MarVAqN
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Posted - 2011.09.04 01:08:00 -
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Playing Devil's Advocate.
EVE is a game, and by comparison one of the better ones. Now while I see the issue of bots has not decreased, I do not see the All out war against them making much difference. In the nearly 6 years of Gameplay and the thousands of posts from angry miners complaining about mining bots, all I can say is SO WHAT. If there is someone using a bot program to mine while he is at work making an honest wage, then comes home to play the game I say more power to them. I have been hearing that BOT WILL DESTROY THE ECONOMY for those same 6 years, and guess what It has not happened. The market in EVE is more resilient than the real world markets they emulate, and the sky is falling predictions are less about change then they are about Miners too afraid to go Low or Null to find roids to mine. Real life mining is long and painstakingly dull, I for one don't want to mine 7 hours to build a ship and play for only 2 hours, lose it to a Ganker or NPC and have to repeat the long drudgery of mining.
If EvE is supposed to be a sandbox, where the economy and the universe is created by the players, don't you think automated mining devices would have been invented by now? and for that don't you think being able to talk to an agent while is space would have been figured out as well? I'm just sayin' is all....
Look Bots are not so bad, Even if some guys spends 14 hours mining using a bot and buys stuff on the market he is still putting money into circulation. If that same guy mines on his own for 14 hours he will still buy something on the market, and the Capitalistic wheel goes round and round. Okay so you have gold farmers, Big deal if someone buys gold they run the risks of A. getting caught by CCP and getting banned or B. They Could get their account hacked and have all their "possessions" stolen. But as CCP says these things are in the realm of real life intrigue, espionage and risk that EVE is supposed to represent.
Besides there is an option C. If you use a bot to mine, and you are found out, you make yourself a target for suicide Gankers. And for me I like Ninja salvaging those.
Well that's my OTHER View of things.
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