EVE General Discussion

That is a result of devs getting too cozy with the gaming community. Some devs are also part of major alliances which doesnt help either.

Devs have also been involved in past misconduct (cheating). So if there is a lack of respect for the EVE developers, it's their own doing.

Devs are just second class if they want to put the customer first :P

Yes and no.

Yes because sometimes players get so entrenched in their own ways of doing or thinking that they go off on a tantrum when there is even the slightest change to their mode of operations.**
And then there are times where the DEVs actually do some rather boneheaded things.

No because sometimes the anger is more 'heat of the moment" and passes or in pure jest (because CCP is known for almost comical blunders).



**NOTE: we are currently seeing the glimpses of a major industry and logistical re-vamp in the coming months... professions that are typically dominated by OCD type personalities and "spreadsheet masters." Everything that they have carefully set up and meticulously managed down to the decimal point is going to be turned upside down.

Look, when the devs are a bunch of ******* trolls, you got to troll them back.

<3 U Fozzie, your blond hair makes me moist.

Well, if you take off your trousers, you might find out what the community can do to you.

Lies. Scandalous lies.

"Dev bashing" and personal attacks are banable offenses and you should report it if you see it.

As someone already mentioned, mass attacks on devs happened during the "Summer of Rage". The situation back then escalated so fast that forum mods were not able to react. Although I participated in the "Summer of Rage", I was really ashamed of being a part of the community considering what many players posted during the event. My participation, along with many others, was in a form of constructive criticism of the proposed/leaked/speculated future course of the game.

Situation with industry is not that dramatic. Many of the changes that have been announced in the last couple of days are good. Some of them are bad and deserve to be criticized so the developers can see potential downsides that they have missed. After all, tens of thousands of players are more likely to spot a downside of a change than dozens of devs working on a particular feature no matter how hard they work.

Open and personal discussion that CCP's devs have with the community is the reason why the game is still growing after 10 years and why it's so great. The downside is that some players take the discussions too personal. On the other hand, you should also count in ISD - a group of player volunteers helping GMs and forum moderators manage the forums.

I'm quietly considering resuming my old correspondence habits with EVE devs. I know there are a handful of devs that know exactly what I am talking about.

I'll assume the answer is yes unless one of them comes in here and says "please god no".

Though I think the sheer amount of it is ungrateful and a lot of the virtiol is unwarranted Id much rather have a community that vents its spleen constantly than the lap-dog followers of Games Workshop, Blizzard, Mojang, Nintendo, and Apple who dont believe their Gods can do anything wrong.

At least our God doesnt butt in when I say what I feel about them or interfere with what I do in game.