CSM Campaigns

oh ya!

Ok, I have no clue what you represent so I will just throw out a random question.

Many say that Eve is built on the idea of risk vs. reward. Do you agree with this, and if so, what do you think is the most pressing issue facing the game from this view. What is the biggest current problem resulting from an imbalance of risk vs. reward, and what would you suggest to fix it?

In response let me offer a bit of clarification hopefully. I have in no way been hardened or corrupted by this game. I honestly wish that we had a better retention rate for newer players. Not because i'm some new bro sympathizer but because more players is more things to shoot at or with. That will always be a good thing.

People argue that CCP need to "fix" the game before devoting resources to other things. The game isn't broken. It's brilliant fun. There are some mechanics that need repair or rebuild as anything aging will need from time to time. POSes (in the pipe), Corp managment (in the pipe). The tutorial missions. They get minor little barely improvements.

Most players don't even remember when they ran theirs. Others just don't care because the community will scoop up these players and push them down one path or another. I tend not to refer to this as the "new player experience" because it's not an experience. It isn't epic. It should be. The tutorial missions should introduce mechanics in a story/lore driven way. Make it an exciting introduction to this world we call eve. Then they get plopped into the main shard in their starter system.


Here's the absolute of my campaign. Eek this almost sounds like serious space business... :( The CSM is meant to represent the everyone of eve. Sure every one on these panels has their own interests and passions. The diversity in those is important. Representing the players of the game is just as important. Not just the Space Celebrities and those that are in leadership positions but everyone. No i can't talk to everyone but i do try to talk to anyone who will talk to me. Ask anyone who's interacted with me... I love to talk to people friends and space enemies alike.

That better? haha It's like i almost know what i'm doing.

No worries. But i need to be exposed to the more traditional questions because i kind of do need to answer them. If i'm going to represent the playersi have to be willing to interact with anyone and answer questions and i will as best i can.

i think it can go hand and hand and it was mentioned they are looking at how to motivate and reward. I think that a narrative based coupling with all the tooltips and popups would be great. Concern would be with streamlining the popups and tool tips so we aren't doing internet in 1996

That's kind of my ultimate goal. I think there's a lot of concerns that people have that are going unnoticed because they are being talked over because they don't have much voice muscle in the universe. I think that identifying and addressing some of those would be beneficial to everyone at all levels of play.

Also a little bit of smack talk in jest is always good. though sometimes individuals and groups get a bit carried away i think it goes along with the theme of eve being a bit harsh and lawless.

To those abusing reporting mechanics with the sole intention of getting people banned i'd suggest they watch this video on CCP's youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgvM7av1o1Q

Yes.


Ok i'll embellish. Something i really believe in is the social nature of this game. For me i come on after work and i want to talk to the people i play with. I want to do things together as well.

I think that Mobile Tractor Units certainly pose a minor barrier to this. As do ESS.

The MTU needs to be anchorable for corp. If you trust your corp mates you should be able to set something up so that they can scoop the unit.

ESS also needs some rework because in their current state they seem to be more of a drama generator as much as they are an LP and isk generator.

Absolutely! This game is so fun even losing is awesome sometimes.

The seriousness of this thread is a bit troubling but it's for the greater good i hope.

Something we talked about last night was cloaky camping and the upcoming recon changes. It was really interesting.

Check out last nights Podside Podcast http://podcasts.mpxmirror.com/podside/PodsideEp266.mp3

It's honestly worth a listen in the backround while you do other things. We get pretty into it around 20 min. Put it on like you would the radio while you're ratting :)

RC cola is good but if you're from the north east Stop and shop brand is on point as well though i'm unsure if they still make it.