Wormholes

I've made a pretty big update to the OP, including some signifcant rewording of the "Teach CCP their own game" part of my platform, even though Xander thought that I'd done well in defending that. I'm pretty sure he'll find the Wspace aspect much more robust as well now.

I think having an agenda is a mistake. I have opinions, and I have some good ideas about how to affect the development process, but I don't have an agenda. I'll do my best to run through your list though, so you can get a feel for my views on things.

Nullsec: I'm not an expert here, and there's a lot of great content being put out there by people who live and breathe nullsec. As far as force projection, it's a necessary evil. I say that because it's massively inconvenient for the guys who are getting steamrolled by a larger group which can move easily, but if we nerf force projection we force a large amount of people to spend a lot of time doing really boring stuff. That isn't good for the game.

Industry: Ores need work. The 5% and 10% bonused asteroids give us a good concept to build off, so that you can get more of the stuff you need where you need it, and so that the harder to find ores remain more valuable. One of the hardest parts of working with Industry right now is the UI and repetitiveness. I've done T2 ammo production, and the volume of clicking is too damn high. Job "ownership" and logging need some major reviews, as it forces industry to go to alt corps rather than be part of a larger corporate portfolio. Refining at NPC stations vs. player outposts vs. POSes needs work too, finding a good balance between these (hint: POSes should give you better results than NPC stations, not worse and take longer).

Lowsec Repopulation: It's not as bad as it seems, they just have ****** advertising. This post on Reddit in particular seems to sum things up well: http://www.reddit.com/r/Eve/comments/19smkt/the_whole_nerf_highsec_buff_lowsec_stuff_perhaps/

Ships/Modules Balancing: Fozzie's been doing the lord's work here... for the most part. My concerns lie with the "narrow the gap" philosophy between T1 and T2 hulls, and also if Greyscale is going to be properly kept away from nerfing the crap out of T3s as he'd like to.

UI Changes: I'm not very happy with the circular HP indicators, since it forces your vision to move up and down to determine relative HPs rather than just making a quick pan. Other than that, the UI improvements have been good, and I'd like to see more, and in particular some inclusion such as making ALL timers visible and clear like crimewatch timers, and getting us the same info panels for WH system effects that there are for FW and Incursions.

Inventory Changes: Let me contract combat boosters for ****'s sake. Not sure what you mean by inventory changes to be honest.

I'm not a game designer. I think that CCP does a pretty darn good job when they are pointed in the right direction and told to make magic happen. There's some good ideas out there for Wspace such as giving C4s dual statics, and getting rid of the hated Black Hole effect, but generally speaking I don't want to give them boundries to work within, I want to see what they'll come up with, and then work to refine that so that what goes out to players is the best it can be.

What would I never want to have changed? That's hard, since there's a lot that I love about EVE, but almost anything is on the chopping block if it means improving the game. So, I suppose I never want to see a change to the core ethos of EVE: This is a cold, harsh universe, but by working together with other people, you can build something great together.

Neither would a faceless alt like yourself. Log in to your main or go back to Jita park, wormhole space has no time for you.



His main post looks a lot better to me. Maybe we should vote for Chitsa or Cip whos alliances are falling down around their ears... James has done an amazing job with SSC and would equally adapt and do a good job if elected to CSM IMO. Keeping our views as a wormhole community expressed to CCP.

I like how you have only decided to ask questions and dislike the answers from the one candidate....

Obvious CSM candidate troll alt is obvious.

I heard someone was in need of a troll...

The only part that I liked was exactly that. It is quasi impossible to have an agenda with the current CSM system.

Therefore I would like to hear more from the candidate, how does he intents to organize the bidirectional communication with as many WH dwellers as possible?

Light Poodle - I believe they're planning on using a voting system that is mailed out to all WH dwellers. Not sure where they got that idea from

James. Above all I would stress that trying to take a diplomatic approach to any changes is the basis for a good CSM platform.

Don't get suckered in to all the negatives some people say about some changes, or the positives about other changes. Listen to the player base and take all things in to consideration.

As G0hme mentioned about the black holes for instance. Sure everyone hates them, but could they be used as a platform for new wormhole entities looking to get in to Wspace. By tweaking the effect it could make them more usable systems.



This.



I wish you the best James and let me finally add that I could never run for CSM because I would ignore alts like the above that are not necessarily from Wspare, have no grammar included, or are obvious trolls.

For those who might not know James Arget, here's why I'm voting James Arget for CSM8 in the primary, and you should too.

Honestly, I'de give you a vote if someone reminds me to vote :D