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Will this game be shut down soon?

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Abyss Azizora
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#61 - 2017-01-03 13:44:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Abyss Azizora
Malcanis wrote:
Abyss Azizora wrote:
Will it be shut down, absolutely 100% guaranteed, yes. Do any of us have a friggin clue when that will happen? Nope, but not likely for a few more years at least given CCP's public financials. Especially since this is the only game keeping CCP afloat cause they keep making moronic decisions about their other game attempts. (lol a console-only fps... brilliant.)


Uh it's not 2008 any more. Valkyrie and Gunjack have done pretty well.


Those don't pull in constant revenue, plus they are VR games, which isn't exactly a large market. That said, at least they weren't flops like everything else, so hopefully thats a good sign of things to come. Just a shame they are turning the concept of DUST into a a copy/paste boring fps for PC that will be forgotten in a month or two. Also they screwed up as late as 2013-2014 if I recall. So your 2008 reference is itself out of date.

And the positive side, those little VR games lead to CCP making carriers in eve be fun to play in order to try and match the two games together.
Lord Ra
Sicarius.
#62 - 2017-01-03 19:09:48 UTC
Eve will be around forever.
Jade Blackwind
#63 - 2017-01-03 19:12:02 UTC
Etain Darklightner Agittain wrote:
Will this game be shut down soon?
No.
Iron Breaker
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#64 - 2017-01-04 00:43:26 UTC
The problem is there i really no place in EVE for casual players. The top 10% who enjoy harassing other players chase away the casual (paying) players.

Rather then spending time tinkering with the interface for the thousandth time, they need to add some layer to the game which players can use to defend them selves from griefers.

IMHO
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#65 - 2017-01-04 02:14:40 UTC
Iron Breaker wrote:
The problem is there i really no place in EVE for casual players. The top 10% who enjoy harassing other players chase away the casual (paying) players.

Rather then spending time tinkering with the interface for the thousandth time, they need to add some layer to the game which players can use to defend them selves from griefers.

IMHO


Tanking, warp core stabilizers (multiples of them), local chat contact list, the standing and security status system, D-scan, bookmarks system (use this for instant-undock and 0km dock bookmarks, perches, scouting bookmarks, etc) your own common sense and interpersonal skills. You are not lacking in ways to protect yourself from griefers. The problem is you didn't bother trying to find out how to avoid getting griefed and then blame it on the game lacking things like regulation against griefers.

Get educated and be vigilant. If you get griefed in here it's most likely because you didn't do either or both of the aforementioned.

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Iron Breaker
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#66 - 2017-01-04 03:05:04 UTC
Oh please, all that junk is meaningless when a gang of 20-30 come tearing through your space, all you can do is sit in station and spin.
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#67 - 2017-01-04 03:32:45 UTC  |  Edited by: Elmund Egivand
Iron Breaker wrote:
Oh please, all that junk is meaningless when a gang of 20-30 come tearing through your space, all you can do is sit in station and spin.


Offgrid instant-undock bookmarks. Drop that with a fast MWD frigate during peaceful times and use it every time you undock.

0m instant-dock bookmarks. Warp to this and as soon as the station shows up on grid you select station and spam the dock button.

D-scan and local will warn you of impending blob. Especially when the local number spikes up. Use short D-scan 1AU - 5AU and you will be warned of incoming blob (make sure to spam it. Hotkey that D-scan scan button). Use the time to align and get out.

If you are crazy/awesome/crazy-awesome enough to fight a 20-30 man gang fly a fast long range vessel of preferably cruisers (or smaller/larger if you are good enough) and learn to split the enemy gang on-grid. Do not allow anyone of them to get outside of 150km of each other, target the ones closest to you (usually tacklers) and keep transversal down by going straight line.

You HAVE TOOLS to deal with 20-30 man blob. The problem is you didn't know and you didn't bother to find out about these tools.

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Doctor Phong
Gemini Technologies
#68 - 2017-01-04 23:51:19 UTC
Eve has been dying for the nine years that I have been playing. Hope it dies for another nine.

Eve is the game people pay to hate. Never made any sense to me.

Deposit your stuff here.

Thanks
Mike Adoulin
Happys Happy Hamster Hunting Club
#69 - 2017-01-05 00:47:33 UTC
The day EVE dies Chribba shall buy it.


All hail The Chribba.

Bear

Everything in EVE is a trap.

And if it isn't, it's your job to make it a trap...:)

You want to know what immorality in EVE Online looks like? Look no further than Ripard "Jester" Teg.

Chribba is the Chuck Norris of EVE.
Elmund Egivand
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#70 - 2017-01-05 12:04:12 UTC
Also, pointing out that if suspecting bubbles around station set up by 20-30 guys out in nullsec, combine offgrid instant undock with interceptors (bubble immunity) to scout and confirm bubble.

A Minmatar warship is like a rusting Beetle with 500 horsepower Cardillac engines in the rear, armour plating bolted to chassis and a M2 Browning stuck on top.
Expendable Unit
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#71 - 2017-01-05 18:14:36 UTC
As soon as I can play this game on the Nintendo 3DS I don't care who buys it, as soon as it isn't EA Games. I am cool with Ubisoft tho.
Selene Dukat
Hideaway Hunters
The Hideaway.
#72 - 2017-01-05 21:01:51 UTC
I can't believe we still get these "is Eve dying" posts after a game that has been online for over a decade. It is one of the longest running MMO in the history of MMOs. Despite ups and downs in concurrent players, it has a deeply loyal fanbase of very active players, plus a fairly large number of addicts who break and return, break and return, break and return to the game over many years.

If its not clear by now that CCP isn't trying to be WOW, i.e. packaging a spoonfed product that attempts to be appealing to the absolute largest number of people, but instead has accepted its niche market appeal and doubled down on that - then I don't know what would make that more clear to someone.

EVE is the only MMO I'll play anymore. I'm tired of the MMO formula in general. EVE with its complexity, true freedom and brutality is the only MMO that even interests someone like me these days. I used to play virtually every MMO released. EVE is the one that's endured long after I stopped caring about all the others.

Eve will end someday. But soon? I seriously doubt it.
Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#73 - 2017-01-05 21:08:47 UTC
Selene Dukat wrote:
I can't believe we still get these "is Eve dying" posts after a game that has been online for over a decade. It is one of the longest running MMO in the history of MMOs. Despite ups and downs in concurrent players, it has a deeply loyal fanbase of very active players, plus a fairly large number of addicts who break and return, break and return, break and return to the game over many years.

If its not clear by now that CCP isn't trying to be WOW, i.e. packaging a spoonfed product that attempts to be appealing to the absolute largest number of people, but instead has accepted its niche market appeal and doubled down on that - then I don't know what would make that more clear to someone.

EVE is the only MMO I'll play anymore. I'm tired of the MMO formula in general. EVE with its complexity, true freedom and brutality is the only MMO that even interests someone like me these days. I used to play virtually every MMO released. EVE is the one that's endured long after I stopped caring about all the others.

Eve will end someday. But soon? I seriously doubt it.

Gully did an analysis a while back, with some graphporn to boot.

funny stuff

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Salvos Rhoska
#74 - 2017-01-06 09:00:03 UTC
Ultima Online is still running.

Unfortunately since the ancient split between Trammel and Felucca, as essentially PvE and PvP shards makes comparison difficult to EVE.

For all intents and purposes, it has however seen an increase in PvE, at the expense of PvP over the years.

PvE v PvP <> Old School Exploration <> CODE Licenses <> CODE Special Agent
Etain Darklightner Agittain
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#75 - 2017-01-06 10:40:02 UTC
I always enjoy reading the wry replies from the player base. When I logged in yesterday , before work, there was a considerable number of people online.

In the corp recruiting channel there were 600+ people advertising for various corps. Seems to me that the player base is still robust enough that there's plenty of mileage still left to go in game.

One of the posters above asked why not just enjoy it while it lasts? I'm doing just that when I get off work this morning. Played some lastnight before work, scouting out potential spots that campers typically hang out to get some solo pvp action in. I didnt get far enough into null to really find anything.

I'll be back at it again, tonight.

See you all in space!!!!!
Mara Pahrdi
The Order of Anoyia
#76 - 2017-01-06 11:08:52 UTC
Iron Breaker wrote:
The problem is there i really no place in EVE for casual players. The top 10% who enjoy harassing other players chase away the casual (paying) players.

Rather then spending time tinkering with the interface for the thousandth time, they need to add some layer to the game which players can use to defend them selves from griefers.

IMHO

There's still plenty of place for casual players and casual gameplay, though I concede, that there was more. I've been doing nothing else for six years now. You're just doing it wrong.

I haven't met any griefers in those six years either.

Remove standings and insurance.
Valjan Auduin
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#77 - 2017-01-06 11:18:18 UTC
As a newbro who has drifted in and out of interest with this game for a few days at a time for about three years, never really playing more than a week and growing quickly disinterested... Alpha and actually finding an RP community have got me so immersed in the game that I will likely be playing this for years now. Alpha clones brought me here and in 8 days of playing fairly regularly I sub'd up for 3 months and recently bought plex to jumpstart my isk. CCP did a great job with Alphas and I just wanted to give this reply to say EVE is attracting new players, I am one and I don't wish to leave this anytime soon....it's the MUD I've always wanted and I didn't realize it till now.
LordOdysseus
HIgh Sec Care Bears
Brothers of Tangra
#78 - 2017-01-06 19:15:14 UTC
Saya Ishikari
Ishukone-Raata Technological Research Institute
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#79 - 2017-01-06 19:38:24 UTC
Valjan Auduin wrote:
As a newbro who has drifted in and out of interest with this game for a few days at a time for about three years, never really playing more than a week and growing quickly disinterested... Alpha and actually finding an RP community have got me so immersed in the game that I will likely be playing this for years now. Alpha clones brought me here and in 8 days of playing fairly regularly I sub'd up for 3 months and recently bought plex to jumpstart my isk. CCP did a great job with Alphas and I just wanted to give this reply to say EVE is attracting new players, I am one and I don't wish to leave this anytime soon....it's the MUD I've always wanted and I didn't realize it till now.

Glad to have you.

"At the end of it all, we have only what we've left in our wake to be remembered by." -Kyoko Ishikari, YC 95 - YC 117
Dracvlad
Taishi Combine
Astral Alliance
#80 - 2017-01-06 19:57:16 UTC
To be honest I was worried, but the fleet fights seem to have got fun again because the capital ship side of things is really interesting, if CCP can build on this then they will be in a good position.

When the going gets tough the Gankers get their CSM rep to change mechanics in their favour.

Blocked: Teckos Pech, Sonya Corvinus, baltec1, Shae Tadaruwa, Wander Prian, Daichi Yamato, Jonah Gravenstein, Merin Ryskin, Linus Gorp