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Or Well
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:15:00 -
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1 year? Or 2-3? Everyone has their own opinion so I hope this thread can be a place where everyone can share theirs with everyone else. I personally think Jove will become a playable race when member count is in decline two years from now as a last ditch effort by CCP to keep people interested. Don't get me wrong, I hope EVE keeps going until 2020 and then some, but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently I would be a fool if I didn't have my own set of doubts.
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:16:00 -
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Edited by: Chribba on 16/04/2008 20:16:16 As long as there is Veldspar - there is Chribba.
I'll be here the day TQ shuts down for good. Watching the shutdown timer crawl to a zero.
Secure 3rd party service ■ Do you Veldspar? |
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Or Well
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:17:00 -
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Edited by: Or Well on 16/04/2008 20:17:14 I'll drink to that!
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Roxanna Kell
Caldari Provisions
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:18:00 -
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Its almsot 5 years now, or passed it. And the subscribtion has seen rise only, why would CCP end the game when its their income, if anything they can sue the income for bigger ambitions. In another word we'll get screwed, thats as bad as it can get for now.
Quote: There is no Dishonor in winning fools, so do it any way you can.
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Guillame Herschel
Gallente The Graduates Brutally Clever Empire
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:19:00 -
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Originally by: Or Well Don't get me wrong, I hope EVE keeps going until 2020 and then some, but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently I would be a fool if I didn't have my own set of doubts.
Your stuffs. Can I has them?
-- The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then --
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InSession
Minmatar Mafia
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:19:00 -
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Originally by: Or Well 1 year? Or 2-3? Everyone has their own opinion so I hope this thread can be a place where everyone can share theirs with everyone else. I personally think Jove will become a playable race when member count is in decline two years from now as a last ditch effort by CCP to keep people interested. Don't get me wrong, I hope EVE keeps going until 2020 and then some, but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently I would be a fool if I didn't have my own set of doubts.
The people who post on the forum are only a minute portion of the actual player base of Eve. Also if you notice it's the same group of people whining about how EVE sucks. I'll keep playing as long as it entertains me.
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Tidas Andrommeda
Metafarmers
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:19:00 -
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until December 25, 2012
Originally by: cal nereus I like it when ships outrun missiles. It adds flavor to my soup. And by soup I mean gaming experience. And by flavor I mean "haha, you use missiles!"
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DubanFP
Caldari Four Rings Phalanx Alliance
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:21:00 -
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Originally by: Chribba
I'll be here the day TQ shuts down for good. Watching the shutdown timer crawl to a zero.
I'm going to leave room for the faint possibillity of some horrible change that destroys the concept of EVE entirely however unlikely. Barring that i'm the same. Also I don't get why the op thinks the devs have ****ed many people off lately. They've done some GREAT work. Considering the population was about a third what it is now 3 years ago and many times more then when it started I don't expect EVE to die any time in the next decade. Especially if they periodically update the graphics like they did with trinity. _______________
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Or Well
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:23:00 -
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Originally by: InSession
Originally by: Or Well 1 year? Or 2-3? Everyone has their own opinion so I hope this thread can be a place where everyone can share theirs with everyone else. I personally think Jove will become a playable race when member count is in decline two years from now as a last ditch effort by CCP to keep people interested. Don't get me wrong, I hope EVE keeps going until 2020 and then some, but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently I would be a fool if I didn't have my own set of doubts.
The people who post on the forum are only a minute portion of the actual player base of Eve. Also if you notice it's the same group of people whining about how EVE sucks. I'll keep playing as long as it entertains me.
Try not to count me as one of them, I appreciate EVE for what it is even with all its flaws. I'll admit it is difficult for newer players to dig their heels into a game that permanently rewards veteran pilots via skill points but I'll be the first person to say that early adopters should see some benefit from that and also that although EVE isn't without it's own set of problems almost entirely separate from other MMOs, that I wouldn't have it any other way.
Keep on keeping on, EVE.
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Zeba
Minmatar Pator Tech School
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:25:00 -
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Originally by: Or Well but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently
Please please please tell me how you think the 20 original posters and their countless 'back up my line of reasoning' alts in a some random whine thread no mater how many pages it gets to constitutes a large portion of the playerbase? Most of the playerbase don't know the forums exist or even care if they do. Now if you had said large portion of the forumbase I would have believed you but since they only make up about .02% of the playerbase I don't think Eve is in any trouble of loosing sufficient members to shut it down. Why not. |
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Quelque Chose
Gallente
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:27:00 -
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Originally by: Tidas Andrommeda until December 25, 2012
Actually it's 23 DEC, isn't it?
I've been thinking of organizing a mass call- in to Coast To Coast AM on 24 DEC 2012 if it's still on with the main objective being simply to point and laugh.
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Or Well
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:27:00 -
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Originally by: Zeba
Originally by: Or Well but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently
Please please please tell me how you think the 20 original posters and their countless 'back up my line of reasoning' alts in a some random whine thread no mater how many pages it gets to constitutes a large portion of the playerbase? Most of the playerbase don't know the forums exist or even care if they do. Now if you had said large portion of the forumbase I would have believed you but since they only make up about .02% of the playerbase I don't think Eve is in any trouble of loosing sufficient members to shut it down.
I stand corrected. :P
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Abrazzar
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:28:00 -
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EvE has the potential to last almost indefinitely. It can be expanded at will as long as financial resources are available.
Any good thought out MMO can last indefinitely. -------- Ideas for: Mining Clouds
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Ephemeron
Cutting Edge Incorporated RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:29:00 -
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would CCP still provide EVE game service if world war 3 broke out?
maybe mothball the database and wait for better times, or start fresh?
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Laura Steel
The Chaotic Order Fallout Project
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:29:00 -
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How many angels can dance on the head of a pin ----
Nothing is as it appears; nor is it anything else.
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Guvante
GALAXIAN
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:33:00 -
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Edited by: Guvante on 16/04/2008 20:34:46
Originally by: Or Well 1 year? Or 2-3? Everyone has their own opinion so I hope this thread can be a place where everyone can share theirs with everyone else. I personally think Jove will become a playable race when member count is in decline two years from now as a last ditch effort by CCP to keep people interested. Don't get me wrong, I hope EVE keeps going until 2020 and then some, but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently I would be a fool if I didn't have my own set of doubts.
Lol, I can honestly say I read someone write the exact same predicition about Jove 2 years ago . Here is my comment on the future of EVE, ignoring your "****ing people off comment".
One of two things happens to every MMORPG, an identical game comes out that quickly pulls away subscribers, or people slowly dwindle away out of lack of interest.
Every space MMO I have heard of in recent years has either been a flop or not even made it to release date, so I don't think EVE will be going quickly. And seeing as subsription rates havn't started going down yet, I don't think we are in the regression stage either.
Here is something to think about with regards to EVE randomly dying. Everquest is still alive and going after 9 years, and it survived both WoW (Another fantasy MMO), and EQ2 (Its successor) being released.
EDIT: Removed comment about his last comment, as it had already been clarified, need to learn to actually read all the posts in the thread, not just gleem them
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Or Well
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:34:00 -
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I don't care how much "thread cred" I lose for saying this: I really had my heart set on being a Jove back when I started and still do today.
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Niccolado Starwalker
Shadow Templars
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:34:00 -
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Originally by: Or Well 1 year? Or 2-3? Everyone has their own opinion so I hope this thread can be a place where everyone can share theirs with everyone else. I personally think Jove will become a playable race when member count is in decline two years from now as a last ditch effort by CCP to keep people interested. Don't get me wrong, I hope EVE keeps going until 2020 and then some, but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently I would be a fool if I didn't have my own set of doubts.
I have been here now for like 2,5 years, and I still cry blood that I was not here during Beta.
I have tried most of the current online games. I have seen most of the coming online games. And as it stands, not one is able to compete with EVE in any way.
For me, this is the only online game. And from what I know about this game, it can go on forever just like real life! Adding for example Ambulation and planetary terraforming, inhabitation etc.
ill be around for some more years no doubt about that!
Originally by: Dianabolic Your tears are absolutely divine, like a fine fine wine, rolling down your cheeks until they flow down the river of LOL |
Zeba
Minmatar Pator Tech School
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:36:00 -
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Originally by: Or Well I don't care how much "thread cred" I lose for saying this: I really had my heart set on being a Jove back when I started and still do today.
Well duh. Everyone wants a shiney Jove alt with Jove ships to fly you ninny. |
Malcanis
R.E.C.O.N. Insurgency
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:37:00 -
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Originally by: Or Well 1 year? Or 2-3? Everyone has their own opinion so I hope this thread can be a place where everyone can share theirs with everyone else. I personally think Jove will become a playable race when member count is in decline two years from now as a last ditch effort by CCP to keep people interested. Don't get me wrong, I hope EVE keeps going until 2020 and then some, but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently I would be a fool if I didn't have my own set of doubts.
So which one are you complaining about? Did the RMT ISK you bought get confiscated, or was your hulk ganked in hi-sec, or what? I'm guessing this obvious troll is obvious post is RMT related... but that's just a guess. |
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Lord Rue
Gallente GenX Societies Inc.
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:42:00 -
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As long as EVE keeps expanding, and as long as no better Internet Spaceships game comes out, EVE will keep running.
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Or Well
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:44:00 -
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Originally by: Malcanis
Originally by: Or Well 1 year? Or 2-3? Everyone has their own opinion so I hope this thread can be a place where everyone can share theirs with everyone else. I personally think Jove will become a playable race when member count is in decline two years from now as a last ditch effort by CCP to keep people interested. Don't get me wrong, I hope EVE keeps going until 2020 and then some, but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently I would be a fool if I didn't have my own set of doubts.
So which one are you complaining about? Did the RMT ISK you bought get confiscated, or was your hulk ganked in hi-sec, or what? I'm guessing this obvious troll is obvious post is RMT related... but that's just a guess.
Big guess. I was just throwing the question out there, nothing happened to me and no wrong was done or anything like that. No need to flame pre-emptively. |
Shadow Joy
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:46:00 -
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Can't say for sure I'll be here until the servers shut down. I might die first.
Even in the unlikely event that some other MMO grabs and keeps my attention, I think that enough people love EVE that it will have a nice long run.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:46:00 -
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Originally by: Chribba Edited by: Chribba on 16/04/2008 20:16:16 As long as there is Veldspar - there is Chribba.
I'll be here the day TQ shuts down for good. Watching the shutdown timer crawl to a zero.
if that day comes I would be honored to be able to sit in the same belt and mine the final veldspar, or in a lowsec pocket somewhere, as i may stay till the end
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aurora omniae
State War Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:50:00 -
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ibm sold to chinese, and the examples could go on ccp will sell to chinese, there it goes....
muahahaha no one will dare then to blame the macros
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Zeba
Minmatar Pator Tech School
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Posted - 2008.04.16 20:56:00 -
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Originally by: Chainsaw Plankton
Originally by: Chribba Edited by: Chribba on 16/04/2008 20:16:16 As long as there is Veldspar - there is Chribba.
I'll be here the day TQ shuts down for good. Watching the shutdown timer crawl to a zero.
if that day comes I would be honored to be able to sit in the same belt and mine the final veldspar, or in a lowsec pocket somewhere, as i may stay till the end
Don't beleive him Chribba! He'll setup a login trap so they can claim the last Dread kill of the game. |
Jurgen Cartis
Caldari Interstellar Corporation of Exploration Nex Eternus
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:07:00 -
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Originally by: Chainsaw Plankton
Originally by: Chribba Edited by: Chribba on 16/04/2008 20:16:16 As long as there is Veldspar - there is Chribba.
I'll be here the day TQ shuts down for good. Watching the shutdown timer crawl to a zero.
if that day comes I would be honored to be able to sit in the same belt and mine the final veldspar, or in a lowsec pocket somewhere, as i may stay till the end
An interesting way to come full circle. Begin and end with mining Veldspar in a practically unfitted Ibis. |
Rawr Cristina
Caldari Naqam
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:12:00 -
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so long as CCP keep working on it and don't screw up it'l go forever ...
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Nachshon
Caldari Gradient Electus Matari
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:13:00 -
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Indefinitely, unless there's a major change in the market, or CCP have a major case of stupid. EVE is pretty strong and stable. It isn't going anywhere. ____________________________________ Caldari by birth, Minmatar by citizenship.
The True Meaning of Freedom
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Amastat
Caldari Omegatech
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:17:00 -
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CCP has to pry the steering-wheel of my Caldari Navy Raven from my cold, dead, lifeless hands before I let them close the game down :P
I've been playing well over a year in total - I wouldn't say I'm a old-dog yet but I have never played a MMO this long and not get bored of it yet. I have no reason to believe that CCP is dying now or will be in the near future. This game has been around for a while as it is, and still has many years ahead of it IMO. |
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HenkieBoy
Enrave Ethereal Dawn
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:20:00 -
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Well... I don't know how long EVE will last, but I do know the EVE players share a fairly unique MMO and will get into the same new MMO if its a bit like EVE.. |
Doonoo Boonoo
Amarr Hedion University
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:22:00 -
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Originally by: Or Well ....but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently I would be a fool if I didn't have my own set of doubts.
Huh?Watchootalkinboutorwell?
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Havok Dryke
Golden Gavel Enterprises The Cooperative
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:23:00 -
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Longer than this thread, that's for sure. |
Pyr3x
Gallente TiS Industries Ursa Stellar Initiative
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:38:00 -
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But..... I just started playing EVE..... I don't want it to go away now... Personally if they just keep expanding and coming up with new ideas and even designing a whole new engine for eve it will last forever because no matter how old some pilots are or whatever I think people will still come to eve. Just like trinity appealed to so many new people, simply because it got a graphics buff! See it's simple to keep the game going. Just keep it on top of current technology and people will play. I also feel that the classic client should just die, seriously all it does is hold the game back. I feel most of you should let the game grow by letting the classic client go. Upgrade your pc.
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Guillame Herschel
Gallente The Graduates Brutally Clever Empire
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:40:00 -
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Originally by: Guillame Herschel Please do not spam. ~Saint
One post is not spam, hon.
-- The Theorem Theorem: If If, Then Then --
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Serenity Steele
Dynamic Data Distribution Ministry of Information
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:45:00 -
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IMO .. Long enough .. that saying that the MMO genre is here to stay, so the rumours of EvE's demise will occur when; - There is a satisfactory (or better) replacement. At that time, given the conditions for satisfaction, it won't matter to the players, 'cause they'll be happy with the new game. - (or) CCP go down in flames/decide not to continue. Which I'd dare say is dependent on how successful world of darkness online (slated release 2010) is going to be. On that note: www.WOD-Online just doesn't sound a gripping to me.
≡v≡ Strategic Maps now in Eve-Online Store |
Mithrantir Ob'lontra
Gallente Ixion Defence Systems The Cyrene Initiative
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:47:00 -
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Originally by: Chribba Edited by: Chribba on 16/04/2008 20:16:16 As long as there is Veldspar - there is Chribba.
I'll be here the day TQ shuts down for good. Watching the shutdown timer crawl to a zero.
Unless something out of my control happens, i will be around too watching the countdown. Not mining though. |
Amastat
Caldari Omegatech
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:51:00 -
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Edited by: Amastat on 16/04/2008 21:53:05 Edited by: Amastat on 16/04/2008 21:51:32
Originally by: Doonoo Boonoo
Originally by: Or Well ....but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently I would be a fool if I didn't have my own set of doubts.
Huh?Watchootalkinboutorwell?
I would like to see the source of that claim :P I want to see how many people, a list.
It's a large game - no one person who plays is the same. If there is a change that favors one player, there will always be another who dosn't like the change. It's a law of the universe that nothing is 100% efficent - it also applies online games like EVE.
I think that a few people moan here and there on the same forum, and its probably just a small group of active forums trolls and critics who constantly repeat the same crap over and over and over and over and over and it's talked about constantly. A lot of players rarely even use the forums that much and only ever use it as a resources, so basing claims that the large majority of EVE players are ****ed with the game, off a portion of the forums, is flawed and will never be remotly accurate.
I'm sure there is a group that is dissatisfied - every community has one - but I fail to believe that the majority of EVE is ****ed with the game. Prove it.
But, as I was saying - I'd like to see the survey of EVE's subscribers that says everyones ****ed and on the verge of canceling subscriptions. If not, be quit Simon wannabes 8)
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Malcanis
R.E.C.O.N. Insurgency
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Posted - 2008.04.16 21:52:00 -
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Originally by: Or Well
Originally by: Malcanis
Originally by: Or Well 1 year? Or 2-3? Everyone has their own opinion so I hope this thread can be a place where everyone can share theirs with everyone else. I personally think Jove will become a playable race when member count is in decline two years from now as a last ditch effort by CCP to keep people interested. Don't get me wrong, I hope EVE keeps going until 2020 and then some, but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently I would be a fool if I didn't have my own set of doubts.
So which one are you complaining about? Did the RMT ISK you bought get confiscated, or was your hulk ganked in hi-sec, or what? I'm guessing this obvious troll is obvious post is RMT related... but that's just a guess.
Big guess. I was just throwing the question out there, nothing happened to me and no wrong was done or anything like that. No need to flame pre-emptively.
Maybe the gain on my whinedetectorÖ is turned a little high. In that case I apologise. Too many people on this forum lately remind me of that type of girlfriend who, as soon as she gets someone she likes, embarks on a relentless campaign to change him. |
Talkuth Rel
Minmatar Republic Military School
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Posted - 2008.04.16 22:14:00 -
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Originally by: InSession
The people who post on the forum are only a minute portion of the actual player base of Eve. Also if you notice it's the same group of people whining about how EVE sucks. I'll keep playing as long as it entertains me.
Careful there, that's the mistake SOE made, believeing they could safely ignore the forum complaints as a "vocal minority," and look where it got them.
Not to say that EVE is in any state remotely like what SWG was, just cautioning against what in the past has proven to be a dangerous and faulty presumption.
Sure, CCP has made moves that some players have disagreed with, and they've had some problems with scandal in the past, but overall they have done fairly well. As long as they can continue to grow the content and update the graphics without making major changes to the game itself, and do so while making a profit, then they game has the potential to continue indefinetely. If they run out of ways to add new content, player growth will stagnate, and those who have "been there, done that" will leave out of boredom. But as long as they can continue to raise the ceiling or push out the walls without making changes so drastic as to alienate the playerbase, the game will continue to prosper.
I think the issue that may put a limit on the game's lifespan is the inherent gap between new and veteran players. It presents a major dilemna for future development. As it stands, the gap continually increases. In the past, CCP has raised the starting SP for new players, but they can't do this indefinitely, or eventually new characters will start in battleships. Likewise if they were to put a cap on SP or stop creating new skills so that new players could catch up, older players who reach the limit would grow bored. Currently, the gap is not so great as to be a major hindrance, but conceivably, it has the potential if not handled properly in the future to grow to proportions so great that the game gains a reputation as being impossible for new players to get a foothold in. If that happens, the subscription base will cease growing and likely shrink, the game would become unprofitable, and be shut down.
Of course, this would take several more years to run its course, and there's plenty of time to design and implement solutions, for both this or any other long term hurdles EVE may face. The potential lifespan really depends largely on how the game's growth is handled. If done correctly, it may be that we'll be dead and buried, and will have willed our characters to relatives, long before EVE shuts down.
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Amastat
Caldari Omegatech
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Posted - 2008.04.16 22:42:00 -
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Originally by: Talkuth Rel
Originally by: InSession
The people who post on the forum are only a minute portion of the actual player base of Eve. Also if you notice it's the same group of people whining about how EVE sucks. I'll keep playing as long as it entertains me.
Careful there, that's the mistake SOE made, believeing they could safely ignore the forum complaints as a "vocal minority," and look where it got...
I don't speak for CCP, but if I were in their position I personally would find it very hard to not ignore the vocal minority when half of what they say is just excessive whining, complaining, and nonsense, and some of it cannot really be helped. Especially when they repeat it over and over and over and have nothing better to do by flame me for working my ass to provide them the game they even subscribe for in the first place :)
You cannot have a discussion with insanity.
I do agree that a good MMO does not ignore the player base though, if they plan to last longer then a year - however I completely disagree with those who claim that everyone is ****ed with EVE, the game is going to die, and everyones going to cancel their subscriptions soon. I cannot stress how much those words, who knows why it is even uttered, that come out of some trollers mouths is worthless pitiful whiner crap.
Until I have a proof survey of the opinions of more then 40% of the multiple thousand active subscribers proving that at least 25% thinks the game needs serious work, everything the Simon copies say is unsupported, lame, crap and nonsense. Critics support their arguments, and a good critic does it well. A critical statement with absolutely no supporting fact is what one calls absolute worthless crap.
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Simon says that flaming CCP just for the sake of complaining is absolute crap. |
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CCP Mitnal
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Posted - 2008.04.17 01:06:00 -
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Originally by: Tidas Andrommeda until December 25, 2012
Not sure Santa Claus grants those sorts of requests Mitnal, Community Representative
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Radcjk
Caldari Dark Star LTD Atrocitas
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Posted - 2008.04.17 01:31:00 -
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Originally by: Or Well 1 year? Or 2-3? Everyone has their own opinion so I hope this thread can be a place where everyone can share theirs with everyone else. I personally think Jove will become a playable race when member count is in decline two years from now as a last ditch effort by CCP to keep people interested. Don't get me wrong, I hope EVE keeps going until 2020 and then some, but with how upset CCP has made a large portion of their player base recently I would be a fool if I didn't have my own set of doubts.
Thery key word is vocal minority. Most players really aren't that ****ed off at eve / ccp.
Just the same forum trolling eve-math****s with not enough else to do then qoute numbers, ***** about code, and make graph charts on ammo types and their relation to pvp or pve.
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sableye
principle of motion Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2008.04.17 02:28:00 -
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its gonna keep going till a better spaceship pvp game comes out and even then it might survive. |
Ruri
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Posted - 2008.04.17 04:36:00 -
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some of you say Eve will die when a better spaceship game comes out in a mmo format.
I disagree strongly with that statment, I think what eve will have to do at that stage is compete for new players, but I've just hit 20ish million (not entirely sure not on eve at the moment) and its going to take a lot for me to suddenly decided to completely quit eve and go else where.
I might put this acct into a semi afk and log on to change skills while playing other games for a month or 2 at the most, but I keep coming back.
I bet a lot of other people will too, close the acct or semi afk for a month or 2 to try other games but come back to eve.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
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Posted - 2008.04.17 04:56:00 -
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Originally by: Zeba
Originally by: Chainsaw Plankton
Originally by: Chribba Edited by: Chribba on 16/04/2008 20:16:16 As long as there is Veldspar - there is Chribba.
I'll be here the day TQ shuts down for good. Watching the shutdown timer crawl to a zero.
if that day comes I would be honored to be able to sit in the same belt and mine the final veldspar, or in a lowsec pocket somewhere, as i may stay till the end
Don't beleive him Chribba! He'll setup a login trap so they can claim the last Dread kill of the game.
because by then concord will blow your ship up before you even press f1
and I hope to be in IDLE GUNS to that day |
Dirk Magnum
Spearhead Endeavors
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Posted - 2008.04.17 04:57:00 -
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I used to think I'd never leave DAoC but I did. Of course that's because the opportunities for level-capped players sucked if you weren't going to RvR or group epic quest all day. Screw that noise. So based on that, I'd say I'll stick with Eve until the end game gets boring. The end game. Of Eve. |
Dark Hessian
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Posted - 2008.04.17 05:21:00 -
[48]
Judging by what I see eve is not likely to last a year. Just my opinion. |
El'Niaga
Minmatar Republic Military School
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Posted - 2008.04.17 05:29:00 -
[49]
It has potential to last another decade. However to reach that potential some of the game flaws must be addressed. Unless they can be addressed it will probably enter decline in the next 2 years, but will last for several years after that. |
Tai Paktu
Mortis Incarnatus
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Posted - 2008.04.17 05:32:00 -
[50]
Originally by: Chribba Edited by: Chribba on 16/04/2008 20:16:16 I'll be here the day TQ shuts down for good. Watching the shutdown timer crawl to a zero.
QFFT. |
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Amastat
Caldari Omegatech
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Posted - 2008.04.17 05:40:00 -
[51]
Edited by: Amastat on 17/04/2008 05:41:15
Originally by: Ruri some of you say Eve will die when a better spaceship game comes out in a mmo format.
I disagree strongly with that statment, I think what eve will have to do at that stage is compete for new players, but I've just hit 20ish million (not entirely sure not on eve at the moment) and its going to take a lot for me to suddenly decided to completely quit eve and go else where.
I might put this acct into a semi afk and log on to change skills while playing other games for a month or 2 at the most, but I keep coming back.
I bet a lot of other people will too, close the acct or semi afk for a month or 2 to try other games but come back to eve.
I couldn't agree more with you Ruri. And - even if another game did arise - I have no reason to believe that CCP will not be capable of competing with them and keeping the other game from taking over its part of the MMO Sci-Fi Industry.
And whoever said the game will not last a year must be drunk or a noob.
Please visit your user settings to re-enable images. Simon gives Dark Hessian a F for trolling and a A+ for ignorance. |
sableye
principle of motion Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2008.04.17 05:47:00 -
[52]
Originally by: Dark Hessian Judging by what I see eve is not likely to last a year. Just my opinion.
you obviousally don'nt see alot then :)
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Neodome
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Posted - 2008.04.17 06:05:00 -
[53]
I think the game will go on and on and on just like a duracell bunny
As for people beeing upset on the forums I think its a way to blow off some steam, as players most likely do love the game |
Florio
Black Nova Corp Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.04.17 06:20:00 -
[54]
EVE is a product owned by CCP, a commercial business.
The owners of a successful business make most of their money from the sale of that business.
So EVE may crumble and falter whenever CCP or the game itself is sold, if that happens.
For myself, I would like to see the game eventually expanded so that we have an even more complete virtual world rather than 'just' a virtual market, resource, political, empire-building and spaceship game. |
Elona King
Caldari State War Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.17 07:03:00 -
[55]
Originally by: Quelque Chose
Originally by: Tidas Andrommeda until December 25, 2012
Actually it's 23 DEC, isn't it?
Quote:
Yay! on my 36th birthday! |
Mecinia Lua
Galactic Express Frontier Trade League
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Posted - 2008.04.17 07:16:00 -
[56]
Originally by: Elona King
Originally by: Quelque Chose
Originally by: Tidas Andrommeda until December 25, 2012
Actually it's 23 DEC, isn't it?
Quote:
Yay! on my 36th birthday!
No the 256th K'atun ends on Dec 21st 2012.... |
DORIAN GRACE
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Posted - 2008.04.17 07:21:00 -
[57]
Originally by: Ephemeron would CCP still provide EVE game service if world war 3 broke out?
maybe mothball the database and wait for better times, or start fresh?
If so train a long skill |
Kevrlet
Gallente Knighthawk Light Industries
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Posted - 2008.04.17 07:25:00 -
[58]
Originally by: Chribba Edited by: Chribba on 16/04/2008 20:16:16 As long as there is Veldspar - there is Chribba.
I'll be here the day TQ shuts down for good. Watching the shutdown timer crawl to a zero.
And I'll be sitting to your Veldnaught in my Orca, watching that same timer crawl to a zero. And when it hits '20' I'll launch my drones at your infamous ship in a last blaze of glory and watch as I explode. Hopefully by then Concord will still be strong enough to drop a ship in mere seconds or I'll miss the explosion! |
Deaell Portt
Garoun Investment Bank
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Posted - 2008.04.17 07:28:00 -
[59]
To end of world and one day longer. |
Dirk Magnum
Spearhead Endeavors
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Posted - 2008.04.17 07:35:00 -
[60]
Originally by: Mecinia Lua
Originally by: Elona King
Originally by: Quelque Chose
Originally by: Tidas Andrommeda until December 25, 2012
Actually it's 23 DEC, isn't it?
Quote:
Yay! on my 36th birthday!
No the 256th K'atun ends on Dec 21st 2012....
It's the winter solstice of that year, whether it happens to fall on the 22nd or 23rd. But regardless, the whole thing depends on a severely selective interpretation of the Mayan long count calendar, and basically every academic Mayanist says that "no, it does not mean the actual end of either humanity or of the world in general". |
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Wren Alterana
Minmatar The Baros Syndicate Kissaki Republic
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Posted - 2008.04.17 09:32:00 -
[61]
Originally by: Zeba
Originally by: Or Well I don't care how much "thread cred" I lose for saying this: I really had my heart set on being a Jove back when I started and still do today.
Well duh. Everyone wants a shiney Jove alt with Jove ships to fly you ninny.
I have 1 alt, I would probably have another but I want to keep the second slot open in case the Jove ever become playable. |
Rodj Blake
Amarr PIE Inc. Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2008.04.17 09:34:00 -
[62]
Eve has only had a year or so of life left in it for about five years now.
Despite that, it still seems to be growing steadily. |
Malcanis
R.E.C.O.N. Insurgency
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Posted - 2008.04.17 09:49:00 -
[63]
Originally by: Dark Hessian Judging by what I see eve is not likely to last a year. Just my opinion.
What have you seen that led you to that opinion>? |
Roy Batty68
Caldari Immortal Dead
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Posted - 2008.04.17 10:05:00 -
[64]
Originally by: Or Well How long can EVE last?
FOR EV ER FOR EV ER FOR EV ER
Eve is the junkyard dog of MMOs.
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AceOfSpace
Pineapple Blunder
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Posted - 2008.04.17 10:07:00 -
[65]
Originally by: Or Well How long can EVE last?
As long as it takes.
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Heliocon
Quam Singulari Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2008.04.17 10:09:00 -
[66]
Eve will last as long as: 1. CCP support it and continually endorse / upgrade it *freely* and 2. As long as new expansions are imaginative and bring somethign to the game enviroment and players. If they continue with things like ambulations and planetary warfare in the near future and bulk that out I dont see why eve doesnt have atleast another 5+ years on it. The next step is to bring in more players and expand the galaxy so thats its less of one large market and more of a regional market. Also they should include space above and below the plane of the galaxy as well as jove adding new ores and specific items to drive the economy. *takes a breath* [/url] |
Brumin Rush
Minmatar
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Posted - 2008.04.17 10:41:00 -
[67]
My guess is this game has pretty long life ahead. CCP is keeping the servers at approximatly 40K and it does not look like they are going to increase it anytime soon.
Also since it is so unique there's nothing else to compare it to besides the general MMO type. So people who want to play a full intricate space game, this is it.
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Liam Fremen
Insurgent New Eden Tribe Deus Ex.
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Posted - 2008.04.17 10:57:00 -
[68]
The only problem that i see in eve is the new playerbase, most of "good" new players end up buying "old" characters due to the fact actually take a crapload of time for becoming "good"
I think this is the "good" and "bad" a same time of eve.. our characters will never end up growing and newcomers will be "years" ahead of others in true terms of fact, this is good beacause there is not an "end" but at same time is a pretty big problem for newcomers :)
When you enter game, join a corp, talk with ur ceo and he say "hello you have 1.2m sp i got 75m, will take you 5 years for reaching me ^^" the noob get a bit scared :)
That's not a problem for me beign playing from begin of 2004 but well, for others is :) _________________________________________________
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Tony Allizzar
POINT CLICK KILL
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Posted - 2008.04.17 11:42:00 -
[69]
I do not agree with the skill point whine.... well not for the main part anyway.
Im world of warcraft for example... if a level 70 toon fights a lvl 10 toon, he cant loose. simple as that. Im eve it is not so simple. if your 2003 toon is flying around in his inty and some 1 month old nOOb in a vexor gets a web on you... you are more than likely going to die to the sound of 'lol' from your corpmates. Eve is so complex that your skill points can only take you so far. Its your own cunning, savvy, and wit that get you places in eve.
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Kairusen Laidan
Caldari
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Posted - 2008.04.17 11:46:00 -
[70]
EVE has the potential to easily go on forever. There's so many things which haven't been tapped into yet that it's ludicrous. What if the EVE gate reopened? What if we could land on planets? Hell, what would happen if we could walk on stations!? [Yay for ambulation!]
There's a lot of potential left in EVE yet. Don't let a few whiners on the forums delude anyone into thinking it hasn't |
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blathering idiot
Caldari Perkone
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Posted - 2008.04.17 11:52:00 -
[71]
Edited by: blathering idiot on 17/04/2008 11:53:22 Who knows, someday the citizens of the world may unite and go to the UN for recognition of their virtual life and world desperately trying to keep alive what is threatened with shutdown. Is Eve that life?
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Isobe Mitsu
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:06:00 -
[72]
Edited by: Isobe Mitsu on 17/04/2008 12:07:25 5 years, 4 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 17 hours, 54 minutes and 25 seconds to be precise. |
Jenny Spitfire
Caldari LoneStar Industries Veritas Immortalis
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:13:00 -
[73]
It bettar lats long cuz I am giong to got moar acounts.
I want to supprot my favoriet comapny. |
Sgt Blade
Caldari Save Yourself Inc.
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:15:00 -
[74]
if eve EVER goes down then i will vote on a mass fight in 0.0 as the timer counts down to 0, we should all fly noobs ships and enjoy our last moments |
RainbowRandolph
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:32:00 -
[75]
I will be playing Eve in Pocatello, Idaho on Dec. 21 2012. Shiny piece of veldspar for one who gets my reference.
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Potty
Caldari Thundercats RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:38:00 -
[76]
Originally by: DubanFP
Originally by: Chribba
I'll be here the day TQ shuts down for good. Watching the shutdown timer crawl to a zero.
I'm going to leave room for the faint possibillity of some horrible change that destroys the concept of EVE entirely however unlikely. Barring that i'm the same. Also I don't get why the op thinks the devs have ****ed many people off lately. They've done some GREAT work. Considering the population was about a third what it is now 3 years ago and many times more then when it started I don't expect EVE to die any time in the next decade. Especially if they periodically update the graphics like they did with trinity.
They have already done that many times, people have said that, but have carried on playing.
BS weapons not hitting small targets (the "tomb" nerf) No torp/cms in Med launhcers Conq stations Stacking changes Sheild nerf Drone nerf ECM nerf T2 Items Warp to 0 POS deployment Capital ships Titan seeding Cyno Doomdays Jumpbridges End of BPO lottery Jump freighters Removing of shuttles from NPC stations, (so its now rookie ship - Shuttle - Ship I just brought :S)
This list changes for diffrent people and at each one i thought thats it eves ruined. I was right, it was ruined, the old way was. Then you get to play the new eve and it starts all over again :P
basicly you can never leave eve.
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Zantrei Kordisin
FinFleet Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:41:00 -
[77]
Originally by: Dark Hessian Judging by what I see eve is not likely to last a year. Just my opinion.
And you see what, exactly? |
Jenny Spitfire
Caldari LoneStar Industries Veritas Immortalis
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:42:00 -
[78]
Originally by: Potty basicly you can never leave eve.
That is rihgt. It is liek drugs. |
Fifth Horseman
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:44:00 -
[79]
Anybody still do qualuudes? |
Shintai
Gallente Balad Naran Orbital Shipyards
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:46:00 -
[80]
EvE can last forever! |
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baltec1
Antares Shipyards Phalanx Alliance
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:47:00 -
[81]
This is the only MMO I have played that has any kind of chance of lasting forever |
Malcanis
R.E.C.O.N. Insurgency
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:51:00 -
[82]
Originally by: Liam Fremen
The only problem that i see in eve is the new playerbase, most of "good" new players end up buying "old" characters due to the fact actually take a crapload of time for becoming "good"
I think this is the "good" and "bad" a same time of eve.. our characters will never end up growing and newcomers will be "years" ahead of others in true terms of fact, this is good beacause there is not an "end" but at same time is a pretty big problem for newcomers :)
When you enter game, join a corp, talk with ur ceo and he say "hello you have 1.2m sp i got 75m, will take you 5 years for reaching me ^^" the noob get a bit scared :)
That's not a problem for me beign playing from begin of 2004 but well, for others is :)
The first corp I joined, the CEO had 50M+ SP when I only had about 3.5M. I was grateful to have such an experienced player to learn from. |
Ordon Gundar
Caldari Impending Doom Inc. The Crimson Federation
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:57:00 -
[83]
Originally by: Abrazzar EvE has the potential to last almost indefinitely. It can be expanded at will as long as financial resources are available.
Any good thought out MMO can last indefinitely.
Well put. I agree.
WoW will self-destruct before EvE, because it is too linear, too grind-orientated, and too driven by end-game. It is already getting too difficult for players above mid-level in Warcraft to find a niche. You either join raid guilds and kiss goodbye to your life, or cancel your subscription.
EvE wont go this way. It is a sandbox game that has thousands of facets within which players can find their niche. |
Potty
Caldari Thundercats RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2008.04.17 12:58:00 -
[84]
Originally by: Liam Fremen
The only problem that i see in eve is the new playerbase, most of "good" new players end up buying "old" characters due to the fact actually take a crapload of time for becoming "good"
I think this is the "good" and "bad" a same time of eve.. our characters will never end up growing and newcomers will be "years" ahead of others in true terms of fact, this is good beacause there is not an "end" but at same time is a pretty big problem for newcomers :)
When you enter game, join a corp, talk with ur ceo and he say "hello you have 1.2m sp i got 75m, will take you 5 years for reaching me ^^" the noob get a bit scared :)
That's not a problem for me beign playing from begin of 2004 but well, for others is :)
Eve doenst work like that, a 3mill char can kill a 100mill if the situations right.
also, once you reach about 15mill in PvP skills that like a years worth of linked training, you can fight almost anyone with an even chance.
Hac/t2 med guns/ t2 mid drones = kill anyone no matter what sp they have if your in the right situation.
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Ryusoath Orillian
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Posted - 2008.04.17 13:00:00 -
[85]
i know for a fact i will die before eve does. if you think the nerfs in eve are bad the nerfs in RL are far worse. i'll quit RL before eve. |
Ezekiel Sulastin
Gallente Eve University Ivy League
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Posted - 2008.04.17 13:06:00 -
[86]
It will last for as long as it's possible for new players to have fun :) |
TimGascoigne
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Posted - 2008.04.17 13:11:00 -
[87]
Edited by: TimGascoigne on 17/04/2008 13:11:01
Originally by: RainbowRandolph I will be playing Eve in Pocatello, Idaho on Dec. 21 2012. Shiny piece of veldspar for one who gets my reference.
If the Mayan calendar is about to expire and the world come to an end you might as well. |
Armoured C
Gallente Globaltech Industries The ENTITY.
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Posted - 2008.04.17 13:39:00 -
[88]
ill be so sad to see eve go,
it has the strongest of most communities and is a very unique game, of which no other mmo out there has giving me that expereince for 2 years, where this game never followed the norm and always set to expand the horizions of which no other mmo has come close to it
the day the close the server down i will probably actually visit jita for the first time and say my good byes or grab a velator and mine with chribba.
gosh that will be a sad day |
RainbowRandolph
Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.17 17:20:00 -
[89]
Originally by: TimGascoigne Edited by: TimGascoigne on 17/04/2008 13:11:01
Originally by: RainbowRandolph I will be playing Eve in Pocatello, Idaho on Dec. 21 2012. Shiny piece of veldspar for one who gets my reference.
If the Mayan calendar is about to expire and the world come to an end you might as well.
It was from an episode of the old show Millennium where these cultists had holed up there to be safe on the Mayan end times date. Something about that part of Idaho would be relatively safe
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Rethe Henney
TRantor Corp. House of Mercury
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Posted - 2008.04.17 17:32:00 -
[90]
At the last fanfest CCP has created a nice picture. Infinate - Trantor - Corporation Francophone (Website) |
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CCP Saint
C C P
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Posted - 2008.04.17 18:15:00 -
[91]
EVE will continue to be a living breathing creature waiting to steal the lives of those who dare to challenge her for as long as there are individuals who have the courage to login and explore her forbidden territories.
Saint Community Representative CCP Games, EVE Online Email / Netfang Do Not Click Here
"Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see."
Owner of the most green grey beanie ever. P.S. This is green. |
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Cobra Ball
Caldari Eve University Ivy League
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Posted - 2008.04.17 18:16:00 -
[92]
Edited by: Cobra Ball on 17/04/2008 18:16:50 I will keep playing as long as the game is entertaining. And even when i am gone, as long as CCP keeps making thing interesting for the player base, then it can keep going indefinitely.
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Khandara Seraphim
StarHunt Fallout Project
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Posted - 2008.04.17 18:16:00 -
[93]
Originally by: CCP Saint EVE will continue to be a living breathing creature waiting to steal the lives of those who dare to challenge her for as long as there are individuals who have the courage to login and explore her forbidden territories.
I wouldn't mind exploring some of her forbidden territories....
...but all innuendo aside, where's my gate into jove space?
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CCP Saint
C C P
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Posted - 2008.04.17 18:30:00 -
[94]
Originally by: Khandara Seraphim
I wouldn't mind exploring some of her forbidden territories....
...but all innuendo aside, where's my gate into jove space?
You havenĘt found it yet? Huh.. ątricky little hidden gatesą.
Looks like you will have to keep searching for it.
Saint Community Representative CCP Games, EVE Online Email / Netfang Do Not Click Here
"Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see."
Owner of the most green grey beanie ever. P.S. This is green. |
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Jenny Spitfire
Caldari LoneStar Industries Veritas Immortalis
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Posted - 2008.04.17 18:34:00 -
[95]
Me plays as long as tehre was Eve and Saint is playing. --------- Technica impendi Caldari generis. Pax Caldaria!
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Rialtor
Amarr Yarrrateers
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Posted - 2008.04.17 18:52:00 -
[96]
Eve can certainly aggravate the player base in a hurry. The shard can only support so many concurrent users.
Ironically, Eve can come to an end by being successful. Eve has to remain as a niche MMO or it's going to fail. Everything is setup with the notion of eve being played by a rather small base.
They have a queue line to log in, and a skilling system where you have to log in.
If there's every a moment where the player-base has to wait on line for 30 minutes, just to change a skill, or check market prices, etc. then that would be the end of Eve.
So if eve is too successful too quickly, then the community would become disgruntle and quit.
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Hamfast
Gallente
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Posted - 2008.04.17 18:55:00 -
[97]
Why is anyone worried about the Death of Eve? It will just wake up in a vat and look into getting a new clone...
I just hope their old clone is up to date... --------*****--------
Learn and be informed, because a Politicians worst nightmare is an informed voter...
So choose your CSM Candidates wisely
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Alowishus
mUfFiN fAcToRy Sex Panthers
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Posted - 2008.04.17 19:10:00 -
[98]
Originally by: Rialtor Eve can certainly aggravate the player base in a hurry. The shard can only support so many concurrent users.
Ironically, Eve can come to an end by being successful. Eve has to remain as a niche MMO or it's going to fail. Everything is setup with the notion of eve being played by a rather small base.
They have a queue line to log in, and a skilling system where you have to log in.
If there's every a moment where the player-base has to wait on line for 30 minutes, just to change a skill, or check market prices, etc. then that would be the end of Eve.
So if eve is too successful too quickly, then the community would become disgruntle and quit.
I love the commentary from the people who obviously haven't played the game very long. People were saying the same nonsense when there was never more than 5000 concurrent users. CCP is perfectly capable of upgrading and augmenting their hardware as they go to support new members, they've done this many times since I've started playing.
As for the queue, I rarely ever get that unless the server just came up so I'm not really sure what you're talking about.
Thanks for the noob stealth whine about hardware though.
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Talkuth Rel
Minmatar Republic Military School
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Posted - 2008.04.17 19:21:00 -
[99]
Originally by: Alowishus
Originally by: Rialtor Eve can certainly aggravate the player base in a hurry. The shard can only support so many concurrent users.
Ironically, Eve can come to an end by being successful. Eve has to remain as a niche MMO or it's going to fail. Everything is setup with the notion of eve being played by a rather small base.
They have a queue line to log in, and a skilling system where you have to log in.
If there's every a moment where the player-base has to wait on line for 30 minutes, just to change a skill, or check market prices, etc. then that would be the end of Eve.
So if eve is too successful too quickly, then the community would become disgruntle and quit.
I love the commentary from the people who obviously haven't played the game very long. People were saying the same nonsense when there was never more than 5000 concurrent users. CCP is perfectly capable of upgrading and augmenting their hardware as they go to support new members, they've done this many times since I've started playing.
As for the queue, I rarely ever get that unless the server just came up so I'm not really sure what you're talking about.
Thanks for the noob stealth whine about hardware though.
I think his point was that this would occur if the popularity of EVE ever grew faster than hardware upgrades could keep up.
Of course, increased popularity = increased subscriptions = more money for upgrades, so the real limit in this case would probably be if the rate of subscription growth vastly exceeeded the development of technology. I.e., if there's not good enough hardware out there to run the populations of EVE, you can't buy what doesn't exist.
Of course, there are other ways to adapt and compensate, so while this is not an immediate concern, you have to cncede that it is a potential limitation. |
Blacq Reign
Gallente Federal Navy Academy
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Posted - 2008.04.17 20:09:00 -
[100]
well, all I can say is, this is the only MMO that I keep coming back to, no other game is deep enough to hold my interest long-term..so, as long as there is an EVE, I shall play it.
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Illwill Bill
Boennerup Banden Boner Bandits
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Posted - 2008.04.17 21:23:00 -
[101]
I won't stop playing until my post count is higher than Jenny Spitfire's! ;)
On a more serious note, I think that EVE has the edge when compared to many other MMO's, because of the size and possibilities of the game world. As long as CCP keeps adding functionality, while making sure the game is still playable by new players, they will be just fine.
Moar T1 frigs, plz! |
TrevHead
Old Buggers Retirement Home
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Posted - 2008.04.17 21:38:00 -
[102]
IMO eve will last for sometime to come as ccp is allways adding content. ATM its just new ships and faction mods but when amulation comes out that will add a totally new dimention to eve which will attract a new untapped player base.
Then in the future ccp will add planet warfare which will imo totally revamp the game simler to the addition of pos'
EVE is such a rich game but if you think about there are tons of things ccp can add to it. Atm eve is all about pvp imo and pve (abart from the market/industry) is pritty poor. This can allways be added to for eg new mission types and factional warefare. Plus ccp could renrich the roleplaying aspect of the game by running events (better then the old events which i heard were crap)
Personbally i cant wait for all the cool stuff ccp will bring out for eve.
PS I just hope they slay the lag monter as im running cn missions atm and the lag is crazy |
SL Helper
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Posted - 2008.04.17 22:16:00 -
[103]
Five races instead of four. Will this change attract enough players to justify the cost of develop, design and balance Jove?
I'd be very surprised if CCP ever introduced Jove.
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Anya Bigtime
Suicide Girls
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Posted - 2008.04.17 22:53:00 -
[104]
I think Eve has peaked and will lose some serious numbers. That's IF they really ARE getting rid of macros, farmers and isk sellers, hehe.
The aggravation meter is high here. The visually engaging fantasy environment needs to far outweigh the learning curve, timesinks and grind. It's a game, not a job for chrissake. Documentation fails. The interface is a cluttered mess of miniature hotspots with rt click submenus. Player freedom and creativity is smothered to a point where everyone is goose stepping.
Show a non-player a fraps of gameplay and it will bore them to death (if you slow the video down enough, they can read the little text based damage notices and die an educated death).
Basically 99% of the game is generic 2D icons that glow or not glow. The ships look cool, but they're like ships in a bottle. Rarely do you see visual damage unless x-amount of hull damage is sustained, then you see a flame. C'mon, how about some torn metal exit wounds and gimped vessels limping sideways on one engine? Oh well, in my dreams, right?
Stuff? Yes, you can watch me blow up my stuff (and a unsuspecting hauler pilot at the same time). |
Armoured C
Gallente Globaltech Industries The ENTITY.
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Posted - 2008.04.18 00:23:00 -
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im training alot of level 5 skills anyway so would bother me how long it takes to get in slong as they complete |
Peekaboo Iseeyou
Trollops Are Really Terrifying
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Posted - 2008.04.18 03:14:00 -
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EVE will last as long as it lasts.
Generic enough? Probably. It's survived this long, has a dedicated bunch of players whom are willing to deal with some of the eh...issues in game, etc. For the most part, we have managed to pod many of the hotpocket-eating bottom feeders that constitutes that other game.
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Alpha Prime
Destructive Influence Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.04.18 03:33:00 -
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Look at it this way. Its been 5 years now, we are are t2 and we just got access to t2 Battleships. CCP said that they plan on going atleast to t5 before even getting close to shutting down EvE.
So it looks like we're in for a few more months
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Batolemaeus
Caldari Free-Space-Ranger Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2008.04.18 06:30:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Saint …tricky little hidden gates….
I know one, but it won't activate for me. |
Peekaboo Iseeyou
Trollops Are Really Terrifying
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Edited by: Peekaboo Iseeyou on 18/04/2008 07:17:40
Originally by: Jenny Spitfire It bettar lats long cuz I am giong to got moar acounts.
I want to supprot my favoriet comapny.
How do you say, "Sold my account several times, and then some" in Mandarin? |
Delichon
The First Foundation Circle-Of-Two
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Posted - 2008.04.18 07:18:00 -
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I wonder who will get the last killmail when the Eve ends? |
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Sylthi
Minmatar Coreward Pan-Galactic
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Posted - 2008.04.18 07:54:00 -
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I've been in Eve since Beta, in one form or another. During that time I have played many other MMOs, and not a single one of them had the lasting power of Eve. (With me, or the other players.)
Does Eve have its problems? Sure. Is there a seemingly complete lack of a Q&A department for the patches most of the time? Yep. Is there a STRONG need to keep ZuluPark OUT of the dev chair and locked in his cage in a dark hole somewhere? Absolutely. Have the devs made a LOT of changes lately that I have strongly disagreed with? Yep again. Have I railed against them out in the forums, repeatedly? Again, absolutely.
Do ANY of these things change the fact that I am hopelessly addicted to the best MMORPG concept on the net? Nope.
I actually welcome all of the people that rant, rave, and otherwise carry on out in the forums. Why? Because when you get mad, its because you CARE. After all, if you didn't care about something, you wouldn't get angry about how it is run or how it gets changed.
The day the forum whiners and flamers go away..... THAT will be the day that Eve is in trouble. Because, at that point, the plyaer base will have stopped caring.
So, how long do I think Eve will last? Like I said, it will last as long as enough people keep caring. As for me, that is going to be a long while yet.
Cheers all!
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Farmer Boo
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Posted - 2008.04.18 08:02:00 -
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Won't last I hate to say. Just recently removed a donation from my bank. Telling me the person wa a known isk seller/buyer or w/e. This was my third attempt to an mmorpg first being lineage 2 and then WoW left both becuase of the dislike for ebayer's, botter's, and such. I thought i found a decent game. Then all the emails started coming in from isk sellers i am sorry I don't need that kind of thing nor have I ever or will ever condone it. thier Gm staff is quite rude though. So to answer your Q I believe thier customer base will drop atleast 7-10k over the next year. Unless they somehow get friendlier and more approachable people in thier HR staff I believe EvE is doomed. |
Juwi Kotch
Gallente VIRTUAL LIFE VANGUARD Carpe Universitas
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Posted - 2008.04.18 08:22:00 -
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In about 30 to 50 years, depending on when I'm dying or not able to operate a computer anymore (and with bad luck a bit earlier), I will hand over my EVE online character to a grand or great grandchild, who probably will do the same a century later to his/her successor.
Juwi Kotch
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Malcanis
R.E.C.O.N. Insurgency
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Posted - 2008.04.18 08:37:00 -
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Originally by: Farmer Boo Won't last I hate to say. Just recently removed a donation from my bank. Telling me the person wa a known isk seller/buyer or w/e. This was my third attempt to an mmorpg first being lineage 2 and then WoW left both becuase of the dislike for ebayer's, botter's, and such. I thought i found a decent game. Then all the emails started coming in from isk sellers i am sorry I don't need that kind of thing nor have I ever or will ever condone it. thier Gm staff is quite rude though. So to answer your Q I believe thier customer base will drop atleast 7-10k over the next year. Unless they somehow get friendlier and more approachable people in thier HR staff I believe EvE is doomed.
Oh dear, never mind. Good luck in your search for an MMOG where you can RMT your way to the end game. You'll be happier and EvE will live longer without you.
CONCORD provide consequences, not safety; only you can do that. |
Zachriel
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Posted - 2008.04.18 10:41:00 -
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Right now, the way I see it, EVE has no competition. There are no games that are even remotely close to using the same kind of game mechanics, setting, or technology that EVE does.
The day good competition comes along, EVE might struggle. Until then, I think it will only grow |
P6tu
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Posted - 2008.04.18 10:49:00 -
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Originally by: Ephemeron would CCP still provide EVE game service if world war 3 broke out?
maybe mothball the database and wait for better times, or start fresh?
WW3 is going to happen in EVE between Goons and BoB. |
J'Mkarr Soban
Amarr Proxenetae Invicti
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Posted - 2008.04.18 10:53:00 -
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Originally by: Chribba Edited by: Chribba on 16/04/2008 20:16:16 As long as there is Veldspar - there is Chribba.
I'll be here the day TQ shuts down for good. Watching the shutdown timer crawl to a zero.
Seconded. I'll be there when they turn out the last lights. Hopefully it'll be something swishy and graphically amazing, like the whole universe blowing up Hell, I'm the first character, that means nothing unless I'm the last.
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Potes
Amarr Dkiller Delta Force Corp. CORPVS DELICTI
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Posted - 2008.04.18 11:03:00 -
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Talkuth Rel has made the best point of this whole thread which was wholly ignored by most of you...!
the disparity between the skillpoints of new and starting characters could eventually cause problems
obviously due to character trade... the big 60 mill sp + characters arent ever going away or just simply cancelling their subscriptions. so unless they really keep adding reams and reams of content and new skills, the point of having an older and higher skilled character will start to diminish as new characters will become relatively more and more effective.
Another good point which has largely been ignored is the price of implants! every johnny noob a lot can now fly around with +3's in their head and not give a rats arse if they get podded! implants r ridiculously cheap! especially considering the trade off! so if people r now generally gaining sp quicker... and the older players who used to have to shell out serious cash for their implant sets.. therefore perhaps using them less would have been gaining sp at a slower rate than those who are playing now!. What this means i really havent quite figured out but surely it should be looked at!
I do hope it carries on as well and that the years spent training my skills have not been in vain!
regards potes
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Drizit
Amarr FREEDOM FIRST Black Sun Alliance
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Posted - 2008.04.18 11:10:00 -
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Eve will NEVER end.
The day CCP inform us that the servers are being taken down for good, I will personally go to London and stand by the servers with a large baseball bat, daring them to come near enough to turn them off. My guess is that I won't be the only one there either
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Farmer Boo
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Posted - 2008.04.18 17:06:00 -
[120]
Originally by: Malcanis
Originally by: Farmer Boo Won't last I hate to say. Just recently removed a donation from my bank. Telling me the person wa a known isk seller/buyer or w/e. This was my third attempt to an mmorpg first being lineage 2 and then WoW left both becuase of the dislike for ebayer's, botter's, and such. I thought i found a decent game. Then all the emails started coming in from isk sellers i am sorry I don't need that kind of thing nor have I ever or will ever condone it. thier Gm staff is quite rude though. So to answer your Q I believe thier customer base will drop atleast 7-10k over the next year. Unless they somehow get friendlier and more approachable people in thier HR staff I believe EvE is doomed.
Oh dear, never mind. Good luck in your search for an MMOG where you can RMT your way to the end game. You'll be happier and EvE will live longer without you.
I never paid for anything except for a monthly subscription. Your ignorance is funny and your attempt to be funny fell a little short. I no longer wish to play whcih is fine by me I may decide to come back and play later but for now I am too heated. I support ccp in thier endeavor to stopping the isk buyers and seller. But if they continue to remove isk from innocent players accounts you may start to see players leave. |
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Malcanis
R.E.C.O.N. Insurgency
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Posted - 2008.04.18 21:53:00 -
[121]
Originally by: Farmer Boo
Originally by: Malcanis
Originally by: Farmer Boo Won't last I hate to say. Just recently removed a donation from my bank. Telling me the person wa a known isk seller/buyer or w/e. This was my third attempt to an mmorpg first being lineage 2 and then WoW left both becuase of the dislike for ebayer's, botter's, and such. I thought i found a decent game. Then all the emails started coming in from isk sellers i am sorry I don't need that kind of thing nor have I ever or will ever condone it. thier Gm staff is quite rude though. So to answer your Q I believe thier customer base will drop atleast 7-10k over the next year. Unless they somehow get friendlier and more approachable people in thier HR staff I believe EvE is doomed.
Oh dear, never mind. Good luck in your search for an MMOG where you can RMT your way to the end game. You'll be happier and EvE will live longer without you.
I never paid for anything except for a monthly subscription. Your ignorance is funny and your attempt to be funny fell a little short. I no longer wish to play whcih is fine by me I may decide to come back and play later but for now I am too heated. I support ccp in thier endeavor to stopping the isk buyers and seller. But if they continue to remove isk from innocent players accounts you may start to see players leave.
Well I'm sorry but posting a story like yours with a name like yours is bound to incline to make people think the worst.
If you are genuinely innocent, them creating a petition and escalating it if necessary should solve the problem.
You must understand that lately there has been a spate of more or less obvious isk-farmer propoganda against the obvious remedies (GTC sales, confiscations), so my response trigger is perhaps a little oversensitive. |
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