Devs Play EVE - CCP policy change discussion

This is illegal, immoral and unscrupulous.

JK, had to get that in before anyone else! :grinning:

I think it’s great! They should still have the option of not reveling themselves if they think they have a good reason.

And what happened to the old days when they flew around in the indestructible blue (?) ships? That was fun and they got to see problems first hand.

more devs playing is a good thing, you’ll see first hand what needs attention and what doesn’t.

please spread out and don’t just join one area of space.

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Maybe do it in stages? One or two at a time so there’s not so mush fanfare at having a group of “CCP’ers” suddenly show up on the scene. And help keep the bounties low! :wink:

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They won’t have ccp in front of their names most likely.

I know that, but as they come out of the closet, so to speak ( :wink: ) their names might spread fast.

if any of the devs want to experience wh life in a small wh corp please get in touch. I can’t discuss more details without giving away too many details but we would love to recruit you so that you can see how the day to day life of a wormhole runs. We do mining, production, moon mining, combat sites, and occasional pvp roams. Pm in game for more details if your interested.

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This is an awesome change, and one that has the potential for so many benefits; from better connecting CCP and the Community, to helping devs better understand the impact of their work on the game as a whole. And to top if all off devs will have the opportunity to play the game they helped create, as it was meant to be played.

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CCP Lease

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…and the dev and band of brothers fiasco starts anew…

Positive changes all around.

Best of luck CCP employees in infiltrating corps and running director-level heists, stealing everything before dropping sov.

Good change! I’ve always wondered if CCP played their game so hopefully this will help with future balance passes and game tweaks.

P.S. LUMEN is recruiting :slight_smile: we do all things high and low sec and WH and roleplay to boot!

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I have a feeling that some of ccp staff just wanted to sneak into the casino without being seen…
:thinking:
I mean, how stoked would u be if u see a ccp name in one of your raffle tickets?
:rofl:

Does this change mean you will open up Jove Space to us?

Generally, we’re playing on our own characters, just like everyone else, and skilling up the normal ways (and if we want skill injectors we buy them with our own money.)

We do have more flexibility for gameplay conducted to serve a business purpose, but (as has already been the case with this kind of thing) our Internal Affairs department will be involved from the beginning to make sure we don’t distort the game world when doing so.

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I’ve never known a single CCPer who cared much about in-game politics, regardless of where their characters were.

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Nope. Not allowed. And not necessary to achieve the benefits of playing.

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You can’t even steal loot? How about suspect baiting in hi-sec?

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Don’t get the point of the first one. Are you concerned that CSM and developers might communicate?

As for the second, I think that’s a somewhat bizarre restriction. In particular, I think (from my own experience) that participating in tournaments would be a unique learning opportunity for developers that would expose them to subtle gameplay that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the game.

  • Note that that doesn’t mean flying in the tournament, but even participating in the preparation, etc. would be valuable. I agree that developers shouldn’t be collecting prizes from CCP, for example.

Much of the point was to deal with the fact that the strict anonymity requirements kind of sucked the air out of Eve gameplay for the developers who played the game under the prior rules. The consequences for being outed accidentally were the kind of thing that would be highly disruptive to gameplay.

Today, under the new rules, I can have confidence that my character’s been vetted to go public and I don’t have to tell a soul, but if someone finds out somehow, it’ll be no problem.

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I like the idea, I hope devs can have a more enjoyable experience in the game.

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Will the Player Devs know if another Player Dev is playing with another corporation?

This new emergent style of game play is going to be, explosive in my opinion. I can imagine groups of Player Devs getting into first fights at the office as the brutality that us players have created in the environment flows into the office setting. Infiltration is the specialty of some players, whether you see it, smell it or feel it, It’s there.

Should be, fun, to say the least.

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