EVE General Discussion

CCP kept trying to tempt me back and I finally decided to step back in for a few weeks just for old times sake!

Last time I played I was in a corp called EnTech and we were part of the mighty BRUCE. Was with them when we wandered up to Fountain and decided to set up home there. Those were fun times, even when it was all falling apart. Some great battles.

Back then lag was a killer. You were dead and you didn't even know it cos you were stuck on the system loading screen when you jumped into the system where the fight was. Guess that's sorted now.

So, what did I miss and what's with CCP's CEO and the bleeding heart blog post?

Nothing, we're still waiting for Ambulation err WiS err Incarna errr establishments. It will be coming out soon, surely however

hybrids are getting fixed k thx

A lot of fun and social inter action

+ "Tha" forums - the best game about the game where every one and their mother hate goons, insult each other when they disagree, dev's trolling comments etc etc

BRUCE was awesome, hasn't been an alliance since that could muster a 100 pilot fleet fit (although short range fleet fit, LOL!) BS fleet made up of total rookies in minutes.

As for EVE, save for the lag it's gotten worse.
Since the introduction of the Dominion expansion things really went downhill big time. Hilmar's QQ letter was the first real response of CCP to the diminishing number of subscribers. People just left EVE because it was no longer entertaining or worth their time.

It is true that many still post on the forums because with enough ISK on hand to pay for EVE for the next decade being a forum warrior does hold some entertainment value.

it's supercaps online why did you turn back oh why

Rage happened, CCP changed its mind, people became pleased, the sansha tried burn eve but got farmed, the NC sold supers to the russians, the russians killed the NC with supers, goons banned the mining of blue ice and much rage was had.

You are of course entitled to your opinion.
The concurrent player count is a fairly meaningless statistic in terms of how many subscriptions the game has. CCP cares about subscriptions and Hilmar's mea culpa showed as much. Nevermind that the concurrent player count used to be consistently higher in times past. Based on my gut feeling about 10k fewer accounts log in on a daily basis today as compared to some 2 years ago. I am sure there are some actual stats about that out there somewhere but I cba to look for them.

Turning EVE into The Sims In Space will temporarily increase subscriber numbers, no doubt about that.

LoL.. If you REALLY want the "TRUTH" on what's happening in EVE or has been for the last year or so.. Just read CCP Hellmar apology to the community. Whatever work they were doing since you left, most of that has been scrapped and they have started to refocus.

So.. yea..

The rest of the dev-blogs before this last apology mean nothing. It's a new era in New Edan. Don't ride on the coat-tails of former success CCP Anyone. It's all about the here and now. You have a solid game EVE that has a passionate playerbase. Stop ******* them over now, before the playerbase really speaks out and quits playing your game (Like we really could, I could.. If need be.. TRUST)

I'm just one I know, but their are many.. MANY others that feel the same and either don't know how or "fear" expressing those views.

Now you can test pricing models and game engines for future games, while playing Eve. You get to see your avatar scratch a lot as well.