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-Liang

Hey Unifex,

First, let me thank you for the fantastic job you have done for Eve Online. You've done amazing things for us for as long as I've known you were working at CCP, and I have no doubt that you'll continue to do amazing things. I have every confidence in CCP's mobile plans with you at the helm and with your team backing you - but good luck nonetheless.

I guess I'll see you in the app stores. >:-)

-Liang

Excellent job last couple years. I do hope things don't slide once you leave. Also intimate eve knowledge should be a must . Hmmm I have just the person in mind. Formerly known as CCP Abathar.

I'm not sure why you aren't promoting (yes I know) one of your current employers to be executive instead of hiring a new person for that position

Thanks anyway, been a few very solid years.

Excellent work during time in post. Not happy to see him go. The last few expansions have been a major direction change and provided so much needed polishing, bug-stomping, and smoothing out of game systems.

Only going to be happy if the next guy continues all of the above, plus new fun stuff.

CCP Unifex, best Unifex.

You better still come to the London meet ups, Luna will also be there, she'll probably want you to sign her boobs again.

I think is a wise move. Many leaders have a set of vision, creativity, and perspective when they lead a group. They are able to view things differently than the next.

From what I saw Unifex was a Logical person who saw , quality, solidify code efficiency (code Re write), framework. Which eve really needed at the time.

The next person will come to the position with different history, and will see other opportunities. and be able to apply their strengths, to build a synergy on what Unifex's leadership built. BUT.... Hilmar and CCP Eve Crew must make sure this new leadership, if changing any of the previous work of Unifex is done to improve the game,

I hope the person is a person that is able to see able to see eve's successful niche's (eves unique balance of risk/vs reward balance) and explore those forcefully, while placing secondary effort of the areas where their competitor have, (WOT non- LOS artillery tanks),
But not a person who is going to think that Uber graphics, and being leading edge is the way to go. Who thinks that being the BEST is the only way.

In marketing it is important to stand out from the crowd, and being the best takes the least brain power but takes the most effort, time and money. Though focusing on the asset of of brain power and being different, every dollar and every hour spent will be worth 10 fold.

Incarna was the idea of being the best in avatar technology, and begin to conform to the mainstream mediocrity ideals that all games will need to Micro Transactions.

Inferno to odyssey was back to the roots that made eve different, and cleaning up the mess of being the best, or simply "lock out" an option till cheep technology could catch up and resources become available. Going back to the sand box and cutting resources from most theme park content built by devs, (though live events seems like an anomaly to me, but that may have secondary benefits to stir up universe and to have some player evangelically promote that they were there)

From X to Y I hope it is continuing to build on the unique ideas:
-Players cause the universe to change, NPC political landscape will change for the long term if a sustained effort is made, Yes make it possible that in a 5 years time the Caldari can wipe out the Gellente, only to have another new sect of Caldari to form to fight the old.
-The universe is to always to explored - resources change everywhere but at varying speeds - except regular asteroid belts.
-->Player some structures that are easier to abandon/ destroy than to recycle. so new players can discover the remnants of old Alliances assets.


Sadly I only have an extremely limited insight to the inner workings of eve. And what I say is a guess and often may counter what I have said in the past, as new information has come to light.

I look forward to see the new ideals and stuff coming from fan fest. I hope his Unifexes delve into moble CCP applications work, as I know I phones and Tables are flooding the market. In fact I have both even after saying I would never use one.... bah I am now programming a data base program for the table.

I just hope that CCP holds onto Uniflex long term, knowing he is on staff some where, makes me happy so that if things start going south, some one proven can come in and clean up the mess in a logical way.

Thanks for your hard work, the EVEdevelopment have been very satisfactory under your directions and I hope you will do as well in your new position Unifex!

Let's hope the new guy will take your example!

o7

Thanks for the latest expansions & good luck Unifex, you did an awesome job!

True. This game need some really new things, like WiS. And i think they're still capable enough to do it without turning it into the "jumping teenagers" nightmare.