You probably seen that I just whine on features of EVE Online. The economy is a mess, the players are dumb even to WoW standards, I can have 100x more kills than the most "elite" alliances via ganking, I can afford 3 titans now, it's too easy, blah, blah, blah. But still, here I am, playing EVE Online, "the terrible game". Why? I couldn't even answer it myself. Then one of the developers, CCP Soundwave answered for me:
"Players are not entitled to success, the pinnacle is coveted by many players, but many more will fail on the way.
CCP is perfectly fine with the fact that 99% of their players will never own a Supercapital, the fact that most aspiring sky marshals will never lead entire alliances into battle, and the fact that most spies will never infiltrate to the highest orders of their targets to deliver a coup de grace. That’s fine. Not everyone is a winner, famous players are famous because they are exceptional in some way. What is important is that players are able to form a goal and dream. They should also know they are not entitled to success though, and must be willing to work harder or smarter than their peers if they want to achieve it. EVE will not hand consolation prizes to the losers, but if they did something right, there will be natural rewards waiting for them."
Other MMOs want to make every drooling moron and slacker wear the top items, kill the last dragon, have every achievement. EVE Online is the only MMO out there where winning and losing exist and players meant to do something for winning, not just logging in and waste time. Mechanics can be fixed, features can be added if the core is solid. WoW has much better graphics, much faster fixes, much better balance, but the core is rotten: ilvl 9999 for /follow.
If you want to experience a game where "being a winner" isn't automatic and given out to everyone, come, play EVE Online!
CCP is perfectly fine with the fact that 99% of their players will never own a Supercapital, the fact that most aspiring sky marshals will never lead entire alliances into battle, and the fact that most spies will never infiltrate to the highest orders of their targets to deliver a coup de grace. That’s fine. Not everyone is a winner, famous players are famous because they are exceptional in some way. What is important is that players are able to form a goal and dream. They should also know they are not entitled to success though, and must be willing to work harder or smarter than their peers if they want to achieve it. EVE will not hand consolation prizes to the losers, but if they did something right, there will be natural rewards waiting for them."
Other MMOs want to make every drooling moron and slacker wear the top items, kill the last dragon, have every achievement. EVE Online is the only MMO out there where winning and losing exist and players meant to do something for winning, not just logging in and waste time. Mechanics can be fixed, features can be added if the core is solid. WoW has much better graphics, much faster fixes, much better balance, but the core is rotten: ilvl 9999 for /follow.
If you want to experience a game where "being a winner" isn't automatic and given out to everyone, come, play EVE Online!
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