EVE General Discussion

tl;dr should we generate grassroots funding for 3rd party content (such as Clear Skies) and/or accelerated development of features, such as tessalation?



Reading thread after thread of this idea and that idea, the thought occurred - if CCP can't do everything players want them to do right now, why can't we give them that ability?

Some may object that we already pay monthly subscriptions, and therefore shouldn't have to contribute any more. While I'd agree - but I'd also note that as a corporation, CCP's output is constrained by limited resources. Logic follows that by increasing their resources, we can increase their output. I'd bet that many of us wouldn't mind kicking in a few extra bucks if it meant getting a desired feature twice a fast.

We live in an age where social media and micro-donations have the potential to amass substantial funding for minimal effort. Candidates could include new Clear Skies episodes (though not created by CCP), a feature length EVE movie based on the Cinematic Trailer, or something else. We're told that adding tessalation effects would require a whole year. What if we could speed that up?

Anyone who's watched that trailer has probably seen top-rated comments such as "I"M THROWING MY MONEY AT THE SCREEN BUT NOTHING IS HAPPENING" - we're a passionate community with appeal that extends well beyond our current player-base. And ME3 generated $80,000 in a matter of weeks. Instead of watching those wallets bound off of computer monitors around the world, perhaps we should hold out a bucket? This phenomena has already pervaded the music industry, with fan-funded albums. Being a "community of firsts," I can't think of anywhere more appropriate to create the changes we seek, ourselves. Kickstarter, Fundly... the possibilities are endless.

In this thread, please discuss ideas, suggestions for fundraising items, or reasons why this shouldn't be. With our numbers united, we quite literally have the power to realize almost anything we can imagine.

Indeed - kickstarter is used for a ton of projects these days, from game development to art galleries. It could be a perfect method to fund, say, a feature length EVE movie. My only qualm with them is the amount they shave off the top...

Not the EVE we deserved but the EVE we needed. Nothing less than a game. Shining.



Stop using your money to try and influence a game's direction (ME3 hah), use it for something better like charities to feed and help the millions of starving and suffering in third-world nations.

Let's have a cookie sale! Car wash?

Offtopic posts removed.

Meanwhile, somewhere in reality, a crappy band raises $10,000 to record a crappy album, and some other guys raise $9,000 to make clocks based on radial geometry. But I know it's much easier to post a brief, snarky comment on the EVE forums rather than actually comprehend what you're reading and reply. My apologies for disturbing your mining.

While perhaps precarious to attempt accelerating feature development, it would almost certainly work for peripheral goals, such as a feature length movie, or Clear Skies 4 (which CCP has nothing to do with, anyway). This idea isn't about "paying Mazda for future cars." It's about making possible developments and content that we all want.

As an aside, the general state of being on these forums is terrible. With the way many posters on here act, I wouldn't blame CCP, were they to ignore them.

I know this may come as a surprise, but throwing more of something at a project, isn't always the solution.

CCP got itself into a mess growing too fast and uncontrolled. They basically imploded – and we got the crap that was 2010/11.

Let's see them actually re-structure, re-align and succeed again; before we start throwing more money at them.

If EVE can't survive and improve as a 15USD subscription game WITH a microtransaction system on top of that, in these F2P-times, then it will go the way of the dinosaurs.

I'd agree with you on that. If an organization is ineffective, it won't matter what amount of resources it has at its disposal.



I also agree, here. Fundraising campaigns such as Kickstarter require specific fundraising targets and a specific, pre-determined goal. In other words, we couldn't just raise money for CCP - we'd have to attempt to raise X number of dollars for the purpose of achieving Y goal. If the fundraising goal isn't met, then the campaign is nullified and everyone gets their money back.

Re-framing the Question
It's becoming clear that raising funding for the development of specific features is both undesirable and unfeasible. But what about 3rd party content like "Clear Skies" or a hardcopy printing run of the Chronicles, like Bluddwolf suggested? Table-top ship models? I think there are many opportunities to add depth to our game experience by filling in the gaps CCP has left open for us.

Huh??

"Growing too fast and uncontrolled" - EVE has been fairly steady at 400k subscription base for almost its entire existance. Sure, it may have ticked up or down a few 10k, but for the most part steady.

Its micortransactions are limited and at the present completely cosmetic. I certainly hope it stays that way.

Personally I'd rather be able to direct x money each billing cycle to x game system or feature which would be directly applied to the budget of said feature rather than a single-issue or short term 'fundraiser'.