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Caliph Scorpionsting
Caldari
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2009.11.07 01:08:00 -
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I read the blog, but I didn't see a fix for anything? Where is the sov fix guys? Surely something that breaks sovereignty wouldn't be called a fix, right?
Seriously though, if this goes live then there is no reason to hold space. Doing missions in a newbie corp with the 11% tax will be the only smart way to make money. I would like to see how you came up with all these figures.
CCP: Are you honestly this out of touch with the state of a game that you made yourself?
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Caliph Scorpionsting
Caldari
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2009.11.07 01:20:00 -
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These proposed changes really and truly are garbage. I have never run a cosmic anomaly. I don't know anyone who has ever run an anomaly. The amount of bounty and salvage that is dropped from deadspace npcs is already less than regular belt rats. I don't want more trash. I want something tangible. There is no reason not to live in empire if this goes live.
If this ridiculous stuff goes live, all the major power blocs in 0.0 should just never fight. If this is CCP's "fix" to 0.0, then we can collectively turn it right back around and "break" it on them. If all the power blocs work collectively towards one end, we can force a meaningful change to 0.0 out of ccp. That collective end? Terrorize everyone in empire. Devote all of your resources to the unbridled destruction of EVERY resource people have in high sec. Wardec every mission runner. Suicide every. single. mission runner. When Empire is a barren wasteland, the product of a war machine fueled by running missions and various other non-0.0 related activities, it will be intolerable for everyone. The catalyst for change can come from within the game if CCP refuses to make 0.0 worth living in and claiming.
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Caliph Scorpionsting
Caldari
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2009.11.07 10:43:00 -
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It's too late, we have to give them the turd.
We spraypainted it gold and perfumed it up at fanfest, but now the turd smell and consistency is starting to seep through.
But all we've got is this turd? And we promised them something.
It's too late, we have to give the the turd. It's all we've got 
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Caliph Scorpionsting
Caldari
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2009.11.07 11:17:00 -
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I don't like anomalies, they are less money than ratting. That is not variable per rat type, but a flat percentage difference. Blood Popes in anomalies are worth less than Blood Popes in belts. What do you plan on doing to rectify this situation? Why can't you just increase the amount of battleship rats in belts rather than add these anomalies? Why can't you give a percent increase to number of spawns per belt, number of battleships per spawn, and percent boost to all bounties of all rats within the system?
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Caliph Scorpionsting
Caldari
GoonFleet
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2009.11.07 11:46:00 -
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What stuns me is how does all of CCP not understand the basic principle of the path of least resistance? People are going to have two options in this model of Dominion, each one resulting in the same level of income:
option A--stay in Empire, run missions, fight in a controlled environment of wardecs, and have the option of reverting back to a starter corp if you don't feel like fighting anymore
option B--stay in nullsec, bust your tail running these anomalies or ratting, working to upgrade your sov, paying out a lot of money (I live in 0.0, I don't moon mine. I just rat. I don't make a billion passively every month, nor do many of my corp mates) to help the corp with refunds etc, put up with hostiles, worry about overcrowding, and rely on a bunch of other people JUST to get to the same level as someone who was doing level 4 missions all along
So the path of least resistance is a common occurrence. It is clearly presented in nature on a daily basis; check out raindrop collecting and rolling down something. Check out a flood or a river or when a person walks; notice they don't run around the block usually when they are on their way to the grocery store? CCP should be taking notes right about now.
The choice is obvious. Why would anyone with half a brain pick way more effort for the same rewards? And that is the point here exactly. You expect people to willingly risk much more for the same rewards as others who are making the same profit with little to no risk.
How can you honestly not see this, or even try to spin it? No angle of this Dominion business looks remotely attractive. I could see if this is where you were at 6 months ago, but good god. You guys have literally less than a month, and this is what you've done? Seriously?
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