Don't worry, I mean it's not like CCP has totally gutted every type of non-consensual PVP in highsec over the last year or anything.

Oh wait.

I don't recall them releasing Tier 3 BCs with the message "Go forth and slaughter pubbies"

Frog legs are typically deep fried, not cooked.

2/10

already did that joke

How did that help suicide gankers? Tier 3 BCs and destroyers are cheaper than battleships and cruisers, but if you simultaneously remove insurance (which CCP did), the "help" goes away.

TL;DR Gaining new players is good, losing old players is not.

You seem to be forgetting all the stuff CCP did that helped suicide gankers, like Tier 3 BCs, the destroyer buffs, etc.

Agreed.

So far the changes are worrying, but not game breaking. The question remains "How far does CCP intend to go with the highsec molly coddling?"

Maybe if null sec had a real sov system that encouraged null residents to actually live in and use the space, they would not bother with hanging out in high sec ganking your ****. So you see, even though you think whatever happens in null, stays in null, is completely false.

We are all part of the same Eco system. Take a dump in one part and eventually the rest will have to deal with the smell.

Maybe if null sec had a real sov system that encouraged null residents to actually live in and use the space, they would not bother with hanging out in high sec ganking your ****.

shouldn't using nullsec space be its own reward?

from http://poeticstanziel.blogspot.ca/2012/10/how-to-boil-frog.html

CCP feels they need to cater to the carebears, mollify their threats, but all the while they cannot do so in a way that will anger the PvPers. You can't toss in a tonne of changes that protect carebears all at once. That's tossing the frog into a boiling pot of water. CCP has to raise the temperature slowly.

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Increasing the costs of wardecs. Buffing mining ships to an obscene, nearly ungankable level. Removing insurance if killed by CONCORD. The so-called idiot switch to protect players from their own stupidity. The removal of can-flipping.

(cont'd next post)

Can flipping, high-sec ganking and concord insurance huh..... I think you are referring to something other than PvPers. That, or you don't PvP much do you?

As someone that loves PvP I can say that I am insulted by your childish and amateur description of "PvPers".

..if a frog had wings, his butt wouldn't hit the ground.

\Increasing the costs of wardecs.

Wait, if we can set the game to automatically block suspect/criminal actions, does that mean we can go the other direction so no more "Are you sure you want to attack?" box pops up when I'm trying to suicide someone? That would be sweet.

I don't care about nullsec gameplay at all. I just think that the most effective way to kill a carebear in highsec shouldn't be to join their corp with my awoxing alt. There should be some kind of sane, working, properly implemented mechanic that I can use to do that.

I believe this was the other half the point of the safety switch.