# CCP: I just tried Permafrost. Please reconsider format. Here's why: **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ccp-i-just-tried-permafrost-please-reconsider-format-heres-why/127467 "2018-12-16T18:14:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Larold](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/the_larold/32/458090_2.png) [@The\_Larold](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/The_Larold)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ccp-i-just-tried-permafrost-please-reconsider-format-heres-why/127467/1 "2018-12-16T18:14:16Z")
I encourage folks to continue the discussion over here to avoid duplicate / redundant threads: > [@CCP: Sadly, I predict Permafrost will be a big disappointment. Here's why](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ccp-sadly-i-predict-permafrost-will-be-a-big-disappointment-heres-why/127465): > > [EDIT: I’ve tried out the event on the test server, so this isn’t all blind speculation.] Experimentation with new content and new tactics, both by players and by CPP, is great. Bringing together players is great. Healthy competition - in moderation - is good. Events are great. Rewards are great. Based on what I’ve seen on the test server, Permafrost represents an attempt for all of these. I predict, with sadness, that it will fail spectacularly in its current form. With only one site per con… (That group is the right spot, but has relatively low visibility / attendance, so I feel posting a link here is appropriate.) UPDATE: I and many others have spent a lot of time on the test server today trying to understand the event. It appears to have some serious design flaws. More details in a second thread here: > [@UPDATE: Tried Permafrost on Singularity; event design seems way off](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/update-tried-permafrost-on-singularity-event-design-seems-way-off/127565): > > I apologize, because I don’t like to complain or whine. I’ll try to be concise. There are many of us who have now tried Permafrost on the test server, and we have grave concerns: There are 16 cans to hack per site. These cans only seem to respawn at down-time. So… given that there is one site per constellation, that means that there are 16 cans to hack per constellation… PER EVERY 24 HOURS ??? That can’t be right, yet that is what is happening on the test server. What is the point of the … ---
**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:** [December 17, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ccp-i-just-tried-permafrost-please-reconsider-format-heres-why/127467/2 "2018-12-17T12:49:37Z")
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**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:** [December 17, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ccp-i-just-tried-permafrost-please-reconsider-format-heres-why/127467/3 "2018-12-17T12:49:37Z")