
You seem to forget that CCP also started out small and still was able to pay their staff (I'd assume). And if EVE should become "too" mainstream (aka WoW clone number 4296), then someone else will move into the niche. Guess which game I'll be playing then.
You seem to be overlooking the fact that CCP didn't make a profit at first. As with a lot of companies they had outside investment to get them going. Some of that investment (probably quite a large amount) was used to pay the staff. It took them several years to actually turn a profit.
The truth of the matter is that most humans don't like playing vicious, backstabbing MMORPGs. People play MMORPGs to get away from reality and only a small number of people would choose to live in a reality as mean and harsh as low-sec or 0.0.
You could probably create a small MMORPG without having to worry too much about profit but it would be slow going. If you did manage to release it further changes would be equally slow. Personally I think it would fail because of an imbalance between the hunters and the hunted.
As it stands Eve looks to be well balanced in that respect. Enough victims for the predators to survive but not so many predators as to wipe out the prey. The game you want would have to maintain that same ratio.
As for you moving to another game, I'm sure you will. The only point I'm making here is that Eve is doing very well and expecting CCP to have a change of heart and start making it nasty again is a waste of time. It is what it is because if you want a long term game (and why else bother with an MMORPG) you have to cater for the carebears.
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