Ecliptic Rift - Latest Comments

Re: EVE Vegas: CCP Dropbear

Nick Blood — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:32:27 -0000

*Borrows some lines for his own re-write of the presentation*

Thanks for this early-release blog mate. Really helped sate people's hunger for information while I whipped up the full version. Also, some well-stated points and summaries.

Re: EVE Vegas: Community and Monkeys

Modex — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 06:29:36 -0000

Thanks for this. Some good info.

Re: CSM Crowdsourcing Votes

Knug Lidi — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:29:18 -0000

As you say, "How the process should work". To me, it emphases how different EVE game play styles and desires are across the spectrum of players. Your 10 and my 10 have exactly 0 in common !

Having said that, I do not disapprove of any of your choices; I just see other tasks needing a higher priority.

Thank goodness for the variety in this game and in the world, for without that variety, things would be very grey.

Re: Musing on highsec piracy corporations

Sk8r10393 — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:50:55 -0000

Have you considered 0rphanage?

Re: Who was there?

Rox_lukas — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:09:17 -0000

Yup, this trailer is so similar to my own experiences, that I couldn't resist and wrote a post about it. Good piece of reading ER!

Re: Who was there?

K'tanno — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:57:20 -0000

This is a good post. I enjoyed reading. :) I've yet to fall in with a group of roleplayers, but I'd really like to. I've read the EVE novels, and stuff like this trailer just resonates really well with me.

Re: Provisional arrest

Ecliptic Rift — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:41:24 -0000

It's not that I don't want to lead. It's that I don't want to lead an industrial corp in EVE in the current environment because I find CCP's vision a little shaky right now.

Other stuff may happen in the future once I don't totally suck at PVP.

Re: Good run while it lasted

Ecliptic Rift — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:22:40 -0000

Yeah, as things stand I think I'll be around for a bit. Let's hope.

Re: Good run while it lasted

Jubal Dara — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:51:32 -0000

Cas,

I know that we do not chat in-game as much as we did in the past but I thought I would offer some unsolicited advice as I have always enjoyed knowing that you were still in "my" game world.

My Mi-Maw (that's a Texas Grandmother for those of you who are not from that fine state) used to say that there was no need to worry about something until it actually happened. I submit to you that until EVE actually becomes "Pay-to-Win" that there is very little to get upset about at the current time. If CCP goes that way, I will
cancel all three of my accounts
and follow you to the next game but, until that time, lets just see which way the wind takes us, ok? I'd hate to lose you and I'm certain that I am not alone in that.

Re: Good run while it lasted

Jaggins — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:22:34 -0000

I unsubbed both accounts, but since I pay by the year, I have plenty of time to get sucked back in if CCP returns to sanity. I have enjoyed your writing, best of luck!

(Do you have a Raptr or Steam account to keep in touch?)

Re: Good run while it lasted

Within — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:43:30 -0000

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CCP CEO Hilmar thinks the player response is "_very predictable feedback_". So CCP purposely put themselves in this situation. That sounds like a company that has decided it doesn't need all of its current customers.
The memo says the company is not interested in what the customers say or think, only actions matter. What I hear is a company CEO saying STFU or leave.
Do I really need a company, who created a game I like to play, to love or even respect me? Off hand I can't think of another parallel where it matters. So maybe it is me, it is just time to move on.

Only I don't seem to be alone.

Re: The beginning of the end

Within — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:57:31 -0000

They also seem to miss the message of movie Wall Street with their "Greed is Good" newsletter title.
Businessmen who took that message at face value almost killed the world economy.

Re: Good run while it lasted

Jager Da — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:50:51 -0000

I've been gone for a few months now and was going to come back. Hearing the general discontent and seeing you leave has enforced my own decision to leave.

Re: Good run while it lasted

Now ex-Eve Player — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:47:37 -0000

Cheers. Drive/walk safe. 07. I'm just waiting for my last two accounts to die before hitting the trails as well. It's been fun, huh?

Re: Good run while it lasted

Meatay — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:02:34 -0000

I'm sad to hear that but I cannot say I don't understand. Perhaps we'll see you again though, maybe there is a possible correction :(

Re: Good run while it lasted

Ecliptic Rift — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:23:40 -0000

Re: Good run while it lasted

Ecliptic Rift — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:23:00 -0000

Most definitely, sir.

Re: Good run while it lasted

Ecliptic Rift — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:22:46 -0000

Thank you. We haven't always agreed, but I've always appreciated your forthrightness and insight.

Hopefully I'll have a few more interesting surprises here soon. :)

Re: Good run while it lasted

Rixx Javix — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:07:30 -0000

Sorry to see you go m8, I've enjoyed our banter and everything else over the past year or so. I am sorry to hear of your decision, but I respect your right to make it.

Whatever life brings your way, I hope you excel. Fly safe.

Re: Good run while it lasted

J. Riley Castine — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:59:33 -0000

I hear ya mate and honestly, at this point, unless something major happens, I am right there with ya.

Re: Good run while it lasted

Milo — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:59:16 -0000

Sad News. Think I'm going when my Sub runs out as well. Catch you on Backstage + IRC though? :D

Re: The beginning of the end

Doyce Testerman — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:07:50 -0000

So...

If I buy a PLEX...
And sell it on the Market for ISK...
And use that ISK to buy Amarr Navy Insignia...
And trade those insignia in with the Gallente rep for standing...

That's okay.

I'm assuming so, because people can do that now, and you didn't leave over it.

But.

If I buy a PLEX...
And trade it for Aurum.
And use that Aurum to increase my standing with the Gallente...

That's bad?

No, I don't get it.

First off, I can already use PLEX to buy standing.
Second, paying someone a large sum of money to pretend they like you is so very, *very* "EVE". (If anything, it's even MORE common in PvP.)

So... no. I don't get it.

Re: The beginning of the end

jorshan — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:16:37 -0000

I disagree Adoggman. Microtransactions are where EVERY game company is going. They are trying to stay competitive in a market where all the other players are either considering or have done microtransactions. Two years ago when I posted my blog article about microtransactions, companies on Facebook like Zynga were already making bank from them. So they will be implemented in some form or another, I can almost guarantee that. CCP has to go that route or risk losing out on substantial revenue, because that's what gamers want now, and CCP must do that to increase their userbase. They might not necessarily do microtransactions for faction gear and standings, but microtransactions will exist in some form or another. What I don't like is the idea of subscription + microtransactions. Either have one or the other, not both.

And calling people idiots is just another justification for: http://www.penny-arcade.com...

It's OK to disagree, just say it politely.

Re: The beginning of the end

Adoggman — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:08:54 -0000

I'm going to say this for the last time. I don't mean to attack you personally, but you are an idiot, for one reason.

It hasn't happened yet.

I can't stress enough that when talking about development, especially for such a massive game, ideas of all kinds will spring up. Just because they were talking about it doesn't mean it will happen, or that they even think its a good idea. I would say as a developer that over 90% of ideas are NOT implemented.

Re: The beginning of the end

jorshan — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:52:35 -0000

You take it easy Cas. It was great playing the game with you on and off, and that's what made the game fun for me. I too am out as well (Jorshan expired last month). Interesting to note that posted this: http://www.thinkdreams.com/...

I suspected microtransactions would be coming sooner or later, and while i'd don't claim to be any sort of person that can see the future, the cards were all there based on what everyone else in the industry was/is doing. I do agree with everything you stated above about the objectivity, and it seems like more and more business models for entertainment are based on convenience/easy route so you can "do more" in "less time" because "everyone is busy".

Of course, this isn't why I quit. I left due to personal reasons, including, similar to Mynxee's comments, that I not have more time to finish Game of Thrones, studying for the Cisco CCNA, watch TV shows and spend time with my wife in the evening.

I wish everyone all the best in wherever they go, and whatever they do. It was a lot of fun while it lasted, and the best $14 bucks a month I spent for two.5 years.

I do miss my corpmates, and I keep in touch via email/text on a regular basis with my corp CEO. I've met a handful of nice people out of game, and I'm glad for at least that.

It's the people that make the game what it has been. And when all those people are gone, it won't be the same for me any more.