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Posted - 2011.05.25 13:34:00 -
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 Originally by: Thaco Wraith
Anyone not bother calling the police and just write off their car because it was stolen off the street out in front of a store?? I mean it's not like it was safely locked inside your garage or anything.
See, that's a huge fallacy:
The car was yours, you have a legal document explicitly declaring so.
The loot on the other hand isn't. There is no database value, no event, nothing you are holding and no state on the item (loot) that defines it as yours, until it's in your cargo,
at which point the database (the only authority in the game world really) defines it as yours. If you get blown up and that person takes the item from your wreck,
he has stolen from you, and that is reflected in the aggression that person receives, and the fact that you and your friends can shoot at them without reprecutions.
All in all, I believe the only relevant analogy is this:
There is treasure (loot) on an island (in a plex).
Two adveturers go after the treasure. One gets there first by sneaking past the other. The treasure is his.
Now, I'm not saying this is ideal for everyone, but then again, EVE online is not the ideal game for everyone. I personally don't like that kind of "lame" behavior,
and for that reason I don't perform it, but I'ld never complain about people playing the game the way they want to. If it bothers me that much, well, I can always go play something else, there's ****loads of MMOs where such behavior is not possible / sanctioned by game rules.
If that's what you want, you are absolutely free to pursuit it.
EVE is what it is, it does change, evolve, and possibly get dumbed down over time,
but the day when the sandbox suddenly gets fences, doors, corridors and walls is the day the CORE concept behind EVE dies, and I'll be very sad to leave it for another sandbox. I still won't whine though. It is a product/service that belongs to CCP, they define it, and I have a choice to buy/use it or not.
P.S. Sorry for any possible typos, English is not my native language.
P.S. 2: Yeah, tbh, adapt or die! and don't take things overly literally.
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