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Here's an update on Odyssey, with some more information about the input CSM gave CCP and how it was reflected in the final result.

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2013 - A CSM Odyssey

CCP has just teased the contents of the next expansion, Odyssey, so finally CSM members can start discussing some of the details -- but only some of them, since we can't discuss details that have not already been made public due to the NDA.

So this first post on Odyssey will focus on how much of the CSM's agenda got reflected in the final result. If you've read my previous posts on CSM's involvement in the release planning process, you already know that CSM got an unprecedented opportunity to provide input to the process.

A quick recap: First, all of the various teams at CCP made presentations about things they could contribute to the expansion. Then the teams (and CSM) took all these ingredients and developed recipes for themed expansions. The final theme was a synthesis of the best ideas, tempered by the realities of the development process.

After these presentations, CSM ranked the various ingredients based on how important we thought they were, and how much bang-for-the-buck we thought they provided.

Of the 5 items we ranked 10/10, 3 are addressed in Odyssey. Of the 12 items we ranked 9.0-9.9, at least 6 made it. Of the 8 items we ranked 8.0-8.9, 4 made it. Of the 4 items we ranked 7.0-7.9, 2 made it.

We also labeled 17 features as "big ticket" items. At least 9 of them are in Odyssey.

Finally, we identified 6 "core crucial" elements that most of the recipes incorporated. 4 of them made it into Odyssey in some form.

Odyssey is significantly more aggressive than the last couple of expansions, which IMHO is the right direction. The task of the CSM over the next few months, as a stakeholder for a team working on some of the headline features, is to do everything we can to make the expansion as successful as possible, because I want CCP to take even larger bites from the apple in the future.

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We first ranked everything in terms of bang-for-buck. So the 10/10 items could be big or small, but they were things that we'd absolutely want to see get done.

Then we subranked the big ticket items; these would be features that might be considered headline features of the expansion, that would clearly be a lot of effort.

Finally, we looked at all the various proposals and extracted what most of them had in common. These were potential building blocks that were interdependent.

Basically, we sliced up the information several different ways, so we (and the people who read our report) could better understand the problem.

Quite a few of the members of CSM made our own expansion proposals, to help CCP get some perspective on how players might rank these things. When I compare my proposal to Odyssey, most of what I pitched got included.

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The Mittani launched another salvo in his War Against Turnout, so I've written up a quick rebuttal. Hope you enjoy Lack of Quantity has a Quality all its own.

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