2000 ships lost as Jita Scammer hands out billions of prizes to bandits and blaggers.

Have CCP squeamishly bequeathed the responsibility to its customer base to the hands of a pirate who hides away in Jita? Rather than review the failing mechanism that permits players to destroy unarmed ships going about their business, that business they pay their monthly subscription for, they have sequestered the errant scammer to decide upon who shall live, and who shall be paid for removing from the game, those who have chosen to play a different game style.

This brazen usurping of CCP’s ability to be responsible for its large customer base, a customer base drawn in by pretty, graphic, soul reaching trailers promising the actions of a single capsuleer can change the very nature of EvE-Online is played, should now perhaps be changed to “Unless you play as a Jita Scammer has decided you will play, your ships will be destroyed and our prize winning peccadilloes will have your tears emblazoned on their jug of victory”

This morning, as a watery sun rose above the grey leaden skies of eastern England and a chill wind squirreled about the shoulders of those running for their trains to the office in the city, news was breaking of disasters worldwide, not the least of which, as was revealed in a picky scabbing indictment to testosterone tumultuousness, it read “2072 ships killed (144.24 Billion Isk)”

CCP have lost control of their income generating baby, and while it farts Isks about in a wild and spasmodic manner, prizes are being laundered like nothing seen since the grey steeled submarines had claimed an early victory in the North Atlantic, or the cod farmers had brought to bear great gun ships to declare the waters around Iceland are safe for normal fisherman in the acceptance of their right to fish the dangerous stormy seas.

The developers on Eve-Online fail to see that permitting bandits, thieves and scammers to destroy the ships of 2000 players is anything but a positive step forward. They spoke so eloquently only a few years ago about their need to change the way the game mechanics work, CCP Fear stated that it had to be changed. Congratulations, changed it has, and now new players are seeing how the space lanes are controlled by jerk off pundits who exploit a game mechanic at the cost of CCP’s customer base.