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Hello again, pod people!
I'll make the introduction short - this is a no-nonsense archive post, with the intent of summarizing and centralizing all of the recent activities of your CSM7 representatives. Links to outside resources will be provided where possible, though some of this content takes place on internal CSM / CCP forums and Skype channels and cannot be directly referenced.
This is by no means the sum total of everything the CSM has been up to, merely the items not covered by NDA that individual CSM reps have self-reported. Some features for Winter Expansion have yet to be announced and so work on them has not been included at this time. If I missed a key conversation, posting, or media appearance, I'll update this reference as needed.
Add this blog to your follow list if you haven't already, this is only the first of a series of updates I will provide as we continue towards Winter Expansion. Thanks again for your patience with us during the slow summer, we're excited to be back in the busy season again!
Public appearances
CSM May Summit Minutes
TEN EVEning News Special: CSM Discusses their Minutes! Part 1 Part 2
VandV Podcast: Special Edition: Spring Summit Wrap Up featuring Seleene
CSM7 2nd Town Hall on EVE Radio
Wormholes Town Hall, hosted by Two Step
TEN EVEning News Roundtable #1: Faction Warfare, featuring Hans Jagerblitzen
Hans Jagerblitzen Interview Pt. I - Factional Warfare Segments
Ongoing Forum Conversations
Electoral Reform Redux, (many thanks to CCP Xhagen for helping to get the conversation back on track)
Stakeholder pilot project
Previous CSM's have been called "Stakeholders" nominally, but in practice they have had little of the privilege or access of actual CCP corporate stakeholders. At the May summit, CSM7 demanded that CCP start living up to its commitment to the CSM as an entity and finally grant it the relationship with the development process that players have expected for years but never received. Senior Producer CCP Unifex agreed and promised us an integrated role for the entirety of a development cycle, assigning us to single team to undergo a pilot program.
The pilot program is focusing on two objectives - to demonstrate the need for CSM feedback at the earliest stages of the development process, and troubleshooting the communication protocols in order to build a methodology that can be used to utilize the CSM as a stakeholder on a greater number of teams.
The pending success of the pilot program should greatly expand CSM7's ability to directly assist with the shape and direction of the POS revamp, ring mining, and other major features for 2013.
CSM7 is now receiving updates for its assigned team, participating in charter meetings and release planning through access to the recordings and a 48-hour window of opportunity for response with feedback so the team can continue moving at the pace of its sprint cycle. The exact feature we are working on is still currently under NDA, but needless to say we're already learning a lot about what works and doesn't work about this new process.
Internal work with CCP
-Ongoing focus on ship balancing, including forum feedback covering each set of overhauled ships prior to public release
Previous CSM's have been called "Stakeholders" nominally, but in practice they have had little of the privilege or access of actual CCP corporate stakeholders. At the May summit, CSM7 demanded that CCP start living up to its commitment to the CSM as an entity and finally grant it the relationship with the development process that players have expected for years but never received. Senior Producer CCP Unifex agreed and promised us an integrated role for the entirety of a development cycle, assigning us to single team to undergo a pilot program.
The pilot program is focusing on two objectives - to demonstrate the need for CSM feedback at the earliest stages of the development process, and troubleshooting the communication protocols in order to build a methodology that can be used to utilize the CSM as a stakeholder on a greater number of teams.
The pending success of the pilot program should greatly expand CSM7's ability to directly assist with the shape and direction of the POS revamp, ring mining, and other major features for 2013.
CSM7 is now receiving updates for its assigned team, participating in charter meetings and release planning through access to the recordings and a 48-hour window of opportunity for response with feedback so the team can continue moving at the pace of its sprint cycle. The exact feature we are working on is still currently under NDA, but needless to say we're already learning a lot about what works and doesn't work about this new process.
Internal work with CCP
-Ongoing focus on ship balancing, including forum feedback covering each set of overhauled ships prior to public release
-Official protest of the changes to the Vagabond, and a call for CCP to "Bring back the Frills!"
-Special emphasis on revisiting Black Ops if resources allow during Winter Expansion, as recent balancing has focused exclusively on Tech 1 smaller ships and CSM believes veterans deserve attention as well.
- Dovinian posted a call for CCP to revisit the issue of "Mineral Compression", as this is one of the major underlying contributors to supercapital proliferation. Kelduum has been doing detailed research into the specific items that can be manufactured for lower volume than their mineral equivalents, to assist in reaching a faster solution. CSM is unanimously in support of addressing this long-overdue problem.
- Elise Randolph posted a call for changing oversized prop mods, suggesting CCP look into penalties for their use to offset the incredible power these fittings provide
- Elise Randolph posted a call to revisit booster mechanics and the smuggling process, suggesting ways to facilitate transport throughout the game
- Continued heavy work on Faction Warfare mechanics, led by Hans Jagerblitzen
- Continued collective feedback on the war declaration system and "mercenary marketplace", led by Alekseyev Karrde and Kelduum Revaan
- Kelduum has been discussing in detail corporate management UI and issues regarding the recruitment interface
- Collective feedback about the EVE-Dust 514 link
- Collective feedback about the Unified Inventory and persisting issues that need resolution
- Hans Jagerblitzen has been regularly playtesting and providing feedback regarding the Dust 514 beta, you can add him as a contact (under the name "Heinrich Jagerblitzen") if you are also in the beta and would like to invite him to your squad!
Notable Blog Posts
Spring Summit Review, part 1, by Seleene
Spring Summit Review, part 2, by Seleene
Thoughts on the May-June Summit, by Two Step
CSM7 Summer Update, by Seleene
Winter Faction Warfare Iterations discussion, by Hans Jagerblitzen
Winter Faction Warfare Iterations discussion, by Hans Jagerblitzen
Notable Public Forum Activity
Seleene responds to the ensuing controversy from the electoral reform proposal.
Features on Tranquility as a direct result of CSM7 efforts
Features on Tranquility as a direct result of CSM7 efforts
- Self-destruct timer changes
- Iterations to ship fitting including ammo and rigs
- Just about everything surrounding the Faction Warfare updates
- Re-nameable POS structures
- Logistics frigates in Winter expansion (we begged CCP not to bother with "sniper-frigates")
- Technetium regulation through new Alchemy reactions
- Release of many remaining NEX store clothing items at greatly reduced pricing
- Rollback of Incursion changes in order to improve Vanguard sites
- Removal of outdated Ethnic Relations skill, replacement with Diplomatic Relations
.....and many more to come!
if you want to remove Mineral Compression, you must first ask for real manufacturing capacities on nullsec... or you'll kill even more production on null...
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