EVE General Discussion

from http://poeticstanziel.blogspot.ca/2012/04/goonswarm-emperor-of-space.html

I'm not sure why it's being called a leak (see hyperlink at article above). The language The Mittani is using, he's actually speaking more to the EVE Online playerbase than he is Goonswarm in many parts of the address. Obviously something meant for public consumption.

I was fearful that with his month layoff from EVE Online, The Mittani, off doing other things -- like wining and dining his wife, walking his dog, creating gourmet meals at home, watching playoff hockey -- that he might not find the will to return to New Eden.

I had nothing to fear.

If anything, the dude is more invigorated about the game, or at least stressing the game, than he ever was before. With the CSM shackles off, he's no longer content with the King of Space moniker. Hell, he's going all out, wanting the Emperor of Space robes and crown.

The Mittani does make this game interesting. He does not think small. Cowboy up or get off the horse.

There are only three things worth talking about from the Mittens update:

OTEC

This is fantastic. It's of course a play on OPEC -- the petroleum cartel that controls 79% of the earth's crude oil reserves. In EVE Online's version, OTEC controls New Eden's Technetium supplies (I would imagine in the neighbourhood of 90% of Technetium production.)

This is going to be a difficult task, getting the parties to agree on quotas and the like. It should be easy enough for Mittens to control the CFC pets (those that don't tow the line, will find themselves reset and out the door). But what of those alliances in Tribute and Vale of the Silent? ISK always gets in the way of good sense.

What will Mittens do if those in Tribute and Vale of the Silent decide to break from the pact? The obvious answer would be for the CFC to go to war, subsume those regions. I don't think it's quite that simple. If the CFC ends up controlling 90% of Technetium production, that will definitely pit Goonswarm and friends against all of space. That's an onslaught I don't think Goonswarm can overcome. They'd be BoBing themselves.


Death Squads

This announcement is super hilarious. All that Stalinesque imagery in their recent propaganda posters makes sense now.

Speak out against Goonswarm? Expect to hit the naughty list. And the new head of the Death Squads, Warr Akini, will be checking it twice.

What happens when you're on the naughty list? Theoretically, hunted and podded, until you either slap on the kneepads, or quit the game. Whether the Death Squads will have the manpower to track and hunt so many naysayers is up in the air. But the idea is hilarious.

CCP

Other than attempting to control the game, to some degree, I think the main motivation here is to force CCP's hand as quickly as possible. Basically, The Mittani is asking Hilmar "What do want this game to be in five years? Do you want this game to continue to be hard? Or do you plan to soften it up to attract the run-of-the-mill risk-adverse MMO player?"

The screaming and whining that is going to result from these actions? Reverberation enough to snuff out a sun. CCP will be forced to respond, and how they respond is what most interests The Mittani. It is what most interests me.

It pops up when you try and quote it >.>, don't ask why I was compelled to quote it .

I really hope i'm on the list. I figured they might come after me when the mittani thing was in full swing, for my comments in that thread prior to him being punished. I even flew around for a week in my Machariel hoping to get their attention if they were looking. But nothing.

I think you're reading a bit too much into near the end, though. Mittani isn't asking CCP anything so profound. It's just about them being the center of attention, and trying to become the evil rulers of EVE, which i oddly enough support. The more evil they are, the more people become aware that this game needs some ideological opposition to kick their asses. We shouldn't expect CCP to step in and save everyone from the big bad wolf.

I hope CCP doesn't step in, that they don't change mechanics, etc.

But, CCP has been acting oddly the last year.

I wonder if he will throw another tantrum and pout on twitter.

That was my favorite part last time we saw him.

Goons are like politicians, really good at hype and spin but when it comes down to business, they fail to deliver.

I don't expect much from ether burn jita or hulkageddon. And as for their death squads? well you can add me to your naughty list Goons, but I don't expect to see you anytime at all.

Well, more alliances are stepping up to defend Jita. So as long as they can keep the servers going, Goons might be eating some humble pie in a couple weeks. I don't know if they really have ethical issues with the Goons. It's more likely they just want to rain on their parade, but it will do for now.

Folks should step up to defend Jita. Players create the content.