EVE General Discussion

You're absolutely right, there isn't all that much more to discuss / debate regarding FW. To be honest, if you read the material from 3 years ago, it pretty much exactly mirrors the list of concerns people are still bringing up today.

I share your frustration, that's why I'm trying to push as hard as I can to make sure that both the developers and the CSM have everything they need and know how much this means to all of us.

I think we have to understand though that this isn't really stalling just on FW, it was stalling on a whole bunch of stuff delayed by the Incarna detour, and now that CCP has restructured and refocused their development teams, they actually have both the resources and the mandate from top leadership to go forth and catch up on the back log. Most of the items the community wants to see happen are already in the official queue of stuff to develop, so CCP has never really said "we're not doing this" (being in the queue means when, not if) only that they lacked resources allocated to it.

If you listen in Soundwave's interview, FW was the first and primary thing he brought up in terms of core gameplay features that are well past due for development, and will be focused on for summer expansion.

So lets all take a deep breath, relax a little and let them do their thing and respond with feedback as we hear more details. Any new ideas are great too at this point since the actual programming for summer hasn't begun yet.

The summit that is underway is where the planning is being done for summer, its in the concept stage currently, once the overall agenda is decided upon the feasiblity of implementation will be assessed, so its just too soon for anyone to make promises on what exactly is coming.

I hope its good news at least that we are NOT being ignored, put off, or fleeced any longer. We just need to be patient the next couple of months and give CCP some time to lock down exactly what will or won't be included. But I would bet my entire wallet and assets that we will see Faction Warfare development this summer, that's how confident I am based on what I'm hearing.

How many times has this been that CCP said they are "looking into fixing FW"? Just remove it already since its obvious no one at CCP cares enough about it to create a vision for it. Almost all features has a dev or team that at least has some idea on where they want it to go, this doesn't seem the case for FW. Relying on input from massive amount of different opinions from the player base won't solve the issue or make things easier. Someone from CCP really needs to take charge of FW and choose a direction for it or just remove it.

Removing FW is a ridiculous idea. They would instantly lose over a thousand subscriptions at least, and too many players still participate (and continue to participate) irregardless of further development. Many more hold out hope for changes, that if confirmed would never come, might end their subscriptions as well. CCP won't take a revenue hit just to wash their hands and make it "go away" so individuals like yourself don't have to listen to "FW whiners" any more.

Should they remove POS's from the game because its obvious they dont have any concrete plans for a sweeping overhaul?

Lets be reasonable here. The issue regarding FW developed has always been a resource one - same as lot of other backlogged, half-assed features. The resource issue has been radically addressed. We have to temper some of the doomsday "nevergonnahappen" mentality while we give them time to actually use the new resources they have available.

There have been many player suggestions for improvements that developers, including Soundwave himself, have agreed "this is where we'd like it to go". Many of the developers DO have plans in mind, and not just for Faction Warfare, they were just under orders to work on space clothes instead, that's not their fault.

Also, the player pretty much DO agree on what needs to be changed. There are some minor mechanics debates going on, and a few big ones like Alliance participation, but the core issues facing and breaking FW are pretty consistently agreed upon.