Thor Kerrigan
Guardians of Asceticism
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Posted - 2012.10.05 23:36:00 -
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When I read the new DEV blog, I found one point really stood out upon which I wanted to shares my thoughts. We are talking about the suspect flagging system.
To briefly summarize, players will be able to flag themselves as "red flashy" to the whole universe without NPC police nor CONCORD intervention by committing a "soft" crime such as can stealing.
This will essentially kill -5 to -10 piracy; which is not necessarily a bad thing. It was already proposed/discussed in another thread where someone (Herr Wilkus) suggested red flashy pirates should not be chased by NPC police in highsec, thus promoting highsec PVP while giving the upper-hand to characters with a positive sec status. One of the main arguments against that was "criminals should stay locked out of highsec". It's a silly argument, and here's why:
People don't go "red flashy" because they can't control their urge to kill "helpless noobs". They go "red flashy" because they want people to notice and attack them. For instance, my main does not kill pods because I'm a killmail *****, I kill them because they offer me the greatest sec status hit, bringing me closer to my goal, "-10". People also go "red flashy" because it adds to the prestige... A certain "status" if you will. You can almost read "BAD MOTHER****ER" on the back of those ships.
But why would anyone want to go "-10", carebears might ask? It's simple, we can now offer PVP to anyone (even neutrals) in lowsec without going GCC. They just need to shoot first, like Han Solo. The problem is that lowsec, as we all know it, has a very thin population. This is why "-10's" will hug lowsec hotspots, looking for someone to aggress them.
So thank you CCP, for opening the doors to highsec. Thank you CCP, for I do not need to permanently go "red flashy" anymore. As of winter, we will be able to camp highsec systems with a criminal flag without being chased by NPC police and smoke anyone who thinks they know PVP.
You think all you need to do is not get involved? Imagine this: you are mining in highsec when suddenly a wild James315 appears! What's this? He IS red flashy AND coming for the bump? Don't tell me you won't try shooting him now.
Done right, this will be a huge buff to highsec PVP.
Brace yourselves, winter is coming. |