EVE General Discussion

Both.

As Incarna code and assets are completed it'll be easier for CCP to balance out development on both. From what I've seen being discussed I think that balance will start to be seen with the winter expansion and it's focus on 0.0 improvements.

For FiS they are working on new skies, version 3 ship skins to go with the new turrets, and a whole list of changes to start on for 0.0.

For WiS they are working on finishing the CQs and opening The Door. With that I'm hoping with get revamped booster production and smuggling which actually involve just as much FiS time, including the potential for capsuleers to police the smuggling operations.

It's your argument that they can only develop one half of the game at a time. They may be struggling a bit to find balance but I'm holding off until the winter to see how they are doing.

FiS

FiS.

Also, Incarna should just be a separate, social hub/virtual world from which players can have certain interaction with EVE, DUST, and the market, and play minigames. It should have its own budget, revenue and resources so as not to impact EVE's development resources. It doesn't need to be hyper-realistic either, people will buy pixels even if they are lower-resolution; just scale down the price to match. I'm not saying make it ugly, I am saying look at Infinity Blade, which runs on an iPhone.

Running hardware-intensive software just to to putter around in a station may make some players feel hardcore, but I don't think it really grows the potential customer base very well. Incarna should be recast as a light, mobile-friendly client (read: app) that people can use to interact and communicate with EVE / DUST players and the market even when they aren't able to commit to a few hours at the PC or PS3. Or, they can have it running in the background while they do their flying in space.

If seperated, Incarna could be offered free, with revenue just coming from clothing and ad sales, drawing new potential customers into relationships with EVE players and exposing them to an environment where they can be marketed CCP products. If, as a free, light-running, attractive hub it served to bring in more paying customers for EVE, DUST, WoD and future titles, it might make more money for CCP in the long run than if they sold 1000 monocles.

This 100%
I really think FiS deserves more attention than it seems to be getting.

There are so many things the community has been waiting for for such a long time.
Gallente(and other) rebalancing, reworked module and jump effects, new SHIP graphics(!!) and much more.

WiS does not really add anything to the game play as such and I don't really see what it will be adding in the future? I signed up for a pvp spaceship game, not to play barbiedolls. The concept of WiS needs so much more work in order to be meaningful.

Meanwhile, FiS has so many issues that are more tangible and concrete, yet we feel that nothing is being done, why isn't CCP focusing on them? Why does it take so long to make new graphics for ships? I assume the software is already there since we have two new ships (in a whole year) so why haven't we seen a complete makeover of the old ship models? Same with cyno effects and engine trails. You made new gun models, thats awesome - now make new ships to go with them and make missile launchers, energy neutralizers and repair modules visible on ships as you promised as well.

But really, the balancing aspect is the worst - we haven't seen anything new since the rebalancing of pirate and the introduction of more faction ships. Why is the tier system still there? Why is gallente still being neglected? Why are some ships still horribly broken?

tl;dr I would prefer a graphical and balance makeover of FiS rather than WiS.

p.s. If you absolutly have to focus so much on WiS, atleast make some suggestive clothing such as pleated miniskirts and knee socks so I can masturbate to my female avatar. All these buisness suits are boring as hell.

FiS. Fix the bugs, fix the balance issues, flesh out the unfinished/broken features currently in-game (ie, FW, sov warfare, farms and fields, etc).

A year or so after that, I'll be happy to walk into some scumbag's 'establishment' and buy hookers and blow from a shady guy in a dark corner, and/or shoot said shady guy in the face and steal his stuff.

But first: please, finish what you've started (pre-Incarna, that is).

FIS.

Edit: in fact, I'd be willing to forego any content expansions for upto a year if that meant CCP where busy fixing glitchy clients and fixing/improving broken gameplay.

Definitely Flying In Stations

Now that I have thought about it some more. Use the revenue from the Nex store(its going to be super awesome revenue stream you sold 52 monocles the first day!) to fund WiS and nex items. Then use the subscription money to fund FiS and pay the bills.

Both

CCP should do an official poll with the most important questions and announce it / send it via email. Like you did with the language poll. Its small effort and you get exactly what the players think / want.

Creating some questions like this normaly also help yourself to understand the problem better.
Why is small scale pvp "dead". Why is sov boring. Are Supers overpowered or not? and will a small ehp/drone nerf will change something?