Jita Park Speakers Corner

1.) I think the NEX store in its current form is tacky and doesn't fit well with the EVE universe. Its offerings are limited, expensive, and AURUM is used so minimally in EVE it breaks immersion and i would LOVE to see it vanish. All items such as clothes and ship skins should achievable using LP instead. That's what I believe. Is this likely to happen? Probably not if they have a bunch more clothes that are yet unreleased. The clothes (and tattoos) should still be released of course, as long as they're more or less finished and it if takes minimal resources to deploy them.

2.) Yes. Plain and simple. Limited prize ships aside, economic resources of an unlimited nature like this that are not available to a player that begins the game today, should not be held by players that got their accounts in the past. Players will never have the same skill points, but they should have access to the same in-game tools regarding wealth generation. I believe in a level playing field for new and old players alike.

3.) Yes to skill training. EVE is not about skill training. EVE is also not about emails. Stuff like that is GREAT to have on the web, we need more of it, SOON. You what drives me nuts? Why the HELL can we use EVE voice on a channel in EvEgate, but I can't access the simple text version? If you want to get more players online, more often - allow them to open intel text chats and call for a capital drop on each other's smartphones. I'm not kidding here. Play EVE responsibly and all, but lets be honest. Having a text-chat interface available through EVEgate is going to get a lot more people onto the server when something exciting happens.

Market stuff on the web raises the issue of economic PvP being as intricate as Combat PvP, and allowing half of EvE players an advantage away from home that combat EvE pilots might not enjoy. I'm not an economist, but there may be a lot of ramifications for this (not to mention the technical feat and security issues involved) that this is something I'd be extremely cautious about rushing into, and dedicating resources if its too large scale of a project.

*Note: There is a rumor of an EveGate iphone app being revealed at Fanfest, I'm exciting to hear reports from those of you that are going. If CCP doesn't show it off, ASK THEM WHY!! Stamp your feet, demand this kind of interactivity. It just makes sense.

4.) This is another crazy complicated question. I'm totally in favor of more gradual security differences between 1.0 and .1 space, I hate that there's this arbitrary dividing line. I'd like to see more tactically aware pilots watching their backs as they travel instead of living in one side of the fence or the other. But as for allowing players to actually shift where the rules apply - its an incredibly huge balancing issue I'd have to listen to a through examination of a proposed change before I could say.

I would say with out a doubt this is the candidate for folks that are focused on Faction Warfare. I still think we need a mining candidate and I will remain focused on getting one with a mining focus in the CSM 7 as well.

Good luck Hans! You will do well in the CSM 7. Hope you'll be working along side someone from my party as well!

Issler