Jade Constantine
Jericho Fraction
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2012.02.24 14:40:00 -
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Hello Torfi!
Can I suggest a strategy you and your bold five devs can adopt to deliver some immediate win from the ashes of incarna that will earn you some kudos amongst the player base (and presumably) internal capital for the continuing development of avatar gameplay in eve online.
First.
Announce the removal of the NeX store. All existing NeX assets both released and non-released to be seeded into mission loyalty point stores so that players can access (and sell) these things through traditional gameplay.
(I note the character used to spam everyone's mailboxes Darmad Cirshan is DEAD (doomheim, deceased, an ex parrot, so by all means write some kind plotline to explain how Noble Appliances was destroyed by a capsuleer revolt and stands as a terrible reminder of the dangers of imperial corporations meddling with heathen immortals. If you like, for 5b isk I'll write the chronicle for you!)
Second.
Announce that all future clothing and avatar customization will released through core eve gameplay (not microtransactions) and begin planning how to make the delivery systems conbine better with Eve setting and universe. Think player manufacture, exploration drops, lp stores, PI, etc etc.
Third.
Remove Aurum. For every 1000 units of aurum in a player's account at the time of removal give them a specially crafted "golden shuttlecraft" that performs identically to the existing shuttlecraft but just looks blingy. This is to be the first and last MT sold spaceship in Eve online (even though most of them will be awarded to players who simply kept the free CCP aurum). If anybody complains about their aurum being removed then laugh at them, long and hard with a slight haunted/bitter undertone.
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Once this has been done you can get on with developing Avatar gameplay without the player base being continually suspicious that its just a vanity cabinet/display case for MT nonsense.
I guarentee you this will significantly improve the PR and friendly reception you'll receive for future devblogs and development in this area.
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