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Why doesn't he allow the devs to play the game so they have better insight on what the problems are and etc?

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over 5 years ago - /u/CCP_Falcon - Direct link

Quite a few of us play fairly regularly and fairly hardcore, we just stay away from positions of influence or high profile because it would result in us being outed.

Playing anonymously and not revealing your identity is mandatory, but in all honesty given the way EVE players behave, it's for the best.

I tried to play outed once, and it lasted about four hours due to constant evemail spam and suicide ganking for no other reason that the players in question knew there was a dev behind the keyboard.

The reason we don't play openly is because it would affect the sandbox and we'd get harassed well beyond the realms of what's considered acceptable targeting of an individual in EVE.

If we played openly, we wouldn't get the experience of "playing" the game as a player.