# AMA - CCP Acquisiton by Pearl Abyss! Starts at 16:30 UTC! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** official, ama\ **Created:** [September 7, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473 "2018-09-07T13:03:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Milana\_Pollard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/milana_pollard/32/93398_2.png) [@Milana\_Pollard](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Milana_Pollard)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/237 "2018-09-07T17:00:45Z")
That is an incredibly satisfying and direct “yes”. I think I’ll remain subbed for now. But I’ve played BDO. And if I see EVE move even an inch in the direction of that game, in any aspect, if even one dial is ‘cranked’ as @CCP_Guard puts it, I, for one, won’t be sticking around. EVE has been the single greatest gaming experience of my life. BDO, one of the most cancerous. ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Falcon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_falcon/32/143229_2.png) [@CCP\_Falcon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Falcon)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/238 "2018-09-07T17:01:16Z")
> Please, do try to give them reasonable questions. You are asking something they cannot really answer without resorting to marketing talk. It is this kind of question which prevents a real open exchange. This is an acquisition. That means that regardless of gentleman’s agreements and initial accords CCP Games is no longer independant, and has become a tech and product asset, nothing more. You are effectively asking them to wiggle. I don’t think this is fair. That was a pretty reasonable and valid question. I can totally understand that there’s valid community concern around what happens when CCP is bought. Hope I can assuage that concern with the answers we’re giving, because we’re still very much in control of running EVE 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Milana\_Pollard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/milana_pollard/32/93398_2.png) [@Milana\_Pollard](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Milana_Pollard)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/239 "2018-09-07T17:01:25Z")
Not nothing. I have direct experience with PA. If PA has any say over this game, I’m out. If they don’t, then I’m okay with that. ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Guard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_guard/32/16499_2.png) [@CCP\_Guard](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Guard)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/240 "2018-09-07T17:02:08Z")
> [@Tetsel](#): > > Can we expect to see the CSM to be disbanded, under PA managment ? Nope! That’s a decision for CCP to make. We run our own community relations and one of the things they’ve talked a lot about is how they see us as having built good community relations. Having just come out of an excellent and productive CSM summit, I’m sure there’s nobody here who doesn’t think the CSM is very useful to both us and the EVE players. ---
**Author:** ![FranktheBank\_Pay2Win](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/frankthebank_pay2win/32/57084_2.png) [@FranktheBank\_Pay2Win](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/FranktheBank_Pay2Win)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/242 "2018-09-07T17:02:13Z")
Love you Guard. Sounds great. Of course you know Eve players are always going to paranoid, especially since this game is one-of-a-kind. I hope you guys will be able to (at some point) give us the benefits of new vs old. Cheers Guard! ---
**Author:** ![Zachri](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zachri/32/69948_2.png) [@Zachri](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Zachri)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/243 "2018-09-07T17:02:14Z")
> [@Milana\_Pollard](#): > > That is an incredibly satisfying and direct “yes”. > > I think I’ll remain subbed for now. But I’ve played BDO. And if I see EVE move even an inch in the direction of that game, in any aspect, if even one dial is ‘cranked’ as @CCP_Guard puts it, I, for one, won’t be sticking around. EVE has been the single greatest gaming experience of my life. BDO, one of the most cancerous. You should recognise that “yes”. It is the exact same one BDO players got for the exact same question. You are dealing with marketing. ---
**Author:** ![Suzy\_RC\_Mudstone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/suzy_rc_mudstone/32/95304_2.png) [@Suzy\_RC\_Mudstone](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Suzy_RC_Mudstone)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/244 "2018-09-07T17:02:23Z")
Guard and falcon better be getting pizza and beer for this… ---
**Author:** ![Salvos\_Rhoska](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/salvos_rhoska/32/14128_2.png) [@Salvos\_Rhoska](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Salvos_Rhoska)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/245 "2018-09-07T17:02:28Z")
@CCP_Guard and @CCP_Falcon Does Pearl Abyss have anything to offer CCP towards the end of better fighting the plague of ratting/mining botting that is ruining EVEs balance, economy and reputation? ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Falcon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_falcon/32/143229_2.png) [@CCP\_Falcon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Falcon)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/246 "2018-09-07T17:02:52Z")
> Has PA changed/refocused/axed/added the things currently under development or are they still wholly under CCP control? No changes, still 100% under CCP control. ---
**Author:** ![Niraia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/niraia/32/29123_2.png) [@Niraia](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Niraia)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/247 "2018-09-07T17:03:04Z")
I still have hope that one day it will be about both 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kenneth\_Feld](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kenneth_feld/32/435300_2.png) [@Kenneth\_Feld](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kenneth_Feld)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/248 "2018-09-07T17:03:25Z")
Any changes to the 4 Fanfests in 2019 or Eve FF or EvE Vegas 2020 or beyond? ---
**Author:** ![Dictateur\_Imperator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dictateur_imperator/32/452018_2.png) [@Dictateur\_Imperator](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dictateur_Imperator)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/249 "2018-09-07T17:04:13Z")
If eveything stay under the CCP control … i have see some meme about hello kitty skin… can we have they ? (i m serious, we don’t have a lot of pink skin on ship …) ---
**Author:** ![triggerman\_Onzo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/triggerman_onzo/32/103988_2.png) [@triggerman\_Onzo](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/triggerman_Onzo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/250 "2018-09-07T17:04:15Z")
@CCP_Falcon @CCP_Guard how much control does PA have over hiring and firing ccp employees? ---
**Author:** ![Predvodnica\_LSG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/predvodnica_lsg/32/63657_2.png) [@Predvodnica\_LSG](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Predvodnica_LSG)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/251 "2018-09-07T17:04:34Z")
> [@CCP\_Falcon](#): > > That’s the way that both CCP and Pearl Abyss want it Nice wishlist, is it obligatory ??? ---
**Author:** ![Portmanteau](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/portmanteau/32/508235_2.png) [@Portmanteau](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Portmanteau)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/252 "2018-09-07T17:04:39Z")
> [@Mistress\_Renegade](#): > > Now CCP has joined with PA, do you know if PA’s talent or expertise in anyway will help with server code/hardware/stability for EVE? I’d say that’s more likely the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![Princess\_KrabAlot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/princess_krabalot/32/95338_2.png) [@Princess\_KrabAlot](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Princess_KrabAlot)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/253 "2018-09-07T17:04:56Z")
Not to be rude but you guys can’t honestly think we players are going to buy the line that PA dropped 425mil on a company that they don’t want anything to do with. PA has to be expecting something from CCP or else they wouldn’t just flush their money down the drain. I get that you have a marketing diagram to follow, but please show us a little respect. ---
**Author:** ![Milana\_Pollard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/milana_pollard/32/93398_2.png) [@Milana\_Pollard](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Milana_Pollard)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/254 "2018-09-07T17:05:01Z")
And if that’s the case, then I’ll uninstall EVE the same way I uninstalled BDO when their ‘yes’ changed into a ‘no’. I won’t just unsub, I’ll trash all my stuff, use the last of my isk to bounty my own toons, then biomass everything. To be honest, as satisfying as that yes was, I only said I may resub. I’m still undecided. Things like PLEX vaults, asset safety, instanced Abyssal space, etc, all make EVE less of the EVE that I first subscribed to. It’s not the game I came to love. I’m going to give it a few weeks before I make a decision. ---
**Author:** ![Candente](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/candente/32/95317_2.png) [@Candente](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Candente)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/255 "2018-09-07T17:05:33Z")
CCP, you are not addressing the concerns which players see how BDO is perceived as a very P2W-heavy game, other than saying PA won’t interfere with how CCP runs Eve. It is obviously a not satisfying answer; we want something more explicit. To CCP devs: I assume you guys don’t play BDO, but at least you now have heard about BDO and its perceived issues. What can you say about these issues and how would you relate them to the future of Eve Online? ---
**Author:** ![Jallukola](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jallukola/32/184701_2.png) [@Jallukola](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jallukola)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/256 "2018-09-07T17:05:42Z")
There is nothing PA can even remotely offer for EVE that’d benefit the game and its players. PA on the other hand, has Everything to learn from EVE. ---
**Author:** ![CCP\_Guard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ccp_guard/32/16499_2.png) [@CCP\_Guard](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/CCP_Guard)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/257 "2018-09-07T17:06:13Z")
> [@Veskin\_Sentinel](#): > > Hey folks! > > I got these questions: > > 1. With more resources coming your way, have you guys got plans to work on Walking in Stations/Incarna and overall Avatar gameplay for the EVE universe, be it with implementations in Nova, utilizing Unreal Engine, or in any other way? > 2. Have you guys thought of a symbiosis between the EVE Trinity engine and Unreal engine, so that both EVE and Project Nova can eventually merge into one big game? > > Overall I am optimistic and I trust you guys in the decision to join hands with Pearl Abyss. You are a wise company. Here is to more exciting times ahead! 🌞 🌞 🌞 1. That’s a big question! 🙂 We have no current plans but who knows what happens in the future. Sorry I don’t have more on that. 2. Everything like that has been discussed, it’s complicated and there’s pros and cons in that general direction. But no actual plans as of now. I’m very optimistic too. I’ve followed this progress as much as I can and the more I know the more confident I feel…which is a good sign I guess. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473.md?page=11) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473.md?page=13)