Jita Park Speakers Corner

Reward brains, not reaction time and dexterity!

I, like many other Eve players, have physical challenges, which I have overcome by styling my game play to the things that take mental abilities instead of super coordination or reaction time. In particular, I had a very nice, fun and manageable way to play the game by hunting hacking and archeology sites.

Now, with the pixel-hunt mad scramble to collect the rewards of hacking and archeology, CCP has ruined one of the few exploration activities available to us. I suspect I am not the only physically-challenged player who enjoys Eve.

Making the game a test of dexterity and reaction time can only lead to the game being dominated by teenagers and meth addicts.

CCP, if you have the brains to read these, please recognize that not all of your playing subscribers are up to the hand-eye sort of gameplay. I, and many others, like strategy and tactics, and game play that rewards planning and persistence.

Knee-jerk explosions of the rewards of hacking and archeology sites means that there are fewer activities for solo players, lone-wolves and those of us whose real-life responsibilities prevent us from devoting our lives to six hour missions, 50-jump journeys though hostile territory and madcap antics that have nothing to do with the conquest of space, exploration, or science.

Thank you.

Aramis Rosicrux

Sinq Laison

Mister Teg:

Thank you for a well-considered reply to my concerns. It is good to know that the CSM leaders take our feelings into account.

I hope this issue can be reconsidered.

Aramis Rosicrux

Sinq Laison

Just wanted to pop in here and say that I agree. While it is more engaging than push button - receive bacon, it certainly isn't very Eve like in its implementation.

Also, very good post.

+1

my opinion about this:

http://thelazypilot.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/a-huge-dump-on-the-top-of-a-chocolate-cake/

y u hate :(

appropriate time, eh? so when CCp bails goons out of their inevitable loss of space and have to reconcile with the playerbase, you'll be right up there pitchin the idea, right?

(sorry, but i just ahd to make a jab at goons, gonna be fightin them for the next while it seems, this'll be the first time i have pvp'ed in a cruiser worth less than 800mil in a long time)

To say we signed off on it in the specific form that its in is I think a stretch. I think CSM 7 liked the idea of improvements in hacking and adding a "mini-game" but to say we said to thumbs up to the twitchness of the current implementation is incorrect. I personally think "twitch type gaming"has no place in Eve.

Issler

Sorry but developers cannot and should not design their games for disabled people. And you still can go mining, or do manufacturing or a number of other activities where you have unlimited time to get your cursor to where it needs to be.

I also dislike the loot explosion, but I realize that it's mostly my own fault because I insist to do the sites alone with two chars. Can't be bothered to always get someone else come along and give him part of my loot So I have to frantically switch between clients and click on the cans first with the one pilot, then with the other and back again. That's indeed quite twitchy.

But if I just used one pilot, it would not be twitchy at all because you can only pick up one can every few seconds anyway. But then I'd miss more loot, and of course I'm too greedy to do that

How is that a bad thing?

People always ridiculed EVE and called it 'spreadsheets online'. Now that CCP tries to move away from that and transform more areas of EVE into an actual game, it turns out that a lot of people never wanted a real game, they want their spreadsheets back.

hi, first forum post for me. i was a casual player back in 07-08 and im just getting back into the game now.

So far i find the hacking mini-game and can clicking a somewhat amusing addition to the game. its certainly got my attention this time around, where previously i couldnt be bothered with exploration. like alot of you have mentioned, EVE isnt exactly known for having a lot of "visceral" game play which of course, depending on how you like to play, can be good or bad. ultimately, its different, and variety is good.

My other thought is that requiring players in EVE to rely more on each other, in any way, is also good. The game is already far too alt/multiboxing friendly. So, to be honest, hearing that some of you boxers are having trouble with this new mechanic is great news.

To the OP, i really do feel for you that you cant do these sites solo anymore. Having something that was accessible suddenly become 100x the challenge isnt fun for anyone. if you can get a consistent group of explorers with varied skill sets together youll see these sites are 100x more rewarding when your beating them, with friends, and maybe building on those reaction time issues in the process.

issues related to user equipment limitation...i give my first EVE forum tears to...felt good