Tag Archives: CCP Games

Posted on 2011-07-11 by Ecliptic Rift

Who was there?

CCP released the Incarna trailer last week, and if you haven’t seen it: Please upgrade your browser I know I frequently call out CCP when they do something that I think deserves criticism. Fairness requires me to say this, then: … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-06-22 by Ecliptic Rift

CCP shooting blues

TL;DR: The Business Development (BizDev) team at CCP has gotten out of control and simply does not understand their market nor the culture surrounding their primary service. Their corp mates need to pod them back into station before they shoot … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-04-02 by Ecliptic Rift

Four levels of EVE players

Like most games, EVE has a number of levels of play. I’d like to delve into this line of thinking over several posts, as much to figure things out as to discuss it with others. Feel free to agree, disagree, … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-03-08 by Ecliptic Rift

Will Incarna be another NGE?

A number of players have tried to draw comparisons between CCP’s development direction with EVE Online and the now-infamous NGE that SOE implemented with SWG back in November 2005. As somebody who played SWG avidly before, through, and after that … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-03-07 by Ecliptic Rift

CSM6 Opinion

The election period for the Sixth Council for Stellar Management (CSM6) begins this week. While some players don’t believe that the CSM matters, the previous council put paid to that argument. Let’s not forget that the huge uproar in July … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-01-17 by Ecliptic Rift

Should EVE use the word “expansion”?

This Tuesday, EVE Online will get its latest update: Incursion 1.1. We’ll get a new character creator, a redesign of the planetary management interface, and the new Sansha incursions. CCP has not yet made the patch notes available for our … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2011-01-06 by Ecliptic Rift

Finishing what they start

The Tweetfleet has had a great discussion today regarding Incarna and CCP’s development practices. One of the key statements came from the always-excellent @MaxUrsa, who references the recent PC Gamer article on EVE and says, ccp aren’t gonna be releasing … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-12-28 by Ecliptic Rift

Questions raised by December survey from CCP

I got my multiple copies of the December EVE Online newsletter (this is what happens when you have way too many accounts, active and inactive). Among other things, this always has a link to current CCP Research Team survey. The … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-12-04 by Ecliptic Rift

RMT and botting exposé

Right now, I’m very upset: at CCP, at EVE, and at (many of) the players. I’ve had my eyes opened about the reality of botting (macros) and RMT, particularly with respect to nullsec. Via EVE Battles, I found a thread … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on 2010-11-28 by Ecliptic Rift

IHaveReturned.com

CCP appears to have a new marketing site up for Incursion: IHaveReturned.com. Some friends doubted the authenticity, but given that it made the ISD news and then was linked from an official CCP account, I wasn’t particularly suspicious. Still, I … Read the rest of this entry →

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