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DUST Fiend
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Posted - 2016.08.31 15:08:00 -
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It won't be til later on in the year (November) but EVE is getting a limited F2P option. Still not really my cup of tea but I figured this would interest a number of you here.
Lord of all things salty, purveyor of gloomish doom and naysayer extraordinaire.
AV Incubus Specialist, Ex Prometheus
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Lightning35 Delta514
Federation Marines 62
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Posted - 2016.08.31 16:12:00 -
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https://youtu.be/iBWyoHvT5eU
CEO of Federation Marines 62 - Bravo Company
Gallente - Freedom - Quafe - Gk.0s/Gv.0s - 72m SP
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Mobius Wyvern
Night Theifs Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2016.08.31 16:15:00 -
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Yeah, I'm really excited about this. I've already seen quite a few people intending to play the game now that you can play it for free in a limited capacity.
Amidst the blue skies
A link from past to future
The sheltering wings of the protector
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Sylwester Dziewiecki
Interregnum.
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Posted - 2016.08.31 17:03:00 -
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It will kill EVE online as we know it. Mark my words.
This is Skirmish v1.0
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Mobius Wyvern
Night Theifs Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2016.08.31 17:21:00 -
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Sylwester Dziewiecki wrote:It will kill EVE online as we know it. Mark my words. It will have no negative effect whatsoever.
The DevBlog already details all the limitations of Alpha Clones, their intent to keep watch for problems with botting or ganking, and practically PLEADS for players to give as much feedback as possible to help them make the system balanced at release.
Post constructively in the Comments thread to help them develop the feature.
Amidst the blue skies
A link from past to future
The sheltering wings of the protector
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Marston VC
SVER True Blood RUST415
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Posted - 2016.08.31 17:21:00 -
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Sylwester Dziewiecki wrote:It will kill EVE online as we know it. Mark my words.
Just like warping to 0 did?
Marston VC, STB Director
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DUST Fiend
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Posted - 2016.08.31 17:28:00 -
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Marston VC wrote:Sylwester Dziewiecki wrote:It will kill EVE online as we know it. Mark my words. Just like warping to 0 did? If nothing else it should make things feel a little more lively with all those alt ships orbiting gates and the like lol.
That said, I've had no intention on going back to EVE at all, but I might float around and take some pics once it's free.
Lord of all things salty, purveyor of gloomish doom and naysayer extraordinaire.
AV Incubus Specialist, Ex Prometheus
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LOL KILLZ
LulKlz
1100
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Posted - 2016.08.31 18:40:00 -
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I'm still playing it because **** it why not. Just because it's free does not mean it's fun
Dustkillz and chill
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LOOKMOM NOHANDS
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Posted - 2016.08.31 19:42:00 -
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I think this is a great replacement to the free trial and should help greatly grow the game. I am interested in how exactly the switch back and forth between clones will work.
I wonder how much this system will influence or is influenced by Nova.
FAREWELL 514 /// FAREWELL CCP UNTIL WE HAVE NOVA OR FOREVER WHICH EVER ONE COMES FIRST
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DUST Fiend
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Posted - 2016.08.31 19:58:00 -
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LOOKMOM NOHANDS wrote:I wonder how much this system will influence or is influenced by Nova. Not at all is likely a safe bet. I wouldn't expect Nova to share anything but Lore for the most part, at least in the first year or so.
Lord of all things salty, purveyor of gloomish doom and naysayer extraordinaire.
AV Incubus Specialist, Ex Prometheus
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John Psi
Vacuum Cleaner. LLC
2147
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Posted - 2016.08.31 20:00:00 -
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God, goooooood, gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood.... We are dead.
Please support fair play!
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Alena Asakura
Rogue Clones Yulai Federation
1170
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Posted - 2016.08.31 21:00:00 -
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Sylwester Dziewiecki wrote:It will kill EVE online as we know it. Mark my words. Why do you think that? You will only be able to train basic skills for your faction as an Alpha clone. That will allow a heap of new players to experience EvE on at least three different factions, more if they set up additional (free) accounts. You will need to subscribe to access all skills as an Omega clone, exactly as a full subscription works today.
This will give anyone who wants to try EvE the ability to do so, anyone who wants to just use basic faction skills without the need for subscription to do so, and anyone who wants the full experience to subscribe and do so. How will this kill EvE as we know it, which is basicly the fully subscribed Omega clone? Surely this Omega clone experience is "EvE as we know it", and won't change, as far as I can see... |
Alena Asakura
Rogue Clones Yulai Federation
1170
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Posted - 2016.08.31 21:07:00 -
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Mobius Wyvern wrote:Sylwester Dziewiecki wrote:It will kill EVE online as we know it. Mark my words. It will have no negative effect whatsoever. The DevBlog already details all the limitations of Alpha Clones, their intent to keep watch for problems with botting or ganking, and practically PLEADS for players to give as much feedback as possible to help them make the system balanced at release. Post constructively in the Comments thread to help them develop the feature. Agreed Mobius. For those of us with active advanced subscriptions, we can already see that the Omega clone is just the same as we already have, and won't change, other than cosmeticly to allow the introduction of the "default" Alpha clone state. I myself am planning to trial letting my subscription lapse and going back to Alpha on both my Caldari and Gallente mains, just to see what it's like. I don't plan to leave them that way, but it would be nice to see what the limitations are.
I'm particularly excited that CCP haven't lost the significance of factions - the Alpha clones will be limited to their own faction (race) just as I have always envisaged a new "clone-in-training" would be from day one, and will only have access to other races/ ships/ technologies through upgrading to Omega. I think the naming "Alpha" and "Omega" of the two clone states is a bit clunky. What happens with all the states in between - Beta, Gamma, etc? I'd rather see them as "Basic" and "Advanced" or something, but it will still work regardless of the naming.
I see this as a positive step and a way for Dust players to try EvE for free just as they have with Dust, albeit within their own faction - that will give them plenty of training time in which to decide whether they want to go full subscription or stay on Alpha. Positive all round as far as I can see... |
Alena Asakura
Rogue Clones Yulai Federation
1170
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Posted - 2016.08.31 21:11:00 -
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John Psi wrote:God, goooooood, gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood.... We are dead. Seriously? Well, I have to ask who is "We"? Is that "We" Dust players or "We" EvE players, and why are we "dead" - just what about this change to EvE is causing you to think this is "the end"? |
Derpty Derp
Dead Man's Game
1539
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Posted - 2016.08.31 21:27:00 -
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You know how most people who play CCP games like making people rage and getting easy kills with superior stats... Well, this is a very clever way to create more opportunities of that for their longtime subscribers.
My guess is the Freebies will be the Bloobs (blueberries) of Eve. |
Pokey Dravon
OSG Planetary Operations
8478
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Posted - 2016.08.31 22:09:00 -
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So basically they added a free trial with limited features and no time limit?
Sounds like a positive to me. I mean they had this to a degree before where trial accounts could not train certain skills.
And to be honest, I felt something like this coming for some time and would not be surprised in the slightest if Nova has nearly the exact same model
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DUST Fiend
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Posted - 2016.08.31 22:22:00 -
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Pokey Dravon wrote: and would not be surprised in the slightest if Nova has nearly the exact same model Awhut?
FPS with subscription basically doesn't exist, and probably never will. Also last we heard skills were being revisited and looked like they were being turned into something closer to an unlock system.
Basically this model wouldn't possibly work in Nova, and will likely just be F2P with boosters and the like.
Lord of all things salty, purveyor of gloomish doom and naysayer extraordinaire.
AV Incubus Specialist, Ex Prometheus
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Ripley Riley
Incorruptibles
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Posted - 2016.08.31 22:31:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote:FPS with subscription basically doesn't exist, and probably never will. Also last we heard skills were being revisited and looked like they were being turned into something closer to an unlock system.
Basically this model wouldn't possibly work in Nova, and will likely just be F2P with boosters and the like. It kind of already existed in DUST 514. The sub was just hidden behind inside purchasing an active and passive booster each month: roughly $15. This accelerated the rate of SP acquisition.
In the Clone State model CCP created for EVE you accumulate SP more slowly as an alpha clone. Rattati said something about having to use a piece of gear to earn XP with it in nova, right? Well imagine if being an omega clone in nova increased that XP gain rate by 50%. Only $15 a month! It's basically a booster, just by a different name.
CCP could also limit players to the weapons/dropsuits of their chosen race if they are alpha clones, just like how EVE ships are restricted.
This has the added bonus of tying nova and EVE together with a common lore element.
My advice to you, playa.
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DUST Fiend
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Posted - 2016.08.31 22:32:00 -
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If CCP puts a subscription on Nova I will have a field day.
An absolute field day.
Lord of all things salty, purveyor of gloomish doom and naysayer extraordinaire.
AV Incubus Specialist, Ex Prometheus
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Ripley Riley
Incorruptibles
14171
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Posted - 2016.08.31 22:33:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote:If CCP puts a subscription on Nova I will have a field day.
An absolute field day. You will have a field day because you couldn't see the sub that was already in DUST 514? Unless you mean as a tongue in cheek "I'm DUST Fiend and I'm angwy at nuffing!" kind of way; if so, you should totally do it. I'd watch that video.
My advice to you, playa.
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Pokey Dravon
OSG Planetary Operations
8478
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Posted - 2016.08.31 22:35:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote:If CCP puts a subscription on Nova I will have a field day.
An absolute field day.
This is CCP you know...
Honestly though even if they don't lock content behind a sub wall, ai could see them having a sub option that basically comes with perks you can otherwise buy ala carte
EVE: Phoenix - 'Rise Again' Trailer
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DUST Fiend
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Posted - 2016.08.31 23:11:00 -
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Pokey Dravon wrote:DUST Fiend wrote:If CCP puts a subscription on Nova I will have a field day.
An absolute field day. This is CCP you know... Honestly though even if they don't lock content behind a sub wall, ai could see them having a sub option that basically comes with perks you can otherwise buy ala carte Wooo pay creep, everyones favorite balance destroyer!
F2P is tough if you don't have much market for cosmetic things. Basically in an FPS they pretty much have to give you a direct advantage of some kind. Boosters were clever because it sort of absorbed the brunt of that advantage by spreading it out, but the simple fact is a boosted character has more advantage than a non boosted one. Not through direct 1 to 1 advantage, but through versatility. This again was absorbed later on as more people had a build or two fleshed out, so it became less apparent to the average player.
I've accepted that Nova is likely going to **** me off on many fronts, but if they manage to introduce clear P2W I will lose my raisins.
Lord of all things salty, purveyor of gloomish doom and naysayer extraordinaire.
AV Incubus Specialist, Ex Prometheus
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Dreis ShadowWeaver
RIP DUST 514
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Posted - 2016.08.31 23:19:00 -
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This is an excellent idea, I'll definitely come back and check out EVE again when this launches. It might even get me into subscribing later down the line. I don't think I would have ever gone back to EVE again otherwise.
We did it for Nigel ( ; ~;)7
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Tomoko is mai waifu
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Mobius Wyvern
Night Theifs Curatores Veritatis Alliance
8354
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Posted - 2016.09.01 00:36:00 -
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Dreis ShadowWeaver wrote:This is an excellent idea, I'll definitely come back and check out EVE again when this launches. It might even get me into subscribing later down the line. I don't think I would have ever gone back to EVE again otherwise. I've been seeing many people thinking that way.
Amidst the blue skies
A link from past to future
The sheltering wings of the protector
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Breakin Stuff
Goonfeet Special Planetary Emergency Response Group
13186
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Posted - 2016.09.01 08:19:00 -
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Derpty Derp wrote:You know how most people who play CCP games like making people rage and getting easy kills with superior stats... Well, this is a very clever way to create more opportunities of that for their longtime subscribers.
My guess is the Freebies will be the Bloobs (blueberries) of Eve.
Freebies will, more likely, learn the joy of swarming the ever-living bejeezus out of veteran pilots.
Doesn't matter how fracking powerful your Raven/Abaddon/Maelstrom/Megathron battleships is. 30 3-day-old newbies will take your cocky ass to the cleaners if even ONE of them thinks to train/fit warp disruptors or scrams.
Nothing Sexier than getting a killmail that's worth 120x the total value of your entire small fleet, even if you lose half of your ships. And Battleships can cost somewhere upwards of 250-400 million depending on the fit, and what modules. That kind of salvage is RICH loot to a pack of newbies.
Rookie ships are free. Even a PvP fit Rifter only costs what, a mil, tops?
Yes, I am a Goon. No, I don't care about your spacepolitik.
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John Psi
Vacuum Cleaner. LLC
2147
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Posted - 2016.09.01 13:35:00 -
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Alena Asakura wrote:John Psi wrote:God, goooooood, gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood.... We are dead. Seriously? Well, I have to ask who is "We"? Is that "We" Dust players or "We" EvE players, and why are we "dead" - just what about this change to EvE is causing you to think this is "the end"?
There is only one positive thing:
1. F2P shooter can not be integrated into existing EVE model. 2. Shooter without integration is absolutely uninteresting. 3. Perhaps the integration will be possible on the basis of a new EVE model.
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DUST Fiend
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Posted - 2016.09.01 14:12:00 -
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John Psi wrote:Alena Asakura wrote:John Psi wrote:God, goooooood, gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood.... We are dead. Seriously? Well, I have to ask who is "We"? Is that "We" Dust players or "We" EvE players, and why are we "dead" - just what about this change to EvE is causing you to think this is "the end"? There is only one positive thing: 1. F2P shooter can not be integrated into existing EVE model. 2. Shooter without integration is absolutely uninteresting. 3. Perhaps the integration will be possible on the basis of a new EVE model. If you're holding out for EVE connection with Nova you should probably take a walk to your nearest Biomass facility.
It will be far more satisfying.
Lord of all things salty, purveyor of gloomish doom and naysayer extraordinaire.
AV Incubus Specialist, Ex Prometheus
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Derpty Derp
Dead Man's Game
1539
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Posted - 2016.09.01 14:54:00 -
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Breakin Stuff wrote:Derpty Derp wrote:You know how most people who play CCP games like making people rage and getting easy kills with superior stats... Well, this is a very clever way to create more opportunities of that for their longtime subscribers.
My guess is the Freebies will be the Bloobs (blueberries) of Eve. Freebies will, more likely, learn the joy of swarming the ever-living bejeezus out of veteran pilots. Doesn't matter how fracking powerful your Raven/Abaddon/Maelstrom/Megathron battleships is. 30 3-day-old newbies will take your cocky ass to the cleaners if even ONE of them thinks to train/fit warp disruptors or scrams. Nothing Sexier than getting a killmail that's worth 120x the total value of your entire small fleet, even if you lose half of your ships. And Battleships can cost somewhere upwards of 250-400 million depending on the fit, and what modules. That kind of salvage is RICH loot to a pack of newbies. Rookie ships are free. Even a PvP fit Rifter only costs what, a mil, tops?
16 bloobs couldn't even work together to read a map and find the objective in Dust... What makes you think 30 of them will be able to navigate in space as a team? lol.
But yeah, I'd guess you'll see a lot of vets using this tactic with newly created accounts... Sounds like they've created a low risk high reward mechanic. |
John Psi
Vacuum Cleaner. LLC
2147
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Posted - 2016.09.01 15:48:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote: If you're holding out for EVE connection with Nova you should probably take a walk to your nearest Biomass facility.
John Psi wrote: 2. Shooter without integration is absolutely uninteresting.
We have thousands of varieties of this stuff. If there is no integration - another variety no one would notice.
Please support fair play!
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One Eyed King
Nos Nothi
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Posted - 2016.09.02 01:49:00 -
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John Psi wrote:DUST Fiend wrote: If you're holding out for EVE connection with Nova you should probably take a walk to your nearest Biomass facility.
John Psi wrote: 2. Shooter without integration is absolutely uninteresting.
We have thousands of varieties of this stuff. If there is no integration - another variety no one would notice. Except Dust had integration that was so poorly done only 1% used it (I think it was even lower than that, but can't remember the exact number).
People will play a good shooter, and EVE players will keep Nova afloat so long as it is not crap, until such time as new things like integration can be added.
Doing things the right way is more important at this point than doing any old thing. That is what Dust did, and we are lucky it lasted as long as it did.
In some ways Fanfest 14 and Legion were a blessing in disguise because the previous team on Dust was awful, and the Legion disaster forced their ouster to get someone like Rattati on board to point things in the right direction.
Former CEO of the Land of the BIind.
Any double entendre is unintended I assure you.
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DUST Fiend
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Posted - 2016.09.02 01:53:00 -
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One Eyed King wrote:In some ways Fanfest 14 and Legion were a blessing in disguise because the previous team on Dust was awful, and the Legion disaster forced their ouster to get someone like Rattati on board to point things in the right direction. That's still kind of subjective though. I mean yes Rattati put in a good effort but it didn't change that CCP essentially abandoned the IP. I've been doing a good job of keeping my trap shut about Nova until it's actually on my PC for me to properly test, but lately I can't help but feel that Nova will end up being another Legion and WoD. I feel like they took their focus off of this IP a long time ago, and Nova is just a way to keep us hooked in the same way that Legion was.
I'll likely be proven wrong, but them WoD feels tho
Lord of all things salty, purveyor of gloomish doom and naysayer extraordinaire.
AV Incubus Specialist, Ex Prometheus
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Pokey Dravon
OSG Planetary Operations
8480
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Posted - 2016.09.02 03:48:00 -
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One Eyed King wrote:John Psi wrote:DUST Fiend wrote: If you're holding out for EVE connection with Nova you should probably take a walk to your nearest Biomass facility.
John Psi wrote: 2. Shooter without integration is absolutely uninteresting.
We have thousands of varieties of this stuff. If there is no integration - another variety no one would notice. Except Dust had integration that was so poorly done only 1% used it (I think it was even lower than that, but can't remember the exact number). .
100% This. Everyone crying "Without EVE Integration, it wont be a good as Dust!"
What freaking EVE integration? Was it the orbitals that were barely used and ultimately made nearly obsolete due to the WP barge strikes? Or was it the FacWar that was only a 1 way integration where the only effect was on EVE and did nothing to alter the gameplay in Dust?
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One Eyed King
Nos Nothi
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Posted - 2016.09.02 04:42:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote:One Eyed King wrote:In some ways Fanfest 14 and Legion were a blessing in disguise because the previous team on Dust was awful, and the Legion disaster forced their ouster to get someone like Rattati on board to point things in the right direction. That's still kind of subjective though. I mean yes Rattati put in a good effort but it didn't change that CCP essentially abandoned the IP. I've been doing a good job of keeping my trap shut about Nova until it's actually on my PC for me to properly test, but lately I can't help but feel that Nova will end up being another Legion and WoD. I feel like they took their focus off of this IP a long time ago, and Nova is just a way to keep us hooked in the same way that Legion was. I'll likely be proven wrong, but them WoD feels tho They may have abandoned the IP specifically, but not its notion (unless they cancelled and haven't told us otherwise).
Rattati took a dumpster fire, made it as cohesive as possible with few resources, and made it profitable. If it weren't for that CCP likely would have ditched the idea of an EVE FPS indefinitely.
And Nova already had a playable demo, which was waaaay more than Legion ever had. Not to mention the Legion was based on the same broken code that Dust had, so it was doomed to fail anyways.
Aside from wishing that CCP had hired the right people for the Dust project to begin with, Nova really is the best we can hope for at this point.
Former CEO of the Land of the BIind.
Any double entendre is unintended I assure you.
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Breakin Stuff
Goonfeet Special Planetary Emergency Response Group
13186
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Posted - 2016.09.02 07:42:00 -
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Derpty Derp wrote:
16 bloobs couldn't even work together to read a map and find the objective in Dust... What makes you think 30 of them will be able to navigate in space as a team? lol.
But yeah, I'd guess you'll see a lot of vets using this tactic with newly created accounts... Sounds like they've created a low risk high reward mechanic.
Goonswarm Federation.
Started out as a buncha confused nerds blobbing people in rookie ships.
Brave Newbies pretty much did the same thing early on, only they collectively embraced the Talwar.
Never underestimate a swarm of rookie spergs, they might find someone charismatic enough to organize them into something dangerous.
Or funny.
Preferrably both.
Yes, I am a Goon. No, I don't care about your spacepolitik.
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John Psi
Vacuum Cleaner. LLC
2147
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Posted - 2016.09.02 08:45:00 -
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One Eyed King wrote:Except Dust had integration that was so poorly done only 1% used it (I think it was even lower than that, but can't remember the exact number)
1% - a very good result for console players, hehehe )))
Pokey Dravon wrote:What freaking EVE integration? Was it the orbitals that were barely used and ultimately made nearly obsolete due to the WP barge strikes? Or was it the FacWar that was only a 1 way integration where the only effect was on EVE and did nothing to alter the gameplay in Dust?
EVE integration - it is an opportunity to play in the sandbox, in a persistent universe, where there will be something more than endless meaningless matches of session shooter.
I have good news for all those who are waiting for the next sleaze. This is what you are looking for - $17.99 only!
I hope we never meet again )))
Please support fair play!
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DUST Fiend
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Posted - 2016.09.02 10:00:00 -
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Pokey Dravon wrote:
100% This. Everyone crying "Without EVE Integration, it wont be a good as Dust!"
What freaking EVE integration? Was it the orbitals that were barely used and ultimately made nearly obsolete due to the WP barge strikes? Or was it the FacWar that was only a 1 way integration where the only effect was on EVE and did nothing to alter the gameplay in Dust?
To be fair a lot of people came for the supposed / potential integration and stayed because they figured it was going to be a persistent experience and it would be built upon.
Later on when it was obvious that was never going to come, you also saw a general bleeding of new players. People could see that the game was poorly coded and with no higher purpose to the game, they just left. Many vets just stayed because they got used to it and grew to like the gameplay despite the total lack of connection.
Lord of all things salty, purveyor of gloomish doom and naysayer extraordinaire.
AV Incubus Specialist, Ex Prometheus
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Alena Asakura
Rogue Clones Yulai Federation
1170
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Posted - 2016.09.03 02:28:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote:Pokey Dravon wrote:
100% This. Everyone crying "Without EVE Integration, it wont be a good as Dust!"
What freaking EVE integration? Was it the orbitals that were barely used and ultimately made nearly obsolete due to the WP barge strikes? Or was it the FacWar that was only a 1 way integration where the only effect was on EVE and did nothing to alter the gameplay in Dust?
To be fair a lot of people came for the supposed / potential integration and stayed because they figured it was going to be a persistent experience and it would be built upon. Later on when it was obvious that was never going to come, you also saw a general bleeding of new players. People could see that the game was poorly coded and with no higher purpose to the game, they just left. Many vets just stayed because they got used to it and grew to like the gameplay despite the total lack of connection. Agreed. It could have been so much more. |
One Eyed King
Nos Nothi
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Posted - 2016.09.03 04:11:00 -
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DUST Fiend wrote:Pokey Dravon wrote:
100% This. Everyone crying "Without EVE Integration, it wont be a good as Dust!"
What freaking EVE integration? Was it the orbitals that were barely used and ultimately made nearly obsolete due to the WP barge strikes? Or was it the FacWar that was only a 1 way integration where the only effect was on EVE and did nothing to alter the gameplay in Dust?
To be fair a lot of people came for the supposed / potential integration and stayed because they figured it was going to be a persistent experience and it would be built upon. Later on when it was obvious that was never going to come, you also saw a general bleeding of new players. People could see that the game was poorly coded and with no higher purpose to the game, they just left. Many vets just stayed because they got used to it and grew to like the gameplay despite the total lack of connection. I disagree.
I saw many reasons for people leaving over the years (it seems like every single one left a "I am out of here!" thread...), but not once do I remember anyone saying lack of integration was high on the list.
In fact, it was that attempt at integration in the first place that took away resources that could have been used to make the gameplay actually fun. In essence, an argument can be made (and I do) that the poor attempt at integration and its consequences are a much more significant reason Dust failed.
Former CEO of the Land of the BIind.
Any double entendre is unintended I assure you.
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Sylwester Dziewiecki
Interregnum.
575
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Posted - 2016.09.08 15:49:00 -
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Alena Asakura wrote:Sylwester Dziewiecki wrote:It will kill EVE online as we know it. Mark my words. Why do you think that? You will only be able to train basic skills for your faction as an Alpha clone. That will allow a heap of new players to experience EvE on at least three different factions, more if they set up additional (free) accounts. You will need to subscribe to access all skills as an Omega clone, exactly as a full subscription works today. This will give anyone who wants to try EvE the ability to do so, anyone who wants to just use basic faction skills without the need for subscription to do so, and anyone who wants the full experience to subscribe and do so. How will this kill EvE as we know it, which is basicly the fully subscribed Omega clone? Surely this Omega clone experience is "EvE as we know it", and won't change, as far as I can see... Okey, I say why I think so.
Let's think about who is putting dolar in to the CCP pocked for a second - It's people who pays subscription, and those who do that plus buy some plexes from CCP to sell them on market for ISK(to buy titan). That is basic, there are also others sources of dollars(t-shorts, books, aurum, ff etc.) but they are less important then this. Beside, if people would not be active subscribers they would not buying this stuff. So those people are paying CCP employments salary.
With increased numbers of players, CCP will have to employ more people to maintain the same level of services, but they will not have extra money for it so instead they will have to drop quality of it instead. Like with Dust and bugs reports that end up in some misterium box that no one ever open. Well, it is more like last stage of dealing with the problem. I think they will try to extend link between player that have problem and CCP employ that can solve it. So that player will have to deal with FAQ pages, forums, other players opinions and if he will not get answer he may ask GM, and wait for answer a couple of days. The more AC players we will have with problems, the longer queue will be to solve it.
Another subject. Current game mechanic allows players to play it in order to pay for it - if you gone buy plex from other player, you may use it to extend your sub. by 30 days - new trial players are able to do it if they find them self in right circumstances. If players will have no time limitation on buying plex, and there will be much more players that want to buy one, price of them will go up - meaning that person who bought them from CCP will get more ISK for even less quantity of dollars. But CCP is smart, and they will not allow this, right? They already stated(somewhere) that they will not control market. With is scary, because instead of controlling market prices they may remain in-control by adjusting item itself instead, or other items that are required to build it. So that person with 'plenty of dollars' will have to spend them any ways, because item will be more durable for example. In fact, I would not be surprised if they would already done it with Citadel expansion. It may lead to conclusion that it is some how not-cool, but at the same point it is 'good' for us all(a good accent at the end of post).
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