EVE General Discussion

To any of you still thinking this is in any way shape or form a good thing I have just one thing to say:

Real Racing 3.

If you want to see brutal, in your face, "must pay to win or even progress" sort of "microtransactions" you simply must check that bad boy out. It's an EA baby, most likely part of this guy's legacy. And yeah, once again a shining example of how EA killed a promising and loved game company (iOS game company, so you're probably not familiar with it, but still).

I'll TL;DR it for those of you who are lazy. ~$400 real money cars, with a $100 buy-in and $300 in upgrades after you're in. 50 cents for a 10 minute race. It's one of the highest grossing apps on the iPad, up 3 spots since the most egregious money grubbing in the history of the game got bolted on a few days ago.

EA bigshots know how to squeeze the whales and squeeze them hard. To them you're not a customer, you're a "unit", and their biggest challenge is increasing revenue per said "unit." This is an EA bigshot, prepare to be squeezed.

Please, please, please just make him CEO so we can fix this borked game and make it what it should have become years ago.


(Maldiro Selkurk has asbestos undergarments molded into his clone flesh, so fire away if you will)

So, when do we get to meet this dude?

I demand a "Hello, I am Sean" thread.

next, we get snowden

ccp will be immortalized by the community and the human race for hiring terrible people

also eve is dying and shooting the monument causes people like myself who manufacture ammo happy.

Interesting you brought DICE into this....ehm Battlefield...

My sis got a permanent ban letter when Blizzard went on a ban wave after the duping incident earlier this year. Avid herbalist (mage needs their flasks!) and she would literally clear MoP of herbs (plus my alt is an Inscriptionist). Said that her actions disturbed the game economy (she doesn't sell them, we use them for ourselves....self-sufficient). Wrote the GM about this, since the herbs don't go on the AH nor any flasks or pots to ruin the economy, and my alt makes things for us to use. But how she got the account reinstated was quite simple: had to have details only the account holder had, and one detail was the game ID from the CD of an expansion (so even if the account was hacked and they got the current game ID that's shows, it doesn't show the previous ID). Fine, got the CDs put in the requested details (secret question answers included). GM was satisfied her account wasn't hacked (despite we have authenticators!!!), and her account was reinstated.

You have to go through the process of identifying who you are to reinstate accounts, with details only the account holder has. And this is important, because so many kids share accounts. They then scream their account was hacked (notice no authenticator too?). Blizzard doesn't know if the screamer is legit or the "hacker" without proof.

$6 or the free Android version of an authenticator also saves a ton of grief for eliminating the SKs on your account (and makes sharing more difficult to avoid "I WAS HACKED!!!" cries). Account details for the rest...keep those CD envelopes! Like MS, WoW is a #1 target for hackers and exploiters, so you need tools to keep your accounts safe.

Which reminds me about EvE: on the account page, can we get even the basic CC details on record (last 4 digits and expiration date like every other site uses)? Didn't realize I still had an expired CC on my accounts (bank renewed the CCs), and knowing that detail is better than trying to trace down why a payment doesn't go through via a bank, as there's no means to check here than manually running it through again (and risk double payments as the bank suggested).

And please even read before replying (even in italics!).

Thank you.

Well I'll say this:

He DID stop working at EA.

*shrug*

The questions that are raised in my poor performing mental facilities is this:

What function in the real world will he have?, produce long term strategy?, maximise short term profit?, change direction of CCP to be even more vanilla?

Why was he chosen for the said function?, CCP public listing?, because he has friends on the board?, because he brings lots of disposable cash with him?, because he´s a corporate shill with no real vision?, because the head-hunter recommended him?.

Just because he came from EA is not a slight against him, he may not have agreed with the majority that kept screwing up making him look for other work (doubtful), but you don´t get to be on EA´s board unless you have a quality that is required in the corporate world (psychopathy).

Eve has plenty of room for micro transactions, dual training was one of them but more and moe are possible without braking the game or bring PTW stuff on nex/what-the-heck-name or anywhere else in Eve.

There is plenty of stuff to do with Eve, including open eyes to close minded people who think game market strategies apply RL.