LLeugh
Amok.
Minor Threat.
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Posted - 2009.02.04 14:25:00 -
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I think your reasoning is a little flawed on the limitation of the skill training queue. As skill training and character development are in integral part of this game i feel that players who have a RL which impacts on their game play will suffer.
Eg.
- Players who have to travel due to work. (The people who can afford multiple accounts and computers to play them)
Players who go for vacation for more than 24 hours.
Players who are ill or have to go to hospital for an extended stay.
Players who are unable to change skills due to family commitments children(potential eve players of the future), elderly relatives, ill relatives
These demographic groups are widespread in your game community. Thinking logically people who take vacations or are to ill to work have plenty of time to be active in your game. What makes eve so different from the rest of the bland mediocre repetitive mmrgps is our freedom of choice. We can all choose to: mine, pvp, mission, trade, rat, research, manufacure, explore and/or roleplay.We can choose to play character that are honourable or can scam cheat and steal. The choice to be active or not is also our choice as players. Having to log on every day to change skills can have an impact on players relationships and lets face it your game may still be the best out there but its not as good as some sweaty bedroom fun with you loved one. Players who have families may also have children who will aspire to play the game mum or dad have so much fun playing.
The only way for people to train skills while they do not have internet access is to breach your terms and conditions by giving their account details to a 3rd party they trust. Regardless to how they play the game whether they live in empire and do mainly pve or ar nullsec pvp players espionage is part of the game and these players are at risk of losing assets and their accounts being abused in countless ways.
I love eve always have due to the fact it is different to other mmrpgs. I.e not full of sad idiots with no social skills, no life and put their health at risk by playing 24/7 until they reach max level.
lets face it many of your customers are students also. How do you suggest that a young person who may have to travel for work in the summer manage to get broadband access at a temporary address for a month when all isps have a minimum contract of 12 months and tend to charge for moving the connection to an other location.
You run the risk of loosing the diverse player base you had 3 years ago when i joined the game. naturally some will get bored and move on. Your game is in danger of being full of spoilt rich kids who's parents will buy them loads of gtcs which they can sell to buy a high skilled character..... And whine about how inbalanced the game is due to the fact they have not experienced your well thought out learning curve.
Your game will be in danger of beacoming ver similar to the games you strive to differ from and will have a community of people who do noting but play eve cos they have no sex life no job and no friends.
the following in italics is only to state fact on why some people have left our community and make you aware of this fact.
I know people who left the game due to the fact they feel ccp has insulted their intelligence on the matter of expired account training. It has been stated by ccp in the past that this was an intended feature. Therefore the statement someone made about it being a bug was a blatant lie. The person may not have known he was lying they may have been a new employee. They may have had a different perception of inactive account skill training.
Despite these criticisms thank you for introducing the skill queue. I have been put off starting an alt account due to the boring micro management of early skill training. Keep up the good work. |