AMA - CCP Acquisiton by Pearl Abyss! Starts at 16:30 UTC!

[Dominous_Nolen]

Do you think we will ever see a full reformation of the community team and a return of the o7 show so the player base can be kept upto date with details of what is going post acquisition?

[Kaila_Shihari]

Now the favorites come out!

Ooh, I thought of a question! How many drinks and pieces of pizza have you had already?

[CCP_Guard]

@Russia

What can CCP Games learn from Pearl Abyss in monetisation mechanics, and apply it in EVE without turning New Eden to ash?

From the top of my head I can imagine things like flow, ease of access, mobile store options…I think we understand our product options pretty well already although I still think there are untapped possibilities there that players would take well to (Alliance/corp identity stuff maybe)

[CCP_Falcon]

@Tenaya_Masai

@CCP_Falcon are you sure u not a machine. You do a AMA AND released September Deployment notes

here a beer

It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it

[Reginald_Plum]

the answer is always, never enough

[CCP_Falcon]

@Evelyn_Saffron

I’m hooked in this game and would like to continue in its current form for the long run, what do you think this acquisition will bring to the actual game?

More of the same - Awesome spaceships.

[Boris_Agnon]

I still think there are untapped possibilities there that players would take well to (Alliance/corp identity stuff maybe)

I would totally pay $$$$ to have custom alliance/corp skins.

pls?

[Chainsaw_Plankton]

Sounds almost too good, sure they say they will leave you alone for the “foreseeable future” but what happens after that when some suit from above pressures you to pull a lever or turn a knob to increase that you knew not to move to increase profitability?

[Zachri]

@Princess_KrabAlot

NONE of those reasons plays well with the line “PA is letting CCP be CCP”

We know.

But here’s the gist of it. In terms of scope, perspective and aims, CCP and PA are a good match indeed.
Now PA is a publicly traded investment management company, their prima focus is on the gaming industry, and for that reason they thusfar have put development to studio levels and branched out through publishers.

They have done so on the basis of their operational principles. These are in no way a match with CCP. Not in terms of mindset, not in terms of practices, in no way.

But this simply lies outside of the scope of CCP staff. Which is fine. It has no relevance as long as CCP functions well according to directives and strategic as well as product level objectives. There’s multiple levels in this kind of thing, and as long as CCP do their job, PA will just stick to one of those. Leaving the rest to CCP.

It really is a bit unfair to put such questions to staff members. This is the kind of angle you put in front of a ceo, a cfo or a shareholder

But, one thing Falcon is right on. It is a nice payday. Or rather, it will be.

[Why_U_SoFail]

This PLEASE

[Zachri]

@CCP_Falcon

Plus, what would I do without my @Jin_taan?

Work?

I could not resist that one Back to ignore mode

[CCP_Falcon]

@Xaraman_Machusla

I noticed in the interview with Robin Jung, that he mentioned he was at the last fanfest. Did he get into the middle of things and walk the floor talking to people or was he just VIP’d around and didn’t get to interact directly with the players?

Yes, he was walking around, but he was mega sneaky… hahaha

From what I gather, he wanted to experience how we run events like this and see how we engage with our players.

Fanfest is always a gret venue to do that

[CCP_Falcon]

@hyprviper1

@CCP_Falcon on a scale of 1-10 how much do you love answering the same question over and over again? lol

It’s just part of the job, I’ve been doing it for 6 years haha

[Petrified]

@CCP_Falcon

@hyprviper1

@CCP_Falcon on a scale of 1-10 how much do you love answering the same question over and over again? lol

It’s just part of the job, I’ve been doing it for 6 years haha

You don’t know how tempting it is to ask that question again then.

[Princess_KrabAlot]

@Zachri

@Princess_KrabAlot

NONE of those reasons plays well with the line “PA is letting CCP be CCP”

We know.

But here’s the gist of it. In terms of scope, perspective and aims, CCP and PA are a good match indeed.
Now PA is a publicly traded investment management company, their prima focus is on the gaming industry, and for that reason they thusfar have put development to studio levels and branched out through publishers.

They have done so on the basis of their operational principles. These are in no way a match with CCP. Not in terms of mindset, not in terms of practices, in no way.

But this simply lies outside of the scope of CCP staff. Which is fine. It has no relevance as long as CCP functions well according to directives and strategic as well as product level objectives. There’s multiple levels in this kind of thing, and as long as CCP do their job, PA will just stick to one of those. Leaving the rest to CCP.

It really is a bit unfair to put such questions to staff members. This is the kind of angle you put in front of a ceo, a cfo or a shareholder

But, one thing Falcon is right on. It is a nice payday. Or rather, it will be.

Yeah I don’t give a crap about how much CCP employees make in this deal, or who profits. I play Eve for the fun of Eve and I have serious, legitimate doubts that the game will be the same in a year, two, five with this acquisition as it would have been without it.

I don’t play this game to suck up to devs and shareholders, I play it for fun.

[Why_U_SoFail]

Well if they do something that makes it unfun…you know what to do

[CCP_Falcon]

@Jallukola

Yet. You CCP guys really have no first hand experience at actually playing BDO extensive enough, do you?

I’ve actually been playing BDO for a short while now to familiarize myself with it. It’s kinda cool, but I feel like I’d need way more experience to judge it.

Some aspects of it are uh… mesmerizing… others are exciting.

Fantasy MMOs aren’t really my thing, but the one thing that really stood out to me was holy ■■■■ is that game engine beautiful.

A bit too much glare on some surfaces (I think because of the recent introduction of PBR), but holy crap it’s a pretty game.

[CCP_Falcon]

@Jask_Askari

Can you approximate what level of new investment will come to EVE with the acquisition?

Will we see more development, art, etc, as a result of the acquisition?

It’s too early to say, really.

[Zachri]

@Princess_KrabAlot

I don’t play this game to suck up to devs and shareholders, I play it for fun.

Naturally.

But that’s the thing. Everyone has his or her own choice in something like this. And that is fine. EVE’s always been changing. If a change suits you, perfect. If it doesn’t, choose. If it sucks you back in again, also good.

It is a game of fun. Eat, sleep, kill, repeat.

[CCP_Guard]

I agree with Falcon that it’s hard to say or know too much detail about future projects or development at this point (not like we ever see too far into the future anyway), but I do see benefits of being owned by a company that is very financially strong and has a common passion for MMOs. I’m very optimistic they’ll understand the value of having a healthy mix of long term improvement plans and short term engagement plans for a game like EVE.