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WTF happened to EVE?
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namron 7
Doomheim
#21 - 2012-07-31 12:20:45 UTC
Its summer time and im dating at the moment so me and all of my alts are not around.


wait until i mess this relationship up and ill be back online angrier than ever

Thanks for the help
Arkturus McFadden
Anukar
#22 - 2012-07-31 12:29:15 UTC
Pookie McPook wrote:
Melodee619 wrote:
CCP are trying to turn EVE mainstream so they have to cater to the "wider audience" eg wow players...


Ooh....."victims"



Thats all I saw in that post as well.



To answer the OP..


Activity is low because its the last few weeks of summer. Once fall/winter hits the activity will pick up I'm sure.
Zera Kerrigan
The 420th Token
#23 - 2012-07-31 13:06:47 UTC
Julius Rigel wrote:
Summer.


Your face just make that comment epic you know... :)
Gun Gal
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#24 - 2012-07-31 13:15:34 UTC
Summer yes, but I would also hazard a guess that the goonswarm success with turning most of null into a homo fest, coupled with the impossibility of actually being original anymore in eve is talking its toll
The Antiquarian
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#25 - 2012-07-31 13:28:04 UTC
Samoth Egnoled wrote:
In before mockage.

I honestly think that EVE/CCP is still recovering from the fiasco from walking in stations. They made a huge error by forcing that on us and it seems to still be having an effect on the populous. it does seem to be getting better

Welcom back to EVE though.

Sam


No. Just because your friend unsubscribed doesn't necessarily mean half of the EVE players unsubscribed as well.
Doddy
Excidium.
#26 - 2012-07-31 13:32:20 UTC
Still recovering from wis fiasco tbh, that and the bot banning. Not that its really down that much anyway.
Kryss Darkdust
The Skulls
#27 - 2012-07-31 13:34:32 UTC
Gun Gal wrote:
Summer yes, but I would also hazard a guess that the goonswarm success with turning most of null into a homo fest, coupled with the impossibility of actually being original anymore in eve is talking its toll


To some degree I agree but this isnt just a Goonswarm problem, all of Null sec has become a giant circle jerk, their is more action on a daily basis in a high sec asteroid than in null sec right now. What this game needs is a big, drag out, global war thats both personal and pointless... kind of like real life.

The reality of Eve is that, if you don't love it like it is today, you should probobly go ahead and unsub. 
Terrorfrodo
Interbus Universal
#28 - 2012-07-31 13:37:44 UTC
While the numbers dropped, my impression is that actual activity did not drop in recent months (before summer break). Makes me think it's indeed the fewer bots.

Of course number of human players could have dropped in certain areas where I wouldn't notice, for example mission runners in hisec not interacting with anyone else.

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Bloodpetal
Tir Capital Management Group
#29 - 2012-07-31 13:41:34 UTC
Everyone is playind DUST514 beta.

Lost a couple people to that ... Ugh

Where I am.
Blobber NL
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#30 - 2012-07-31 13:42:14 UTC
Kryss Darkdust wrote:
Gun Gal wrote:
Summer yes, but I would also hazard a guess that the goonswarm success with turning most of null into a homo fest, coupled with the impossibility of actually being original anymore in eve is talking its toll


To some degree I agree but this isnt just a Goonswarm problem, all of Null sec has become a giant circle jerk, their is more action on a daily basis in a high sec asteroid than in null sec right now. What this game needs is a big, drag out, global war thats both personal and pointless... kind of like real life.


Sooner or later such thing wil happen. Especially when big ally's are getting bored.
Shalua Rui
Rui Freelance Mining
#31 - 2012-07-31 13:43:53 UTC
Kryss Darkdust wrote:
To some degree I agree but this isnt just a Goonswarm problem, all of Null sec has become a giant circle jerk, their is more action on a daily basis in a high sec asteroid than in null sec right now. What this game needs is a big, drag out, global war thats both personal and pointless... kind of like real life.


Well, the only real way to do that would be one of the Empires deciding they have had enough of the big alliances and start a campaign to flush them out of their systems... but I doubt such a thing will happen... beeing against the Sandbox and all.^^

So CCP will just continue the "balancing".

"ginger forum goddess, space gypsy and stone nibbler extraordinaire!" Shalua Rui - CEO and founder of Rui Freelance Mining (RFLM)
Ms Kat
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#32 - 2012-07-31 13:58:05 UTC
A drop in numbers is directly linked to the core game as well as its developers... end of
Halete
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#33 - 2012-07-31 14:03:55 UTC
Ms Kat wrote:
A drop in numbers is directly linked to the core game as well as its developers... end of


I can't wait until you **** off.

"To know the true path, but yet, to never follow it. That is possibly the gravest sin" - The Scriptures, Book of Missions 13:21
Ms Kat
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#34 - 2012-07-31 14:05:02 UTC
Halete wrote:
Ms Kat wrote:
A drop in numbers is directly linked to the core game as well as its developers... end of


I can't wait until you **** off.




Y U MAD?
Halete
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#35 - 2012-07-31 14:08:35 UTC
Halete wrote:

Y U MAD?


I'm rather calm, merely expressing my anticipation for you to **** off.

Hope this post cleared it up.

"To know the true path, but yet, to never follow it. That is possibly the gravest sin" - The Scriptures, Book of Missions 13:21
Ms Kat
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#36 - 2012-07-31 14:13:56 UTC
Halete wrote:
Halete wrote:

Y U MAD?


I'm rather calm, merely expressing my anticipation for you to **** off.

Hope this post cleared it up.



NO U STILL MAD!
Colonel Xaven
Perkone
Caldari State
#37 - 2012-07-31 14:16:13 UTC
Feligast wrote:
EVE is dying.

Again.

Still.


Every summer.

Weird.

www.facebook.com/RazorAlliance
Charlie Jacobson
#38 - 2012-07-31 14:16:53 UTC
Julius Rigel wrote:
Summer.


Winter is coming

I support James 315 and the New Order of Highsec
Ban Bindy
Bindy Brothers Pottery Association
True Reign
#39 - 2012-07-31 14:36:42 UTC
You don't have to speculate about usage. Go to this link and you'll see usage history for several years. Eve is flat in terms of usage, not declining. There are occasional ups but the lowest level of usage is pretty steady.

Site was recently revised so that the "history" graph at bottom reads from left to right; used to read from right to left, and fooled me into thinking Eve was in decline. That's not the case.

It's only summer in half the world, you know.

http://eve-offline.net/?server=tranquility
Derath Ellecon
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#40 - 2012-07-31 14:46:05 UTC
Ban Bindy wrote:
You don't have to speculate about usage. Go to this link and you'll see usage history for several years. Eve is flat in terms of usage, not declining. There are occasional ups but the lowest level of usage is pretty steady.

Site was recently revised so that the "history" graph at bottom reads from left to right; used to read from right to left, and fooled me into thinking Eve was in decline. That's not the case.

It's only summer in half the world, you know.

http://eve-offline.net/?server=tranquility


Shh.

It's so much easier for people to start these threads based on "it feels like" or "it seems I've noticed" than to present actual facts.