Nova Knife
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.02.27 05:15:00 -
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@ OP:
Quite frankly, most of the promises made by the previous EP did not happen because shortly after making those promises, he was no longer with CCP.
It's still unclear to this day how much of those promises were even in the pipeline or if he basically just went up on stage basically saying whatever cool stuff his underlings had fed to him without fully realizing the time and effort involved in realizing those. It's also irrelevant.
It is also reasonable and safe for anyone to assume that the bulk of the promises will not happen as stated by an EP who is no longer at the helm.
Like you, The CPM held up a lot of the previous promises during our initial meetings with CCP Rouge shortly after his arrival... Stating that it was these promises that got people excited and what made people want to keep playing. In response he said something that really hit home: "Should we really be trying to live up to old promises and goals made foolishly that left us with dust as it is now... or strive to set new goals to make it the game it always should have been?"
Not making promises without being able to back them up is a lesson that CCP is slowly learning, and one of the reasons why we're not seeing much from them recently, despite a few showerings of awesome attentiveness from a few of the devs (Balance feedback threads for 1.8, etc.) This is something we're glad for. We'd much rather have CCP delivering news of things that are actually being worked on and time feasible, than just saying whatever they can to try to draw people in because it sounds ~cool as hell~.
To echo Heinrich and Saberwing : Suffice it to say... There IS a plan, and with new leadership comes new goals and ideals. Without hearing this plan for yourselves, it is understandable for you to have doubts. Like anything... some will approve, others will disapprove. We have been in constant talks with CCP trying to nail down the details of where and when certain details get released (We're always pushing for information being released sooner than later... like the 1.8 balancing stuff)
I won't blame anyone for not trusting this faith we have in Rouge, but I can only hope that once he starts getting his stuff out there, people will share our optimism for a bright future for Dust.
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