Titan Pilot
Amarr
Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2009.10.26 11:53:00 -
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This is a very intelligent choice by CCP. But I am very surprised the decision was made given that alot of people dislike player corps and/or enjoy the npc corp chat.
In my estimation, I believe this is a bit risky for the following reasons:
1. Many individuals play solo due to RL or other reasons and may be turned off by player corps
2. The tax will reduce Mission runners incomes a bit and this may (rightly or wrongly) anger the soloists into leaving EVE rather than joining a playercorp
3. The tax does not provide any incentives or benefits except provide the same protection as before - INVULNERABLE TO WAR DECS
4. The tax does not really encourage players to join player corps because the tax rate there is variable. And many people are aware that people can be erratic - hence the reason to avoid player corps
5. This decision does appear to bend to the demands by certain people on the forums who have been demanding the taxation and ultimately the removal of NPC corps. Alot of people have this perception that a bunch of noobs in small player corps will actually undock and fight - yeah right 
If I may, I will be blunt here because I have been around EVE alot longer than this character would suggest:
EVE prides itself on scamming, killing, trickery, corp theft and broken friendships and agreements. All the marketing material points to this as benefits. But this is exactly the oppposite of what player corps should be. But people, alot of people see the marketing material, and the posts and this sticks with them. A player tax of 10% or even 20% is not going to erase this perception.
If I were CCP, this is what I would do:
1. start selling the 'sizzle of player corps' - case studies on long-term players in strong corps
2. improve the WAR dec mechanics - shorter periods of war, specific objectives - i.e. kill 10 ships - war ends
3. improve FW alot more - maybe 0% tax in FW as the carrot and replace the new ship with T1 frigates - gives people a good reason to fight, and try out PVP.
Thats the bottom line. Good luck CCP.
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