Honest answer on the direction of EU

Kitch said:

Well so far I have heard many plausible theories...

But none make me feel positive at all,

And I still think it's atleast 50% a cock up, ie unexpected/underestimated result.

Also, off topic but, seeing the hunter hof board spammed with shared flute, and the manufacturing board spammed with explosive bp... Just.. I don't like it... somehow

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^^ This.... How in the fuck am I supposed to be enthused when the only larger hofs I see hitting the board consist of shared loot events, lvl 13 amps on FOMA, and 19/20 top crafting hofs be explosive bps?

Seriously though... all that says to players is "events or die" or at the least discourages them from engaging in any of the other "less-hofable" activities. Knowing you could go hunt argos and land a 5k argo young hof was exciting as hell. At this time EU was also peaking in playerbase too, so why the fuck not going back to that?

How is a giant shrapnel/EP bp fuckfest doing any favors for MA or expanding playerbase? Unless they just want n0obz to sit at terminal and craft EP only stopping to participate in Hogglo Diablo fuckfests every couple of weeks.

Like many other players have voiced, EU appears to be moving away from a virutal RCE world and more towards a click-and-win (or lose really) gambling interface with cryengine graphics and flashy globals/hofs and skills to keep idiots playing.

In short do you or anyone actually believe they give a flying fu** about your loot tt and what not...seriously?

As long as money is coming into their pockets and their profiting this thing is up and online the day it starts going backwards goodbye and fcuk you all....Its as simple as that.

I mean have a look at the eula then the chipping out process then the withdrawal process and all the other bullshit that's in there....

If you still cant do 1+1 what can i say.....

This lot are no different to the money driven politicians and organizations and who else....just care about their own pockets as lock as they get a buck they will throw you a dime but no more...whether they choose to toss it up in the air or roll it on the ground they get to choose that and you need to be prepared to take that dime and that's about it.

Picture this...fu** the politics

You go up to a guy and give him 100 dollars and expect him to give you £150 or 200 back????? Why???

Make sense? This is nothing but a casino instead even worse as its pre programmed and pre determined as to who gets what....In a real casino you might have a better chance.

Just a different interface thats all

Gewitter said:

In old time you got...

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In the old time you got stacks of PED. And then once in a while you got a piece of clothing. Which were all like TT+1 because there was a vast oversupply.

Konve said:

In the old time you got stacks of PED. And then once in a while you got a piece of clothing. Which were all like TT+1 because there was a vast oversupply.

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I know. My first login to PE was in 2004. But my serious start was in Jan-2007.
But...in 2004 there was a possibility to loot a Imp or Mod FAP...as example
Or get a HoF in 10K from Argo Young (yes, was a rebalance, but not so serious)

Konve said:

In the old time you got stacks of PED. And then once in a while you got a piece of clothing. Which were all like TT+1 because there was a vast oversupply.

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Ahh the fabeled days when players would TT Shadow as it was too heavy

TeesMaarKhan said:

In short do you or anyone actually believe they give a flying fu** about your loot tt and what not...seriously?

As long as money is coming into their pockets and their profiting this thing is up and online the day it starts going backwards goodbye and fcuk you all....Its as simple as that.

I mean have a look at the eula then the chipping out process then the withdrawal process and all the other bullshit that's in there....

If you still cant do 1+1 what can i say.....

This lot are no different to the money driven politicians and organizations and who else....just care about their own pockets as lock as they get a buck they will throw you a dime but no more...whether they choose to toss it up in the air or roll it on the ground they get to choose that and you need to be prepared to take that dime and that's about it.

Picture this...fu** the politics

You go up to a guy and give him 100 dollars and expect him to give you £150 or 200 back????? Why???

Make sense? This is nothing but a casino instead even worse as its pre programmed and pre determined as to who gets what....In a real casino you might have a better chance.

Just a different interface thats all

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Regrettably I tend to agree with you... the part about them not really caring a great deal.
I don't say it to be negative, or to be defeatist. I base my comments on the comparison to all the other games I play, the comparison in communication/care from MA since I started playing and the care I extend to my own clients to retain them or get repeat work/clients.

From my perspective it appears that there is a subtle push to see how little resources they can get away with without loosing too many depositing players (no I don't think the sky is falling).how many servers or resources can we get rid of before things crash? how can we take as much MU out of the game so we are no liable? what over heads can we trim and yet get near the same income for doing nearly nothing? On one hand as much as that would and dose piss me off, who can blame them. Many companies are doing it and if you push the boundaries on so many things in subtle way maybe the client base wont notice or know where to start about 'fighting it'.

It feels more like casino than it did when I started. No I don't think is was the 'honeymoon period' there was a little more depth. I liked the art side of things, events felt more unique and seemed to have more of a story to them (all though I am still wondering about the big black spheres???) and loot just felt more diverse.

It would be nice to have the feeling that MA cared and that they were working hard on fixings things, listening to player base...interacting with them/us. Showing some sort of care. Just to see them make some sort of commitment, mean it and actually implement it within a fair time.

I'm not wishing for the old times back, nor saying things cant be fixed or complaining about my choice to depo when I do (still my own choice to do it or not). I'd just like the feeling...and action that there was care, a strong future for our virtual world and that what we pay for one way or the other is earned.

My two cents and feeling on the topic or communication from MA.

GL and all the best,

Indica

well I just got a very pleasant reminder that the loot system is still alive somewhat, my disciple, an asian school kid just hit a 4 digit mining

No depo's just been playing 3 weeks sweating, hunting punys, living on gifts in game etc prob only dropped a few hundred bombs

sry this just made my day

Happy for my disciple, and happy the loot is still that volatile

game on

Not the first story I've heard like that either, I remember a day one newbie miner getting a 5 digit find right outside PA in vu9.

But if you can still do it in mining why not hunting?

Didnt care to read all this thread, but wanted to throw in some comments..

-I agree the metal residue drop on EP could be reduced and maybe most of it replaced with shrapnel or other non usable TT food.

-Also, for every withdrawing player (1 of 100 or whatever) there will be another player depositing (and loose the peds). The looser will disappear in the end unless he gets some value for the gaming, and the winners start whineing (is thats what we see?). Basically, the winners should entertain the loosers to keep their position, and dont expect anyone to tell how.

Kitch said:

well I just got a very pleasant reminder that the loot system is still alive somewhat, my disciple, an asian school kid just hit a 4 digit mining

No depo's just been playing 3 weeks sweating, hunting punys, living on gifts in game etc prob only dropped a few hundred bombs

sry this just made my day

Happy for my disciple, and happy the loot is still that volatile

game on

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That doesnt show the loot is volatile at all, 4 digit hof on 1ped decay happens all the time. Most of my towers are on 1 ped decay. The same as getting a 4 digit hof on 2ped expl bp.

Now, if a noob with the 10pec bomb found a 4 digit hof, i would be saying OMG.

But there is no difference to me dropping 1ped decay and a 1 hour noob dropping 1ped decay, either of us are just as likely to get that 4 digit hof, especiialy since MA have stated there is no personal loot pool.

Rgds

Ace