Staten Island
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.06.14 19:39:00 -
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GM Homonoia wrote:I shall make this real simple: Do not mess with rookies in rookie systems in any way. They are still trying to figure out how to read the overview and how to right click; messing with them at that point in their career is something for bullies who have something to compensate for and only dare to pick on the smallest, weakest boy in kindergarten.
The problem with this is that it is vague and promotes meta-gaming. Anybody who has actually visited a "rookie" system can verify that these systems are havens for vet players and their alts who do all sorts of things such as mining, missioning, etc. . . . Sure the gms have said that your free to engage vet players in the rookie systems but they have also said that you do so at your own risk if a "rookie" gets in the way. Consequently, no sane person is going to engage under these rules and risk the potential ban that might result if a vet throws one of his rookie alts into the mix. Thus this rule essentially walls off portions of eve and creates de facto safe areas for all players regardless of age, which of course is directly counter to the essence of eve.
IMO, ccp should simply remove all rookies from the the server and place them in their own separate area, similar to the rookie islands that exist in many other mmos. For game rp purposes I would refer to these systems as a "simulated" eve. This would be a place where rookies could spend a couple of weeks being put through their paces, earn skills, but suffer no real loses. After all, in rl you would never be allowed to fly a plane without logging many hours in a simulator, so why in eve should you be trusted with a spacecraft without spending some time behind a virtual control panel? At the end of the rookies time in the simulator they would be kicked out into eve and certified as being ready for game and perhaps given a some isk and a small frig or destroyer. Of course I would allow players to skip the simulator, but then they do so at their own risk. |