Operative 1171 Aajli
Bragian Order
Amarr Empire
1017
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Posted - 2014.01.11 08:58:00 -
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Charlotte O'Dell wrote:Call me an optimist, but I think CCP saw this coming (tank spam) if they lowered the prices. The did so to collect a lot of data on how tanks perform-
Face it: they had 2 types of tankers to get data from- newberries in militia stock fits and big boy tankers who rarely died, anyway.
So this tank spam MAY have been intended so they can better balance tanks in the future- balance for EVERYONE. They're making bold adjustments to find a middle ground. Before, tanks were extremely hard to get into. Now, they're obviously way too easy. I feel they did this to find a happy medium quickly, instead of making marginal adjustments over several builds.
MAY?
It should be fairly apparent at this point that this whole game is stress testing. Tanks (vehicles) specifically are being stress tested as of this patch;but, it's all play testing for the real deal.
There is no test server. This game going to console was for a reason GÇö built in test base. It would have been harder to garner that amount on the PC while trying to actually make money off the game. Also, why scare off their real player base (EVE players) at this point?
You think that is tin foil hat talk? No, that is practical business talk. That's how I'd do it.
FPS based game? A company with no experience in FPS games? Need investment? A tit for tat investment would work well? Don't have to ruin your rep in the PC market? A buit in large player base of younglings and not too serious kids that can continually enter through the revolving door of F2P?
Hell yeah, let's do it! No reason not to run it on said investor's platform until the important stuff is added (Hint: it ain't all the racial suits).
Why go through the trouble of attracting gamers on the PC to play test like they had to do with EVE? F2P on the Sony network is zero money spent on advertising. Zero need to attract anybody really. Just let them wander through.
Hell, they even admitted as much if you hear what they were really saying at EVE Vegas.
Face it console kiddies you are play testers. You will help design a wonderful game for the big boys.
Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!
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