Fiddlestaxp
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Dirt Nap Squad.
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Posted - 2014.04.13 00:01:00 -
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Black Jackal, Soraya, Elphus, and Appia so far from what little time I've actually invested in looking into the matter.
I have strong doubts that Appia can separate her contempt for DNS corps from her obligations as CPM, so voting for her is out of the question. Can't have that kind of bias in charge. She seems to have alienated herself from the last few corps she has been in, which is a huge red flag for me.
There really aren't that many true and active PC players running for CPM... In fact, a good number of the CPM candidates appear to be primarily eve players or alliance leaders that are mostly part timers on dust. Not knocking that, that is how I am right now as well and there is certainly room for those that play eve/dust in equal amounts... but there is only so many CPM that we should elect with those credentials.
As far as "focus" goes, we should have at least one CPM member that lives and plays PC matches at a high level actively or is in close contact with those who do. Elphus has shown he is a level headed guy and vaguely fits that bill.
Soraya and Black Jackal would make excellent CPMs, but they wouldn't be the go to's for high end balance. Their focus on community building and other aspects of the game would be very useful however.
PS: Get that populist "RESET THEIR ISK!" BS out of here. We have worked hard over the course of the last year to be where we are. Appealing for votes through income resets is unfair in that regard. In Teamplayers/NF we put in at least a month of time played in PC, winning against all challengers because we put the time and effort in. AE and FA did the same thing. Without that effort, we would never have recognized the commonalities between us and would have never realized the benefit of pooling our powers. If you had put that kind of effort in, you would be rewarded as well. But you didn't. Or did it wrong. Either way, you DON'T want to **** us off.
EDIT: New player experience should be the prime focus of at least one of the CPM. Our game will live or die based on player retention. There are ways to do this without ISK reset(which in my opinion is a butthurt reaction). Longer academy and more social "team/corp" building tools will go a long way towards that |
Fiddlestaxp
TeamPlayers
Dirt Nap Squad.
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Posted - 2014.04.13 03:28:00 -
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Soraya Xel wrote:Fiddlestaxp, I agree an ISK reset is out of the question. You can't take away stuff after you defined the rules and given out rewards. CCP was wrong to set the rules as they did, but they can't do anything about that ISK now. However, I think they will make changes that make that ISK less of the incredible advantage it is now. To be honest.
Regarding a new player experience focused CPM, I think you have an obvious option of Kevall Longstride there, from DUST University. He sees more newbies come and go than anyone else. A lot of us are very concerned with NPE, but Kevall's got a lot of first-hand experience and knowledge in new player matters and concerns.
I am not against slowly adding more money into the game via PvE or increasing rewards from battle. Slowly inflating the money away wouldn't be a bad solution. Just make it so you have to earn the ISK... No handouts.
I will be sure to look into him. I still need to do a bit more research before elections come around. This game has had ups and downs, but there is still a center to it that has merit. |