Eniy Oh
Gallente
United Systems Navy
Zenith Affinity
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Posted - 2009.10.07 16:36:00 -
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I maybe wrong but the reasons Siobhan is giving why NRDS in Providence will be hard to keep are just these 2 problems:
1: Supercap production, which funds most of the NRDS operation (fund what exactly, btw, ship reimbursement?) will become vulnerable as CSAA's can no longer be protected by sov 4 (which will disappear)
2: upgrading systems won't yield CVA a bigger income as all the neutrals drawn to the extra riches don't have to pay taxes nor have to dock
Am I correct these are the main points? Just like to compact the 6/7 screen-long posts here and help the discussion ahead..
Now personally I think even though a lot will change which will be challenging to tackle, I think there's a lot of exagerating here about how much impact these problems will have.
1: production time for supercaps will be cut down to only several weeks (I read this somewhere in a dev blog but I don't remember where exactly). The increased risk will make them more valuable, especially compared to the actual building costs. More profit means more of the whole risk vs. reward ratio. I also don't think it's impossible to succesfully defend a CSAA. Plus if you get so harassed by certain parties, attack theirs as well, eye for eye and make them think twice about doing it again...
2: even if you get a complete surge of neuts coming in, if they don't respect NRDS you can just shoot them. If they DO respect NRDS they might like the area, stick around, become blue and eventually dock more and more. Also if people settle in an area and spend a lot of time there, they WILL move in assets/ships and as such will have to dock more often. If facilities in Providence really are similarily good compared to empire, they might not even want to bring it to highsec to refine/whatever. Also people who benefit from the upgraded systems long-term will realize it's in their own interest to help defend the region.
In short I think it's way too simple to think upgrading the systems in Providence will in some way hurt CVA as all that extra wealth supposedly won't go back to actual space holders. Because it will. It may not be as much as you like, but it will be more than how much you are now earning from docking fees and what not. To be completely honest your space at this point hardly yields much ISK for individual pilots but if that changes for the better, you can expect more tax incomes. CBA to crunch the numbers (which I don't have) but it'd seem so.
Back on topic: I welcome the changes CCP wants to do though I do think it's time to enter the next phase in this debate e.g. we can use some more details/specifics so we can also take away lots of speculation.
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