Live Events Discussion

No, you picked it because it was the only post that contained criticism which in no way implied ****-poor reasoning on CCP's part. You did nothing, NOTHING well regarding this event.

The time frame ostracised most players with a life, the event info was poorly distributed over too many platforms, the in-game event organisers were quite confused about the intended goal of the event (showcasing features or building lore, which are the ONLY two VALID reasons to organize events players can't organize themselves), and the fact you ingnore any negative criticism that doesn't come from the Null-Bloc-Elected CSM proves that your PR department has absolutely no clue how to do their job shot of keeping the players from blowing their last gasket and cancelling their subscription.

At the very least, stop lying to us and have the decency to return to the uninvolved WAI broken beatures loot-spew supporting version of CCP we're used to dealing with instead of implying you're actually trying to find out what went wrong when the list most definitely can't be handled within the RAM of your reinforced server nodes you never seem to deploy.

Plays EVE for 2 tyears - hasn't heard of alts.

You'll find an alt of mine that has 3 months. Doesn't mean the player has played for 3 months. Also, this is my second account while the other has about six more months. 'Nuff said?

It seems way ridicolous that you judge a post by the date at which the character has been created.
Ideas and concepts should be discussed independently of who expressed them.

You really do not get it do you?
There are fewer and fewer listening as we are leaving en masse. We are now just counting down our remaining paid for time.
You can go round and round little details missing the fact that there is a humongous elephant in the room.

But by all means rearrange the deck chairs.

Enjoy your single player game.

Very helpful.
Applaud the loss of subscribers.

Certainly the way to be able to play your game?

You will see, People who have ethics and principles outnumber The ones who do not.

If one does not have ethics and principles one can never understand that until one stands alone.

There is no hope that you will ever understand.
When a company has so little respect for it's customers it is time to take your custom elsewhere.
It is not relevant how good the product is and no matter how much pleasure or enjoyment it brings to you.
When you are treated with contempt you leave.

So goodbye:- big evil baddy my ass.

I've paid for the time, I'll use it if I have your kind permission? And you are right, It is not your business that will fail.
I am sure that your guarantee will be honored when CCP ask you to bail them out and pay up on it!
50$ million should cover a few months, Very generous of you to offer.

So, I got beaten to it with the thread poasting on the recent live event, (woe is me!) but going to anyways because I think it deserves a little broader discussion.

Why I'm not upset:
For those of us in the Meves fleet, not getting there was probably quite disappointing. 10% tidi is always a bit of a bummer. But to be honest I'm not upset because:
A) Anyone with sense didnt bring their trillion-isk-gold-plated-diamond-steering-wheel-poon-patroler, and
B) I think more than anything it's a learning experience. A good few EVE players don't throw themselves into the action, and I think this event was good for getting people to be a little more adventurous.
People commanding fleets probably walk away having learned a little. i.e. Just because a man with a faction tag and a fancy hat tells you something, it's not always going to be a good idea. Also hopefully learned a little about null and moving a fleet through it. All it cost were some disposable ships, if you lost any. And this is of course not to mention that although we didn't get the shiny dev-layed golden loot eggs, most of us got an exciting fleet battle out of it.

What CCP did well:
Had a event in null. Finally. I like this direction because of two reasons
1) This is a game with different players, none should be favorably treated, and
2) It helped to get people to cross over the game's dividing lines. Sure, a lot of folk will go back to living a care free life in hi, or back to the Star Wars Cantina of low. A couple though are going to think. "You know what, this interests me, I want to know more and play it better" And even those who remain in hi sec get to have the benefit of experiencing a different aspect of the game.

What CCP could have done better:
Distance traveling. Dealing with TiDi is a given for any large fleet, but for the Meves folk it seemed like we were being led around in a bit of happy-fun-trail manner, lots of stopping off in systems of no actual importance, probably adding to journey time. In fact from Meves to 8V-SJJ there were probably about 3 stops in between. During which nothing happened. The TiDi was just the icing on the cake.

Maybe could have given a little more notice, but on the flipside it would have given the null folk and pirate sympathizers more time to prepare, and the fleet may have ended up being a non-starter.

Why CCP does not have to babysit you
Of all the things I heard in the aftermath, and I will have to paraphrase, these were some of the choice things I heard:
- "Why can't CCP just make the route HiSec?"
- "Dev actors should have been acting as FCs for us!"
- "Why didn't the Dev actors lead us?"
- "Where are the Devs in Titans?"
- "My ship wasn't fitted for PvP!"
- "CCP sacrificed us to the big bad null alliances!"
And it goes on as such. Now apart from the obvious glaring question of why take a PvE ship into null, there's a few things people seem to misunderstand. The reason why CCP does not hold you by the hand and walk you through null while whacking the wolves on the nose when they try to eat you, is because there are many ways to play this game. Contrary to what some seem to say, allowing you safe secure passage through null is not enabling you to play the game, but rather preventing others from playing how they want in their part of it. We all made a choice, an active choice to go into null. Nobody forced you. There is no reason to give you preferential treatment, or change the game around you, especially since you were warned, or had the common sense to check the top left corner of your screen.


All in all?
6/10 Worthwhile experiment but needs improvement and refining.