Dalilus
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Posted - 2011.08.20 22:07:00 -
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More people like to carebear in high sec than pvp in low or null sec. That's just the way it is. If it were the other way around there would be tons of players in low/null sec and high sec would be a graveyard. Nullsec alliances would have thousands upon thousands of noobs begging to be let in and lemming event cannon fodder roams would be the norm. Imagine the killboards stats full of rookie ships.
If CCP wants to lure carebears into low/null sec with the way the game mechanics are set up right now, not gonna happen. Ever heard of ganking? For example, why do carebears run such pimped up ships? Believe me, its not for the bling or bragging rights about epeen size, its because you can finish a mission in a fraction of the time. Running a Blockade or Extravaganzza in a regular tech 2 fit ship with +3 implants easily takes 2 - 3 hours or more but fly an all faction fit regular battleship with +5 implants and you can finish the mission including salvaging in an hour or less. Am I going to take a 4+ billion isk BS to lowsec, never mind nullsec, to be scanned, ganked and paraded on a killboard? Sure, right, dream on. Don't get me started on thinking about flying a 12+ billion isk officer fit marauder to run lvl 5s in low/null sec. That marauder has turned into an expensive hangar queen with no use at the moment.
I left my mommie's house many years back and I don't need a substitute like a FC, corp CEO, or anybody else telling me how to fleet up, what ship to fly, what time to be online, how long to be online and least of all complain when I choose to make isk instead of going on a roam. Why? So I can purchase that Pith-X type shield boost amplifier I need for a battleship and maybe save for months for a couple of Estamel's modified invulnerability fields. More solo content please, a lot MORE solo content please. Not everyone likes to sit in a circle and circle jerk while saying gf, gf, gf...rawr or whatever.
There was a time when the CSM was run by carebears that did not care or understand nullsec. Their bad. Now that the worm has turned and the loons are running the asylum we find that the CSM is run by nullsec alliances that don't give a squat or understand high sec - eventhough that's where most of EVE players reside, live and die - except to turn it into a killing ground so their members can amuse themselves while PVPing.
Anyways IMO the way CCP is thinking about implementing NPC nullsec sounds interesting in principle, maybe set it up so that it feels more like wormhole space that regular nullsec? Get rid of local? Make it so that the solo players can carve out a niche without being hot dropped by a bored blob who has not seen a target in a couple of hours?
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