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Decline in numbers... starting to turn into RAPID!!!

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Arthur Hannigen
#2081 - 2015-09-23 00:29:11 UTC
Jenn aSide wrote:
Arthur Hannigen wrote:

Actually, on many occasions you have expressed dislike for high sec solo play, how stupid it is, and how it's wrong.


Go ahead and link a post then, where I used the word "WRONG" about something someone was doing in high sec. I know lots of good players in high sec, I play in high sec (incursions) from time to time. I dislike a subset of the high sec population that whines, but they aren't unique, in fact they are just like people in null who whine about AFK cloaking.

Stupid and Wrong are 2 different things, and a player doesn't have t be in high sec to do something stupid of hold a stupid opinion. If you can't understand what I'm saying, ask for clarification.



Sure, just a quick search with the right keywords yields this right here:

Jenn aSide wrote:
That really is for me the source of my dislike. Do things as you please, but don't complain when you find yourself suffering the consequences of playing the game wrong lol.


You also went ahead and pretty much implied it's stupid here:

Quote:
yea, you can play "solo" in EVE, you bet. I can walk across the moon without a space suit, ding so wouldn't be the smartest thing to do lol.


All from here:

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=2120213#post2120213

But here's the thing. You'll probably claim it's been taken out of context or that isn't really what you meant, or [insert whatever excuse here]. Bottom line is you did say it, and you do mean it. Really there is nothing new here.
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#2082 - 2015-09-23 00:32:09 UTC
Arthur Hannigen wrote:
You'll probably claim it's been taken out of context


Hell I'll do that right now. I read through the whole thread, and I'll be the first to say that you have your head up your ass.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.

Arthur Hannigen
#2083 - 2015-09-23 00:34:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Arthur Hannigen
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Arthur Hannigen wrote:
You'll probably claim it's been taken out of context


Hell I'll do that right now. I read through the whole thread, and I'll be the first to say that you have your head up your ass.

Of course it's been taken out of context. At this point it's the only defense you have to save face ;)
Kaarous Aldurald
Black Hydra Consortium.
#2084 - 2015-09-23 00:41:33 UTC
Arthur Hannigen wrote:
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Arthur Hannigen wrote:
You'll probably claim it's been taken out of context


Hell I'll do that right now. I read through the whole thread, and I'll be the first to say that you have your head up your ass.

Of course it's been taken out of context. At this point it's the only defense you have to save face ;)


"you"? I assure you, I'm not the middle aged black policeman(Jenn).

But I did read through that thread, in fact when it was first open, and you do in fact have your head up your ass. Of all the people here, I ought to recognize cherrypicking when I see it, although you definitely need some practice.

"Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."

One of ours, ten of theirs.

Best Meltdown Ever.

Arthur Hannigen
#2085 - 2015-09-23 00:49:33 UTC
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Arthur Hannigen wrote:
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Arthur Hannigen wrote:
You'll probably claim it's been taken out of context


Hell I'll do that right now. I read through the whole thread, and I'll be the first to say that you have your head up your ass.

Of course it's been taken out of context. At this point it's the only defense you have to save face ;)


"you"? I assure you, I'm not the middle aged black policeman(Jenn).

But I did read through that thread, in fact when it was first open, and you do in fact have your head up your ass. Of all the people here, I ought to recognize cherrypicking when I see it, although you definitely need some practice.


Deny, deny, deny. And hurl some insults to make it seem legit. Gotcha.
Ioci
Bad Girl Posse
#2086 - 2015-09-23 00:53:19 UTC
I didn't read 100 pages of this but the decline in EVE numbers really comes to back to the real world. EVE is as much a Soviet game as it is a Western game and last I checked, the Russian ruble buys half the Euro's if bought a year ago. Depending on the day of the week, they pay twice as much or more to play this game.

R.I.P. Vile Rat

Sugar Smacks
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2087 - 2015-09-23 01:36:14 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Sugar Smacks wrote:
The far far majority of players never leave hi sec.

The far far majority of updates are only for nullsec.
Do you have any data to actually prove this?


This isn't even denied by CCP they have posted it many times, and no I am not digging for information so they can ignore it some more.

This company has spent a majority of its time ignoring the majority of its playerbase while trying to appease the null sec blue donut for who knows what reasoning.

At least in other games players are enticed to stick around to be food for the others.
Eve has no real reward system to being food to stick around to be in a donut of power.

I have played several MMO's through the years and this one has the worst **** poor progression of any of them.

It really isn't worth explaining anymore, most people I know that played wont return, I ask myself why I did, I know I wont again.
This game is a horrible experience and it isn't the players fault at the least, its the people running it.

Taking advice from people who will directly benefit from that advice and then acting like its more important than others is stupid.
Almost as stupid as putting a shooter exclusively on a console that isn't the one that your star product runs on (this one).

Sure EVE lets you play with people around the world, but honestly, when they cant even let you play without artificial lag (time dilation) after how many years? They create their own problems of the blue donut then act like its the players fault.

It seems that's the legacy of this game to try to blame the players of its legacy, the only smart dev I have seen from this group was the one who went to work for League of Legends.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#2088 - 2015-09-23 01:43:44 UTC
Sugar Smacks wrote:
This isn't even denied by CCP they have posted it many times
Then it should be very easy for you to find.
I can't say I've ever seen them suggest or present data on either of those two, so if you have some, it would be nice.

If you don't, you should probably not make such baseless claims.

Quote:
no I am not digging for information
That means we can immediately dismiss it as fictitious nonsense. Is this what you want?
Market McSelling Alt
Doomheim
#2089 - 2015-09-23 01:50:39 UTC
Tippia wrote:
Sugar Smacks wrote:
This isn't even denied by CCP they have posted it many times
Then it should be very easy for you to find.
I can't say I've ever seen them suggest or present data on either of those two, so if you have some, it would be nice.

If you don't, you should probably not make such baseless claims.

Quote:
no I am not digging for information
That means we can immediately dismiss it as fictitious nonsense. Is this what you want?



You are going to dismiss it anyways even if he came here with a signed letter from the CEO himself of CCP.

And its not like you have never made a claim which was not backed by data... sometimes you even post data and you misinterpret or spin it to your advantage.

Oh well, so it goes with GD.

CCP Quant: Of all those who logon in Eve, 1.5% do Incursions, 13.8% PVP and 19.2% run Missions while 22.4% mine.

40.7% Join a fleet. The idea that Eve is a PVP game is false, the social fabric is in Missions and Mining.

Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#2090 - 2015-09-23 02:01:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Scipio Artelius
Market McSelling Alt wrote:
Tippia wrote:
Sugar Smacks wrote:
This isn't even denied by CCP they have posted it many times
Then it should be very easy for you to find.
I can't say I've ever seen them suggest or present data on either of those two, so if you have some, it would be nice.

If you don't, you should probably not make such baseless claims.

Quote:
no I am not digging for information
That means we can immediately dismiss it as fictitious nonsense. Is this what you want?



You are going to dismiss it anyways even if he came here with a signed letter from the CEO himself of CCP.

And its not like you have never made a claim which was not backed by data... sometimes you even post data and you misinterpret or spin it to your advantage.

Oh well, so it goes with GD.

The only bit I would like some evidence for is the claim that the "far far majority of updates are only for nullsec".

My initial impression is, what?

Happy to look at the data that supports that claim, but seems like a bit of BS on the surface.
Market McSelling Alt
Doomheim
#2091 - 2015-09-23 02:07:34 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
Market McSelling Alt wrote:
Tippia wrote:
Sugar Smacks wrote:
This isn't even denied by CCP they have posted it many times
Then it should be very easy for you to find.
I can't say I've ever seen them suggest or present data on either of those two, so if you have some, it would be nice.

If you don't, you should probably not make such baseless claims.

Quote:
no I am not digging for information
That means we can immediately dismiss it as fictitious nonsense. Is this what you want?



You are going to dismiss it anyways even if he came here with a signed letter from the CEO himself of CCP.

And its not like you have never made a claim which was not backed by data... sometimes you even post data and you misinterpret or spin it to your advantage.

Oh well, so it goes with GD.

The only bit I would like some evidence for is the claim that the "far far majority of updates are for nullsec".

My initial impression is, what?

Happy to look at the data that supports that claim, but seems like a bit of BS on the surface.



It would be very difficult to argue that since Incursions the expansions of Eve for the last 5 years have been anything but updates to Null.

Highsec, Industry and Wormholes have been slowly left to die in the last couple years. You can go to the wormhole forum and say "CCP loves Wormholes and has added content to them" and watch as you get laughed out of the forum.

Same thing for the industry and mission forums, go there and tell them updates were all for them...

Bottom line is, its not a real quantifiable thing to put hard values on what expansions helped and hurt per se... we can however quantify the number of revisions to capital ships, Sov, Anoms, system upgrades and such, which are exclusive to null/low sec space.

CCP Quant: Of all those who logon in Eve, 1.5% do Incursions, 13.8% PVP and 19.2% run Missions while 22.4% mine.

40.7% Join a fleet. The idea that Eve is a PVP game is false, the social fabric is in Missions and Mining.

Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#2092 - 2015-09-23 02:17:09 UTC
Market McSelling Alt wrote:
You are going to dismiss it anyways even if he came here with a signed letter from the CEO himself of CCP.
Nope.
I'm only going to dismiss it if he can't prove it, and so far, he can't. My guess is that he never will be, because it's just some nonsense he made up.
Joia Crenca
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#2093 - 2015-09-23 02:45:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Joia Crenca
Ioci wrote:
I didn't read 100 pages of this but the decline in EVE numbers really comes to back to the real world. EVE is as much a Soviet game as it is a Western game and last I checked, the Russian ruble buys half the Euro's if bought a year ago. Depending on the day of the week, they pay twice as much or more to play this game.



"Soviet"/Russian, but yes, a large number of players are Russian (don't believe me, believe my poor semi-blinged Battleship that got Russian-ganked in a Sisters' mission system). So the problems Russians are having is likely to have an impact on EVE's numbers.

That means it's time to set up more effective advertising and get more folks from everywhere into EVE. Anyone speak Japanese? Smile
Luckytania
Bullets of Justice
#2094 - 2015-09-23 02:56:18 UTC
Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:

The net result of the existing mechanics is that a PvPr can avoid playing as PvErs do, but a PvEr can not avoid playing as PvPrs do. Why?

As of Spring 2009.

IIRC, that is when PLEX began.

Allowing the game to be played as if in Monopoly one landed on a property, did not have sufficient in game money to pay, but just pulls a $20 out of one's pocket and tells the Bank "Fuggedaboudit, I'll buy Boardwalk anyway."
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#2095 - 2015-09-23 03:08:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Scipio Artelius
Market McSelling Alt wrote:
It would be very difficult to argue that since Incursions the expansions of Eve for the last 5 years have been anything but updates to Null.

Highsec, Industry and Wormholes have been slowly left to die in the last couple years. You can go to the wormhole forum and say "CCP loves Wormholes and has added content to them" and watch as you get laughed out of the forum.

Same thing for the industry and mission forums, go there and tell them updates were all for them...

Bottom line is, its not a real quantifiable thing to put hard values on what expansions helped and hurt per se... we can however quantify the number of revisions to capital ships, Sov, Anoms, system upgrades and such, which are exclusive to null/low sec space.

Since I don't get off work for a few hours I can't do it yet, but I'll go back through the expansions and put them into some sort of 'null', 'low', 'high' grouping where that makes sense (eg. Burner missions = high because that makes sense, Industry = no classification since it applies equally, Removsl of standing for POS = High, sov changes = null, shattered wormholes = J-space, etc.).

There will probably be some edge cases, like the 2012 Wardec changes, which logically sit as a highsec update, though they have some application to lowsec also (sentry guns won't fire) but not in any practical way. But I'll make that clear in the data.

We'll see whether the "far far majority of updates are only for nullsec" holds true.

On the surface, no way it will, but the data will give a definitive answer. My guess is that the far, far majority of updates apply equally in all security status areas (eg. New ships, ship rebalance, SKINS, graphics and sound updates, module tierecide, industry changes, etc.)
Lieu Thiesant
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#2096 - 2015-09-23 03:33:50 UTC
Too many changes too fast cannot be all that good.
It causes more instability which can lead to more system entropy (or system paralysis) where the system turns in on itself and the efficiency keeps declining.

If CCP tries to get more users and the reverse occurs then something is wrong.
If they don't need more users for whatever reasons or cause, then it may not be wrong.

Either way, I don't know, and there are more facts related to too many changes too fast which is out of the scope of this forum.
More like for the boardroom or something else.
Velarra
#2097 - 2015-09-23 04:09:47 UTC
Hmm. Srsly. TLDR.

Anyone suggested a server merge yet? -.^

(yes, yes..yes i know :) ... but surely one of these 'the end is nigh' posts might have? )

^_^

Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#2098 - 2015-09-23 04:28:46 UTC
Velarra wrote:
Hmm. Srsly. TLDR.

Anyone suggested a server merge yet? -.^

(yes, yes..yes i know :) ... but surely one of these 'the end is nigh' posts might have? )

^_^


Yeah, let's go to a single shard.....oh wait.

What server merge are you looking for?
Velarra
#2099 - 2015-09-23 04:56:03 UTC
Scipio Artelius wrote:
Velarra wrote:
Hmm. Srsly. TLDR.

Anyone suggested a server merge yet? -.^

(yes, yes..yes i know :) ... but surely one of these 'the end is nigh' posts might have? )

^_^


Yeah, let's go to a single shard.....oh wait.

What server merge are you looking for?


Thank you! Lol
Indahmawar Fazmarai
#2100 - 2015-09-23 06:36:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Indahmawar Fazmarai
Kaarous Aldurald wrote:
Indahmawar Fazmarai wrote:

My suggestion is to allow PvE earn means to PvP (like, hiring friendly NPCs) so everyone can play the same game in their own way.


Your suggestion is a heinous, anti sandbox mechanic that would pretty much destroy the game. What you want is to never have to leave your little bubble, where you can effect others by just farming red crosses all day with zero effort. You want to remove any semblance of a burden of effort towards yourself, in one of the single most selfish things I have ever seen proposed on a video game forum.

Pathetic doesn't even begin to describe it.


Your little mind probably can't come up with the idea that I've said a few hundred times that PvE should be a mean of PvP instead of a mindless grind.

In order to affect players a PvEr should compete against, and defeat, other players who also PvE in a type of gameplay ressembling collectible cards, with NPCs instead of cards and influnce on players as powers. I've sketched the concept a few times and won't repeat it again.

There are many ways to fight other people in a game. Sometimes we fight with our fists and sometimes with a set of chess pieces. Both are PvP, just one is full of macho bragging and the other is a bit more open to subtlety and cunning.