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I don't want EvE to die
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Ms Sexy
StarHug
#1 - 2012-06-01 15:34:48 UTC
But it is..
I keep telling my self that it isn't but i think the recent activity and the constant hulk killing in empire show that it is infact dieing..

Sad
James 315
Experimental Fun Times Corp RELOADED
CODE.
#2 - 2012-06-01 15:37:22 UTC
Hulk mining in empire is not EVE. Arranging a massive gankfest of the lowly hulks--now that's EVE, as any true EVE player knows.

If you ask me, EVE is becoming more healthy by the day.

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Bunnie Hop
Bunny Knights
#3 - 2012-06-01 15:38:23 UTC
I think it is hurtful as well but I dont think it is going to kill the game. I still play everquest 1 and people for the past 6 years have been saying this is it, the games over, yet it goes on. Eve will go on and the numbers will ebb and flow though it will definately limit the type of people willing to pay for the game if ganking is the status quo.
Michael1995
Lazerhawks
L A Z E R H A W K S
#4 - 2012-06-01 15:39:30 UTC
Dying? haha, no.
Shedding subs that probably wouldn't have stuck around for the next 6 months? yes.

I'm thinking it will go back to what it was like in the "olden days" where things seemed much nicer, and there was alot less whining over pixels being violenced.

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Jafit
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-06-01 15:41:02 UTC
Of course it's nothing to do with the interface change breaking the bots

Also losing people who only play AFK and never participated in the communtiy at all is going to kill Eve... how?
THE L0CK
Denying You Access
#6 - 2012-06-01 15:41:18 UTC
I don't want this forum to suck but I think the recent whines and anti whatever mentalities is muddying the pond...

Do you smell what the Lock's cooking?
Nyreanya
Serenity Labs
#7 - 2012-06-01 15:43:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Nyreanya
I think it's changing, not dieing. It's starting to appeal less to certain play-styles, while other play-styles continue as usual. It's becoming less casual-friendly, which can be good or bad, depending on your views.

[/sarcasm]
Anazzar
Polaris Space Industries
#8 - 2012-06-01 15:45:07 UTC
Been playing on and off since 2005, and eve has been "dying" since 2005.

Funny thing is though, for some reason the overall long term population has increased.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#9 - 2012-06-01 15:47:57 UTC
I was mining outside Jita last evening, which I don't normally do, I just happened to be in the area and was too lazy to move to safer space. Had the asteroid belts to myself. The asteroids were a decent size. Nobody visited.

"Methinks he doth protest too much."
Virgil Travis
Non Constructive Self Management
#10 - 2012-06-01 15:48:12 UTC
I believe it's called cutting off the fat. Time for a leaner, meaner EVE.

Unified Church of the Unobligated - madness in the method Mamma didn't raise no victims.
Bunnie Hop
Bunny Knights
#11 - 2012-06-01 15:49:53 UTC
Virgil Travis wrote:
I believe it's called cutting off the fat. Time for a leaner, meaner EVE.


I doubt that the accounting department wants to 'trim the fat'. Silly bravado.
Beckie DeLey
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2012-06-01 15:50:55 UTC
Don't worry, EVE will get better soon. The first whiners are finally unsubbing and getting lost to some theme park MMO where they can AFK all day. Every one of them that leaves will improve the game more than CCP ever could. So yeah, EVE's actually on the upswing.

My siren's name is Brick and she is the prettiest.
Leetha Layne
#13 - 2012-06-01 15:56:20 UTC
The weak are a cancer.
Virgil Travis
Non Constructive Self Management
#14 - 2012-06-01 15:57:50 UTC
Bunnie Hop wrote:
Virgil Travis wrote:
I believe it's called cutting off the fat. Time for a leaner, meaner EVE.


I doubt that the accounting department wants to 'trim the fat'. Silly bravado.


Not silly in the slightest, and it's not bravado, it's common sense, which seems to be lacking among some of those who seem to think CCP should solve all their problems and hold their hand. CCP accept that a certain number of subscriptions will be lost, it's part of their marketing projections, as with any company based on a similar model.

if you think that losing a number of subs when players find they do not like the product is anything new in this industry, you're seriously mistaken and living under false assumptions. Dead wood will fall away, it's a fact of nature.

Unified Church of the Unobligated - madness in the method Mamma didn't raise no victims.
Spectre80
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#15 - 2012-06-01 15:58:53 UTC
as a long playing member i say overzealous griefing is indeed killing eve by making many very casual players quit. biggest playerbase afterall is one that is in empire and thats a fact.
Lustralis
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2012-06-01 15:58:57 UTC
The problem with Eve is it's too difficult to get the hang of, particularly the extremely high learning curve and the UI and the complexity. I asked my nephew about this as he gave it a shot and he hates it. Only a certain kind-of person can get along with Eve, so it's never going to be as popular as WoW.
Snow Axe
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2012-06-01 15:59:18 UTC
Jafit wrote:
Of course it's nothing to do with the interface change breaking the bots

Also losing people who only play AFK and never participated in the communtiy at all is going to kill Eve... how?


Don't you get how important Krixtal Icefluxor's $60 is to CCP? They should do literally anything he says, lest they lose it!

"Look any reason why you need to talk like that? I have now reported you. I dont need to listen to your bad tone. If you cant have a grown up conversation then leave the thread["
Bunnie Hop
Bunny Knights
#18 - 2012-06-01 16:01:02 UTC
Leetha Layne wrote:
The weak are a cancer.


Well that is very insightfulShocked
Reece Davis
Destructive Influence
Northern Coalition.
#19 - 2012-06-01 16:01:13 UTC
with the neverending hulkageddon going on, a lot of miners will quit.......which will lead to less mod's and ships being made, and higher prices of the mods and ships. the only way to counter the inflation is to make payouts worth more. if this keeps up, you could see ship prices doubling or even tripling.
tiberiusric
Comply Or Die
Pandemic Horde
#20 - 2012-06-01 16:05:06 UTC
Anazzar wrote:
Been playing on and off since 2005, and eve has been "dying" since 2005.

Funny thing is though, for some reason the overall long term population has increased.


Where do you get this BS from? It hasnt increased at all in the past few years....stop kidding yourself...

All my views are my own - never be afraid to post with your main, unless you're going to post some dumb shit
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