Questions for CCP regarding January 2015 rules

[Alex66]

I agree with Pinotnoir that such questions should be asked. Falcon stated that actions that affect EVE universe can not longer be "multiplexed" as of Jan 1. For example how does opening Orca's fleet hangar on all miners simultaneously affect EVE Universe? Miner's yield remains constant, Orca's capacity too. Nothing changes or even moves except a few windows are opened (a generic UI action). I'd argue that dragging ore from miners' hold into Orca should be permissible to "multiplex" too, but one step at a time, lol.

I would refrain from using term "round-robin" when talking to CCP. It may imply that a third-party program decides for you which client should receive the instruction and just spook them.

Another thing worth learning is how concerned CCP is about PLEX ISK inflation. I remember when I played EVE briefly a few years ago, PLEX was 600 mln, and now it is around 1 bln, whereas I have not noticed any significant increases in prices for ships. For CCP it may mean fewer purchases of PLEXes for RL money because 1 PLEX can buy you much more now in-game than it used to. When the announcement on boxing came out, PLEX in Jita dropped 8%, which means people believe a sizable demand from boxers may be affected. Obviously large fleets capable of engaging in high ISK/hour activities are the main source of such demand, as smaller teams are unable to efficiently plex their accounts without turning the game into a second job (imho of course).

So if CCP wanted to boost its revenues from selling PLEXes, it would seek to curb the demand in-game so that ISK PLEX prices go down. Hitting large fleets of both combat and mining multiboxers would probably help to achieve that. They would argue that such fleets were not generating subscription revenue anyhow. Besides, higher ore prices mean higher ship prices, which also can boost the demand for PLEX-for-money. All I am saying here is to use the chance to talk to try to learn what were the true reasons for that sudden turn-around on CCP's part, and if there's anything we could do now or in the future to help CCP to avoid making such decisions.

And lastly, despite EVE's assurance that they know exactly what clients are doing in-game including even mouse driver issued command the true bots are thriving. How come these are allowed to exist?

Don't link to sites that are blatantly against the TOS/EULA.
-MiRai

^^ yep, sorry about that.