Psyche Lock
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Posted - 2009.09.24 07:33:00 -
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I hope Soundwave is willing to bear the burden of lost accounts due to changes such as this. While mission running is only about a third of my income overall, I feel this tax is merely the tip of the iceberg.
This change is not to balance NPC corps vs PC corps. That's a flat out lie. Player corps can have no tax either if they want. This is an attempt to force more "fodder" into the PvP grinder. What CCP fails to realize is that Eve PvP for the most part, sucks. Its gank and spank. For the most part, its no skill, no tactics beyond "outnumber your foe, preferably many on one, run if the fight even appears to be even or against you".
I've got 2 accounts that have remained in their respective NPC starting corps for over 5 years. NPC corps don't have drama, they can't be wardec'd by idiots, they don't tax and generally, have a lot of people in the chat channel (mostly newbs) who I enjoy helping.
Eve has built a "sandbox" that isn't so "sandbox" anymore. Wormholes were an attempt to get PvEers into PvP space, obviously, it didn't work as well as they'd hoped. FW was an attempt to get PvEers into PvP and again, it failed miserably. What CCP fails to understand is, MOST of your players don't want to be forced intpo PvP situations. Hence why Empire is packed and lowsec zero sec is not. Even though all the goodies are out in open pvp space, the risk is not worth the reward for most people who have lives outside of the game.
Eve's attempts at forcing me into PvP I don't want keep annoying me more and more, and frankly, I am beginning to feel my 30 bucks a month could be better spent elsewhere. Instead of giving positive reasons for people to join player corps with all their inherent problems (drama, wardec, taxes, thieves, etc), they try to negatively force people into them. That's not a very smart move.
I forsee the creation of many one man corps, like others have said. I'm sure Soundwave will get around to nerfing that as soon as he can. So much for "develop and flourish" lol. Did Soundwave even THINK about this change beyond his hatred of RMT's? Apparently not.
òWe would prefer that players join player corporations, or other entities that shape the world of EVE at a higher degree than the NPC corporations do, due to their impersonal and somewhat isolated role. That said, this change is not implemented to ôdestroyö NPC corps, they should be considered a small motivation to join a player corporation, where you can develop and flourish as a player.
How about letting players truly "sandbox" and leave ALL corps. No taxes, no wardecing, but still no capital ships, no sovreignty, no big chat room full of newbies.... (which apparently is a HUGE benefit lol)...
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