This became a combined session that started with a brainstorming session, then evolved into a broad discussion of many nullsec related issues.
Newbie Retention / NPE
CSM was briefed by CCP Flying Scotsman the performance of the old NPE and the steps they are taking to make the new Incarna NPE a better creator of hopelessly addicted degenerate EVE players. NPE improvement will be an ongoing process, and CCP has some interesting plans for future improvement.
Aesthetics / Ship Art
CSM was briefed on the way the art department works, and gained a greater appreciation of the amount of effort needed to create new art or revise old art (such as ship models, which are being upgraded to a new system that is much more flexible than the one used on most current ships). We got feedback on the time and effort needed to implement some improvements that many players of EVE would like to see, which will help us prioritize our requests.
EVE Economics
Dr. Eyjólfur provided the CSM with some XXX NDA economic graph porn, including information about the effects of a recent and somewhat controversial change to the game, details on PLEX usage, insight into subscriber trends, and the number of people who play EVE and claim to be women in real life.
Chat with Hilmar
Chats with Hilmar are always interesting; he gave us his perspective on the CSM and how he would like it to evolve, and CSM reported on the results of the summit so far, emphasized the importance of recent CCP initiatives like Team Gridlock, and made some suggestions for the future.
Ship Balance Iteration
CCP wants to allocate resources to continuous ship balancing. Much of this session revolved around discussions of the best ways to manage this process and prioritizing the ships in the most need of love (or hate, as the case may be). As to who the lucky winners and unlucky victims are, you will have to wait for the minutes.
Quote of the Day: "EVE is like Golf" -- Hilmar.
Aesthetics / Ship Art section.. Will there be more details on this to help us players manage our expectations as well? Many of us likely don't understand the realities of reskinning/designing old ships and designing new ones.
ReplyDeleteYes, we will put as many details into the summit minutes as possible.
ReplyDeleteHey there Trebor,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the updates; it's nice that you were able to squeeze in these briefs (especially after the cake & bacon).
I'm very much looking forward to the minutes. I sounds like CCP really is interested in allowing the CSM to be involved in the process. Previous CsSM (Councils of Stellar Management, which is probably more correct than CSMs, Councils of Stellar Managements, but it sure looks goofy) didn't quite give me the same feeling.
Maybe it was just the whole Spoongate thing, I dunno... : >
Did Hilmar ever rationalise his "EVE is like golf" analogy? Would be interested to hear that.
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