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Ranger Corp
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Posted - 2012.09.19 04:32:00 -
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stoicfaux wrote:Aziesta wrote:stoicfaux wrote:Possible Side Effects
a) Fewer NPCs in missions, less bounties, reduction in ISK faucet.
b) Deadspace market for tanking mods spikes and then crashes hard. CBMRs are initially desperate to buy perma-tanking modules until they realize that they're not needed (see ASBs.)
c) Mission running bots get hit hard. Harder to bot for the short term until the PvP AI scripts are written.
d) T2 market takes off. Lots of people unwilling to risk faction/deadspace gank/tank mods until eve-survival is updated.
e) Chribba adds a few servers to the eve-survival cluster.
f) Tears become harder to harvest since everyone is PvP fit.
g) The calls to make low-sec more useful increase. Ignoring for a second the questionable logic used to arrive at this list, point to the entry you think is a bad idea? Why would I think any of them are bad? Well, "e" might be bad for Chribba. More importantly, did you hear "WiS is coming!" and automatically assume a negative viewpoint was warranted? I for one, would be impressed if this really was CCP's plan. It would imply that they have some serious long term goals, that they prefer gradual change as opposed to rapid, harsh change, and that they potentially have leadership to push it through.
I could live with that plan as well. More fun for the players not only being the end result, but reinforced every step of the way.
The couple of frigates that have been balanced have revitalized combat in both FW and Red vs Blue (among others)... the changes coming with the next release alone will make it almost a new game for many.
It's very, very nice to hear "frigate fleet inbound" and not be able to predict exactly what the make up will be before you lay eyes on them. When the bulk of the ships are completed combat in EVE will enter a renaissance period it hasn't seen since the early, misty days before dirt was invented.
The Heavy Missile nerf (and buffs that are inbound) are all part and parcel of that rebalancing... and long overdue.
To carve a successful niche for yourself in EVE you need to be able to out sell, out produce, out fight,-á out run, or out wit your competitors.
If you can do none of the above, your only option is to complain on the forums that somehow you are at a disadvantage using the exact same tool set-áas the rest of the player base. |