tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159840807393856856.post2680367914681999441..comments2024-02-25T23:01:07.257-05:00Comments on Target Caller: Monday Night at CCP HeadquartersTalvorian Dexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349917611382684205noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159840807393856856.post-38544308244407714162015-03-06T16:10:10.993-05:002015-03-06T16:10:10.993-05:00I agree with everything you said. You're abso...I agree with everything you said. You're absolutely correct.<br /><br />That said...<br /><br />My quote means that null sovereignty is the "big idea" that really makes Eve unique among the wider gaming world. It's a perfect example of Eve's sandbox, how players are the content, and the scale CCP strives to communicate.<br /><br />That doesn't mean it's the perfect gameplay style, or the most important, or the one meaningful to the most players (it's not). A signature element of a game may be one that looks really cool and has renown, but adds little.<br /><br />One of my favorite book series is Dune. In the prequels, you get to see that the Butlerian Jihad - a two-hundred year (or, arguably, 18,000-year) war against thinking machines - was named for Serena Butler, a relatively unimportant non-entity who became little more than a figurehead for a massive movement.<br /><br />High-sec, small-gang, or wormhole play doesn't get the press, sov null does. That's not fair; I think wormhole action and small-gang are more fun. I spend more time trolling lowsec than I do in null. And yes, it gives an inaccurate sense of what Eve "is about".<br /><br />But I do still believe it's the signature element of Eve.Talvorian Dexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349917611382684205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159840807393856856.post-5338759264224840892015-03-06T11:46:05.441-05:002015-03-06T11:46:05.441-05:00You know... I love this game, and I love writing m...You know... I love this game, and I love writing my blog and reading all the other blogs and all the meta 'stuff' and flying with my bros ingame... and I really like your blog as you are a null player who's gameplay I kinda 'get' as I am a small gang wormholer.... but,<br /><br /><i>"Null-sovereignty IS the quintessential element about Eve."</i> uhhh... no, it's not.<br /><br />Yes it is a big part, a huge part, and yes the epic battles get the most 'press'... but it is not THE quintessential element , the end game of EVE. EVE is at its core a true sandbox with a multitude of playstyles and 4 (arguably 5) distinct spaces... High, Low, Null, Neg (Anoikis) and New (Thera and the new hundred)...<br /><br />Null is but one of these and does not even have the highest concentration of players... By active player count, Hisec is the end game of EVE... and I can guarantee you CCP will never do anything to really piss off the silent majority of hisec Industrialists and carebears... the number of potential lost subs there far outweighs all of nullsec combined.<br /><br />The real difference between Null's population and Hisec's is that the nullbears are louder due to the more integrated mechanics of nullsec... Hisec'ers are soloists and small and large groups that have no desire or need to take knee to a null overlord in order to play in 'safe' space... they prefer to make their own way and let CONCORD provide the policing and protection that the Great Alliances (are supposed to) do in nullsec.<br /><br />So while I get that you love your gameplay in null and everyone oooohs and ahhhhhs over the Great Wars and the Epic Space Battles... I too love my space and the smaller scale but still quietly epic things we do... So nullsec is but one element of that-which-is-EVE and we need ALL of the players, playstyles and spaces that make EVE as a whole what it is.<br /><br />Personally I think CCP watches the subs in all spaces after a Major Blog 'reveal' or a Patchspansion Rollout with more trepidation than they do the forums or Blogs... no, the real player reaction they worry about most, that which keeps them up at night and make them hesitate before pressing 'publish'... that only shows up when they see the 'reaction' on the subs chart.<br /><br />Numbers tell the tale, all the rest is just talk talk... =]Turamarth Elrandirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129383421613323047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159840807393856856.post-9809900528935183632015-03-05T11:58:36.416-05:002015-03-05T11:58:36.416-05:00Nice job.
I was reminded of putting a software pr...Nice job.<br /><br />I was reminded of putting a software product out the door, though in the old days there was this time where you've made your gold master CD (yes, CD) and it's off to the duplicator. Any bug you find in the next two weeks would be one that would be in the shipping version, but would be incredibly expensive to stop ship on. Your customers are waiting and you're starting to think of the next version, but in reality you're on edge waiting for the CDs to go in boxes and slowly make their way out to all of your customers...<br /><br />I don't know if that's better or worse than knowing that you'll probably wake up tomorrow and already have 20+ pages of "opinions" waiting for you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561998031457981240noreply@blogger.com