CCP....

A non-thought-out waffling rant, you have been warned....

I was a little shocked to see that CCP is being taken over by the company that also does Black Desert Online.

https://www.eveonline.com/article/pemjmb/black-desert-online-makers-pearl-abyss-to-acquire-ccp

Only yesterday I watched a video about Black Desert and it's no surprise that the reviewer with long extensive game-time in that world, says exactly what I think about Eve Online today. Great game with so much potential, pity it's ruined by decisions for profits. 

The combination of both these companies and their "shared DNA"(games based on PvP griefing as well) can only mean players are gonna be truly fcked over for profits in the future. As if CCP wasn't doing that with players and PLEX/SKINS today.

I was miffed that there were no free presents last Christmas in Eve.... Let alone the Mystery Code debacle, I see that trend increasing. Nothing for free.... 

Like Black Desert, Eve looks graphically amazing at times. But both share a need for profit above all else and I don't believe anything said about the positive welfare of the playerbase. Not at all.

I think all the SKIN sales and cosmetics today are only the tip of the iceberg to come. It will get unashamedly pay to win in a massive way. As gamplay devolves into more long-term grinding. 

I am 100% taking this all in a bad light. I only hope I'm proved wrong and CCP as a "wholly owned subsidiary" can at the very least remain themselves as they are today; Better the devil you know etc...