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Posted - 2012.04.17 16:31:00 -
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Sutskop wrote:Delhaven wrote:To summarize: I think CCP should get rid of CONCORD entirely and let Darwin take that over in the sandbox. This will allow both sides to have the ability to at least take matters into their own hands, and get rid of a system that is half-baked at best. Now you just sound bitter :-( CCP is trying to balance CONCORD to the way they feel it makes most sense for THE GAME. You know, having as much fun as possible and stuff. Not for a comparison to real life.
CCP is in an unenviable position right now of trying to increase their subscriber base while at least superficially maintaining the "theme" of EVE, mainly that it is a cold harsh world and you shouldnt undock anything you are not prepared to lose.
However, as has been mentioned already in this thread, CCP has already implemented 3 stop-gap patches to correct "unintended consequences" of their sandbox game, including one that merely prevents you from warping if you have GCC in hi-sec.
One of the joys for me in this game has always been finding and taking advantage of those "unintended consequences", namely the player base finding mechanics that the devs didnt anticipate. Nano Hacs, module stacking, cavalry Ravens, Boomerang suiciding, titan blapping, etc... The whole game consists of mechanics that the devs never thought of that 200,000 subscribers have theory-crafted into reality.
And yet, for the most part CCP has to do this. You cant **** off too much of the subscriber base before they decide to **** off and go play WoW again. Because the reality is, most of the game consists of carebears. Only ~10% of the players in this game actively participate in PvP. The rest are content to kill NPC's and build their own little empires in high sec.
In my opinion, in the future stuff like piracy and suiciding will be gradually marginalized in favor of null sec organized fleet pvp, high sec war decs, and so on. In other words, organized consentual PvP, I challenge you to a duel sir! Everything else will be unspoken of and treated like that ******* cousin you have that stole that car and went to jail that nobody talks about because everybody is embarrassed to be associated with him. |