Keynote Chat

[CCP_Swift]

@Lafiel_Perun

The whole FanFast is 100% about one thing: new players.
50% of the presentations are about NPE, your character progression and NPE team is well over 30 people. Graphic updates are nice but also mainly something that get the attention of new players.
All the changes of the last years, which are more than unpopular, have now been justified with “it’s better for new players now”.
Also the announced for Faktion Warfare changes is also about introducing new players to pvp but mainly that these players take part in scripted events and not the stories that have been immortalised in the history books by Andrew Groen - becouse its easyer.
The price increase again hits mainly the veterans, who usually have far more than one account.

To me it looks as if you CCP don’t care at all what the ones who wrote the records for your game think, feel or whether to continue to play or not. It almost seems like you want your long time players to disappear (until this FanFast I always saw this as a joke but it seems to be true).

So if you only want new players and everything old is bad, pls tell us this!
Make a new server and whoever wants can start from scratch, because how things are, how you comunitace and you especially treat the veterans is just sad and shameful for what EVE once stood for.

Maybe @CCP_Swift can say something about this, as someone who at least communicates with the community from time to time.

Hey! Sorry for the slow response, we were bombarded by enthusiastic space friends last week (in the best way possible) so I missed your question.

There was some considerable emphasis put on new players, but that was twofold. One part is to show our change in approach to the NPE; instead of a one-time ‘fix’, our strategy has shifted to ensuring the NPE evolves over time. And secondly, to show our established players the fruits of our developmental efforts and highlight some of the changes that are coming on the horizon for all players (not just new players).

I totally understand how other discussions, such as data and the economy, could be attributed to new players - but we very much approached that from a position of existing players. The extensive work we put into the foundations of EVE will benefit people coming in for the first time, sure, but we know the largest affect it has is on players that are already citizens of New Eden.

Foundational work isn’t always sexy, but with that already completed it paves the way to build awesome new elements to what makes New Eden a fun and exciting place.