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• • WHAT U HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT CCP

  • Originally posted by Taniquetil
    

    OP: Please go away for a few hours and take some deep breaths.

    Would you expect a WoW / WAR / AoC account etc to GAIN levels while your account is inactive? What would be the point? The only reason everyone is pissed at CCP is because this means you won't be able to train a load of extra characters and then sell them for isk to noobs who can't be arsed the play the game properly.

    The fact that Eve still lets you skill while you are not logged on is a massive boon over other games anyway.Geez next you'll want CCP to play the damn game for you and then blame them when your ship gets blown up.

    I think you are comparing apples to peas here. The point in EvE is exactly that you get rewarded for not playing the game. No matter how many times you fire your lasers, regardless how you perform in game, the progression stays fixed. In all other games you mentioned you actually have to play the damn game to improve your online alter ego. However, if you consider clicking on a skill in your character screen as playing, then by all means, you are correct by your own standards.

    They basicly are telling you now that the Battleship from IV to V will now cost you about 2 months subscription flat (as an example, there are others). So it is a price increase for probably quite a few of their most loyal customers, those who hold several accounts. You could probably argue if alienating your best customers is a good thing. Some wrote that it is, as it will supposedly prevent 'noobs' from acquiring Avatars allowed to pilot the more glamorous virtual spaceships. Heaven forbid that those unwashed Hordes spoil it for the glorious pod-pilot master race by actually getting to fly the same ships  as those who got this privilege by watching bars fill up over several months. If you think that is an archievement, then we probably won't come to a mutual understanding here.

    Also, they very recently have offered you to acquire additional accounts at reduced rates. If you took the offer under the then correct assumption that you will get to train those accounts even when they will become inactive sporadically, you may feel screwed now. You might feel that you are not getting what you paid for, and I must say, I would agree with you.

    Finally, I liked the part in the announcement there they went to blab about that it is all in the name of game balance. It speaks of their healthy disdain towards their fanboys, sorry, customers that they assume that they will either believe that for face value or just suck it up anyway.

  • Posted: 10/14/08 3:09 PM
    EVE Online
• • Carebears vs. PvP'rs - The Final Battle

  • Alright: If I am termed 'Carebear' - which aside from being used as an insult usually, also apparently is used to describe non-PVP players in general - why would I be interested in an Free-for-all PvP game in the first place?

    It's like asking vegans to partake in a steak eating contest and wonder who would finish first. This whole issue is intellectual bankruptcy.

  • Posted: 9/10/08 3:07 PM
    General Discussion
• • Jumpgate Evolution: PAX Hands-On Report

  • I've played the old Jumpgate myself for a time. I wouldn't put my hopes up too high for this one. There is probably a reason as to why the original never really got all that  popular. There may even be several. Who knows.

    That being said, I find it absolutely hilarious when someone playing Excel-spreadsheets in space, sorry, playing EvE-online, complains about the lack of Avatar customization in Jumpgate. I'm sure you have spend a lot of time playing with the sliders in the EvE character generator to create a pure masterpiece of heroic art but which probably was nothing more than a complete waste of time since the most anybody there will see of you is a mugshot in the chat interface which will make a postage stamp seem like a vast canvas in comparison. Provided your fellow player hasn't turned it off anyway in a desperate attempt to keep the clutter that the interface represents to a minimum.

    Pot to kettle: You're black!

  • Posted: 9/07/08 10:30 PM
    General Discussion
• • How is the EVE population? Increasing or decreasing?

  • I don't have the habit of keeping notes on where or when I read, hear or see something, so I certainly can't link or name you any specific sources. This is just an impression that I got over time. And that is why I formulated the above as opinion, not as provable fact.

    This is how I perceive it. Your mileage may naturally differ, of course.

  • Posted: 8/29/08 10:14 AM
    EVE Online
• • How is the EVE population? Increasing or decreasing?

  • Well, CCP doesn't seem very credible to me in regard to what information they publish about the state of their game, including subscriber numbers. They seem to contradict themselves a lot in interviews/statements.

    However, the number of active accounts appears to be increasing in a way that I don't think can be just explained by individuals getting 2nd, 3rd or whatnot number of additional accounts. At any rate, even the most conservative guesser will agree that the game is at least not in decline at this time.

    (edited for mistype)

  • Posted: 8/26/08 8:24 AM
    EVE Online