EVE General Discussion

First of all I'd like to say well done CCP, you've finally taken an interest in your player-base again, and on that basis I have returned. There's still a long way to go, but at least your attitude doesn't stink any more. So in no particular order, here's my thoughts:

1. You've made a great start with these changes, but you still have a LONG way to go. The list of player demands and broken promises is long and still needs addressing. Like the slide-able range bar for the D-Scanner.

2. P.I. is still lame. That was the expansion that finally made me decide to quit. When I think of all the possibilities for P.I., you came out with one of the dullest concepts imaginable. In my humble opinion it would have been much better to create at least in part, a turn-based Strategy game. P.I in it's current iteration is such a wasted opportunity.

3. Dust may as well be a separate game. You've already stated that should player numbers dwindle in DUST, it won't effect the game-play in Eve. In other words it's going to interact SO weakly with Eve as to be pointless. I still can't wrap my head around the fact that you won't be launching it on the PC., sheer stupidity.

4. Micro-transactions and Aurum. Please just remove this, I don't even care about the promises of it not being pay to win, I still massively resent the fact that I have to pay extra for anything. Also it doesn't fit in with any kind of storyline, it's just there as an unexplained money making machine. I'd rather more on my monthly fee to see these customizations. MT symbolises everything that was previously wrong with CCP, do us all a favor and get rid of it.

5. The U.I. is getting a little better, but overall it is still the mother of all CLICKFESTS. It is UNINTUATIVE and not customizable in any useful way. Seriously CCP, hire an expert in U.I.s and start from scratch. I'd be more than happy if you dedicated an entire expansion to making a kick-ass U.I.

6. W.I.S. I'm glad this has been dumped for now, FIS just needs so much attention. Like many others, it's not that I don't want WiS, it's just you never sold us the dream and told us why it would be so great. I don't mind waiting another five years, if it means WiS will be something worth waiting for.

7. Give Low-Sec some serious love. Give the bears much more reason to venture into low-sec, and find a balance which will allow them to do so with some small but better degree of safety. Give Pirates some major love, create some dedicated content for those of us who have very low standings. The population balance between high and low sec is extreme, and I can't believe this is part of the vision. We want more Pew!

That's my thoughts for now, PLEASE CCP don't make Crucible a one off token effort. You've taken some very positive steps to regaining our trust. Next time you screw up as badly as you had previously, could very well be the last time players will allow you to.

No.

If people rage quite there is no reason to let them further rage on the forums.
There is enough hate allready.

Not. I consider these forums a sort of paid service as running a forum on secure layer requires more than balls of steel and a undestructible faith on your php skills, it costs a lot of bandwith aka monies.

I understand that you respectfully disagree. Our first duty is to the safety of our players accounts and that will always remain our top priority. We must ensure that our forums are as solid as they can possibly be to assist players from being exposed to potentially dangerous links.

As I stated previously, the access levels may change in the future but for now all access to posting in the forums will remain on paying accounts

Because there in only one internet and on that internet there is only one forum to talk about EVE.

I can't figure what freaking dificulties would have players to get the atention of CCP comunity management if they had to deal with an endless horde of undead alts...

Are you really that stupid? This forum is the only one that matters, because it's the only one CCP reads, interacts with and gives feedback on. Perhaps you didn't notice, but the Eve community made it very clear to CCP what the advantaged are to not ignoring your customers, but in fact listening to and responding to them



Yeah, it seems obvious that there's probably quite a lot you can't figure out.

Welcome back.

Oh and besides your questionable opinions, number 8 is _really_ bad. lol
Who want's to be part of the club, has to pay for the membership.

Else we'd have even more whining kids around here..

1. Most true. All I was really saying was that I hope CCP keeps up renewed vigor. Eve felt pretty much abandoned on the development front, nothing great had come along for a long time until Crucible. I'm just voicing my encouragement that they don't make Crucible a one off token effort. I appreciate it can't all be done in a day, but previously it wasn't getting done at all.

2. I think we will just have to disagree on that one. I'm not asking for a full on strategy game like civilization. But something where we can fight other players and have some kind of fight for dominance is necessary.



3. Of course they are allowed. But let's not pretend that it's going to be amazing for Eve players, because it's unlikely it will be. Especially since we'd need to by a Playstation to get involved.

4.I could do, but if we applied that attitude all the time, Eve would seriously suffer for it.



5. The current one isn't exactly terrible, but if they developed a new, stylish, efficient, well thought-out UI, I guarentee in comparison it WOULD look terrible. Yes the slider sounded great when they mentioned it, it would actually be game changing to a degree as you could quickly and accurately assess how far away someone was. You can do that now, but it would be a real ball ache.

6. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a great thing. It just needs purpose and needs to only be released when it's properly ready to be, and not at the expense of FiS.



7. Glad you agree, I just hope CCP does. I've always felt that low-sec is largely ignored. I think a better low-sec has the potential to benefit High-sec and 0.0 in equal measure.


8. Emails don't have the benefits of forums. On a forum good ideas gain momentum quickly. Many ex-players left because they were fed-up of the way Eve was going. Spam is a weak excuse in my opinion.



Thanks for your welcome back and your well considered response. :)