[quote=CCP Ytterbium]
There will be tears. Though, I think this is the only option.

I must be missing what the driver for conflict is? It seemed like rewarding the winning side so heavily simply ensures that the best profit will be had by having everyone join the same faction... what am I missing?

-Liang

I can't remember if this already happens or not, but why not put datacores as a reward in hacking and analyzing deadspace sites along with the other changes listed?

BF

Is there any benefit for fighting in a heavily upgraded system as opposed to a lightly upgraded system? better rewards for trying to take a Dominated system as opposed to newly conquered one? or are all payouts the same?

~ i can forsee there being one or two heavily defended systems that everyone uses to cash their LP in using alt couriers(for tags), while all the fighting goes on in contested systems,

How exactly are Datacores being introduced into FW? through LP stores? through FW only research agents? will they still require skills to use?

Who is dropping the ihub? how/when is that dropped? Does all the LP have to be drained out of it first before it can be killed?

I don't think player behavior will go that way. I for one would rather join the side that is loosing the war (unless it's amarr... never joining them) because you know there will be plenty of targets and joining the side that is already winning isn't much of an accomplishment. Some people would rather turn the tide of the war than mooch off the side that's winning, besides, you can always have an alt join the other team. In terms of absolute fighters, the winning side's numbers will probably tend to inflate more quickly... but I don't think victory will be stable as those who want to fight defect for the loosing side.

It seems to me a piece of the puzzle that is missing is how Rank fits in: rank should narrow what may be purchased in the LP store. One cannot simply switch sides, just to cash in when another side is winning. It would also be the basis of a diminishing returns since higher ranks would be more difficult to achieve.

The game was an utter failure, because the endgame entirely relied on something like Factional Warfare.
Basic problem: in a conflict with 2 sides, one side will get an advantage at some point and this could be simply a bigger number of players subcribing to that militia - maybe just because e.g. Gallente are the "coolest" faction atm.

The side with the more pilots is more likely to win fights and get rewarded - with cheaper LP stores etc.

Now 2 things are very likely to happen:
a)Players on the losing side will lose interest in FW or change sides. Either because losing is to expensive or simply because losing does not make them feel good.
b) And if new players enter FW, they are more likely to pick the dominant side. Maybe some players like the challenge or join a faction because they have no clue or they are hardcore RP people, but the winning side will alwas get more recruits.
People LIKE cheap ships & LP stores!!!

So the dominance of the winning side will become bigger and bigger until after a while either Gallente OR caldari will own all the contested systems.

Also, the more systems a faction controls, the more spread out the defenders will be (even if there are more). So taking systems back should be that bit easier.

6. Please consider adding Mindlink Implants to FW LP stores. This would fit in quite well racially (even though being Gallente we'd get the crappiest one ). Potentially you could get Outer Ring Excavation loosely in on FW at some later date for the mining mindlink which would be rather cool.

7. Plexes - Are you looking at changing any Plex mechanics? Specifically the gated predictable warp in point makes defending a plex much easier once you're in and set up.

8. NPCs - Are you rebalancing the NPCs of the different factions in plexes and missions with these changes?
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