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Alekseyev Karrde
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Posted - 2012.06.11 20:43:00 -
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I'm the one spearheading for reforms to the Inferno war dec system and the CSM has pretty solidly been behind the changes we discussed prior to and during the CSM summit.
The slight cost added to taking new allies was not one of those changes, I do not support it, and I do not think the CSM as a whole is too enthused (though Issler doesn't support it for different reasons than the rest of us do: it's still ****).
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Alekseyev Karrde
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Noir. Mercenary Group
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Posted - 2012.06.11 20:45:00 -
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Jade Constantine wrote:Hans Jagerblitzen wrote:Jade Constantine wrote:One of the things you guys on the CSM are supposed to provide is a breadth of experience to help avoid this kind of fiasco. Well, what if we don't think its a fiasco? This is one of those cases where the breadth of experience provided by the CSM led to a fairly consistent conclusion - unlimited allies doesn't make for good gameplay. Not that the CSM was unanimous, but most of us though this was a bad idea and that it defeated the whole purpose of having a competitive "mercenary marketplace" in the first place. Having a "breadth of experience" doesnt mean the feedback has to be split 50/50 on every issue. So what about the compromise solution where you don't pay concord for allies as long as the total headcount of defender + all allies is less than the total headcount of the aggressor? This puts an upper limit on allies for most smaller wars - while allowing proper countering of a giant alliance wardeccing a smaller alliance.
Frankly Jade this whole concord fees issue is the wrong direction entirely.
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Alekseyev Karrde
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Posted - 2012.06.13 00:26:00 -
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Weaselior wrote:Petrus Blackshell wrote:
Oh, my bad, the problem is that Goons wardecced -SF- and are now swarmed by flashy reds. /s
Explain the problem as you understand it, then. I have been known to be wrong.
The problem is that the current system makes merc corps for hire not viable.
QFT
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Alekseyev Karrde
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Posted - 2012.06.13 00:40:00 -
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Mechael wrote:I am very curious what you think of the new "allies" system, Alek. I realize that it's better than what we had before, but I still don't rightly understand why there isn't just a "mercenary marketplace" window where anyone can browse through mercs and hire them for negotiable prices and durations regardless of whatever is currently happening with current wars (or the lack thereof.)
This current system seems very arbitrary and wonky to me. I'd like to get your take on it.
The ally system has destroyed the viability of the mercenary profession as EVE has known it since launch. The fact that Inferno's "mercenary marketplace" has cause said destruction is very ironic and not a little bit insulting. Mercs would have been better off if CCP just patched the holes in the war dec system without meddling.
But hope is not completely lost, since CCP is talking about how to fix this issue and if fixed the ally system will actually be a very cool feature for everyone involved (and the merc marketplace will be expanded to something like what you're talking about down the line). The gobsmackingly painful thing about it is the change to the ally system they have decided to put onto SiSi was the only proposed "solution" that the entire CSM present advised against during the summit two weeks ago, and would seem to not address the design goals set forth by CCP Soundwave earlier in this thread in a meaningful or successful way.
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