# CCP on Declarations of War Podcast **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 19, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ccp-on-declarations-of-war-podcast/346391 "2022-01-19T10:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![Destiny\_Corrupted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/destiny_corrupted/32/411527_2.png) [@Destiny\_Corrupted](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Destiny_Corrupted)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ccp-on-declarations-of-war-podcast/346391/9 "2022-01-19T12:28:27Z")
> [@CCP\_Rattati](#): > > excellent Declarations of War This is _deeply ironic_ for some of us. If you truly want to “cover a lot of ground,” you should analyze EVE from its first few years, and try to understand what made **that** game so **intrinsically good.** The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and adding convoluted industry features every year and trying to manage the game like a data-driven mutual fund might not be the answers you’re looking for. What makes games **fun** to play? > [@Zhalyd\_Lyehin](#): > > At 6:40 CCP Rattati says he’s throwing wide nets on the forums to gather information. Where are these nets? Here’s one: > [@Product Idea - CONCORD Badge $25 a month PVE Mode](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/product-idea-concord-badge-25-a-month-pve-mode/346368): > > This is a simple idea to get CCP access to a huge new income stream: Pay $25 dollars a month and you ignore all pvp in EVE. You can’t do damage or even bump any other player ships. They can’t interact with you. You can only engage in trade, PI, PvE, indy. CCP could be monetizing and creating monetary gatekeeping to avoid what I find the worst part about playing EVE: the playerbase. This isn’t a dig at particular ways of playing the game. I’m saying from my perspective, the pretty game about fl… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/ccp-on-declarations-of-war-podcast/346391)._