EVE General Discussion

CCP became complacent. They thought they could do no harm and we would take whatever they shelled out. They figured give us incarnia, make it micro transaction heavy, there is no competition no one will leave we can do this.. But the jita riots proved them wrong. It also showed them that oh crap moment of 'if eve falls, so goes CCP'

This put WoD development on hold, and any progress they may have made in 3 years was halted and re-evaluated. This would cause them to change things, even in dust. So they start fixing eve, and put WoD on bare bones crew. Then they push to finish dust, because they need another game, for as i just said 'if eve falls, so gos ccp'

So they launch dust, and also show us valk which got a surprise reaction.

So as the year goes on ccp starts looking at things again, and goes 'we have two pc eve games... one for ps3 and one totally different ip... i don;t think this is gonna work'

killing WoD, while i disagree with, was a good idea. Dust clearly was not a huge smash. And i think CCP saw issues with up datinng both the pc and ps3. Plus, lets face it, the ps3 prolly had limitations they got tired of dealing with. So they decided to take charge and move to a single platform. close WoD because it was not close to done and was not part of the new direction (hell if the New Eden IP becomes a huge success, they can always relook at WoD). The point is, they need more products to survive. And they need to take risk to learn. We showed them that they can;t relay on just eve. And we showed them, they need to focus on us for now. Without eve players CCP is dead.

Hey, look at that chart -- I signed up a year ago at the peak of the Test/CFC war. .... No wonder it's felt like it's been all downhill since then.

j/k I love Eve - I just hope that some of it's best days are still ahead & it's worth building up my experience and SP to be ready for those days.

Irrelevant when you are comparing a "100% hit rate" with a 0% hit rate. Well ok they did manage to get Dust514 out the door. And in their infinite wisdom they made it Playstation only. The business case behind this being, er, let me get back to you on this...

As for my credentials - you first. This is the internet. There's no way I'd expect you to believe me and there's no way I'd be interested in proving anything. But better than credentials how about letting the evidence speak for itself. EVE is an old product with a poor audience (compared to other online games) and complete stagnation in growth numbers. Their only strength is that they seem to be able to manage to sell multiple subs and PLEX to their existing customer base, but at some point these are going to move on or even get old and die.

orly?

Next expansion will be best thing that hit eve online, you ppl give up so easy.

Who need a dev that is there forever key is in constant flux of talent in and out I say.

Now whos for some re balance pass hm?

Yes, and my children would be grateful if less extra work was created. My wife would too btw.

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