EVE General Discussion

Over the next 5-10 years. Specifically any mission granted by a non fw or pirate agent.

Phase out all missions over this timeframe and you beat the curve of player retention witnessed with L4 runners (avg 2 years, the ones we have now wont be around long enough to see the end anyway).

Discuss the merits and problems with this.

What do you accomplish other than removing the people who enjoy this play style - along with a substantial percentage of CCP revenue - from the game? I would prefer to see missions upgraded with new AI and multiple paths to completion so they are less predictable.

so keep hold of fw missions? is this because you farm them to make your own isk?

No

Missions are useful even NPC ones they give an alternative to full on PvP.

Problem with full on PvP games is players can feel warn out after awhile. Of course this depends on the person and just as importantly the length of their gaming time.

It's especially noticeable for those that spend a lot of time in-game. Although may not be as noticeable if there is a lot of waiting time involved.



Problem with posts like the op is that they tend to think as something as being bad and try to remove them rather than think how can it be improved to better fit the game.

GLD doesn't participate in FW. I have no alts, made that very clear years ago. Try your ad hominems on someone else.


Eve is receeding that much we can say for ourselves. It could stop and be turned around. I think supers and titans have done more to damage the game than all other factors combined. Missions are by far the smallest thing to excise from the game in the move to repair it - and through a process of being gradually phased out over a period of years scarce few will remember their passing. The evidence is there, 80% quit within 2 years. Running missions isn't healthy for the game or the company.



So you want more burner mission content? People run missions precisely because they're predictable. Ever had one of those days doing exploration where you made a scant few million? And wished you just spent those 3 hours running missions for that practically guaranteed 60mil/hour instead? Introducing randomisation is not a long term solution.


I don't believe in polishing turds. By your own admission people get burnt out on things in EVE. Guess which gameplay element has got the most capsuleer skulls on its walls? It ain't pvp.

I too can alter quotes so that I can manipulate the meaning if I choose to do so.


It would also be helpful when you add something to a quote like the part you bolded and underlined you make reference to the fact that you have.

Just remove the undock button and everything will be fixed.

There's a part of this that everyone misses. While there is a higher turnover of mission runners, more players seem to join seeking mission running, so removing that will likely just make them not show up to start with rather than make them stay. As other have alluded to, there seems to be no reason to cut off a section of the playerbase for no good reason. What problem is it that you think the existence missions cause that needs to be fixed?

I've been running missions since I started playing this game! Whats wrong with missions? We want more missions not fewer! If I can't run missions what will I do?

Better yet, create an engine for procedurally generated dungeons to work with missions, exploration and asteroid belts. Then allow players to tick limiters (like no empire factions) on mission generation for reduced payouts.