Oh my. I’ve not seen a forums thread filled with so much venomous anger since I played Star Wars Galaxies and SOE had just released the NGE.
I can’t say I am shocked by recent events. I called this back when I was posting about how Dominion was potentially an NGE event. It seems that the quality of EVE Online has fallen since that expansion considerably.
Many people are angry and want answers but more importantly, we want accountability, honesty and ultimately our beloved game fixed.
So, am I going to rant about it here? No, I just can’t bring myself to rake them over the coals. I can’t. If an army fails to take a beachhead, who is to blame? The generals who were leading that army.
Good leadership and organization comes from the top down and that’s who you blame when the advance fails. The soldiers may be smart, but they have to follow orders and when those orders are faulty, objectives are not achieved.
Look, if CCP is to succeed and find a way out of this mess, they need to realize that they have bitten off more than they can chew. They need help. It’s obvious that they simply do not have the resources to fix the current game play issues and release the Incarna/Dust expansions that they need for cash flow.
CCP, you have a time honored tradition of doing things differently, perhaps it’s time to get back to those roots. You need help from both a business standpoint and a technical one.
Let us, the community, help you. We are one of the greatest gaming communities out there and we are so angry because we are eager to continue be part of something that we together have spent many years building.
The CSM has people who are very business savvy. Mynxee and her in game friend Venom Orchid have collectively forgotten more about how to run a business than you will ever know. Talk to them, listen to their words and do what they are telling you. They have more to offer you than you can see.
At the FanFests, you are always telling use how impressed you are with the multitude of third party applications that exist, such as the EVE Dev billboards, EVEmon and Capsuleer. Obviously you have a number of technically capable people who like to spend time coding on EVE related applications. Get these people to sign an NDA, send them the code and let them have at it. It might surprise you what they can produce.
Thoughts?
Tags: CCP, Dominion, SWG:NGE, Threadnaught, Tyrannis
