EVE General Discussion

What's a servey?

My bad. 1 to many drinks!!!

1. Do you really think CCP cares about its customers other than thier monthly payment?

Yes, they love EVE.

2. Carebears did you feel like CCP kicked you in the balls by allowing a corporation and its pirate thugs to circumvent high-sec game mechanics?

Carebears don't have balls.

3. Did your computer hamster die while waiting for CCP to answer a petition?

No, all my petitions have been handled promptly and professionally.

4. How many generations of your hamsters died while waiting for CCP to fix bugs that are over 5 years old?

I feed my hamsters so I can keep playing without interruptions.

5. Do you really think CCP is going to upgrade or fix anything that does not make it more money?

It's a company, why would they? In the end, all upgrades and fixes result in a better product, making them more money.

6. How many of you really give a rats ass about DUST?

Many.

7. How many of you noticed the decline of players a month after thier 1/2 price activation for new players?

I don't pay attention to campaigns and their effect on players currently online, I focus on my own game.

8. How many of you love being the guiney pigs for all of EVE so called upgrades?

All software seems to be beta-tested by end users these days. As long as I don't write my own EVE, I guess I'll just have to suck it up.

****** survey, and it seems that you might have some issues with life.

1. Do you really think CCP cares about its customers other than thier monthly payment?

2. Carebears did you feel like CCP kicked you in the balls by allowing a corporation and its pirate thugs to circumvent high-sec game mechanics?

3. Did your computer hamster die while waiting for CCP to answer a petition?

4. How many generations of your hamsters died while waiting for CCP to fix bugs that are over 5 years old?

5. Do you really think CCP is going to upgrade or fix anything that does not make it more money?

6. How many of you really give a rats ass about DUST?

7. How many of you noticed the decline of players a month after thier 1/2 price activation for new players?

8. How many of you love being the guiney pigs for all of EVE so called upgrades?



1. Aboslutely. Every interaction I've had with them has been positive and friendly. I also see them investing a lot of time into the game to keep us satistfied.

2. This is a loaded statement. First of all, they didn't circumvent mechanics. Those same mechanics have been here as long as I've been playing. What happened is individuals assumed the risk they took by attacking and did it anyways. Good on them.
If you're really that upset about it, recruit some security or pay some. It's not hard to make you an unappealing target when you've got gunboats watching your back.

3./4. I've always had them respond to me within one business day. They've always been helpful and friendly everytime. Perhaps the problem lays in your language and demands. Have you considered what you're asking of them may not be for the greater good? Such as adding restrictions that remove player choice from the game. It is also possible that they take time to get back to you because they are working out between them how best to handle a given situation. Just because they haven't instantly gotten back to you doesn't mean they don't care. It may be an indication of the opposite. They may be taking their time to give you the best solution possible.

5. I've seen a great many bugs and mechanics polished over the years. I've also seen them try out new ideas for functionality. If it doesn't work, they have shown a willingness to address and fix it. Once again, this goes back to language and expressing yourself. If you feel something could be better intergrated, perhaps give them an exact problem with it and how it is effecting functionality. For instance, the way inventories work now, the reason we're complaining about it, is that it is tedious to scroll between them in their current format. When before you could simply have two windows up. I personally feel the seperation of hangars again would be lovely.

6. I'm looking forward to it. I think it'll add a very interested mechanic to the game and can't wait to see it. I also feel the idea of it is extremely forward thinking and ambitious. Good on them.

7. There are more active players than there were in 2008. Honestly, once you've been playing for a while, do you really care that much that the activation cost less? You've already invested how much into the game financially, would it really have been that much of a dent for your cost?

8. Well, we can be like those people who see garage bands play. "Oh yeah? Well I saw that before it was cool."

I'm genuinely interested in which mechanics you're talking about.

I actually think part of the x-box thing is an inflexibility with their servers. That's just speculation on my part though.

It's a stealth whine about carebear noobs getting popped in their 500 EHP haulers stuffed full of their entire worldly possessions. Or carebear noobs getting popped in their afk-mining ships that they used all their ISK to buy.

Pretty sure it's a whine about neutral orcas hauling ships for their -10 sec status pirates. But as he admits to drinking, who really knows the mind of a drunk?

1. Yes.
2. Not sure I am a carebear, but if so: No.
3. Only did 1 petition so far, so not a reliable basis, but regarding this 1 petition: No.
4. Only joined few weaks ago: No answer possible.
5. Yes.
6. Haven't spoken with anyone about DUST, so: No answer possible.
7. Haven't spoken with anyone about possible decline of players: No answer possible.
8. Haven't spoken with anyone about being a guiney pig: No answer possible.

Hope I was helpful to your survey.

That's at least 5 too few.