Cearain
Caldari
The IMPERIUM of LaZy NATION
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Posted - 2011.02.03 01:27:00 -
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 Originally by: Feyona
Edited by: Feyona on 01/02/2011 22:53:07
...For me, at least, beyond a few people I really dislike, it has lost the sense of a 'war' and turned into a gentlemanly sparring match with old friends, because we've been killing each other for so long. ....
Something needs to change; maybe the mechanic behind taking systems and the consequences thereof. But I don't really believe that's the problem, the real issue seems to be that there is no new blood in FW, at least not significantly, to shake things up, and there hasn't been in over a year. So perhaps we (meaning all of us who partake in it) need to come up with a way to get more people interested.
Also, as a player who plays with a single account the majority of the time, I find the Gallente/Amarr missions to be unbalanced, ...
Good points all. As far as new blood I think fw gets allot of bad press. There are many reasons for this 1) allot of people who end up not liking fw were new to pvp and 2) Many people never tried it, 3) many people claim they want good fights but really donÆt and 4) the plexing occupancy mechanic is buggy and this gets translated as ôFW is broken.ö
One problem for fwÆs image is it draws people in to *start* pvp. Allot of people will find eve pvp is not their bag. They wonÆt be able to budget how many ships they can lose etc. So they will blame fw. Very few people who are used to null sec pvp go into fw and complain that there are too many blobs in fw.
It seems like every time you hear of fw on podcasts or blogs its negative. They hear about the bugs and assume its ôbrokenö and only for lolrpers.
Solution: if you see people saying fw is terrible correct them. Just direct them to this thread.
Other than the balance issues FW missions are perfect. I fly for the amarr. I think they are what all low sec missions should be like. Hit and run missions for allot of lp and unique items. CCP really got it right with fw missions.
If they are going to leave the missions unbalanced give more decent items that are unique to each faction. Faction armor plates that are almost as good as meta 4 arenÆt really cutting it.
People should be rewarded for doing plexing but the whole militia should not really gain. If the ôconsequencesö for occupancy are too big then everyone will just join the winning team and the unbalance will snowball.
I just wish I knew where people were plexing instead of having to warp around looking for everyone. The plexes should be available and fought over 23/7. It should call for many people to be in many different places at once in different sized ships.
I think fw is ignored by ccp because we rarely get onboard for any specific issue. ItÆs hard to get people to support specific fw ideas in assembly hall. The specific ideas just sort of drop. Meanwhile people who want to change the height or bloodline of their avatar get all the supports. Hopefully we will get someone on csm 6 interested in fw. It could really give eve a boost if they get the plex fights reinvigorated.
LOL I think Damar and Chatgris will be 75 years old and still arguing about who used exploits in fw war in 2008. I just donÆt like pve so I donÆt do plexes. The only reason I go in plexes now is so I donÆt get blobbed. I generally move away from the button/rats so they donÆt start attacking me or whoring my killmails.
-Cearain
Make fw occupancy pvp instead of pve:
http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1329906 |