Arx Ardashir wrote:AlleyKatPr0 wrote:
Oh, the EVE Online players. They are a wonderful and dedicated bunch; they write extensive excel spreadsheets; write programs which link directly into a players character; create websites, with their own forums etc etc. Suffice to say the list of what the EVE Online player-base have, will and shall do for the game of EVE Online goes on longer than the list of what women are looking for in a man.
I don't think I need to link examples here.
AlleyKatPr0 wrote:They even have mother fuckin' tattoos, and name their offspring 'Eve' and get EVE-inspired Wedding cake made for them. I **** ye not.
Gaming TattoosAlleyKatPr0 wrote:If a bumper sticker existed which said 'my other car is a Titan', they would buy it...
Bumper StickersSorry, mate, but when your "preamble" against the fans of a certain game rants against common behavior of game fans as if it was unique to your target population, it makes everything else look pretty ****** by comparison.
Now, as to your actual argument, after you were done making a fool of yourself, that could possibly be part of the case, but we'll never exactly know for sure. There was "Monaclegate" where CCP went way overboard with their first foray into microtransactions, and the price of a monocle - a mere decoration - was equal to the cost of a 4 month subscription. That was pretty ridiculous. BTW, it still costs that much, but everyone's over it now.
"Incarnagate," the "scandal" where one of the big expansions was just a room you could lock your capsuleer into (as well as an overhaul of the character deisgn system), shouldn't have been as big of an issue, becuase the expansion was f'n free. Unlike other MMORPGs, where an expansion comes out every couple of years and costs you another chunk of change, all of the EVE expansions are 100% free and there are 2 a year. Talk about a spoiled playerbase. Did they have a right to be bummed out? Of course, it was pretty lame. Should there have been rioting in the space lanes? Hell no.
Could CCP getting a bit of a big head? Possibly, but they've already had a couple of major ego checks, deserved or undeserved, and I don't think it's the case here. I think the case here is just a small dev team, some planning errors, and the instant gratification that everyone wants these days.
You can't call an expansion to a subscription model free of charge.
One needs to also ask "to what end?".
If the purpose of releasing an expansion pack after releasing 10 years of expansion packs is to add content, why?
Why add more content to a game when the existing content surely is more important? Can anyone walk in stations yet? Are drones still broken? Is capital warfare beyond saturation yet? Content in game that new players cannot access because they were not playing the game in 2003-2012?
Barely scratching the surface of content which was added (some by staff that have since left CCP) with no projections or forethought to their impact, affecting balance.
The only reason they add new content is because either the existing content is "poorly received" or they are fearful of people unsubbing if no new content is added.
Existing players want a balanced game that works at the most fundamental level, and when the fundamentals are flawed, yes, they can be temporarily pacified with a new patch or expansion/shinyness. Pacification is no substitute for enrichment, and the hunger is so high in players now of EVE they look like catwalk models: super thin and devoid of substance, wearing clothes of desirability that are useless and impractical for day-to-day attire.
Potential gamers of EVE are drawn to games with scifi roots, or just want to fly spaceships.
Potential gamers of DUST want to shoot people with cool weapons.
CCP cannot get either right, and expenditure of time and money has been mismanaged.
My unsub from EVE, and my refusal to play DUST any longer hinge on many aspects...
...mostly it is a vote of no confidence in the management structure and all those internally who support without speaking up or questioning what the core values of gaming are about.
If CCP genuinely cared 'bout the players, I would not have left, and would not post the "screw this" posts that I do.
/goes to wipe