EVE General Discussion

I just want to expose what a feel or have been feeling for quite some time towards the game and see if i’m the only one or do we have more people thinking this way.

So, I’m not a long time EVE player, my first contact with this game was in 2006 in a trial, I was immediately fascinated with this game, the atmosphere was amazing and with so much information at start we feel a little in such a vast universe, so many choices to make, so many opportunities. Sadly I didn’t subscribe, mainly because the server was having a hard time (big lag) and I was afraid that the game was always like that.

I tried again in 2008 and since then have been playing, not in an obsessive way but whenever I had time available for recreation it was often used to be in EVE. From 2008 till start of 2011 I enjoyed my time here and to be honest I did not see how I could move to other game, how could i? EVE as a game have a freedom that make any player move towards the goal they want and if we don’t like that way things are going it’s just a matter to settle other goals and move forward.

While I was enjoying my stay here i subscribed other account, that way it was possible to build a character focused in ISK production with the goal of supporting the main account. And that was accomplished, it’s amazing how a POS and a invention and builder character can do with a little isk as head start.

In December 2010 my life changed a bit, the company where I work asked me to take a specialization and I eventually got back to college, but this time at night, so my schedule is now completely filled but the will and enjoyment in the game was still there. After this change I unsubscribed my alt account since it was impossible to keep tracking the activity with POS, invention and creation, it was just not worth it. But I kept this account and was planing to play at weekends while I didn’t had any exam.

And I did that, still amazed with this game and thinking that nothing could break my satisfaction while playing it. But then came all the CCP drama, Fearless, e-mails, MT, incarna failure promises, the lack of respect towards the community, etc etc. Most of stuff outside the game but it really touched something, and I think it was the trust and feeling that until that day the game was moving in a road that all people wanted, even with the lag, the little endless bugs that never got fixed, the lousy costumer service, the lack of real content for 1 year or so, that did not moved the trust on CCP, I think most people still believed in this project and was happy to deliver 15€ each month to support it, even when we had people complaining in the forum, most of the times was to improve the game. This community was one of the best I ever seen in a game because it’s really hard to synchronize so many people and make them push in the same way.

So here I was, dissapointed with all the crap that happened after Incarna went out and thinking how could I lost all the will to play, how could that be possible? I started thinking that might be just a period of time, maybe is just because I don’t have time to play now, it is?

As a stand of my position as a costumer I canceled my account, but since I still wanted to believe in this game I used a little portion of the isk I gathered and purchased 6 plex and waited.. December is the last month of plex and I still feel the same way, even with all the apparent mentality change in CCP, but it’s strange because the game as a “game” did not changed with any of the drama that shed out, so why did I lost the enjoyment?

Anyway, I just wanted to share my view and what happened to me game wise. Sorry about the lousy english but it’s easy to see that’s not my first language. :)

So you're basically saying that you got bored of the game. Game didn't lost anything (bolded part). So you found nice reasons to cry about and now you are leaving.

Known story. Sorry but these threads were popular half a year ago. Today (before Winter's expansion) i don't see reasons to leave "because of lack of content" or MT, Fearless, etc...

Good luck outside. But please leave nice. Don't make yourself look worse.

OP you complain CCP have doing nothing to improve their relations with the subscribers yet it is only 7 more days left til the Crucible expansion is released. Code takes time to write and test. Models take time to design and texture.

This expansion is addressing many of the issues the players expressed during the jita riots and monoclegate days.

So i don't see why your are whining about CCP cos they are trying to fix Eve Online... be patient and give them that chance.

Sounds to me you just got bored of the game. Take a break from it, maybe you'll feel like playing it again later on. Happens more often than not in online games and Eve is no exception. Keep an eye on future expansions and see if there's anything in it that you'd like to give it a spin and in the meantime either grab something else to do/play on your free time or take that time to really focus on your degree.

[No need to make my point twice, sorry for double post]

CCP gambled two commodities they shouldn't have with the release of Incarna ... respect and trust.

They are winning some of that back with Crucible, but many long term players were treated with complete contempt over legitimate concerns they had with Incarna. Look how long it was before CCP gave an answer to the 'gold ammo' question as just one example.

CCP had forgotten that EVE more than most MMO's is heavily reliant on the people that play, they give life and drama to the sandbox.

The long term players have helped CCP forge the game into what it is and supported EVE through the highs and lows. Bitter they may be, but it is a love/hate relationship they have with EVE and CCP made the mistake of completely misreading the depths that their passion for the game goes and what they were willing to fight for any way they could.

Yes!

I´m not quiting, i will wait till the degree is over and then with more time available i will see if the spark is back :) As some of you said, this winter expansion might be the breaking point to move into the right direction. And i just wanted to see other people opinion, and Azahni Vah'nos shared exactly what i think, great post and great insight.

I´m not that old player but i´m still from the time where the forum was a place to exchange points of view and opinions, i really not tried to cry out loud or "last post i´m quiting", i´m sorry if it seemed so.

Aah allright, that's the spirit.

Forums are indeed a nice place to share any point of view etc but there are also a lot of forum warrior or quit-whiners around so sometimes it's hard to spot the really truefully posters over the casual whiners (that for some reason are still playing).