Shidhe
Minmatar The Babylon5 Consortuim
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Posted - 2009.07.01 22:16:00 -
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Edited by: Shidhe on 01/07/2009 22:17:51 Dont nerf high sec, boost low sec... Unfortunately too many people just want to have easy kills of marauders using the new easier scanning methods - it aint going to happen as carebears are not completely dumb.
Now more interesting missions - even care bears might accept a higher death rate for a bit more spice in life.
It would be really interesting to see stats for number of missions by level done in low sec (done, not given by agent in low sec). I suspect that it would not be large. Getting more people to low sec is not so easy. The easiest way would be to boost low sec industry by fixing the prom/dyspro market manipulation, but that doesnt make such a catchy pirate whine.
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Shidhe
Minmatar The Babylon5 Consortuim
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Posted - 2009.07.03 12:35:00 -
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Edited by: Shidhe on 03/07/2009 12:42:48 Edited by: Shidhe on 03/07/2009 12:40:13 Sigh... OK, since people have brought up the isk source thing as being the `only thing' that they are worried about:
There is little sign of inflation in the general EvE economy - sources are needed to balance sinks, and you have to look at both. There are some major movements: Trit UP, most minerals DOWN and prom/dyspro UP. Also industrial profitability at the new player end is a bit of a concern. Oh... ice prices too, but that is largely a macro issue, or maybe increasing the threat by rats in ice belts to force escorts.
Trit UP: Increased demand for caps etc meets limited supply of a difficult to move item. Supply probably needs to be boosted slightly to help noobs but in such a way as to not make it easy for macroers - veld grav sites anyone?
most minerals DOWN: This is a mission related problem - too much supply, obtained too easliy. Solution - reduce amount of loot (esp T1 loot) from missions. Make named items rare and desirable again! This would also help noob players get established with T1 manufacturing. The mineral over-production also reduces the profitability of low sec mining to stupid levels = fewer targets for pirates
prom/dyspro UP: This urgently needs intervention from CCP, as it results in industrial corps in low sec getting penalised (=less targets for pirates), and hands colossal amounts of isk to a few alliances and market manipulators. This is the problem that alchemy failed to solve. If you are wondering about high T2 prices, look no further. My guess is that this is distorting any clear picture about whether EvE is suffering from inflation or not - the effect is huge.
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