You guys have it wrong. NPC corps should be in a constant war-dec towards their opposing faction's NPC corps. For example, all Caldari-based NPC corps are at war with Gallente-based NPC corps.

*Leave the Noobcorps alone though (They usually end with "academy" or something)*

The catch is, The NPC faction police would open fire on their respective enemies. So all Caldari-based NPC corp members would be "red flashy" in Gallente space, making griefing extremely hard using these mechanics. PVP would be possible and would happen in a more "guerilla-style" type of encounter or on "neutral grounds" - in this case, amarr or minmatar space.

...NPC corps don't protect newbies in any way shape or form, they just punish the newbies who want to socialize in an MMO...

By moving much of the high-yield targets outside the purvue of a wardec, it's the newbies who don't know how to evade wardecs that eat the brunt of highsec PVP. By making all players equally wardecable, the pressure on ganking newbies is decreased, while the pressure on ganking cargo-laden freighters and pimpfit ratters once under NPC corp protection is increased.

I think the conversation has gone more toward heavier penalties for older players who remain in NPC corps/NPC corp alts.

I have good standings with all empires, and activities in each four. I don't want to fight my beloved friends !
Let me be a simple citizen who pay his taxes for protection, without corp. Or let me join the Interbus. I will do it now if I can.

Those that want to avoid fights via corp hopping and in-game police protection are probably playing the wrong game.

Of course, and I primarily engage in those "other" activities. I spend most of my time in game running complexes and wormholes, and I am extremely paranoid and risk averse when I do so.

But at the same time I recognise the fact that the market, and indeed Eve in general, relies on a certain level of ship destruction. Risk free PvE results in the kind of mudflation we have seen in recent years, and it needs to be hit on the head before it becomes a genuine issue.

Not to mention the fact that, let's be honest, PvE in this game simply isn't challenging. While we may at times hate that we are being hunted whilst we are trying to make our billions, this is where the fun comes from. The challenge of making all that ISK, despite people trying to stop you.

There is no "wrong way to play", but game mechanics and game design philosophies are something decided out of game.

Everything is allowed within the mechanics of the game, but when it comes to discussions on what those mechanics should be anything goes. It is important however to remember, as many people on these forums are liable to forget, that there is no disconnected "I'm not effecting anyone else" play style.

Everyone in Eve has an impact, whether they are impacting the market and actively causing mudflation or driving new players away via griefing. As such mechanics must, at times, be designed to limit the negative impact of certain play styles.

There's a solution to deal with multiples accounts.
A security standings lost (with a warning window) when you deal (by contracts, market, etc.) with a character with a negative status. If you deal with criminals, you're certainly one of them !

An interesting argument, given how common it is for older, richer players to argue that NPC corps are necessary for the protection of new players.

This argument has nothing to do with new players, since it was explained on page one that we're talking NPC corps, not noob corps.

So, please explain to me what the benefit is of having a wardec-avoidance / spy haven mechanic. Right now that's all NPC corps are. They are a place to put alts that can't be retaliated against (in any practical manner) and a place for losing corps to put members to avoid a war. Both of those negate perfectly legitimate and balanced game mechanics and replace them with arbitrary and unfair mechanics.

How is that good?