Aeon Amadi
A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S.
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Posted - 2013.10.17 11:40:00 -
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I'd like to make a formal apology on behalf of the corporation as there were some rather heated words thrown about in this thread recently that could have been conveyed with a bit more tact.
As a budding corporation in Molden Heath we're directly affected by these changes at a rather ill-conceived time and there has been a bit of eyebrow raising toward it as it seems a bit like controversy to some degree, however small. Having just established a notable foothold this does limit our profits in a negative way and with little time to prepare for it - rather, to ease into it - we're left with a bit of frustration at the ill-timing.
While it does seem a little odd that these changes occur after EON announced they'd be pulling out of PC after dominating the majority of the map, I'd like to believe that this is simply tin foil hattery, but it doesn't make me any less wary of it. These changes should have been implemented after receiving feedback from the community (something you, CCP, were -starting- to get better at) and it seems as though the changes were implemented by spontaneous reaction as opposed to legitimate concern for the game's health.
What you now have is major power blocs which are wealthy and a change that only increases the disparity between the veterans and new introductions to Planetary Conquest - yet these changes came with an already ailing system, not with a revamped one such as Planetary Conquest 2.0. Needless to say, this is a very bad move to pull so late in the game and so early in the implementation of a new system.
This is only going to get worse with 1.7 in which the x100 Falchions rewarded recently, which barely anyone utilized, are going to be removed; this inevitably meaning that there will be a refund of their value and likewise a massive ISK pool given to those that did not use them. I don't need to explain why this, coupled with the Planetary Conquest ISK issue, is going to be very very bad.
Consider this a formal appeal on behalf of an entire corporation to reconsider these changes until there is more drive behind them - less you be establishing a poor precedence.
Edit: I'd also like to mention that these changes were not made aware of via the Dev Posts tab and can either be considered a blatant attempt to slip it past the community or a careless mishap of neglecting to post very important information that affects a percentage of your player base. Please work to ensure that this does not happen in the future. |