is PvP in eveonline causing CCP to lose customers?

Is PvP causing CCP to lose customers?

At the recent fan fest in Iceland, there were some interesting developments. New ideas in the game and the presentation of an uncontrolled CSM. More though, was the perception of a game changing  seed, a change that will affect all Eve-Online players, some more than others. PvP can happen anywhere in Eve-online, players know it can occur anywhere and at anytime.

As long as the aggressor gains in some way from the action of PvP, then CCP let it happen. It is a part of the rich experience of playing Eve. When a pvp player takes on a non-pvp player, sometimes called a 'Care-bear', and turns that pvp into harassment, or greifing, it is no longer acceptable to CCP.

An emerging trend is for some PvP players, to believe they have a right, to constantly pick on new players, forcing them into a very one sided pvp action, until the new player, with mounting losses, gives up. He leaves the game and never comes back. That is for the hardened pvp player, a win situation, having forced yet another care bear to leave the game, stops paying monthly subs and never shows up again.

I feel bad for the new player, he probably was enjoying the game, mining and or missioning, maybe had a second account to assist mining, or grabbing the mission spoils. The fact remains, the losses caused by unwanted pvp, made the game untenable for him and caused him to leave.

I think CCP will see this activity as PVP versus CCP directly. If CCP start losing customers, and that customer loss is attributable to a group of players within the game, CCP are going to look at that group of players and take steps to reduce the loss of players and their subscriptions.

Don't get me wrong, but CCP use the Eve-Online game as a vehicle for Income Generation, it is their primary concern.

Players paying their way with in-game currency are I imagine financially less attractive than players paying their subs with new money. CCP needs new players to like the game, to stay, and to pay monthly dues, and in the future, be receptive to buying goods from CCP to be used in game.

CCP are teamed with Sony and Nvidia. Those concerns need to see a regular solid customer base contributing to their income generation. If we mess up that flow of real money, there is no doubt that CCP will intervene. If you feel that you have a greater right to play pvp and scare people into leaving, then I fear you may not have fully grasped the reality of Eve-Online.

If a few hundred players get upset and attempt to destroy the fabric of the game for fee paying players, CCP will intervene, Sony, Nvidia and others are probably counting on it.

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Mittani or Riverini for CSM Eve-online by CCP.

The Mittani Vs Riverini - Communication Skills for CSM

I think it was The Mittani who played the language card, pointing out the CSM will need to have good, quick and intelligible communication skills. I feel his view of Riverini was suggestively scathing pointing out his language skills may not be up to the job.

I do not speak any Italian so Riverini's use of English, being better than my Italian, makes me respect the man, however, The Mittani can only take cheap shots at the guy based upon his perception of language skills.

Riverini, maybe a fast interpreter could work for you, you can speak in your native tongue and have that relayed in almost real time in US American so the nose biting MIttani has to find something more solid upon which to base his argument.

Overall, don't tell me what the other guy didn't do when you should be telling me what YOU can do for me.

Don't change the subject all the time to the same boring topic you feel more comfortable with.

and please CSM's don't waste assume our intelligence is so low we don't understand where your allegiance is.  

Talk the truth, tell us What you want to do,  How  you want to do it and in what Time Frame you want to do it in. That's all we need to decide who is the best CSM candidate.

Laughing at Jita Scammers in Eve-Online by CCP

Laughing at Jita Scammers in Eve-Online by CCP

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EvE Buyers save Millions in Jita

Every now and then, our corporation sends a shipment of trade good to Jita to earn enough Isks to see us through another couple of weeks. We are not a large enough corporation  to earn billions of Isks, but doing level three and four missions and a little Planetary Interaction provides all we need for our game play.

We could sell our trade stuff locally, but to make the real money, we need to find the busiest market. That market however, may not be the one paying the most for some of our stuff. But for the most part, most of what we sell seems to attract the better prices.

There is no software in the world that will tell me what an orca full of stuff is worth, but a keen eye and market familiarity will give me a good idea to the nearest 10 Million Isks. Whether I am turning a laden Orca round or dropping off a battleship filled with munitions, the process is the same and  a player can earn the same respectively regardless of the size of the hold if the basic precepts are understood. or If you know how.

Here is how to make a fair return for your investment.

Go to the market with the best chance of finding buyers. Ice Miners do not sell well in systems where there are no ice fields, however, when they do sell, they can return a very good profit. If you are prepared to wait for the return you can ask almost any price you like. Jita is a good example of a vibrant and fluid market place. 

Many people are willing to pay to a limited amount for any item you want to sell.  In Jita you will find players offering 800 Isks for your Miner II, you will find people offering them for sale for 180,000 Isks. If you sell for 800 you are giving them away, but looking at the market, you find one jump away people are selling the same item for 120,000 Isks. So what is the right price?

I offered mine for sale at 130,000 Isks in Jita, and they sold before I could move onto the next product, thus freeing up a slot in my sell orders. I made 1.3 Million Isks in a heartbeat. People think the Jita guys are demanding too much for their Miner II's, but are too lazy to jump one solar system to save 60k Isks, so buying mine they safe an opportune 60k Isks. They win and I get a fat pay check before the inks dry. 

Watching all the scammer in Jita's open channel is worth a good laugh too, people were offering an unopened shipping crate for hundreds of millions of Isks, telling you that there may be a Tech two ship in the box. Keep drinking the snake oil guys, one day a sucker will come along and buy your empty box, and then complain about only getting 800 Isks for his Miner II's.

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