Eve developer responds to outcry

By John Bedford Published 23 September, 2011

"We are listening to you, we have heard you."

Arnar Hrafn Gylfason, senior producer of Eve Online, has responded to the ongoing dissatisfaction of subscribers in a blog post published yesterday evening.

"Over the past days and weeks, CCP has been doing extensive and intense introspection and revitalization," he wrote.

"The result of this is a refocusing and reprioritization on a scale unheard of within our company.

"These are indeed defining times."

Eve players have become disgruntled in recent months over the implementation of the Incarna expansion, the introduction of micro-transactions, and the perceived neglect of the so-called "Flying in Space" component of the game.

"We will reveal more during the coming weeks," Gylfason continued. "As certain details are prone to change, we want to make sure we have absolutely concrete information to give you. You've often told us that we promise too much and deliver too little, and this time we want to be certain that doesn't happen.

"We are listening to you, we have heard you, and plans are already in motion."

He ends by telling players to "watch this space" - a tongue-in-cheek reference perhaps to player demands for CCP to refocus its effort to the core of the game, rather than the recently introduced avatar content.

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John is an MMO specialist with a particular passion for Eve Online. He once nearly went paragliding.

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Comments (18) Latest comment 8 months ago

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  • Crea #1 8 months ago

    Link's broken, chaps! httphttp ain't no protocol I've heard of!

  • Bedders Verified Content Editor, Eurogamer Network #2 8 months ago

    Fixing now - sorry!

  • Ryboy #3 8 months ago

    What's an Eve Online?

  • TopKatt #4 8 months ago

    "We are listening to you, we have heard you."

    "Now fuck off."
    Edited by TopKatt at 23/09/11 @ 13:40

  • dirtysteve #5 8 months ago

    My God Eve fans are hyper sensitive.

  • Wizard83 #6 8 months ago

    Didnt renew my subscription.

    i want to blow shit up not buy new trousers that only i can see because you still cant leave the captains quarters!

    The chat channels are empty, get your priorities right CCP or start looking for a new job.

  • President_Weasel #7 8 months ago

    They may be listening to us, but many of "us" got bored and left - not sure if any of the gang from the proud Eurogamer space corps are even still flying - and nothing we've seen or heard from CCP has reignited that spark of interest. Particularly not a "we promise we're not gonna overpromise this time, and that's a promise"

  • Cosquae #8 8 months ago

    As far as I know, most of us have gone from the game in the EG corps.

    The only person I've seen from the Eve EG steam group actually playing Eve, are some of the Australian guys. I think Evo and Rak may still be there. Not sure about Dodgy and Smuggo.

    Just bad timing for the corp. Bad alliance placement, real life issues for many members, summer lull and none of us enjoying the incarana update... all combined pretty much killed the game atmosphere.

  • Nephirion #9 8 months ago

    Closer to the eve of selfdestruction.

  • telboy007 #10 8 months ago

    There is a Eve EG group on steam?

  • Tyronne #11 8 months ago

    Outcry? but I thought in space no one could hear you scream?

  • polaris70 #12 8 months ago

    Just feel like a session of EVE. Might subscribe again for a couple of months, I'm sure I've got a load of BPC's to pick up plus my sell orders must've been completed by now. Might get myself a fully-fitted Hulk and Tengu and ass about for a bit in low-sec.

  • DodgyPast #13 8 months ago

    Hasn't been met with much enthusiasm, and I know from CSM reports CCP are still rather missing the point since they're wanting lots of new shiny for FiS instead of a balance of some new shiny and mostly iterating hideous old code such as POS which would demonstrate a far greater commitment to the future of FiS.

    Having said that it's a lot closer to the mea culpa we should have from Hilmar than I expected and I'm glad that I at least made the effort to buy some PLEX with isk and use them keep my characters training.

    Edit:
    CSM responds
    https://forums.eveonline.com/default.asp...
    Edited by DodgyPast at 23/09/11 @ 17:38

  • Cosquae #14 8 months ago

    @telboy007

    Yeah mate, search for 'Lollipops for Rancors' on steam groups, there's a bunch of us there old and new.

  • mrboshingles #15 8 months ago

    "We are listening to you, we have heard you."

    "And we will kill you."

    Oh wait, no, that's taken.

  • craziii #16 8 months ago

    when the chat channels are dead, the game will be dead very soon.

  • HiredMan #17 8 months ago

    I'm still playing Cos (Joe), as are edwarb and Koda, Aussie contingent going strong. Of the other lolli/CADS guys, Rak and Smuggo are still around, and I saw Bern the other day

  • 43n1m4 #18 8 months ago

    I might return one day, to see if the magic is back. For now, I'm on an extended break from the game.