The last time they did shit like this it shook up OTEC agreements. The events leading up the the Fountain war. That was a very vibrant period for the game and gave us a lot of the best PR stories out of EVE we’ve had. Far as I see it this is the goal here. CCP’s endgame for meta. They may not ‘get’ it. But they know least as much to understand what it tends to do if they make a few “shock” changes in short sequences. So consider yourself manipulated by Fozzie. He certainly hopes you’re mad enough to do something about it.

You haven’t been playing EVE very long if you think “The Fountain War” was an exceptional time for the game. How long did the Fountain conflict last? A couple of months? I know it ultimately culminated in a terrifically-large, showpiece battle that made for good media headlines, but it wasn’t a real fight. TEST had already folded when that engagement occurred.

The Fountain War was a chillaxed couple of months of TEST ratter ganking, nothing more. And the changes made by the game design team are not worth their cost, even if they happen to precipitate a headline-grabbing battle here or there or draw a few short-lived newcomers to the game. I don’t care if some new people try EVE for a few months if the cost is totally fucking the economy and the ship meta.

I’m about ready to un-sub my accounts again. I re-subbed three or four months ago after an extended absence: since then I’ve managed to make a fuckload of money (at least by my own standards as someone who’s primarily interested in PvP), but I haven’t found anything to do with the ISK other than re-invest in more money-making stuff. PvP in EVE has become so boring and pointless over the past few years. It’s waaaaay too easy for people to make money (so inflicting losses on people is more trouble than it’s worth), people have no incentive to use any subcaps bigger than a cruiser (like, ever), gatecamping / interdiction opportunities are at an all-time low, and hunting ratters is easier / more boring for the attackers than ever.

Basically, large-scale conflict has ground to a halt and small gang shit has become incredibly boring and pointless. I guess if you like fleet-sized, consensual gudfite slapfights in disposable BC and cruiser doctrines, or sitting on a blackops BS and occasionally dropping on an AFK VNI or set of mining drones is your thing, then EVE might still be appealing. But if you enjoyed small-gang PvP or bloc wars or basically anything at all other than Krabbing or shooting excavator drones, you’re probably p bored with EVE right now.

So IDK why Fozzie would hope I’m, “mad enough to do something”– all these changes make me want to do is not bother playing EVE anymore. v0v