I know this is going to get flamed and whatnot but whatever.

TLDR CCP please just focus on whatever it takes to increase player retention and new player experience.

By this I mean if it takes not listening to us, do so. Forums are always full of whining, crying neckbeards that think they should have i-win buttons or that defend the ones they have, but honestly they are not your bread and butter. The people who will make this game succeed will never come near the forums, and that is who you should be aiming towards.

Here is a thought, I have been playing this game for a relatively short period of time, 3 weeks or so, and even in that small amount of time I have noticed a decline in rookie fits running around. This is absolutely a bad sign. The amount of people running around in starter fits reflects your newer population and that is what this game needs if it is going to survive.

I played eve for a very long time, so I know am very familiar with the face smashing you constantly receive as a new player trying to live eve. There is however a refuge in eve, high-sec, while not completely free from griefers, is a place where your average joe can go and have some fun without competing with highly skilled vets.

This game has no where for the newer/less skilled players to go to avoid getting destroyed. There is only so many times a new player will enter the game and get pub-stomped before they just quit.

I know, some of you neckbeards are going to say "good let them quit, who needs em" and to that I say, you need them. If you like this game at all, you should be all for bettering newer player experiences, because without them this game dies.

EDIT: Case in point:

I played a skirmish yesterday where one team had 2-3 tanks and 2 dropships, all fully proto'd out against a bunch of unknowing scrubs (I was lucky enough to be on the tankers side.) This is no good at all for the game and everyone knows it.


EDIT II:

Oh since I have a LAV BPO, I murder taxi my butt off. It is pretty much the only equalizer I have against proto-pub stompers, and it brings me an immense amount of joy to run over a 100K+ isk fit.