DUST Search - CCP Rattati, A simple Request

Buster Friently wrote:

SuperMido wrote:

Cypher Nil wrote:

They could do a whole lot more and just rebuild eve from the ground up while doing valkyrie, CCP's approach to catering for the pro hardcore gamer and completely disregarding the casual player is why their game is losing players, If eve was turned into a free to play MMO with fair microtransactions and they started caring about growing the playerbase from the start then CCP would have all the money they would need to produce valkyrie and legion at the same time.

They've allways been running their game as a low investment low return business model. which i've allways found ridiculous as they've practically a monopoly on the space age MMO genre

The problem with that is if they rebuild EVE, and they fail at delivering something that attracts lots of new players. And at the same time leaving their hardcore fans behind, it'll be their end.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is the problem.

Let's keep in mind two things: 1) CCP is notoriously slow at development, and even then, often has to scrap and start over on projects. 2) They tried to expand Eve with WiS, but due to #1 and the hardcore Spaceships uber alles crowd, this didn't go well, and they basically scrapped WiS.


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Ender Storm Goonfeet Special Planetary Emergency Response Group 181	Posted - 2015.03.21 01:27:00 - [1] - Quote Buster Friently wrote: SuperMido wrote: Cypher Nil wrote: They could do a whole lot more and just rebuild eve from the ground up while doing valkyrie, CCP's approach to catering for the pro hardcore gamer and completely disregarding the casual player is why their game is losing players, If eve was turned into a free to play MMO with fair microtransactions and they started caring about growing the playerbase from the start then CCP would have all the money they would need to produce valkyrie and legion at the same time. They've allways been running their game as a low investment low return business model. which i've allways found ridiculous as they've practically a monopoly on the space age MMO genre The problem with that is if they rebuild EVE, and they fail at delivering something that attracts lots of new players. And at the same time leaving their hardcore fans behind, it'll be their end. Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is the problem. Let's keep in mind two things: 1) CCP is notoriously slow at development, and even then, often has to scrap and start over on projects. 2) They tried to expand Eve with WiS, but due to #1 and the hardcore Spaceships uber alles crowd, this didn't go well, and they basically scrapped WiS. IMO, "Dust" should have been the reason for "WiS" even existing. WiS alone makes no sense in the EVE gameplay - it needs people going out stations, not inside them. But, if WiS was realized as Dust for EVE, which I thought was the case at the very beginning before knowing it was PS3 only, I think it would have had more support from players. Hell, I even designed my EVE character thinking it would one day be putting armour on and doing Pew Pew on the ground, how cool that would be...
Ender Storm Goonfeet Special Planetary Emergency Response Group 181	Posted - 2015.03.21 01:33:00 - [2] - Quote Cypher Nil wrote: Assets design should be reused but not the actual files, they need to be redone. assets can be pumped out quickly upon release of the game if they just hired more staff The best thing they could do is just deliver us planets and "Lego" parts, and just let players - Legion and EVE alike - build up fortresses and industrial complexes just like we build already factories and towers in EVE. That would be totally awesome. No need to make all planets viable for this, as it would be very hard to keep them all running, but 1 planet by key location would be nice. Fewer, and bigger planets, allowing for ground control like planetside does.