CELESTA AUNGM
Kang Lo Directorate
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.10.29 21:11:00 -
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The players among us who think RESPEC is a cause for celebration and is going to solve GÇ£the point in the skill-path where I think I took the wrong turn and thatGÇÖs why I keep losing these fights---NOW IGÇÖm going to WIN these fightsGÇöjust watch me---GÇ£...
...are sort of like the compulsive gambler who swears sheGÇÖs got the right card-counting system to beat the casino at blackjack, and that last week she lost ONLY because she started playing after the third deck instead of the fourth deck.
The casino has nothing to lose and everything to win by letting that gambler come back to try again. SheGÇÖs still going to lose, because sheGÇÖs believing thereGÇÖs a SYSTEM in here somewhere that will give her straight wins.
CCP has nothing to lose and everything to win by letting you do-over (heck, they even know they can CHARGE you for a do-over, and youGÇÖll buy it) to try your luck at re-skilling. Most, (not all, but most) of us are still going to lose our new SP to the same poor judgement as before, because weGÇÖre believing thereGÇÖs a GÇ£pay-to-winGÇ¥ SYSTEM in here somewhere that will give us stomper-wins.
But Dust Fiend and Alena make great points:
 WeGÇÖve played this game for so long, yet we STILL ignore AlenaGÇÖs true definition of GÇ£pay-to-winGÇ¥(your money or SP wonGÇÖt win you a Dust fightGÇöonly the unpreparedness of the red players).
 There IS something being lost by respec-allowance. TIME is lost (that means the game has sacrificed some longevity with developing your merc).
And some RESPECT is lost for those players who stuck through the game the way EVE players stuck through---absorb your mistakes, eat your losses, grind the extra time as penance, and STILL prevail.
I wonGÇÖt be respect-ing. DonGÇÖt need to, ... and I donGÇÖt have any resentments against those who DO buy a respec (respec-ers most likely wonGÇÖt acknowledge my point of view about GÇ£respectingGÇ¥ the player who GÇÿsucks-it-up-n-takes-the grindGÇÖ, so... hey, why argue, Celesta. )
I WILL be curious about the reasons WHY Uprising 1.9 has such GÇ£giftsGÇ¥ for us players. Bakery going out of business, so give the muffins away at -+ price to keep them from spoiling without a profit? Throw all BPOs and leftover goods into a revolving-Aurum scheme that lines up players to have more addictive reasons to buy more Aurum from Sony between now and 2015 than weGÇÖve seen since Jan 2014? I donGÇÖt know.
Remember that funny scene in Peter JacksonGÇÖs movie where Golum bites the ring off FrodoGÇÖs finger and finally wins the ring,... heGÇÖs won, heGÇÖs won.... But, umm, waitGÇöwhat?
Universe of good wishes for the 49, especially CCP Eterne...
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