tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1966268702453044660.post7678632373099389798..comments2024-02-29T00:38:48.299-08:00Comments on Sand, Cider and Spaceships: Eve is in a Coma.... - BB52Drackarnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13450640948811964177noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1966268702453044660.post-83802255299999070712014-01-13T15:05:27.411-08:002014-01-13T15:05:27.411-08:00I would point another option: CCP tries b) but it ...I would point another option: CCP tries b) but it only caters to nullsec, and the other 80% of the game gets three years of a).<br /><br />Welcome to CCP Seagull's plan for the future, with the stargates to moar nulsec as starring feature...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1966268702453044660.post-29945893472597261112014-01-07T16:40:03.135-08:002014-01-07T16:40:03.135-08:00Many of the things you say make a lot of sense &am...Many of the things you say make a lot of sense & I think you may well be closer to the facts than you realise.<br /><br />EVE has been a good game for the last 9 years for myself & unfortunately myself & many others are now in the stages of running any remaining game time out & moving on to games that are better supported & that actually have something different to do in them.<br /><br />I personally think that the last few expansions have been nothing short of a waste of effort & although they have brought a couple of things to the game overall the expansions have sucked hard as far as giving players anything to keep them wanting to login.<br />Just have a look at the quality of things they have given the player base for example. (The yule Lads. 12 days of complete rubbish finishing with a shuttle that warps at 30AU but really does nothing much else)<br /><br />No in a way I wish CCP would either properly support the game or sell it to a developer that will. 10 years is a very long time in MMO age & I no longer think CCP has the drive or ability to properly support EVE Online, DUST514 & World of Darkness. I think that it is only going to take one of the other 2 to hiccup & EVE will suffer & if DUST514 should eventually fail or WoD fail then I will guess that will more or less be the end for CCP & EVE.<br /><br />Players are leaving the game in big numbers & the amount of active accounts logging in has dropped by thousands in just the last 12 months. It wasn't uncommon to see 32+k of active accounts online, now that sits at around 24-25k on average each day at the time I login.<br /><br />With that said I would say that within the next 12 months we are going to see EVE & CCP begin to shrink & we will also see DUST514 do what it's name says & turn into Dust. I have no idea what CCP can do to save things at this stage either as I think they may have waited too long & pushed away too many old players.....<br /><br />codex09https://www.blogger.com/profile/02626992012091284782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1966268702453044660.post-5743086210453111392014-01-07T14:01:43.610-08:002014-01-07T14:01:43.610-08:00I don't ever really see CCP going back to opti...I don't ever really see CCP going back to option C, the backlash from that from what I understand was quite substantial.<br /><br />I am guessing it'll be options "ab" (yes combined) because I'm sure they'll announce a little "big" feature here and there but I see the hand waving and promises to be nothing more than that. <br /><br />Of course I'm not expecting any "Jesus Features" because I started playing right before they went to this new model of small things. When I first read what was being offered as an expansion I gave the good'ol 'really?'. I've come to the game with hand waves and promises but have yet to see any of it.<br /><br />I now don't expect anything from an "expansion" after the let down of Odyssey. I got quite excited with Odyssey and did quite a bit of promotion and review on it. Even got the test server up and running so I could prove all the naysayers were wrong. (I tend to come off quite bitter in my articles btw.) <br /><br />So I suggest if a feature you see may excite you, to suppress your enthusiasm and continue to enjoy what you're currently doing. You never know if you'll still be playing after the next release. I know I'll be playing at least for another year because I darn well paid for it, and come hell or high water I'm going to enjoy something.<br /><br />Good point on Dust though. As much as I like the idea (love it actually), I still see no need to interact with dust players (I've even changed or turned down areas of operation because local was full of Dust Bunnies). If CCP needs to force interaction with Dust they need to reevaluate their thought process.Draiv Solregardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14177950038854140094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1966268702453044660.post-66796114619847421872014-01-07T02:56:48.338-08:002014-01-07T02:56:48.338-08:00Ah Drackarn, my old mucker, the BV syndrome is str...Ah Drackarn, my old mucker, the BV syndrome is strong in you. ;)<br /><br />It's interesting that you and I have looked at the same data, cited the same development events and even looked at the topic from a clinical medical perspective, but despite the many similarities, we came up with different prognoses.<br /><br />I'm not saying you're wrong, just very cynical - if your ski-slope effect were to come into effect, of course CCP would have to tighten their belts accordingly - but I think it'll be a long time before Singularity is ever switched off. Things seem comparatively healthy to me.<br /><br />That said, you are in a far more 'boots on the ground' position compared to my 'professional EVE spectator' status, so I entirely understand and respect your viewpoint.<br /><br />On a side note: It did not occur to me that the reason that Permaband didn't play at FF2013 was due to CCP exiling some of them to Shanghai. I even lamented their absence to CCP Guard whilst I was there and he gave no hint that was the reason. You'd have thought CCP would have flown them in for the 10th anniversary. It's their anthem, after all.Mat Westhorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553980835026556794noreply@blogger.com