EglantinFinfleur
Pointy Teeth Society Ishukone Drug and Research Utilization Group
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Posted - 2012.10.13 09:18:00 -
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Dinsdale Pirannha wrote: The goons, among others, have proven that money is no object when it allows them to grief players (Ice Interdiction, Burn Jita, sponsoring Hulkageddon, etc etc.) They have virtually unlimited resources, and a psychopath for a leader. They have a proven track record of griefing anyone that crosses them. Ask one of the high sec CSM members.
I fully expect that they will perma-bounty some Eve players until they are driven from the game. It is one thing to play in null, when you have intel channels telling you when you have bad people on the way in. It is quite another to play the game where EVERYONE, ANYWHERE, could gank you. It is like soloing all the time in hostile space, which no one can do forever. I am looking forward to reading about how bounty hunters join specific corps, then fleet up, just to gank someone at the precise time they are flying a very expensive ship.
Imagine you are the head of logistics for a corp. Would you let someone with a high bounty on their head fly a freighter of corporate material?
I don't think it's going to be much of a problem. Having a bounty placed on your head doesn't invalidate Yulai Rules of Engagement, CONCORD will still step in. If anyone is flashy, it's his own fault. As a matter of fact, I have the feeling that a lot of <-5.0 are going to grind sec status back.
Goons, who have hurt egos, are online sociopaths and find solace in the herd for their individual stupidity and lack of common decency, have still business to attend, they won't be able to gank more than they already do. There will be lolrandum Goon Death Squads (probably named after South American ones, because, it's so funny and random to make references to RL monstrosity! XDDD), but their outsourcing hunting people won't magically be tenfold more efficient due to bounty hunting becoming a valid profession. Only flashing criminals will be actively hunted down by the new bounty hunters.
It's however very much probable that highsec corps will have huge bounties put on them by Goons or armchair tough guys. Guess what, they'll still haul high-value cargo with alts, and be wary when doing mining ops or PvE, as their are now, having entities hunting them down flagged as terrible standings. However, ethics-deprived bounty hunters may join the fray, at the expense of their sec status and their ships. It's fairly safe to say that the very vast majority of people who haven't indulged in suicide ganking up till now, won't do so once the expansion rolls in.
You may think the new system is going to be a problem for high sec dwellers, but non-criminals character need not fear much, since they'll still be on the right side of the law. You can do your PvE in t1 hulls, they're unexpensive and will offer little bounty, not enough for bounty hunters disregarding sec status to recoup their losses.
Also consider this: entities with huge bounties on their head may hire bodyguards, and there's no doubt quite a few characters will just act as so, without even wanting to be paid. If some forum poster whom I enjoy and agree with gets a few billion on his head just because he pissed off jerks, you can be sure I'll have a lot more fun protecting him than I ever had doing pointless PvP or isk grinding. It'll finally instill some sense of duty in New Eden.
I also fear that such a long-waited for and baffling change in EvE means the world is really coming to an end! |