EVE General Discussion

I have played this game since 2006, I have done nearly everything this game has to offer and yet I still see plenty left on the horizon to entertain myself. Lately...I feel like CCP is losing their way with regard to some of their in game developments and treating us like idiots.

I have spent an awful lot of my time in this game doing exploration content and have done since they launched the ability to probe out the old Radar/Ladar/Gravimetric/Magnetometric signatures. I enjoyed the difficulty of probing out specific sites and CCP have slowly made this particular side of the game more and more accessible to players, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it certainly has taken the punch out of it as a "profession" and it has now become more of a must have for all players. This is reflected in the price crash of nearly all deadspace and faction modules, again not necessarily a bad thing. I have nothing against increasing supply to meet demand. I can lament these changes and the death of exploration as a community and something to hold the interest of older players, but I am sure that this content is fun for newbros, even if, the for older lot, it's either a force of habit or just so familiar that it no longer feels like exploration. The channel Exploration is a shadow of it's former self, although I have to say people start gabbing in there when a new event comes out, which bring me to the main objective of this post, the Shadow of the Serpentis event (I will elaborate on more exploration content in another post).

CCP is taking advantage of it's community in ways that I feel are bordering on plain outrageous, which is ironic seeing as I have defended CCP many many times in their decisions before and supported their overall strategies for new features, not all of them but many of them. The site "Serpentis Shipyard and Research Facility" is a good case point on this issue. You warp in scramble amongst other players or solo for a "free bait can" on the undock of a Serpentis owned Fortizar. Seriously? You are baiting us on a free can?

So what's in the can? Chips to build Serp capitals, some implants whose price is inevitably falling fast as they are overseeded and some points for completing the site that contribute towards gaining one of the Bronze, Silver or Gold containers. This challenge is the only one that is persistent, meaning that it's always in your list of objectives to complete for the event, some folks have already gained the grand prize of the Vehement BPC and assorted other trivialities that are essentially worthless considering you could have made more isk and got more SP from working for a skill injector as others have already stated in other threads on these forums. All of this pushes me a little towards frustration as it just seems like tat to occupy players away from isk making activities and pushing players to buy PLEX to continue their need for new items or indeed subscriptions. The sites are boring, pathetic actually and yet on the o7 show we are addressed like kindergarten children with the marvels of what await us in this highly anticipated event, that engages and exploits those of an addictive or aspergers personality type. This "carrot on a stick" approach would be fine if the carrot at the end was worthwhile...so this bring me onto why I am actually pretty livid with CCP and before I proceed I will state, I stand nothing to gain from CCP bowing to my next line of thought, no isk benefits, no power or virtual status, I am just struggling to understand design decisions in a game I once regarded as tilting towards folks who enjoy spreadsheets in space and those who like to blow up what the spreadsheeters produce. So here goes.

The Vehement.

**** you CCP. The build costs of this thing make no sense to anyone even those with a fat in game wallet. Is this ship aimed at pilots who drop PLEX to buy capitals or what? Because it certainly isn't for the industrialists who have to build this over hyped piece of crap. In defense I have heard players say, "but pew pew", "it's great for anti-tackle", "it's just meant to be a shiny". Ok.... This isn't an aesthetic item, it's a functional one, yes it pew pew's, yes its great for anti tackle....but if you are tackled in this you can be sure supers are coming and you are about to be killmail whored, so it's just meant to be a shiny???? well then why not like every other shiny object in the game does it require 7.4 untanked freighters to ship the Capital Armor Plates? so let's look at the build materials shall we?


Moros

7 Capital Propulsion Engine
37 Capital Turret Hardpoint
6 Capital Sensor Cluster
24 Capital Armor Plates
7 Capital Capacitor Battery
13 Capital Power Generator
11 Capital Shield Emitter
9 Capital Jump Drive
6 Capital Computer System
13 Capital Construction Parts
28 Capital Siege Array
16 Capital Ship Maintenance Bay
8 Capital Corporate Hangar Bay

Can we get a tl;dr before this gets locked?

You get a cookie.

Something something...

... the Serpentis event is boring...

... something...

... you can make more ISK per hour doing something else for the same amount of effort...

... rabble rabble hiss spit...

... some numbers...

... INDIGNATION...

... Faction Capitals should not have material costs higher than a regular dred because it is unreasonable for anyone but the wealthiest to build them...

... Fudge you CCP.


Did I get it right?

No. You clearly skim read.

Pretty much, (i did read it im just poking the baby)

I'm an '06 player.....pretty sure I know this already, a forum is a forum. a dialogue starts somewhere and here is as good a place as any, I can take the toxic elements in the community in my stride, but please don't assume this is simply a whine or a complaint, it's a critique. As for better ideas, do I really have to point to the hundreds if not thousands of other community ideas that are better than a reskin, a quick stats edit and a tour around the graphics department. This isn't hard, CCP designed everything else we love in this game, this is damn lazy. I am someone who solves problems, I am not a designer of ships, but I am pretty sure you can't call the Vehement a designed ship, it's a reskin...

The only other faction cap is far rarer than the Vehement in terms of BPC already and is also far easier on the build requirements, that's crazy no? A faction super (nearly said mothership bwahahaha) is easier to build and cheaper than a dread.

Just to clarify I am picking my battles, a community collectively fights all the battles, I am choosing this one, it's not your first choice, but it is mine.

Well, pretty much what I think.
I just dont think my opinion changes anything
I hoped the event could actually be interesting for me from all the marketing around it - but from the first look, its a waste of time for me. Nothing special, interesting or useful coming out of it.

Going to the CSM can't hurt, but we have plenty of cases where player recommendations fell on deaf ears.
I'd include the 118.6 carrier "rebalance" with that.

On the one hand, I am put off by what appears to be shoddy releases and knee-jerk balancing. On the other hand, I see the painstaking effort and clear player involvement in other releases.
But that's what I get for subscribing to an indie-cult mmo like the vegan foodtruck loving hipster that I am.