# 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:** 19
**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, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/384 "2018-09-07T17:46:35Z")
> [@CCP\_Guard](#): > > This is what makes sense to me at least; > CCP are the experts on EVE, our community and our market. We’ve made mistakes, had success, and learned a lot along the way. That expertise, along with an amazing, loyal and smart EVE player base is what makes up the value of the company. There’s all kinds of things we can do to improve and grow…and yes…some of those things definitely have to do with monetization which is nothing new, we’ve been experimenting for years, with some solid successes. > > Both companies realize that our games are different. > I actually really appreciate the concerns you guys have even if I don’t share them or agree with their premise, because it shows me that you guys deeply care about EVE like I do…but then again I kinda suspected that already 😉 This I can understand, and I can agree with your perspective here. There are however two things which appear to nag people still. 1. PA is publicly traded. Asian business mindset. Bottom line \> all. 2. It is the exact same perspective PA’s publishers for BDO had, shared, believed. PA’s BDO customers in EMEA and US tradezones bought into this perspective. Yet at the end of the day, PA just walked all over it. Not once, but consistantly. And recently again. Outside of Asian markets. I do think you underestimate the instrument of normalisation. Human interaction with humans and environment is an exchange of stimuli for influencing. See in the other topic, boiling frogs 🙂 It’s why F2P received no Summer of Rage, it is also why core indicators of CCP’s Financial Statement were reinforced quite decently after some, well, changes and corners. This may shock you, but it would not be hard to gradually change those operational dependancies from behaviour to a commercial-mechanistic model. All it takes is small steps and careful cycles. CCP has demonstrated to be very good at it 🙂 PA however also, except they do not care one bit about community relations (demonstrably). Unlike CCP. The issue here is a perception problem. I know that as long as CCP performs as it has done, this is never going to be an issue. But well, perception problems cause rot. Every little stumble EVE’s had as a brand came down to not handling a given perception problem optimally. The root is that people do not trust PA. The complication is that a lot of people find their model abhorrent. And thirdly there’s the new structure. One has to keep in mind that there’s a ton of people playing EVE for whom none of this is marketing, but just daily stuff 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ketorianas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ketorianas/32/95359_2.png) [@Ketorianas](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ketorianas)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/385 "2018-09-07T17:46:56Z")
I was just wondering as I have only started really playing this game this year, but does the new influx of cash from this deal have any impact on say, your future plans for Eve Online future content? Maybe with the new resources a bigger expansion in the near future you can devote to? ---
**Author:** ![Kaelen\_Mosar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kaelen_mosar/32/75623_2.png) [@Kaelen\_Mosar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kaelen_Mosar)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/386 "2018-09-07T17:47:41Z")
PREMIUM ABYSS Jove Race Charackter Jove Ships T3 Premium Ammo Jump Gate Scrambler +200% Bounty Payouts +200% Mining Output +200% Explo Loot +200% Planetary Interaction ! ! ! HENTAI AVATARS ! ! ! Premium 30 Day Structure Invul Premium Solar - Set Gate Permission list, keep hostiles out Premium Wormhole Jammer NEED SOME MORE IDEAS? ---
**Author:** ![Petrified](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/petrified/32/243936_2.png) [@Petrified](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Petrified)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/387 "2018-09-07T17:47:42Z")
If CCP fails to meet financial targets set by PA, what happens to the game? Will we see something like this in such a case: > [@](#): > > - Added new currency system in preparation for new untradeable Elite boosters, modules, and ships. PA-COW is purchasable through the secure account website. While untradeable and thus unpurchaseable in game, we believe this will offer our more serious competitive players the edge they desire. edit for clarity ---
**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, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/388 "2018-09-07T17:47:50Z")
> What is the potential for multiple mobile apps based on the EVE IP in the near future? It’s no secret that Pearl Abyss have a LOT of mobile experience. Right now we’ve got projects for mobile ongoing with Netease and Playraven. There’s no plans to change what we’re doing right now as far as I’m aware, but I’m hoping personally that we can certainly see some cool mobile stuff for EVE down the line. It’s really too early to say at this stage though. > What is the status of the mobile app CCP is already working on? It’s going good, you’ll find out more at Vegas, if I remember right. > Does it appear that CCP will work exclusively on EVE-IP related stuff going forward including mobile apps, or is it likely that Pearl will take on EVE IP mobile app development in their own studio or via another spin-off/subsidiary? Too early to say really, but the plan is for CCP to continue to do what we do best - spaceships 😛 > Are there plans to relocate CCP devs or management to Pearl’s HQ offices? There are no plans to relocate us, beyond the plan that’s already in place for our office to move location within Reykjavik in 2019/2020 to a new building that’s currently being constructed for us. It’d be a massive undertaking anyway, moving so many nerds and all their stuff around 😛 ---
**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, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/389 "2018-09-07T17:48:24Z")
> [@Vitice\_Fenrir](#): > > will we see anything to do with ground Avatar based gameplay? (since the avatars in black desert online are up to a very high standard) As we said when we removed captain’s quarters, there’s no plans to do further work on avatar gameplay in EVE Online. ---
**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, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/390 "2018-09-07T17:49:49Z")
> [@Oddsodz](#): > > Can I bring my Drake? No… dirty Caldari. Gallente is superior. ---
**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, 5:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/391 "2018-09-07T17:49:57Z")
Yeah, it is a Material (items, modules etc) sink, but it is an isk faucet due to insurance ---
**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, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/392 "2018-09-07T17:50:18Z")
Gally still mad they got rekt in the war. ---
**Author:** ![Tetsel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/tetsel/32/269026_2.png) [@Tetsel](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Tetsel)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/393 "2018-09-07T17:50:25Z")
Could I buy a Komodo directly from NES, I’m to lazy to farm ? ---
**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, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/394 "2018-09-07T17:50:26Z")
> [@Daenna\_Chrysi](#): > > How will this effect merchandising? will we finally get proper loot into the EVE store? It’s too early to say, really - we’ll have to figure things out going forward. I’d love more EVE swag though 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Defiled\_By\_Chickens](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/defiled_by_chickens/32/187132_2.png) [@Defiled\_By\_Chickens](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Defiled_By_Chickens)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/395 "2018-09-07T17:50:57Z")
Just use a bot like everyone else… ---
**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, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/396 "2018-09-07T17:50:59Z")
What are the chances of moving PI to a mobile mini game connected with the EvE Universe? ---
**Author:** ![Skorpion\_Medion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/skorpion_medion/32/164922_2.png) [@Skorpion\_Medion](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Skorpion_Medion)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/397 "2018-09-07T17:51:24Z")
Was it ever revealed if Permaband will become k-pop?. Honest answer. Only please ---
**Author:** ![Dominous\_Nolen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/dominous_nolen/32/393106_2.png) [@Dominous\_Nolen](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Dominous_Nolen)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/398 "2018-09-07T17:52:07Z")
I think we all would tbh. Ship Models… More ship models ---
**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, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/399 "2018-09-07T17:52:36Z")
> [@Mina\_Sebiestar](#): > > What was the reason for selling whole CCP to another entity? > Will practices of favoring group of people while loosing people in rest of your game continue does CCP consider this good tactics overall? > Road map,balancing,new ideas is there any feel free to let us know. For the investors it was a logical conclusion to investing in a small gaming company a long time ago. But I think they also wanted to find a good home for CCP and Hilmar worked very well towards that goal I feel. I don’t know what you mean by us favoring a group of people…I don’t think we do that. As far as road maps go…we’ll continue making the best updates to EVE we can and announcing them in the coolest way possible (on Hoboleaks) ---
**Author:** ![Kaelen\_Mosar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kaelen_mosar/32/75623_2.png) [@Kaelen\_Mosar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kaelen_Mosar)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/400 "2018-09-07T17:52:54Z")
yeah please hide behind a forum ---
**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, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/401 "2018-09-07T17:53:04Z")
When do we get CCP\_Ken\_JEONG? ---
**Author:** ![Arrendis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arrendis/32/432594_2.png) [@Arrendis](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arrendis)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/402 "2018-09-07T17:53:37Z")
> [@Kaelen\_Mosar](#): > > yeah please hide behind a forum As opposed to… what? Coming to your house? ---
**Author:** ![Kaelen\_Mosar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kaelen_mosar/32/75623_2.png) [@Kaelen\_Mosar](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kaelen_Mosar)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ama-ccp-acquisiton-by-pearl-abyss-starts-at-16-30-utc/104473/403 "2018-09-07T17:53:49Z")
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