I sit here in Canada, all safe and in comfort, but I still take a keen interest in what goes on well outside my borders. The uprisings in Libya. The war in Afghanistan. The near civil war in Syria. The economic crisis in Greece. Or, when he was alive, Kim Jong Il looking at things.

Yeah I am a little worried that our quiet little lowsec drug lab gets a tech spawn and then someone larger than us finds out about it and I have to deal with 1000 alpha maelstroms trying to blow up my blue pills.

With the untimely passing of the Dear Leader, who among us is left to look at the things?

I think a better fix to technetium would be to ensure that other region-limited materials are also valuable, thus making room for more than one giant to control the wealth. Or maybe Goons would actually manage to take over ALL of the resources. But if there are enough of them, I doubt it. It would spread their forces too thin and concentrate everyone else's.

7 hours later and i'm still waiting for the people that want moon minerals to spawn in deferents moons to tell me how would other alliances know here to strike if the moons are constantly changing

Apparently all you read was the tl;dr for the article. Otherwise, you would not be asking the same questions.

Ring mining might have to move back in favor or re-doing POSs.

In the meantime, I'd really just like to alchemy every single tier of moons (like it was done with 64s).

Prepare yourself for a new wave of spergy conspiracy theories.

Ring mining might have to move back in favor or re-doing POSs.

In the meantime, I'd really just like to alchemy every single tier of moons (like it was done with 64s).

Ring mining might have to move back in favor or re-doing POSs.

In the meantime, I'd really just like to alchemy every single tier of moons (like it was done with 64s).

So what exactly is Ring mining? and while i think OP's idea for creating shifting environment in nullsec to prevent stagnation won't work, i think the concept of something to prevent stagnation is a good idea.

something needs to keep huge regions of nullsec from becoming huge mutually blue blocks

So what exactly is Ring mining? and while i think OP's idea for creating shifting environment in nullsec to prevent stagnation won't work, i think the concept of something to prevent stagnation is a good idea.

something needs to keep huge regions of nullsec from becoming huge mutually blue blocks

What about the ring mining they are working on?

Ring mining would be getting moon minerals through collaborative PVE. It would take it out of the hands of the alliances and into the players hands. Realistically, the same people making ring mining are working on POSs, so doing them both at the same time seems to not be viable.

I'm not entirely sure I trust a system of dynamic resources in a game that's so built around settling down and carving your own piece of space. I think we could do it, but my issues are 1: is moving around fun gameplay? Does a 3000 man alliance want to ferry their stuff around every few months? 2: Is there any reason to invest in space if you know you have to move? Will territorial conquests become "seasonal" if players know a resource will move shortly? 3: is territorial conquest based on a certain resource, or are there other factors in play? (like do you choose where to invade because it's possible for an alliance of your size, do you choose your enemy because you don't like them etc).

I think there are a lot of questions to be answered and I'm not sure EVE is a game that would benefit from dynamic resources. I'd much rather invest in a system where we encourage conflict through social dynamics. Where you go to war because you dislike someone and want to e-stab them with your ship.

rings, belts, clusters, comets ...

rings - could come in be pure "moon goo" and mixed "moon goo" & "asteroid" varities
belts - asteroids
clusters - small groups of large asteroids (kind of like current grav sites)
comets - small group of large moon goo iceballs

replace current grav sites with this.

add new mining crystals/mining laser types for moon good. (aka force a refit between goo and roid materials)

and yes.. even the rare highsec grav sites could spawn as (low end) moon goo sites.

Ring mining might have to move back in favor or re-doing POSs.

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I think there are a lot of questions to be answered and I'm not sure EVE is a game that would benefit from dynamic resources. I'd much rather invest in a system where we encourage conflict through social dynamics. Where you go to war because you dislike someone and want to e-stab them with your ship.

Ring mining might have to move back in favor or re-doing POSs.

In the meantime, I'd really just like to alchemy every single tier of moons (like it was done with 64s).

I'm not entirely sure I trust a system of dynamic resources in a game that's so built around settling down and carving your own piece of space. I think we could do it, but my issues are 1: is moving around fun gameplay? Does a 3000 man alliance want to ferry their stuff around every few months? 2: Is there any reason to invest in space if you know you have to move? Will territorial conquests become "seasonal" if players know a resource will move shortly? 3: is territorial conquest based on a certain resource, or are there other factors in play? (like do you choose where to invade because it's possible for an alliance of your size, do you choose your enemy because you don't like them etc).

I think POS' first is a better idea anyways. Although the Ring Mining would really help shake things up, the POS system needs to be worked out so that when ring mining comes out, you know what to do with all the moon mineral POS' that are either obsolete, or less functional (what are you going to do with moon harvesting...)


I think you need a little bit of everything. Just like a good stew. You don't just stick some water and some salt and make something delicious!

You need some intrigue, you need some back stabbing, you need some power plays, you need some e-hatred, you need a little bit of everything. The real issue is with power blocs TODAY. Not with anything else.

The power blocs of EVE today are absorbing a lot of the wealth, and the ring mining would in theory break this down drastically and very quickly. VERY Quickly. Altough titans and supers will be there, the glue that binds them all together will start to disintegrate. I don't foresee the end of mega alliances, but I do foresee less incentive to have to "stick through with the alliance to earn my supercap", or the quick end to many of the ship replacement programs.

EVE is moving from a feudal system to a modern industrial model with ring mining, and that means more capitalistic ventures on the individual, more opportunities for the single person to go out there and make a living, which means more conflict. Rather then mega conflicts over 1 POS with 500 people. ,you're going to have 500 people who are looking to make their own way (rather than rely on ship reimbursement), and that means they will be fighting over resources on a "small" scale, but on a distributed scale.

Mega fleet fights will still exist, but we're looking at a less unhealthy plan for it. One that relies on mutual interests and social dynamics to glue people together, rather than a ship replacement program and some "space".

BRING ON THE POS', you have no idea how excited I am. :)