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Posted - 2012.08.26 23:45:00 -
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Sitreba Oonchevkii wrote:if you're going to add more systems, which i'm not really crazy about, make the cluster look more like a spiral galaxy 
The thing is, it's not a Galaxy it's a cluster. A small portion of a Galaxy, maybe the milky way, maybe not.
In terms of adding more systems, I do miss times when New Eden seemed MASSIVE. Right now, although there are systems that are empty, the cluster is still heavily overpopulated with a shortage of resources for its inhabitants that are driving prices up drastically.
What I'd love to see CCP do, is split the four Empires apart and create what is basically a demilitarised zone between them all now that they're at war, which would mean that each sovereign empire would have its own racial central market hub akin to Jita, and travelling cross empire would mean you'd be forced to skip through one or more of the lowsec/nullsec bands that separate them.
In RP terms, I'd bill this as an event the same, but on a much larger scale as the event that destroyed Seyllin when wormholes were introduced.
My vision for Eve would be a cluster much larger than it is now, with four distinct areas of highsec, separated by lowsec and nullsec owned by the pirate factions that's rich with resources and opportunity if people dare risk venturing into it. Of course the map would still be surrounded by nullsec, and the existing 0.0 would still remain around the outside of the map for those who want to wage sov wars.
Imagine that. An Eve where travelling was risky again, where the Guristas were border to border with the state and they were actively raiding each other, the Amarr were persistently fighting off blood raider incursions, the Serpentis were actively smuggling into Federation space, and the Fed were trying to stop them, and the Cartel were bashing at the Republic's door.
Then imagine that players could be a part of that, choosing either to support the pirate faction, or the nationalist political bloc in a revamped version of factional warfare that actually meant something. Then toss in the people who're doing sov wars around the outside of all that, plus Sansha kicking off with everyone, and those who just want to stay neutral and watch the world burn.
Then on top of that imagine the four empires being separated, and the lowsec/nullsec between them making a whole class of ships - Black Ops battleships and all the covert ops hulls actually useful. It'd even give a defined purpose to jump freighters. Imagine a third type of cynosural field being introduced that's restricted by CONCORD and only handles industrial class vessels and unarmed transports, meaning you'd have to fly an escort along side it with its own cyno chain and actually have to organise yourselves.
Then there's the merc potential, contracting out to militias or corporations to clear a path through lowsec and create a safe trade route for people to move through and resupply the front lines in factional warfare. Imagine integrating dust into all this, being able to fight for the Guristas or the State as a member of ground forces, even storming stations as part of missions while capsuleer eve players are attacking them from space outside.
Imagine as a DUST player, being the close protection for a Serpentis loyal Capsuleer in INCARNA as he goes to meet for a drug deal, and watching in horror as you're ambushed and have to fight your way out as a mission, keeping your principle alive. Then a string of missions lead off that creating a dynamic and interactive arc for everyone involved.
The whole of Eve on fire with war, and even the industrialists overworked with business, trying to keep up with demand for new technologies and bulk orders of ships and modules because everyone's blowing the everliving hell out of eachother.
And that's just an outline of what I'd do with Eve... I've got so many ideas buzzing around inside my head that I'd love to see in this game that if I posted them all I'd probably crash the web servers.
Eve has so much potential for future years. I can't wait to see where CCP take it.
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