EVE General Discussion

https://blog.skyride.org/an-open-letter-to-ccp/

Could we get a dev response to this Open Letter?
It raises some very good points that, on a personal level, would like to see changed.

EDIT:-
I didn't write the letter, just wondering about CCP's stance on the topics raised in it or bury theirs collective heads in the sand.

It also comes across as a pve is wrong thread.." While there are some enthusiastic PVE'ers out there (I'm no exception), that isn't what the EVE Experience™ is about."

The EVE experience is what you make it, not how others would like you to make it.

Oh and small corps don't matter whine.."Firstly, I'd strongly question the moral imperative to give The Little Guy™ a chance."

I could go on, but I'd be seen as whining more than the author.

CCP has already stated several times that they do not envision a game where one or two large groups can ROFLSTOMP everyone else with ease. While a single large fight might make good PR, a lot of small empires with an equally increased amount of border friction makes an interesting environment for the players.

Open letters - second only to internet petitions.

Yes, what a load of BS. If anything the Eve experience is defined by the fact that it is a sandbox, and so trying to distil the Eve experience simply down to blob warfare just shows how blinkered and foolish the article really is.

I expect the majority of Eve players will never fight in a big battle and will be no worse of for the fact.

I've never been interested in sov. Not interested in joining a group with sov, because I simply don't do well with people telling me what to do and not being able to do whatever the **** I want. I'm also not keen on a 'second job'. That being said...

...this was a good read, and raises some good points. There's some silliness in there from someone taking the game just a little bit too seriously, but not a lot and I too would be interested in a response from CCP.

For the record, I'm one of those people that fully supports a number of the changes being challenged in that letter. Not all of them, but many. I won't go into detail, just thought I'd post my support for a response from CCP.

Your mistake is thinking PvE comprises of just mining and HS mission running, ergo your counterpoint is invalid. And even if PvE did refer to only that, then that is still playing with the sand in the sandbox, but perhaps just a few grains of it.

When I talk about the sandbox I'm referring to much more than PvE, I am talking about, industry, small to medium gang PvP, and even out of game activities like video making and Eve events. Which ever way you look at it Blob warfare is just a small part of the sandbox.

Yes and now reread it all... you're in the wrong context.

The generic argument of "play how you want" is invalid in regards to a sandbox when you do not play with the sand.
Miners and mission runners, who do nothing else, don't play with the sand at all.

"Playing in a sandbox" and "sitting there, doing nothing but claiming you belong to it" aren't the same things.

This whole nonsense STARTED through those who claim they have a right to be left alone ...
... under the disguise of "equal rights" which simply do not exist ...
... which is ONLY a problem for those who don't stand up for themselves!


Fact of the matter is that every game has laws and rules. When you suck at it and die,
that's fine, but when you suck at it, die and then want it changed, then you're not playing the game correctly!

Why? Because it has rules and laws that apply to everyone and ignorance and low ability isn't an excuse against them.
Abilities can be learned. Claiming "i don't want to" is, again, pure ignorance!

Those who continuously bullshit people with "i play how i want" also use it to justify afk activity ...
... which is by definition "not playing the game"!

It's used by people who want to avoid wardecs. They too "want to play how they want" ...
... but deny others this "right", because it's not about the sandbox, but about self centeredness!

They refuse to play by the rules and laws of the game and use it as excuse ...
... and most people don't even understand why it's far from one!

They don't care about how you play as long as they get to play how they want.
They don't care about the negative consequences this behaviour has.
They ask others to care about them, while not caring about the others!

They project their attitude towards those who don't want their gameplay nerfed and removed ...
... and do so out of pure selfishness, not caring if WE can't play how we want, as long as they can!

And while we stick to the rules and laws of the game ...
... they continuously try to change them for their own selfish benefits!


So ... my counterpoint is absolutely valid against the nonsense "play how you want" ...
... because it was born out of ignorance ...
... and is kept being repeated out of ignorance!


And the rest has nothing to do with it.

One thing that article missed:
"We forgot to fuel our pos for a whlie, so someone came by and stole a capship!"

With citadels, that's not going to happen any more because because capships don't have to be moored.

I like how you capitalize "Open Letter", as if an "Open Letter" is some special thing that deserves to be noted as such, grammatically.

What kind of sieve should ranty blog posts be run through to determine if they deserve a dev response?