Bjron
A-OK Logistics and Fabrication StoneGuard Alliance
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Posted - 2012.06.20 13:18:00 -
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Just some things I want to touch base on here. (inb4 care bear, looser, highsec baby).
I have been to low, lived there a week or two at a time, been to NPC and "open" 0.0 too. Tried RvB and FW at one point or another in my life. Its not like I haven't tried my hand at PvP, its just that Eve's PvP is not my bag of tea. I prefer mission running or mining depending on how much time I have to play that day (normally less than 2-3 hours M-F). Its something I can jump into right after I get off work, feel like I got something done and I don't have to worry about getting told what to do, or where to do it.
I am not asking for what I do to be better, or safer. I am not asking that low/null get nurfed.
Part of it, I don't think POS are not too efficient for anything other than research and a place to dock and refit or change ships. Maybe if POS refinery and production was as good as NPC or better low/null might see a larger gain.
The thing is, I don't know what would fix it, because I haven't spent enough time there to know. All I can do is guess from my limited information on the area.
The one thing I can say for sure, forcing people to leave highsec would be far worse for the game than just leaving them alone. I feel that many people would just outright quit. I may or may not try to learn my way around low better.
I think making POS as good, or better than NPC stations when it comes to refining and producing would go a long way. I don't think removing level 4's from highsec would change anything, Level 5's sure didn't. Incursions are already something that is (mostly) ignored now.
I don't think it would be right to have 0.0 space enforced by NPC.s either. I don't feel that adding more systems to high, low or null would help. As it is now many areas are empty save NPC's. Amarr space seems to be vastly less populated compared to other places as it is. Changing insurance to a 100% coverage is (to me) against what Eve is. That would mean no loss, when losses have no meaning then you have both sides just turning into a meat grinder.
Nurfing highsec mining is a joke, it already pays pennies compared to a well prepared mission runner, plexes or WH space.
If it was up to me, the first things I would focus on. 1) fix or redo POS, to make them equal to or better than NPS stations, but make them only useable in .5 or lower. .5 is a small only .4 medium and large.
2) Try to get more people playing Eve, we need something here to entice more players. Maybe something like Iracing does. They offer 3 months free for any new account and sometimes they drop a years sub to as low as $50-60 and offer rewards for continuous membership. Maybe offer 2-3 months free for any new account for the price of 1 month. ($20 gets you 3 months), make some new vidoes for ads on webpages and more TV/magazine ads if money allowed. offer a "unlimited" trial but have the same restrictions as a trial account and a SP cap.
Thats all I got. It might be stupid, or compel
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