Well there is this one change coming down the pipes. I among all other CPM members are doing our best to prevent it because if it does go through... we're predicting a bunch of pitchforks and torches. CPM raised enough hell that the post explaining the changes has been so far delayed a week. So far still no resolution though so I got my fingers crossed and would be happy to tell you all about it once it's resolution is made public.

The most notable change the CPM pushed forward from the community and did get through was the Planetary Conquest changes for '1.3' the re-attacking and successful defense portion.

There are bunch of other very small things that have been done because they been tunneled through the CPM

I for one would not let these things continue to rot the game when I can poke a dev about it and get something done. CPM are not designers we're just sanity checks.

Funny thing is the CPM thing is taking a lot of time away from Eve as well. Kain is in the business mogul side of things though most of that is afk profits though. I retired to some quiet corner of high sec and I watch over a lab. Not sure where the others are in Eve. Hans is a Faction Warfare fanatic. So far its been pretty useful background knowledge when dealing with out counterparts when we have to talk about the link with them. At least we're knowledgeable enough to poke them about just anything involving everything involving Eve.

I wished I can say the same for our own counterparts in eve playing Dust 514 though... One guy insisted that the "Gallente Medic" among 3 other suits (amarr heavy, minmatar scout, and caldari assault) had to be nerfed first before fixing the link and the entire CPM was like

This week's theme on tales of an omni-soldier, ninjas gallente styled. :( Currently doing very badly.

Aye which is why we're getting a meeting with the CSM and CCP pretty soon about the link. I want something solid enough that a major eve powerhouse would try to invade Molden Heath for it thus forcing more regions to open up.

We're eons away from Null warfare.

Scandal?

/me grabs popcorn.

It seems he was talking about the market, not PC other than PC is only important to Eve players. Isn't this what you just said too - you want to make PC more important to Eve players?

Links of importance includes the following interactions

Corporations & Alliances,
Economy,
Interplaying.

The way I see it the pre-requisite for us having any business with eve trading/isk transfers is that our OWN trading is made available. By this manner this gives isk true value. Because as it stands now there is nearly no difference between a player with 8 billion isk and 80 million isk if they're not the sort into hiring other people. By allowing players to trade their own items to other players for isk suddenly that 8 billion isk means much more.

Corporation tools need to vastly improve and catch up to eve's own, to which in itself needs a massive maul over. While a minor piece of the puzzle its the critically important edge of it at least.

Then Interplay.
"The Why should I care if TEST alliance is falling apart?" - A Dust Bunny
"The Why should I care if a bunch of dust bunnies are getting steamrolled by EON?" - An Egger

Improving how both games play with each other will increase the value of an eve player to a dust player and vice versa. You would care if the guy that was supposed to be OB support and hire proper escorts, your eve pilot will care enough that he will break through hell just to make sure you got that game winning OB your team desperately needed. To do this you have to make both sides care, quite a bit.

This all and all is rather tricky, we do currently know that the Starbase bonuses are not cutting it and will have to provide something else. Suggestions are many and myriad and ultimately we're not there in many places but we want CCP to start thinking about better ways of improving the link before the commit to something stupid that isn't going to work which the last idea CCP threw to us CPM went lol and when brought to the CSM's attention they pretty much agreed at the lameness of it. I would be absolutely mad if they go ahead with it. True Eve pilots will benefit from it, however its nothing to write home about or start a multi-month/year war over.

Who here thinks the CPM represents them?

Let's get - yes for the CPM represents me, or no for the CPM doesn't represent me.

I'd like to see.

BTW, my vote is no.

Scandal?

/me grabs popcorn.

The foreknowledge of several groups planning to exploit the PC game mechanics and then intentionally withholding said information. Personal gain over the health of the game.

It was kind of a big deal on the forums. Outrage actually. People called for removal of CPM members.

That scandal.

I agree with this wholeheartedly.

I tried to say as much, but told I was "silly" for saying that they should be focusing on making elections possible rather than trying to shape Dust. Shaping Dust is, IMHO, what CPM1 should be doing considering they would be elected.

Well from what I seen most of the stuff was out in the public by the time everyone got to mess with it.

Well from what I seen most of the stuff was out in the public by the time everyone got to mess with it.

Who here thinks the CPM represents them?

Let's get - yes for the CPM represents me, or no for the CPM doesn't represent me.

I'd like to see.

BTW, my vote is no.

What is Awoxing/Jenzing if you don't mind me asking?

I remember plenty of conversations about Awoxing (wasn't named as such) before PC was even remotely announced.

CPM0 is not a represntative body, they are creating a framework for the first CPM to work in. Right now they are trying to fix the communication system between the CPM and the Devs, Because if that doesn't work, why spend resources, time, and money electing a CPM if they will not be able to get anything done.

These folks are not trying to represent you, they are trying to get a system in place so others can.

Who here thinks the CPM represents them?

Let's get - yes for the CPM represents me, or no for the CPM doesn't represent me.

I'd like to see.

BTW, my vote is no.