Originally posted by Jakuza

Time to check the anger how growing up on EVE forum because of new crap and unusable Unified Inventory system.

Always good to keep an eye on the forums while sifting through all the crap posts. As I stated above "Is everything rosy? Not in the least, but for me it has always been about trust." the unified inventory issue will be a good test to see if CCP is listening or not. It appears that they are judging by recent posts from the devs. I decided to create a trial account and chat with old corp mates before resubbing and I have got to tell you that I did not hear any complimentary words coming from my old mates concerning the new unified inventory. =P

Over all though they seemed to be more that supportive of the expansion. Time will tell.

As one of those old accounts that voted with my "pocket book" during Monacle Gate, the leak of the internal company newsletter, along with the amazingly pigheaded response by the ceo about how to read the player base, I have got to say current events in Eve look promising. It looks to me they are making good on recent promises. Is everything rosy? Not in the least, but for me it has always been about trust. In a game like Eve, and after you invest literally years of subscription fees, not to mention time, having faith in the direction the game is being steered is all important.

Yep it looks promising. May just have to take a closer look here soon and see how the old crew is doing. Or instead of getting caught up in all the old crap, have some fun while testing out the faction warfare for the first time :)

Nice interview...thank you

As I look at new games I must confess, if Elves/Orcs/Magic/Run of the mill dominant storyline, are the foundation for the game...I can not stomach to the thought of it. Not to say I am negative about my LoTRO account, although I do not play it currently. Nor any other game I have delved into. But there is NO draw when looking at any game I have not played yet containing the above items. To be more precise, as eluded to above, any inclusion of said items/storyline focus causes me to shutdown immediately. I will not/can not download the game and even give it a try.

 

 It's not a waste of time. As it's a totally different development team that worked (still working) on it.

What I do not understand is, that after all these years of development time, this is all they could deliver? The current implementation of Captains Quarters? Really?

After all those years this is it? Not even talking about the horrible animations of the characters and utterly clunky movement controls!

Me (and many others) were actually looking much forward to Incarnia, that we finally would have real avatars. It would make EVE complete and add a new dimension.

After all these years of talk talk talk and hype from CCP.... we expected..... well... MORE. /shrug

And that they now completely ignore Incarnia and not even talk about it anymore.... that is even more underwelming and just utterly dissapointing!

 

I understand you thoughts and feelings on this one mate. It is underwhelming to be sure. CCP created the expectation and has not delivered. I just do not put as much "value" on this idea as you do is all. Although I was a "Founder" in Earth and Beyond and I have got to say I loved the station environment :)

And as far as "that after all these years of development time, this is all they could deliver"? From my perspective? I am convinced that their "purpose" in investing this development time into EVE was to support their other projects, as much if not more so, than upgrading EVE. Their right to do so, and in the end may prove to be a very sound decision. But it has more to do, I think, with creating a platform CCP can use in other games. Like their vampire game for one, what ever it is called, as much as it is giving EVE a needed face lift. Once again companies decide to ignore important improvements on existing games to maximize profits by creating new products to sell instead of delivering "promised" quality in the existing game. I could be all wet on this but it sure seems to hold water given what I have observed. But who really knows besides CCP.

From my perspective:

Incarna? A waste of time and energy when things this like ship balancing should be front and center.

What is there to like about this post? Well I for one have canceled all my accounts. One has been in place since late 2004 approx. My wife and I both play with two account each because we like to do it all in a VERY competitive universe :) Or to be more precise, we used to do it all. Now we have not biomassed our characters, and our assets are still intact so we are going to watch the game to see if direction changes or becomes more solidified. However I am not holding my breath, I am cutting my losses and moving on at this point.

Look I find this article to actually be a very, very good piece. It represents a side of CCP Soundwave I guess I have not payed attention to, or just did not appreciate. The bottom line is this guy, as the first poster said, HAS said exactly what I want to hear "I would have loved to just copy paste “GOLD AMMMO GETS INTO EVE WHEN IT’S TAKEN FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS” everywhere." Only problem is, and this is supported by the fact he was not allowed to say this, is that I do NOT believe CCP Soundwaves opinion represents the upper management of EVE. Competitive game?? Damn right it is and many of us have invested YEARS of monthly fees, not to mention the hours of effort to get ahead in this sandbox. The rules were placed by CCP from the start and gold ammo, ships, aka: balance disrupting items, would be a game changing move that I WILL not pay to be part of. Nor will I keep paying to just have them implement "gold ammo" in the future to make a buck and shoot the majority of the pilots in the perverbial foot while doing so! Once again...just my opinion.

One other note about "balancing" they should look at. The whole three zone thing is a complete joke! High Security space?? BS! I say! Only thing high securtiy about it is that it gives large corps a chance to gank thousands of pilots that do not want anything to do with null sec. And they can do so without having to worry about getting ganked by other pilots while they are busy "ganking" new players that are defensless. How? By using CCP's mechanics that is how. Want to give new pilots a chance to enjoy the game and get a foot hold in EVE universe? Get those "null sec wanabes" off the new players backs. To easy to make money? BS again! unless you are a major null sec entity that can farm tech moons. Sheesh if it is high security space make it HIGH SECURITY SPACE! If you have to much high security then make the amount of high security space more limited...a total joke...and once again...just my opinion.