EVE General Discussion

I would like to see CCP add elements of Minecraft to the game, considering how it's meant to be a "sandbox", like proper player-built structures, or fully-customisable ships (not just re-skins, but moving and adding wings, changing engine appearance etc). More sand please!

I'm Staying.

Eve Online will always have drops, or rises in player subs. Hopefully the changes will be welcomed ones, and will breath more life into 0.0. If it fails miserably, than I expect CCP will fix it. This game has changed a lot in the years it's been around, and for the most part, the changes have been for the better. The two things that really set Eve apart from other games, is its community, and the fact that CCP does listen to the player base. So I have faith that those two entities can work together to continue to better the game that I love.

If I compare what can be seen from the eve community in this board vs. what can bee seen from other gaming communities (you can also count f2p into this) on their boards ... the difference closes down. More and more.

These forums aren't representative of the broader community. Player run sites have a different tone which is better or worse depending on personal preference. There's an understanding on player social sites between participants that they're playing an MMO with other people regardless of gameplay style. A lot of the posters on Eve-o are outraged that they aren't playing a single player game and feel their sub entitles them to use the 'official' boards to bleat about it endlessly, push for gameplay changes and inform the rest of us how deranged we are. I'm not sure how long it will take some of them to realise the minute they took the step of talking to other people on a forum they started actively PvPing.

They listen to people who present coherent ideas and arguments which improve the game, sometimes. I'm pretty sure they ignore shitposting NPC alts (no offence, that's not directed at you in particular) and general gibbering. It's not an unreasonable stance. I've seen plenty of evidence they listen to the playerbase but to be fair if they respond by guffawing 95% of the time you can't really blame them. Most of us do reading 'player feedback' because a lot of it is hilariously daft and the people who are the most outraged are lunatics who can barely string a sentence together. If you want to have an impact on which parts of community based feedback are used, start playing the game properly within the community.

That brings to my mind, long time ago I presented in Factional Warfare militia-chat (well known place for CCP to hang around for ideas ) this idea of high sec turning something like FW with timers to capture and so on...
And moving borders between "empires"...



But then i also said back then something like:

"Heck, turn whole null also into new FW, bring it to life!"


No idea if CCP were listening, or somebody passed it forward to them, or if i have anything to do with it...
But still, it were meant to be a joke, and now it might already be comedy as it actually happened...

Last year they had a predictions for 2015 thread. Most of my response related to how CCP does not create anything new, they just tweak the current content. That is why I look at EvE as a zen sandbox and CCP as the monks who continually move the sand around with rakes.

EvE needs to be more like a desert than a sandbox.

Let me start by saying that "balance" is what drives stagnation. Eve should never be about "being fair". It irritates me to the back of my teeth that things get nerfed just because there has been enough tears on the forum. The game it self isn't that hard to workout. It's built on rules and computer calculations and if you haven't taken the time to work out when to engage or not then don't come to the forums claiming something is overpowered. I'd much rather see the developers recognize a trend and think out the box for counter game plays.

Balance creates a dull predictable game play. Eve has already become dull and predictable without the balancing project. I mean we are now seeing alliances using carriers, super carriers and titans as roaming vehicles - makes the term PVP, or small gang warfare pretty laughable.

Maybe we understand "balance" differently, but IMO it's lack of balance that makes the game dull. In my terms, lack of balance means lack of viable, competitive tools (ships, tactics, fitting schemes...) in a meta, which means lack of diversity. Which is what makes that dullness kick in sooner rather than later...

That would be another nice broken addition to game play, that would suit a minority of players. So yes going by other recent changes, it is likely to happen.

Nope, no hope in sight:

PvP alone can not help EvE.

CCP has to entice online players to pay money for the game. Those gamers expect entertainment. What not needed is smart as-sing and wise tipps like ALODs of the month. It should be legal fun to do a fail fit.

EvE players in avarage are smarter than...
This is an old myth.
This forum proves otherwise to me.
Ppl talking of meta, when they do not even understand what that means, circling in little loops about "everything is PvP" and "seal clubbing"(i mean shooting beginners) is an important emerging gameplay. It is not possible to talk about change. The most ridiculous changes are squealed over: the look of aura, the missile icons, the DCU.
SERIOUS???

To survive, CCP and EvE needs to adapt. EvE needs to invite casual players and risk averse fun park audience.
A horrorscenario some poor weenies try to paint on the wall. It is not horror. It is needed to lure ppl into the game and if they like it, they might start to pvp. OOOh but horror, areas where someone could not try for the cheap easy kill. When its up to the wannabe toughies to put effort into their kills.

So whats the bad thing, when some poor incompetent griefers can not shot at beginners anymore?
WHAT?

Simple:
Those guys are afraid, they do not have (easy) victims anymore. This forum is full of squealing and moping of those ppl.

And no, there is no hate. Thats disgust for stooped shortsighted ppl.



Nope thats so wrong as it can get.
Most online gamers like to fight for the good side. In WoW are fare more alliance players than horde. Lots of ppl like to be the white knights. Same goes for EvE, but those are the ppl that built the blue donut, not some lowly hisec dwellers.