Mkah Mvet
Chumly Incorporated
Beyond-Control
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Posted - 2010.06.05 15:31:00 -
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 Originally by: Dorotent
Originally by: ihcn
Agents have dynamic quality.
I don't like this idea as it has a major impact on my sandbox. Here's the problem, and an alternate solution to discuss.
A problem - one of my main Eve activities is missioning, and when I can't find anything worth exploring, and don't have the corp backup for low/WH-space, I'll mission. I also trade a fair bit using the loot & salvage. As a result, I have maybe a dozen ships that I use for missioning/salvaging/looting, and a hangar full of misc. modules & ammo for varied fits. If we go to a fully dynamic system, I'll regularly face moving a dozen ships (from Interceptors to Battleships and Blockade Runners) large distances and need to manage market orders/cargo runs over big distances. As will my corp. This would Not Be Fun. I'd be more likely to drop missioning from my activities altogether.
Alternate proposal: All the complaints about agents & missions are about either the concentration of players, or the isk faucet. Here's the simple solution - an agent will only give any given player N missions per day. Kills macros, doesn't affect casual or mixed-play style characters, retains some sense of market hubs, but makes min-maxers or 24/7 players look into other activites AS WELL as missioning. This doesn't DENY people their sandbox style, it just makes them take a break if they lean heavily on the activity to the detriment of the rest of the sandbox ecosystem.
lol, your solution creates the problem you're claiming would exist. If you can do N missions per day then people will be forced to cluster into the mission hubs, giving a HUGE boost to Caldari/Amarr missions and a HUGE HUGE HUGE nerf to Gallente/Minmatar. So you either HAVE to move to a big mission hub with multiple lvl 4's per station or you don't waste your time doing missions at all.
The dynamic quality would not force anyone to move anywhere, he's proposing maybe a 20% reduction in payout at mission hubs. Yes you'll be able to make more isk if you move away from the hubs (the whole point of dynamic quality) but the hubs will still be popular because agent quality alone does not create a hub. And as a trader, the less busy the hub the more opportunity for large profit margins.
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