EVE General Discussion

Panda's have been done already. WoW and Stardrive have them. If anything space ducks would be cool though Howard the Duck has been there.

P.S. to op, there have been tons of gradual changes over the years. Also if you want to find empty systems, plenty of empty ones in null you could visit. The only thing new systems may do is add new lore or give avenues to new tech of modules and ships. Either way the big power blocks will get there and claim them first. Maybe they have a way to add new sov mechanics to these clusters though so it could be interesting.

And there's a good reason it is the way it is

Because CCP is scared witless of the angry forum warriors, bittervets, statue shooters, zoomed out overview users and trolls who ask if Eve has sound. These folks are ultra resistant to change and complain mightily about CCP actually adding anything that might change the game from its current spreadsheets in space form.

Too bad these people don't realize that CCP is in the business to make money and that happens by expanding the game beyond its current rather niche user base. It's entirely possible to innovate and add real new content to the game without changing the fundamental nature of the game.

There are a lot of smart, hard-working people at CCP and it would be nice if they were allowed to show off some of their ideas in the form of fresh content while others continued to work on longstanding issues. Bug fixes and iteration are good and necessary but, let's also have some expansions that really do expand the game.

I was waiting for this post, because it contains all the battlecrys of the people who play EVE but don't like EVE (but keep playing and paying for it because it has "potential").

Instead of all that BS, my you might try to understand that some people both like EVE as currently presented and prefer gradual evolution to the over hurried (read sloppy) "expanding" you wish for? Any astute observer of CCP would realize that CCP does gradual evolution well (even when people like me sometimes disagree with its consequences).

What CCP has done less well is "Jesus Freatures" and the only reason EVE is still here is because they wised up and stopped doing that crap.

I am amazed I was able to read the on the first go.

Also....LOL.

BOOT.INI was pretty fun.

Incarna Expansion is best expansion...EEV-VEER!

So don't say they never done anything huge or fun!

Yup, We used to have a 'Jesus feature' in ever expansion. Castor brought battleships and conquerable stations in null (not really big) Exodus brought us alliances, pos'. Coldwar brought us dread and titans, RMR we saw carriers and moms. I could go on, sometimes the features were completed, but needed tweeking. Some now are out dated and need to be modified or replaced (see pos') some were half assed or not completed with a promise of we will add more later, see pi, FW (when it came out) incarnia, and a ton of others things. One expansion was done imo nerly flawlessly, and that was apocarypto (sp?) they shifted to a more gradual approach which feels more like patches then expansions. But oddly, I have a feeling that stuff we look at now, like the ESS, will make a lot of sense in a few years and we will get a so THATS why they did that. I have high expectations that we will see a huge expansion in a few years, and they are laying the road map to it. But we will see, I thought Ambulation would be great, but they messed it up.

Nice dismissive and condescending attitude there. You might take your own advice and understand that not everyone plays and/or expects the same things from the game as you. Some of us don't fear change. Sandbox, remember?

By the way, good job in completely missing the main point of my post; that CCP is capable of delivering not only fresh content as well as bug fixes and iteration on older features. Just because they screwed up with Incarna doesn't invalidate successful "Jesus feature" expansions that really added something to the game. Remember Red Moon Rising, Revelations, Trinity, Empyrean Age and Apocrypha?

CCP is a business. Businesses exist to make money for their investors. The primary way to do that for CCP is by increasing their subscriber base. Remaining static and refusing to add innovative new content will not attract new subscribers nor will it encourage bored vets to remain subscribed.


P.S. If I disliked the game (as you quite wrongly assert knowing nothing about me) I'd simply unsubscribe. No one's put a weapon to my head forcing me to pay. I've been playing since 2007 but, I'm not married to this game. If/when Eve fails to provide me a pleasurable experience trust me, I'll be out the door.

Organize a group of capsuleers and make your mark on the galaxy ... there are plenty of ways to make an impact without getting CONCORDed.

Wormholes are a huge deal o.0 Not sure what you mean by not that impressive. Their utility, isolation, unique mechanics lack of Local make a larger difference in gameplay than you think.

Like your character's development ... look at the overall long term trajectory of the game - player made stargates (!!) - before you cry to Bob or CCP about stagnation. What exactly do you want changed??

Activism is often times more effective than looting frozen bodies from space. You can buy a new clone but the echoes of Burn Jita will resonate through New Eden for a whole lot longer... inside and outside of Tranquility.

People see what they want to see - change your outlook and take a deep breath. Eve is pretty rad and still a work in progress - what the final product will be remains to be determined by CCP and the playerbase.