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My take on the current stagnation
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Ocih
Space Mermaids
#61 - 2014-08-07 07:59:54 UTC
I don't know about the rest of you but I'm up to 21 mill just to clone, on all mains.

I'd really like to see a time stamp on clone fees instead of this pay as you go system.
Lugia3
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#62 - 2014-08-07 09:24:16 UTC
Remove sov.

"CCP Dolan is full of shit." - CCP Bettik
Ria Nieyli
Nieyli Enterprises
When Fleets Collide
#63 - 2014-08-07 09:40:08 UTC
DaReaper wrote:
no war to 0 doesn't sov anyting


Exemplary wording right there. Bravo!
James Amril-Kesh
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#64 - 2014-08-07 10:12:36 UTC
Gallowmere Rorschach wrote:
Think about it this way: with all of the buzz and talk about the changes in sov mechanics, people are just continuing to work with what they have for the time being. Would you really want to go out and do a bunch of ****** Dominion sov grinding, if you believed that the mechanics of sov would be changing within a year or two?

Well, ****. I hadn't thought of that.

Enjoying the rain today? ;)
Mythrandier
Solace Corp
#65 - 2014-08-07 10:13:21 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Prince Kobol wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
Current stagnation is due to summer holidays, and happens the same time every year.

/thread


So does summer start in March?


It did here.

We brits just are not used to having a good hot sunny summer, we are scared.


British summer time : 6 weeks of warm rain.

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." -  D. Adams.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#66 - 2014-08-07 10:15:45 UTC
James Amril-Kesh wrote:
Gallowmere Rorschach wrote:
Think about it this way: with all of the buzz and talk about the changes in sov mechanics, people are just continuing to work with what they have for the time being. Would you really want to go out and do a bunch of ****** Dominion sov grinding, if you believed that the mechanics of sov would be changing within a year or two?

Well, ****. I hadn't thought of that.


Me either. That's certainly an interesting perspective, especially for me, since I have more or less sworn off that kind of thing and it hadn't crossed my mind.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.
Pheusia
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#67 - 2014-08-07 10:35:33 UTC
Mythrandier wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
Prince Kobol wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
Current stagnation is due to summer holidays, and happens the same time every year.

/thread


So does summer start in March?


It did here.

We brits just are not used to having a good hot sunny summer, we are scared.


British summer time : 6 weeks of warm rain.


Normally that's a pretty good description, yes. Certainly for the previous 7 or 8 years.

There has been freakish amounts of genuine sunshine here this summer though. It's sunny right now. To the extent that I have several times gone not just to the beach but actually swimming in the sea. In Scotland. (Edinburgh has a pretty nice beach, it turns out)
Pheusia
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#68 - 2014-08-07 10:38:06 UTC
Gallowmere Rorschach wrote:
MonkeyBusiness Thiesant wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
Current stagnation is due to summer holidays, and happens the same time every year.

/thread


What doesn't happen every year is for player population to fall off a cliff. See eve-offline, it's at its lowest level since 2008.

Sure, I'll bite. Just picking a tip in the spear of a slump, and the one random date in the recovery.
Weekly average for 7-10-2014: 24361
Weekly average for 7-24-2014: 26458

Weekly average for 9-11-2008: 17397
Weekly average for 10-30-2008: 22885

The current slump is nowhere near 2008.

Oh, and by the way:
Weekly average for 6-09-2011: 22619
Weekly average for 11-24-2011: 24881

What was that you were saying again?
As a whole, it's looking like we're more at summer of 2011 levels than 2008.


That being the summer colloquially referred to as "The Summer Of Rage" when EVE lost 20% of its subscriptions in a few weeks?
Mythrandier
Solace Corp
#69 - 2014-08-07 10:38:58 UTC
Pheusia wrote:
Mythrandier wrote:
baltec1 wrote:
Prince Kobol wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
Current stagnation is due to summer holidays, and happens the same time every year.

/thread


So does summer start in March?


It did here.

We brits just are not used to having a good hot sunny summer, we are scared.


British summer time : 6 weeks of warm rain.


Normally that's a pretty good description, yes. Certainly for the previous 7 or 8 years.

There has been freakish amounts of genuine sunshine here this summer though. It's sunny right now. To the extent that I have several times gone not just to the beach but actually swimming in the sea. In Scotland. (Edinburgh has a pretty nice beach, it turns out)


Interesting. I live about 50 miles south of you on the east coast. Last time I tried swimming in the north sea it was so cold it made my bones ache. Maybe time to try again.

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." -  D. Adams.
Bel Tika
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#70 - 2014-08-07 10:46:09 UTC
aye ya need baws like the furnaces of hell to step intae the north sea tbh, the ex used to deny me ma god ridden right to some spanky time alot so my baws were always in need of a good dunkin in the sea for coolant tbh, luckily im next to the clyde so it aint so bad, just need tae watch out for the shopping trolly's and ocassional body lol
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#71 - 2014-08-07 13:05:24 UTC
Quote:


Interesting. I live about 50 miles south of you on the east coast. Last time I tried swimming in the north sea it was so cold it made my bones ache. Maybe time to try again.


Confirming the north sea is still cold but its nice because everywhere else is so ******* hot.
Gallowmere Rorschach
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#72 - 2014-08-07 13:35:14 UTC
Pheusia wrote:

That being the summer colloquially referred to as "The Summer Of Rage" when EVE lost 20% of its subscriptions in a few weeks?

Yes,
however comparing login levels to sub levels would likely be foolhardy in a game where it's not uncommon to take a two to three week "vacation" while a particularly long skill trains up. The sub is now required to keep training, but logging in is not.

We're actually seeing an uptick in weekly activity at the moment. Overall, no, this summer doesn't appear to be any worse than any other, when you normalize for the entire year. We also just had an expansion based on industry, which doesn't necessarily require much logging in anyway...plus, it's ******* industry. Did you really expect Retribution levels of excitement?
DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#73 - 2014-08-07 18:08:19 UTC
Ria Nieyli wrote:
DaReaper wrote:
no war to 0 doesn't sov anyting


Exemplary wording right there. Bravo!



I was in a hurry lol

OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining!

Eve For life.
DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#74 - 2014-08-07 18:11:47 UTC  |  Edited by: DaReaper
redacted i'm an idiot lol

OMG Comet Mining idea!!! Comet Mining!

Eve For life.
JOSAL EXAN
Obertura
#75 - 2014-08-07 19:11:41 UTC
Gallowmere Rorschach wrote:
I disagree with your conclusions, and your lack of punctuation drives me insane. That being said, this is probably one of the better posts I have read on these forums in quite some time. I get the feeling that English is not your first language, so I overlooked some of the more glaring grammatical errors; those that would actually make sense in translation.


This is sooooooooo typical. My translation: "Little boy, you cannot write proper English, but it was a nice try for a beginner." You must be some third grade school teacher.

ImYourMom
Retribution Holdings Corp
Retribution.
#76 - 2014-08-07 19:13:16 UTC
Ranzabar
Doomheim
#77 - 2014-08-08 15:58:08 UTC
Whole CCP shop took an Icelandair red-eye to Newark and are currently sitting on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey.

Abide
Gallowmere Rorschach
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#78 - 2014-08-08 16:46:48 UTC
JOSAL EXAN wrote:
Gallowmere Rorschach wrote:
I disagree with your conclusions, and your lack of punctuation drives me insane. That being said, this is probably one of the better posts I have read on these forums in quite some time. I get the feeling that English is not your first language, so I overlooked some of the more glaring grammatical errors; those that would actually make sense in translation.


This is sooooooooo typical. My translation: "Little boy, you cannot write proper English, but it was a nice try for a beginner." You must be some third grade school teacher.


If you'd have bothered to read further into the thread, you'd have seen that my perception was correct. So yeah, there's that.
Fortunately for the OP, he's still able to make a better post with his third language than this **** you slopped onto the board. I have a feeling that English isn't your third language. Good job.
Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#79 - 2014-08-08 22:37:52 UTC
It's past twelve already and there are timers on sunday to attend to. What stagnation? Lol

Nah, I agree, it's summer so it's calm compared to the colder months. Fact is, same goes for my enemies. By the same reasoning one could state the 'little guy' can do more because the lumbering bureaucrats and station campers are operating in snooze mode.
Kaiia Gavlas Thessia
Ravens' Nest
#80 - 2014-08-08 22:53:25 UTC
Everyone finally realized that EVE does indeed suck.

RAVENS' NEST - Bringing the Dread Bomb Back