I'm guessing everyones complete failure to answer the OP's question either means they disagree with him (those are the posts that whine), or don't actually know why the system was changed (i guess thats everyone else )

Null-sec alliances don't care about wardecs because it doesn't matter to them. The whole wardec system is based around shooting people in empire. Now the systems been changed, there's even less to worry about! Seems pretty strange to me that the larger group of players (the ones with the massive number and financial advantage) can wardec small corps with little to no cost, and be pretty confident of victory. Whereas small corps looking to start the war have to face a big payment, as well as little chance of victory. Doesn't seem very logical to me, and no-one has yet to really explain why this change is better. Surely the massive alliances can afford 500m, as people have pointed out its a pretty tiny sum, especially considering their size. 500m to a small corp is alot more to them, and even though they can probably afford it, is it right for them to have to pay the greater cost?

I think until the system is changed, probably best to just send nasty messages to them until they wardec you themselves.

Hell, you never know, someone might actually respond with an answer to your question. Sometimes happens!

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No, way, CCP's much improved wardec system was supposed to breathe life into an old, much abused and/or ignored game mechanic, reviving highsec pvp as a way for genuine player-driven interaction.

Where did it all go wrong ~~

If you want a laugh, go back and read the initial thread on the wardec changes right after they went live (and even the ones before) you can see CCP use the same "you're paying for more targets" line when people complained about the cost to wardec large 0.0 groups. Yet if you keep reading when people stated complaining about small corps getting stuck in a perpetual cheap war (form a large groups perspective) and getting curb stomped, CCPs' response was that it's not something you should worry about since there's really not that many 0.0 pilots in hi-sec.

So yea, your paying for more targets, but don't worry about getting curb stomped since there's really not that many targets?

It doesn't have to be 'cheap', but it should be fair and logical -- it should cost the same for a small corp to wardec Goonswarm, as it costs Goonswarm to wardec the same corp. (replace 'Goonswarm' with any sizeable entity - the logic remains)

Effect of wardecs on GSF:
1) one or two complete idiots dying.
2) evemail spam

Fucks given: 0

Oh boy they killed 844 ships of morons who shouldn't have been in highsec in the first place (because it's literally garbage).

So you're Jade today? What's next, "it's a blight on your war record" and "you're so embarassed you whined to CCP to get the mechanics changed"?

They have an effect on dumb fucks, yes. For anyone who isn't a mouthbreathing ******, however, the effects are ... well, evemail spam. Pretending that the effects go beyond that is just to emulate Jade.