It's become a common fact that the new player experience is beyond brutal. They literally get about two games in the academy before being thrown to the wolves.

Even while in the academy they are pestered and harassed by alts of more experienced players looking to make an easy bit of ISK of these budding bunnies.

While I've seen plenty about working on the interaction between Dust and Eve as well as various aspects of trade and the crazy nerf/buff cycle, I'm concerned that the new players are being over looked.

You won't hear me dispute that all of the above is well worth working toward. It's just with a vastly diminished player base and such a harsh start, what's the point in the above if so few are around to appreciate it.

So hopefully some of you won't mind answering some of these questions. It's a from a list I had made up attempted to answer myself when I had considered trying out for CPM1.

1. What would you do to help newer players?

2. Do you have incentives for new players to stick it out?

3. How do you feel about increasing the starting amount of SP by say, two to three million?

4. Any thoughts on removing the weekly cap for a players first month and/or until a certain amount of SP is attained?

5. Do you think the Battle Academy still serves a purpose, if so what?

6. Do you think it would be both wise and possible to add a Militia variant to every type of gun?
(Sure you can get basic with one level but at such a low level, every skill point matters)


So far I'm still totally undecided on who to vote for this time around. As a former Ever player, I always liked watching how the CSM worked and the differences they could make to the game. Hopefully the second CPM of Dust will do great things for us.