Itâs not a meme. Itâs a screenshot from a presentation CCP gave at the fanfest where they showed the results of an investigation they undertook to see if there is an issue with ganking and non-consensual PvP in general, because the sentiment of the vocal cearbears was always that it makes people quit.
Not only did it not show any correlation with players quitting when they involuntarily exploded, it actually showed inverse correlation, the player who lost a ship where the least likely to quit.
Now that doesnât necessarily mean that ganking improves retention, correlation does not imply causation. It does however falsify the carebear hypothesis you and other constantly repeat without any evidence, that ganking or involuntary PvP are a major cause of player attrition.
That study was done at a time before alpha was a thing and where you had to cancel your subscription. Up on canceling there was a field where you could mention a reason. This part wasnât about new characters, but about ALL subscription cancellations.
And obviously it makes complete sense for you to say âas if they give a damn the direction the game will go once they are on the way outâ, because how else do you incorporate that conflicting data into your world view. They all simply have to be silent so the problem doesnât show up? Very unlikely and completely baseless assumption. Even pretentious, given the fact that usually cearbears are very vocal about how they despise ganking and that CCP should get rid of it. What better opportunity to tell CCP that they screwd up by not banning it, at the point where you hurt their wallet by canceling!
Again, itâs not a meme but a screenshot from a presentation. They did not try to justify ganking when they set out to make that study, but where actually looking for evidence if ganking actually drives customers away. They where as surprised as most of the anti-content crew who where so sure this will finally get rid of ganking.
Obviously this study doesnât sit well with the carebear crowd and we have seen countless excuses about why this isnât relevant, etc bla blaâŚ
Fact of the matter is that the party who has the most interest that players donât quit because it costs them money, looked into the data to actually figure out if thatâs a thing. They presented their conclusion in that presentation. And now people like you come here again, despite of it, with nothing to show, just a mere gut feeling that goes completely against what their data says.
How seriously do you think they take your moaning about ganking? How obvious do you think you are exposing yourself as someone who wants to just get rid of an inconvenience for his personal benefit but constantly uses ânew playersâ as an excuse? Iâm sure they have a great time laughing about your comments.
