Live Events Discussion

This would be pretty cool... except that it would be so easily exploited it would ruin the point.

*sigh* I KNOW some people will take away "holdings" from roleplayers. And asking for a "Amarr rp police" to only hand out "holdings" when you create your character's holdings to your specifications would be a bit much to ask.

+1

A varied game with better immersion factor is a stronger game that will live longer and bring more revenue in the end. Not to mention it is much more fun to play than a barebones dog-eat-dog player-run sandbox.

That would be awesome, and the lore would be finally used in game

There is also a list of faction contacts. As far as I can tell, the devs have stopped checking the mailboxes of those characters and/or responding to players.

+1 to this. I don't know if I buy into the idea that CCP is trying to push people out of hi-sec but I do agree as far as the lore needs more love and also need more events that are simpler for the lore team to handle, such as the research race.

I think the research race was fine. I just think timeframe needs work. Maybe complete all vessels then release 2-3 weeks apart rather than 6

While I agree with the OP and would love to have more Empire based story. I think the current trend towards the storyline focused on w-space and stuff like Arek'Jellan is CCP is trying not to play favorites. Everyone can go to Thera and get involved regardless of factional loyalty. Everyone could send w-space goodies to Arek'Jellan. The research race was concurrent so all four empires (and independants) had equal attention for the event. I don't blame CCP for trying to come up with plotlines that can be more inclusive. If they go back to Empire storylines, people will complain when those stories don't go their way, or if their faction doesn't get as much attention as the others.

They had a good thing going when they brought back event actors. It's a shame that it was ruined along the way.

Allright, this thread has been brought to my attention and I suppose I should pitch in my 0.2 isk.

New Eden as a cluster has stagnated, immeasurably so. There hasn't been any development in any of the four Empires for ages. When it was yelled about loudly enough, there was one brief mention about an election in the Federation. The Republic and Federation's "thing" with Midular went nowhere and nothing has changed. The Empire is more stagnant and boring than it's ever been and there's no progress at all in the on-going Minmatar/Amarr conflict. No, FW systems changing hands are not "progress".

We see some half-hearted pushing of hurr-durr content like A'J and nothing comes from even that kind of all-inclusive (and thus exclusive to the lowest common denominator) stuff.

Where are the faction specific storylines? Where is the progress in the Republic? Where is the progress in the Empire? What is going on at the State's Homeworld? Is the Federation pushing for peace? Where is New Eden going? Nowhere, as far as anyone can tell. There's nothing happening in New Eden that isn't some weird w-space space magic thing or completely unrelatable hurr durr in Jove space.

W-spacers and such need their time in the sun too, I have no problem with that, but completely ignoring the main empires is just completely missing the mark. Develop the world, let someone (besides the Amarr) have a win for once. Not some "well, everybody lost. Let's keep things completely unchanged" crap that we've been fed for the last several years in these conflicts.

A living and vibrant community needs a living and vibrant world to live in. Let the world develop. Hell, do it all in Chronicles for all I care, just make the factions move on. Shake things up. Break the alliances between Republic/Federation and Amarr/State. Make the damn pendulum war a four way melee. Have the Republic break apart into the individual tribes as the Federation finally had enough and cuts off the Republic. Have the State and Federation make a proper peace treaty or something. The Empire breaks into Loyalist and Orthodox factions as the Empress releases all slaves and the civil war over it starts. Anything other than this dull, unchanging world where there is no reason to even play anymore.

A sandbox is only a living vibrant place when it's still shifting and things get built and torn down. When everyone's built their little castles and structures and it's all explored, it dies. Make an earthquake. Tear down what has been built and force everyone to adapt to a new New Eden, and the sandbox will become truly alive and vibrant again as everyone scrambles to build what they envision, and others try their damnedest to tear it back down again.

THAT is Eve. That is the sandbox we know and love.

A static unchanging world is not.

I used to enjoy regularly reading Chronicles. Chronicles that covered the lives of base liners as much as how various staple technologies in New Eden worked. Chronicles that expanded the pathos of New Eden and its harsh nature. Not simply news snippets or rushed fictional stories used to market and sell new minigames and activities or ships it's presumed people will want to play with. Chronicles that gave eve flavor, heart and depth, without being labored down by meta-plot and lore that characters will likely never get to know about.