EVE General Discussion

Or EvE will go the way of E&B. Which would be tragic. I really enjoyed that game before EA killed it.

Does anyone know if we can destroy stations in high sec? If yes, every to jita now

When you want stuff to work, getting people with good qualification is not a bad idea. But no WE MUST SPREAD RUMORS OF DOOM AND GLOOM FOR EVE!!!!!!

We've been posting about it for hours so BS.

Maybe that's the problem? That they want it to be at least as big and as deep and as lasting as EVE, and it's stumbling out of the gate? Hey, here's this guy who, as Jester points out, has experience with shooters and all kinds of payment models including free-to-play, and has experience getting teams to work together and share technology! Remember, CCP does not want DUST to be considered as entirely separate from EVE. Their vision, from Fanfest, is of a seamless, interconnected universe. Getting DUST pointed that way means that he has to coordinate with EVE devs in Reykjavik, too.

Also, Jester notes that most of EA's games use the same engine. CCP Atlanta forked CARBON recently. I'm sure their reasons are good, but I'll bet you anything that he'll try to get the various bits of CCP to share as much as possible to keep development costs down. Also, there would be certain possibilities if the WoD team's work on CARBON was folded back into EVE. *cough*

There's no particular reason to despair. Not yet. If he's an AWOXer, he's a really good one.

"Options like ship paintjobs are still on the table, but Hilmar explained that the focus right now is on more ideas along the same lines as the dual character training option recently released in EVE's Odyssey expansion."

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/07/02/ccps-sean-decker-and-hilmar-petursson-on-the-future-of-eve-dus/

Since dual training requires a PLEX, which essentially makes it a microtransaction...this should fix it

Hilmar explained that the focus right now is on more microtransactions along the same lines as the dual character training option recently released in EVE's Odyssey expansion.

I'm ok with Frank being from EA maybe he can get John Madden to do the play-by-play for the alliance tournament.

Maybe CCP is more invested in DUST than you think.

I liked a TEST post. What the hell is wrong with me?

I hope Sean have a viable vision to turn Dust more successul and to make the development smoother (without turning the game into a cash cow) but please, for the love of God, do not start experimenting with Eve's business model. Nothing good would come out of it. CCP is getting the money for every account while the option is open (and relatively easily accessable) to play the game for free. It also gives the option for players to turn their real life currency into virtual currency without microtransactions and without breaking the economy and the balance in the game.

Eve is a refuge for most of us who are tired of the aggressive business models of the big game companies. No wonder that kickstarter and indie games are getting more and more popular. That is the gamers response for claiming microtransactions and dlc the way of the future. I'm sure CCP is aware of this and they hired Sean because of his experience and not to import EA's business models but it doesn't harm to repeat it enough.