EVE General Discussion

Pretty hard to beat Incarna, that expansion had absolutely nothing :D

Is the DX 11 upgrade still on the cards?

Please forgive the pun.

Would you like to bet on that?

*Checks facebook for devblog announcement*
You disappoint me, Mr. Anderson.
Your timing is off.

edit: Hey, a EvE store firesale

Are you serious???

Major Frig rebalance (essentially doubling the number of viable t1 frigs to fly)
dessie rebalance
Major Cruiser rebalance (essentially doubling the number of viable t1 cruisers to fly)
new dessies (doubling the number of viable dessies to fly)
Major Changes to NPC AI (which is very much needed)
Big Changes to FW
Completely new Crimewatch System with HUGE changes to aggression mechanics
New Bounty System

and the release of Dust too....

plus more info to come....

so, what exactly qualifies as a "big expansion"? I'm very pleased with this expansion!!!

I'd rather have a small expansion that fixes existing things then an expansion that adds unfinished things (hint: Univ. Inv.).

Actually quite the opposite.

Larger and more complex releases make it far more difficult to track down the root cause of any bugs that creep into the release. Smaller, more frequent expansions are what is making it possible for problems to be address so quickly over the last year or so.

If you are still unconvinced, feel free to look up any dev blogs that deal with their more frequent release schedule. Note that the upcoming expansion is a bit of a break from the pattern they have established recently as it will also include the DUST interaction and is scheduled to take a bit longer.

You might also keep in mind that the smaller, more frequent release schedule have been generally VERY well received by the player base.

Very ridiculous. They should replace it with these two words

"Stuff(tm)" and "Soon(tm)

People have a right to complain if they feel that they are not getting their moneys worth.

While I like the game, I did hate how the last few years of the game have been.

CCP left the game in a backburner while working on WoD and Dust.

The fact they had the audacity to say: "We should be good customers by allowing ourselves screwed in the ass for 18 months."

Waiting a year and a half while CCP to put majority of their money and effort on other games.

While its good to work on new games, it should never be at the expense of the consumers experience in enjoying the game.

We waited years for Incarna and we got what? A single room that is 4 times more hardware intensive than the actual game itself, some ******** microtransaction items(which CCP once swore it would never do).

Call me crazy,but you think this died with Incarna?

Think again, you should be aware of the re-sculpting for PLEX. The abomination of the NEX and Aurum still exists (CCP should have removed it). The dangerous method of running is still with CCP, waiting to arise again when people have their Guard down.

TL:DR; We the consumers and players must remain vigilant. We must be swift and just in rejecting things that have the potential to destroy the game.

P.S. DUST will go the way of console shooters, players will come in with oo and ah. But after a few month they will leave to go player other console FPS on the market aka Black Ops 2.

Uh, there's already a huge emphasis on "fixing what we already have". Tiercide: fixing what we already have. Bounty hunting: fixing what we already have. And so on.

I suppose one might argue that the things being fixed were so badly broken that they're effectively a "new shiney" because they were unusable before, but come on now.

If anything, I'd say that CCP have fixed so many long standing issues that they could justifiably tilt the balance back a little towards genuinely new stuff. I don't mean go back to the bad old days of "throw stuff at the wall to see what sticks", but a commitment to introduce at least one significant genuinely new gameplay feature per year. Basically alternate a "new feature" expansion cycle with a "fix and rebalance" expansion cycle.