FuriousPig
Amarr IronPig Sev3rance
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Posted - 2009.11.07 07:34:00 -
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The premise of Dominion seemed exciting at first. The thought of smaller Alliances swarming into 0.0, border movement, Territorial conflict & massive defence of home space re-invigorated my Eve passion.
Now all I have to worry about debt collectors.
The blog is laughably ill-conceived, the upgrades marginally short of pathetic & motivation for actually claiming space, absent.
A huge percentage of pilots moved to 0.0 because we had done our mission running & ratting & wanted something different. Its fine equating the bills to 15 Battleship spawns a day but thatĘs not why we are here. Furthermore do you seriously believe Alliances will pay billions upgrading their systems so that 100s of pilots can go chasing around looking for an extra 2 anomalies? Even if you added 2 per system within a constellation they would be gone before most people got home from work. Anyone remember Empire complexes?
Did CCP actually listen to what was asked of them? I believe the problem was that Alliances were too entrenched & smaller Alliances were unable to gain a foothold.
Boundaries were stagnant & sovereignty mechanics did indeed need a revamp but I donĘt think anyone appreciates being taxed out of claiming systems. What a tragic end to years of work from some of the older Alliances & a huge economic stumbling block for new ones.
The only incentive for small Alliances to come to 0.0 is to destroy; I doubt many can afford to settle.
Call me pessimistic but I envisage vast tracts of unclaimed, unoccupied, space, battles raging around single systems of high worth, a small steady exodus to Empire & the sub-mediocre grind of ratting - boring people out of the game.
The problem here is balance, feel free to charge exorbitant fees for systems but there needs to be mechanisms to recoup cost that does not involve mindless grind. Gate fees, Alliance wide taxes, POS taxes; anything but donĘt make us go ratting again!
P.S. Something that hasnĘt been mentioned but wonĘt POS fuel costs go up by 25% since there will be no discount for Constellation Sovereignty? ThatĘs another cost on top.
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