I know I'm not the first to say this stuff and it has been said before, but CCP has proven they listen to the group that whines the loudest. If I don't whine on the forums I'll never get the game I want.

If that were true, then the claim that carebears are ruining the game would be false.

In my experience, the l33t players are the once that cry the loudest when they die in EVE. Not the carebears.

OP fails to realize that people have been soloing WH sites for years

This only happens if you act like a juvenile who needs scrutiny & supervision to express himself.

Or if you insist on spewing racist nonsense, but those two surprisingly often overlap.

Regarding the OP: OH NOES! I can't pvp against people who don't want to pvp without risk anymore!
Kill your babies, sell your PLEX and give away your stuff! Quick! Before the sky falls!

this just in: "juvenile" is racist

If the NPC AI is anything like sleepers, then some serious drone fu and missile fu can keep even a lowly BC alive - been soloing sleepers in class 1-3 that way.

But if they got just a little smarter, there will be trouble.

Q) Will NPC's kill my drones?

A) Yes, but they don't hate them nearly as much as sleepers. I ran 9 level 4 missions and lost 2 drones. It does mean you need to pay more attention though. We can adjust their hatred of drones though which is why we are asking for feedback when this hits a test server.

I know people don't normally read the dev blogs before posting on the forums about some changes, but here you go:

But that would get in the way of a good moan

Without buffing the strength of the level 4 and belt rat NPCs significantly to the level of a miniature incursion, the target switching won't matter because it's one man in a drake still taking the same amount of incoming dps.

CCP is killing off these entire types of PVP.

• Solo afk cloaking in a recon ship. Now when your pilgrim warps into that sanctum the rats will nuke you and the target will escape.
• Solo Mission runner hunting. Whether you baited them by being a "ninja" or are at war with them, mission NPCs will nuke you when you enter the site with your pvp ship.
• Solo Belt Hunting. Now the rats will nuke you when you warp into the belt to kill the ratter.

To me this seems like a nerf to solo pvp in hi, lo, and nullsec in one relatively small change. I really want to think this isn't some part of a larger plan to turn EVE into hello kitty online, and I want to have faith that EVE is still going to be a cold harsh universe, but these changes seem to contradict that.

These changes only really effect the classic AFK-Droneboat, which i never really agreed with anyways.

The sleepers in WH space target hostile PvPers that come in for those running them, and they've adapted just fine and make tons of kills. I suggest you adapt as well.

Or you could whine on the forums about it.

Would you like some cheese?

Cheese of the day

Whining is easier than adapting

When you hit the undock button you consent to both non consensual PvP & PvE

The rats are very bad at gatecamping.

CCP is killing off these entire types of PVP.

• Solo afk cloaking in a recon ship. Now when your pilgrim warps into that sanctum the rats will nuke you and the target will escape.
• Solo Mission runner hunting. Whether you baited them by being a "ninja" or are at war with them, mission NPCs will nuke you when you enter the site with your pvp ship.
• Solo Belt Hunting. Now the rats will nuke you when you warp into the belt to kill the ratter.

Solo Mission runner hunting. Whether you baited them by being a "ninja" or are at war with them, mission NPCs will nuke you when you enter the site with your pvp ship.

How about trying some actual pvp? You know - against people who stand a chance?
Anything that makes life harder for people engaging in any of the above types of "pvp" is a big plus in my book.
Grow some balls.