Out of Pod Experience

100% agreed.

EVE is the same game as it was before the patch. An extended trial (which is exactly what alpha clones are) may bring a few extra people but the underlying issues involving retention haven't been addressed at all. The NPE is never going to matter, there's no way it can provide enough information to "make" a player. Resources have always been available to learn, the problem is that if a person isn't the type to seek and learn information without hand-holding, they're unlikely to make it.

Timezone o/

I think some people will stay longer than expected. Numbers like 40k would be ok with me for a year.

Exactly. My impression is that F2P is puting lipstick on a pig for ~reasons~. It is just an extended trial for noobs, the NPE hasn't been completed nor tested yet so it's hard to figure how could it impact retention even if it was a well conceived plan (which I don't think it is). And for veterans it's pointless, I've got PLEXes, I've got isk, I can return to the game anytime I want. But I don't want. I just take the forums for free and thank CCP for giving me EVE's full value for me at the moment.

So I can say: morning lovelies!

And get likes to 11,000 and beyond!

There are a few to many issues in my opinion that will prevent EvE growing significantly and also probably stunt f2p's retention.

The most glaring issue will be the power creep of Faction Ships as opposed to T1 Ships. Faction ships simply crush their T1 counterparts and often are superior to their T2 counterparts. As such a new player will just keep dying and give up if they try the solo pvp scene.

Nullsec and Lowsec factions are generally uninterested in alpha recruitment as they can't fly doctrines efficiently. Only groups that will sniff at them will be Waffles, PH, Brave and Karma but the only one that will retain these people will probably be horde.

But after CO2 and Test evac next month most the content for these players will once more be gone and Northern Coalition will go back to ganking horde and these alphas will quit due to Titan imbalances. (Pre tribute war NC was openly attacking Horde. Big daddy PL halted that for this war.)

While Supers should be strong the relative power difference between a single super and their capital counterparts is to great. Which means the only counter to supers is more supers. This means any new alpha players are not going to impact this meta as cruiser and Gnosis numbers will mean nothing in a pitched battle.

And when they feel helpless, they wont bother.

Highsec also has some issues. I can undock in jita and kill anything smaller than a cruiser before the police kill me. Code. are heavily farming new alphas and reddit is full of confused alphas abput why concord is so slow. We understand why, alphas don't. So we lose alphas.

The new mining fleets for npcs. Their reinforcement frigates can warp in and deal 1000dps and the large ships more. They are over-tuned and will melt alphas. A challenge is always welcome but the rewards are not worth the risk for an alpha. Or an Omega tbh.

And no doubt mores issues.

But the only reason to play EvE is people you meet and it can be seriously hard to meet the right people in EvE. And unless you're useful to them they are unlikely to want to do anything but farm you for killboard stats.

Anywho.

Morning LAGL o/

http://imgur.com/a/rI1Oy My new holoreel print. \o/
That is in the theme of me being pop star.
But I cant even play or sing few notes right irl. 😭
Maybe I could play some doom or ambient with great difficulty.

Lets give EVE time. New players may bring more new players because of videos like these.

What is important is that we play it.

I dont know, never had any credit. My family never had any credit. We live in a creditless world of some kind.

Is richer he who earns 5 and spends 3, than who earns 10 and spends 9.

Nighties lovelies!


Also: how about learning about planets of the Solar System (for 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders) with Elite: Dangerous?

Hi Pix. o/

Timezone everyone o/

I have enough ISK for my needs. Buying clothes from time to time, chocolate, pink SKINs.

Paying exotic dancers to entertain me.

Almost out of time, so close though.