The GreenT
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Posted - 2011.04.21 20:15:00 -
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 Originally by: Raven Zulu
The chess pieces have already started moving - in the opposite direction of CCP's stated intent. VAST areas of 'worthless' 0.0 are being given up. The larger alliances are retreating to their high value systems - making them citadels in the void. Are they to become hermits in their retreats? How difficult is it to take sov from an alliance when 5% of its members lived there? How much more difficult will it be when 33% of members live there? Is one system worth an invasion with costs so high? Sure, before the 'patch' you could siege a constellation and make isk from every system in it.
Lowsec just got bigger.
been following this post with an occasional trolling comment, in general i like to see the tears. its like sitting outisde jita to watch the orphans wtf pwn so many of the 0.0 bears.
Anyhoo...First, people are not moving in droves to low sec, but I wish they did. Low sec is a hell of a lot harder to control with having to lose sec to maintain control, plus, more targets \o/
Second, while it is speculation, I believe that even though the short term is predicting much of what players said, I think this is short term.
What drives people to run these sites is iskies, but that is not the only reason and I don't believe it's what people REALLY do them for. People run sites for activity. While PVE isn't the most fun part of the game for many of us, it sure beats the hell out of ship spinning. People want to run these sites because they are something to do, with a group, that is rewarding. What has been taken away (apart from isk) is the ability to have a certain playstyle in every system.
What is going to drive conflict is not fights over isk (moongoo will always be the major isk focus) but over internal strife. Its no fun when you have no rats to clean out, no sites to run, nothing to do. When your bored out of your mind, or circle jerking while the CTA is firing up, people do dumb things. Bored players doing stupid sh*t is whats going to drive conflict. And after you see these prime systems start bulking up just wait and I am sure you'll hear about plenty of internal drama.
My prediction, get ready for lots of espionage, a lot of backstabbing and a lot of drama (conflict always follows).
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