Out of Pod Experience

HAHAHAHAHAHAhahahaaaaa.... ow my sides. As I recall people were borderiline exstatic back in 2006 when the White Wolf merger was announced, especially along with the clause that CCP will develop a WoD MMORPG. Don't know how many of those players are still around, but oh boy did we want it.
I still want it. A lot. Will probably ditch EVE at least for a while in favour of WoD, which is possibly one of the reasons CCP's giving such a half assed effort in making the game.

I want it way way more than Valkyrie, because I don't want Valkyrie at all. I'll consume 1,5 kilograms of rice porridge in one sitting if Valkyrie ever makes back it's development costs, the money that could've been used to not lay off 15 people in Atlanta.

With EVE in semi-maintenance mode, adding another large risky project onto their list should never be an option, following Incarnagate 2008. DUST turned out pretty mediocre, not far off the mark from EVE forum predictions that was made years back. Now it's just too expensive to just ditch without trying to recover some of the investments. Wonder if the DUST revenues atm is sufficient to sustain the dev team (on its payroll), infrastructure/assets and other expenses indefinitely - plus some extra to pay off the investment. If they're still bleeding, then it'll be almost like suicide to start on WoD.

CCP's best strength is in making space themed games (with spaceships), they have little experience elsewhere. The cumulative experience of running a living, breathing, spaceship themed universe over the years is not easily replaced by new hires - despite what some might argue. Diversifying into WoD will be another make or break attempt, my thoughts personally. If they've dismissed many of the core Whitewolf personnel, it might even turn into a half-assed attempt. It takes time to build another castle.

I remembered an article I read that talked about how Word of Tanks (WoT) came about from its CEO. "Do what you do best, especially if you love doing it". A fairly common sense phrase that applies to everything, not limited to gaming. I'm guessing EVE Valkyrie has the potential to turn into a World of Spaceships like game, but CCP, as usual, loves shinies in terms of tech. They'd get the game bogged down in technicalities and client issues than produce anything solid that .... you know, just works.

Damn, I missed it. When was it announced?

Yeah, except Duke Nukem Forever eventually did get released....

Maybe, just maybe, those "people" will be put off by actual fans killing them everywhere all the time.
But on the other hand, they read those "books", so they must like suffering.

Pardon me sir, but you appear to have an Oreo jammed in your eye socket.

May I have a lick?

Not releasing any information does not always mean game development is dead or in big trouble. Quite many companies act same way until game is nearly done and PR campaign starts, then all the info and screenshots and whatnot is released. So I wouldnt put on my doomsayers cape just yet.

Well, aside from that wonderful demo footage I got to watch at Fanfest...

DANG that thing was cool. You should have been there to see it. It was awesome.

Time is the most valuable resource available to you.

Mal'canis who elected you to CSM anyway?

Because while you wait for future developments in this area you are unable to fruitfully use that time in other ways....