EVE General Discussion

If live events are a thing of the past now, it will be a great loss to EVE.
It's not even the Roleplay only. It is working together towards something creative, getting to know people you would never have met before - or who would likely just shoot you down under different circumstances.

And particularly Arek'Jalaan is/was a project that really had an intelligent concept beyond just pew-pew and a chance for anyone to get involved.

I think you never joined an EVE live event and thus are not entitled to an opinion.

Also you do not know what a themepark MMO is: A themepark MMO gives you pre-chewed quests which you have to follow to progress, like you would the rides in a themepark. Sometimes you can decide to take one ride and not the other, but you follow a stringent path that leads you to all of the rest of the bored heroes wondering what to do next.

Live Events like Arek'Jalaan: Content is mostly made by the players. This content is also visible for other players and becomes part of EVE history.

For people who think that EVE is only about pew-pew
--->> That is the way to Black Prophecy.

Pew-pew is a large part of the game. It is not the game as EVE is a space simulation. That said one of the things Arek'Jalaan does: It also leads you to dangerous places.

ROI is high, because the investment is relatively low. (Few hours in a chat each week)

EDIT: Took out the "like you". No offense meant, but you see: I can get as emotinal about things like this, as others over ship-spinning

The backstory is one of the jewels in Eve's crown.

That includes the chronicles, the news stories and the live events.

Please CCP, don't neglect the backstory.

Not please CCP. CCP neglect the backstory at your own peril. EVE was build on it, it was one of the reasons of your succes.

From what I have seen CCP Dropbear has been posting on the forums today regarding live events so I don't think they god scrapped. After all, if they don't realise the importance of these events, we can just shut down everything now and sell the servers on ebay.

I call b*llshit

Other then Dropbears salary, how do live events cost CCP anything? They don't require any new content, they are all done with stuff that already exists in game. I don't take part, but have been following the Arek'Jalaan project, and if that how people want to play in their sandbox, good on em..

In fact i think, due to the number of people that show up for live events, and the number of bored rper's that now stay subbed because they have something to do, live events are probably one of the best bang for buck things that CCP has up their sleeve at the moment.

See, nothing to worry about.

So goddamn glad to hear that! You guys rock. And I am very sorry for the colleagues & friends you lost and everyone will understand that Arek'Jalaan will not be the first thing on your mind for a while.

Thanks again!

As someone who has experienced the joys of live events from other games, I wholeheartedly agree that they have a profound impact on a game's flavor and are entirely underused in the current MMO market. I haven't been able to be involved in anything in eve yet, but hear the same things I used to say about other games that did similar, mainly that it actually gives the universe its own life and color through player interactions, with each other AND the people running the show. This opens up a whole new aspect to the sandbox, be it through simple pewpew for good random invasion loot, through giving people reasons to shape the economy a certain way, through epic l33t roleplaying with GMPCs, or any combination of the above. Done properly, it gives the -whole- of the game a reason to get together and do something they can all consider fun, where normally the population would be segregated into playstyle with very little reason to actually interact with each other (see any thread about high-low-null population and the divide we currently have). Personally, I think EVE needs more GM and player driven events going on, as it enjoys being one of the few MMOs with a single server/shard/wtfever where something like that is not only feasable without a large army of dedicated event staff, but is actually optimal to having people feel like they did something unique (no arguements about who did what first on what server - it's just there).

Reloaded, Repaired and (hopefully) prepared.

now... if only a certain ms creston would read her eve-mails :P

good to hear that you guys are still kicking over there, and my condolences to those who are affected by the recent shakeup at CCP.

- Yuni.