iudex
Caldari
State Protectorate
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Posted - 2009.03.22 06:45:00 -
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Edited by: iudex on 22/03/2009 06:45:32
 Originally by: Malcanis
Originally by: Zaknussem
True. But I never said they would be forced to. If anything, they will add it of their own free will. And in regards to Faction Warfare, can you think of anything better as an "endgame" reward?
The above question, of course, only applies once CCP starts doing something serious with Factional Warfare, instead of letting it flap around like a dying fish.
Even as a FW reward they're not a good idea. FW stats are far too susceptible to farming efforts; it really doesn't take much imagination to conceive of some players starting a set of FW corps specifically set up to do so, tucked away in some secluded bit of lo-sec - and for rewards of that scale, you can bet that they would. Hell, I would; I'd love a state raven, and maybe an Impoc too, for my own use, and what the hell, I might as well get a few more to sell. With T1 frigates and smartbombing BS, we could generate any stats required in a few days of grinding, with minimal expenditure and it wouldn't even cause a sec-hit.
It's not susceptible to farming, Faction Warfare missions and plexes are actually one of the few activities in eve that you can't simply farm.
You can farm missions in highsec, if you enter a noobcorp no one can stop you.
Or you can farm missions ore and plexes deep in 0.0, since there is hardly anyone around to stop you. But not in high populated lowsec and especially not in Faction Warfare sites, since they are open to warp in for everyone.
It is constantly roamed by pirate gangs and fleets, people with -10 sec that shoot everyone, and it will be roamed by enemy gangs and fleets. Especially if a decent reward comes into play, the activities in Faction Warfare regions will rise even more.
You won't farm there in peace like in highsec or 0.0, you will have a pve challenge (since faction warfare missions are harder than normal ones and can't be entered with over-sized ships) and you will have a substantial pvp risk, which is higher than anywhere else in Eve.
That's why Faction Warfare (lp store or victory points, maybe even combined with rank and pvp kills) could be the best way and place for a distribution of high value items.
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