NOPE. Today I read this whole thread and earn several milions by fishing and trading in BDO on secound monitor. win-win 
I understand business decision making and the need for growth.
Personally, 2006 onward with all my accounts and my own investments beyond monthly game costs, I too have invested a great deal into Eve itself and so CCP. Great Time and this will probably be one of the games I invested in the most in my 30 active gaming years overall.
I understand you don’t sell a company (Whole or in Part) or bring in “investors” when its doing great all by itself. As Ultima Online did and many others over the years, you do this when they game no longer brings in the expected or projected income and RL corporation hopes to offset it’s time in its continued growth and development.
From a business point of view this was inevitable and makes sense to stock and share holders and so on.
From a personal view my first words spoken on this when i saw the title of this article was to myself, “Well, you knew it would not last forever.”
No matter how much fluff is spoken regarding a change like this., no matter the positive spin placed on the “good things” that will and could come of it, the gaming community understands and it kills me to know that Eve player count will die off. How fast no one knows. There are those who threaten and never do anything, those who stomp their feet but still never do anything. But their are those who will genuinely bow out and take their leave of this beloved game.
I’m paid on all my accounts until Christmas 2018. My personal Eve world will now take a wait and see approach as i imagine so many will, which in itself will be a hard hit to the game universe.
As with everyone I am sure the hope is this will breath new life into the Eve Culture and universe. But there are also those who will see without the full leadership of CCP (The Creators) the Eve Universe will change in ways that will bother the heart of its player community. Who knows? Eve may take off with a new generation of players who had no idea what Eve was to the current generation of Eve Community and so, gets a fresh start. Which may be a goal as well. (Variables we will never know.)
I do wish you the best of luck in your “Investor Goals” I truly do… and i understand.
Eve Online has provided me and will continue, i hope, to provide a few more great experiences until December of 2018. As far as investing ahead again at that time, i honestly can’t answer as i don’t know.
Thank you for all the years CCP you have provided and game development that you worked hard years to create and I worked years to enjoy.
Best Wishes as i do not envy the goal of seeking new generation of players while trying to maintain a current base at the heart of this creation.
Thunder
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RIP, it was a fun 2 weeks back…
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tbh ive had bdo for months and never played it
now i wanna try it out
Ideally, none. In reality…
Empty words to make you feel better while they plan their changes.
I doubt the game will change much initially so you could be overreacting and pre-judging.
It will probably take a few years to see what changes, if any are made.
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It isn’t a case of “worst”. Just different. To each their own choice as to whether that suits them.
Try BDO for a month. Don’t buy the shortcuts, just stick to regular gameplay. If that works for you, EVE will still be fine for quite a while.
Sure, the impact will eventually be massive. But gradual. EVE now is already massively different from EVE a decade ago.
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So there will be no more amateur “scientific” statements from ccp ‘looser’ rise 
The VentureBeat interview linked earlier.
This is a distinct possibility, but I think the “bonus” element of the deal is probably just the 25mil ontop of the actual 400mil sale price.
Im amazed CCP managed to negotiate even that much, on such a contingency.
Tbh, PA got screwed.
CCP isnt worth even half of this evaluation.
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theres no way of knowing
i was thinking more like 225 of the 425
but we dont know
“F**K Me” would be more appropriate
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This is only solution, anything else is illusionary
There is no way CCP can generate that much revenue in what is probably a 6-12, or even 24 month period.
That would be generating 200mil in 6-24 months, which would be equal to doubling the companies value in that period, in revenue.
Its not possible.
25mil is feasible.
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Jeez no they would ask for their money back if they went to reddit
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they dont have to
they just have to meet the targets
and we dont know what the targets are either
blah blah blah, PA is here for money not for community and smartasses
PA has a firm policy on not giving a ■■■■ about customer communications, reviews, forums, anything. It’s simply not relevant to them.
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It will be fat whale, 16+ game, now.
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