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QOTW: Pat yourself on the back

Quote of the Week honors goes to CCP Fozzie, of course.  I mean, who else could I pick?  Still, in the broad field of stuff he said last week, it was hard to pick just one.  ;-)

Still, in the end, I think this amused me the most:

Whenever we need to change something this powerful it will always be  painful because so many players will have done the smart thing and  flocked to the best game mechanic. If it feels like CCP nerfs you a lot  that's just a sign that you're doing it right and getting good at  staying on top of the best trends so pat yourself on the back.

The context of the quote was as an answer to a series of sample questions about the Heavy Missile damage nerf that's upcoming in the winter expansion.  This particular question: with the Heavy Missile nerf happening, are EVE players going to be reimbursed for skill points put into Heavy Missiles?  The answer, of course, is a long version of the word "no" with a CCP-standard side dish of "Chances are you've gotten your full value out of this over the years."  Then Fozzie ends with the two sentences above.

That's the first time I can recall a game designer saying that if the game features you like are getting nerfed all the time, you're playing the game correctly...
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