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Dovinian for CSM7

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Dovinian
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#181 - 2012-02-16 16:34:31 UTC
******* christ am I hungover.
Quirc
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#182 - 2012-02-16 16:44:02 UTC
Dovinian wrote:
******* christ am I hungover.


That gets my vote.
Hexa Hedron
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#183 - 2012-02-16 18:44:41 UTC
I'm a six sided polyhedron and I endorse Dovinian for CSM.
Timmy Tebow
Fingers of God
Rainbow Knights
#184 - 2012-02-16 19:50:12 UTC
I hope I didn't miss these elsewhere in the thread, but I have three questions for you:

1) How do you feel about time dilation and the potential impact it has on CCP in regards to demotivating them in upgrading server hardware?

2) PLEX/GTC prices are too damn high. How will you leverage your influence on the CSM to bring down the price of game time paid with isk?

3) How should CCP reward veterans for their longevity in playing this game instead of punishing them via "end-game" nerfs?

Thanks for answering and good luck in your campaign!
Pseudo Ucksth
Camellia Void Cartographics
#185 - 2012-02-16 20:30:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Pseudo Ucksth
Timmy Tebow wrote:

1) How do you feel about time dilation and the potential impact it has on CCP in regards to demotivating them in upgrading server hardware?

2) PLEX/GTC prices are too damn high. How will you leverage your influence on the CSM to bring down the price of game time paid with isk?

3) How should CCP reward veterans for their longevity in playing this game instead of punishing them via "end-game" nerfs?

Thanks for answering and good luck in your campaign!


1) There is only so much you can do to "upgrade server hardware", especially considering that this is a single-shard game. Read this dev blog and learn that there are also large software bottlenecks to overcome.

2) The PLEX economy is complicated, but in the end, high prices are enabled by vendors raising prices and people buying them at those high prices.

3) What exactly do you mean by '"end-game" nerfs'? Each player has their own endgame, other players have no idea of an endgame.

Related questions are for Dovi:

1) Do you think that CCP should focus more on refining the back-end of EvE and the Carbon Engine? Do you think that this should take priority over other bugfixes or content development?

2) How much is 30 days of EvE worth to you in ISK? Is it CCP's fault for the high ISK prices? Do you think that having a fixed price around the world is a large factor?

3) Do you think that this sandbox of ours isn't sandboxy enough? Do you think that any particular perception of an endgame is the fault of CCP, or the players themselves?
Ingen Kerr
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#186 - 2012-02-16 20:35:15 UTC
Armor or Armour?
Jinli mei
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#187 - 2012-02-17 00:03:12 UTC
Timmy Tebow wrote:
I hope I didn't miss these elsewhere in the thread, but I have three questions for you:

1) How do you feel about time dilation and the potential impact it has on CCP in regards to demotivating them in upgrading server hardware?


What? What potential impact? Where is this even stated as a possibility? As it stands, they can do more to invest in making parts of the game friendly with >1 core/proc and iterate over code available before looking at server hardware again. Sheesh.

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2) PLEX/GTC prices are too damn high. How will you leverage your influence on the CSM to bring down the price of game time paid with isk?


How is this possible anywhere? PLEX is going for what people are paying for it. When people stop buying PLEX, prices will descend and everyone will love their low-prices again until the demand rises. Basic economics yo~

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3) How should CCP reward veterans for their longevity in playing this game instead of punishing them via "end-game" nerfs?


Good question! Maybe they should offer titan-only thunderdomes.
Xolve
State War Academy
Caldari State
#188 - 2012-02-17 00:11:16 UTC
Jinli mei wrote:
Good question! Maybe they should offer titan-only thunderdomes.


This.

And your alliance forum avatar is better...
Shoot2kilI
The Milkmen
Churn and Burn
#189 - 2012-02-17 09:04:24 UTC
Dovi for csm Roll

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Dovinian
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#190 - 2012-02-17 09:54:15 UTC  |  Edited by: Dovinian
Timmy Tebow wrote:
I hope I didn't miss these elsewhere in the thread, but I have three questions for you:

1) How do you feel about time dilation and the potential impact it has on CCP in regards to demotivating them in upgrading server hardware?

2) PLEX/GTC prices are too damn high. How will you leverage your influence on the CSM to bring down the price of game time paid with isk?

3) How should CCP reward veterans for their longevity in playing this game instead of punishing them via "end-game" nerfs?

Thanks for answering and good luck in your campaign!



1) I'm pretty well convinced that CCP and Team Gridlock are committed to improving our gameplay from a performance point of view. It just so works out that a lot of the walls they're facing are coding issues -- throwing more RAM and processors around doesn't do a thing to solve the problem. If they can find a way to make processes use more than one core/cpu that will go a long ways towards improvement. Server hardware isn't the problem causing lag, it's legacy code with terrible documentation. They're doing what they can to figure out problems and work on them. Read Dev Blogs and you'll see plenty of evidence of this.

2) PLEX Prices are something that CCP should absolutely not interfere with. The sellers are going to charge what the buyers are willing to pay. This is simple economics. It's possible there's not enough isk sinks and Incursions are too profitable for the risk. I'm not really sure what the exact cause is, but prices will stay as long as people keep buying at the high prices.

3) This is something that was touched on in the last CSM Summit Notes. It can be a very touchy subject but I think it definitely needs some attention. I don't have an answer/solution by any means but I'm open to exploring.
Dovinian
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#191 - 2012-02-17 10:02:52 UTC
Pseudo Ucksth wrote:

Related questions are for Dovi:

1) Do you think that CCP should focus more on refining the back-end of EvE and the Carbon Engine? Do you think that this should take priority over other bugfixes or content development?

2) How much is 30 days of EvE worth to you in ISK? Is it CCP's fault for the high ISK prices? Do you think that having a fixed price around the world is a large factor?

3) Do you think that this sandbox of ours isn't sandboxy enough? Do you think that any particular perception of an endgame is the fault of CCP, or the players themselves?


1) There's evidence that CCP are working on the parts of the code that they can. Some areas need a complete re-write to fix things and that's fine -- it just takes a lot of time. Balance between performance fixes and gameplay bugs is absolutely necessary. Focusing on one and neglecting the other would end badly in my opinion.

2) If PLEX prices get much higher I might go back to paying in dollars for some of my subscriptions, but if they stay around where they are I'm happy enough. I'd LOVE to see 300m PLEX again, those were the good old days. But I think CCP absolutely should not meddle with the market. That's one thing that makes EVE unique over other MMOs.

3) I'd like to give this more thought before I respond. Grab me on Jabber and we can talk about it some more.
Dovinian
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#192 - 2012-02-17 10:04:07 UTC
Ingen Kerr wrote:
Armor or Armour?

E-Honoure~~~
Cornbread Red
Doomheim
#193 - 2012-02-17 21:38:17 UTC
Please ask yourself honestly why you're running for CSM.

The replies in this thread are insipid and frivolous.

I'm in favor of big alliances voting someone into a CSM position, just put up a candidate with an idea, an opinion, or at least a platform.

To sum up this thread:
"TESTCANDIDATE321 > I'm going to go along with whatever the rest of the CSM says."

Dovinian
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#194 - 2012-02-17 22:23:06 UTC
Cornbread Red wrote:
Please ask yourself honestly why you're running for CSM.

The replies in this thread are insipid and frivolous.

I'm in favor of big alliances voting someone into a CSM position, just put up a candidate with an idea, an opinion, or at least a platform.

To sum up this thread:
"TESTCANDIDATE321 > I'm going to go along with whatever the rest of the CSM says."


My idea is that you're a giant **** head. And it is my opinion you smell bad. Deal with it nerd.
Pseudo Ucksth
Camellia Void Cartographics
#195 - 2012-02-17 22:23:44 UTC
:supaburn:
Ingen Kerr
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#196 - 2012-02-17 22:23:55 UTC
Dovinian wrote:
Cornbread Red wrote:
Please ask yourself honestly why you're running for CSM.

The replies in this thread are insipid and frivolous.

I'm in favor of big alliances voting someone into a CSM position, just put up a candidate with an idea, an opinion, or at least a platform.

To sum up this thread:
"TESTCANDIDATE321 > I'm going to go along with whatever the rest of the CSM says."


My idea is that you're a giant **** head. And it is my opinion you smell bad. Deal with it nerd.



So calm and graceful. The tact and compassion of a true leader.
Orchyre
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#197 - 2012-02-17 22:25:59 UTC
Dovinian wrote:
Cornbread Red wrote:
Please ask yourself honestly why you're running for CSM.

The replies in this thread are insipid and frivolous.

I'm in favor of big alliances voting someone into a CSM position, just put up a candidate with an idea, an opinion, or at least a platform.

To sum up this thread:
"TESTCANDIDATE321 > I'm going to go along with whatever the rest of the CSM says."


My idea is that you're a giant **** head. And it is my opinion you smell bad. Deal with it nerd.


HEL YEAH.
Boris Lachenkov
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#198 - 2012-02-17 22:26:05 UTC
My Dovi~~~~
Dovinian
Dreddit
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#199 - 2012-02-17 22:26:59 UTC
Cornbread Red wrote:
Please ask yourself honestly why you're running for CSM.

The replies in this thread are insipid and frivolous.

I'm in favor of big alliances voting someone into a CSM position, just put up a candidate with an idea, an opinion, or at least a platform.

To sum up this thread:
"TESTCANDIDATE321 > I'm going to go along with whatever the rest of the CSM says."


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You last let your heart decide?

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For you and me
Pseudo Ucksth
Camellia Void Cartographics
#200 - 2012-02-17 22:28:18 UTC