Mars Theran
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.10.31 00:51:00 -
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You started off with what seemed a good argument, then you went and quasi-quoted a bunch of other posts with your solution. It's like afk cloakers all over again, or the remove local argument.
Yes, Highsec is mostly safe, yes it has a variety of minerals, and yes, it even has missions. Big deal.
You cite the mineral types to be found, but you give no consideration to quantities and availability. Sure someone can mine for 12 hours in High to get what it would take the same person, fit to mine in 4 hours in Null, but it is much faster to do it in Null. Maybe not for everything, but there are many different types of rocks to mine, and only the lower yield ones exist in Highsec. Also, quantity of minerals in asteroids changes by security level.
In a Wormhole, you can get a field the size of a small well mined belt in Highsec, but with much more variety and with much higher yields. The asteroids are huge, and they take forever to deplete. I'm speaking from experience. You don't have to move around, you just bookmark an asteroid and spend hours mining it between trips to the POS to unload.
Boring, but much more rewarding than jumping from one Roid to another in Highsec, and having horrible ISK/Hour earnings when compared to having Arkonor, Crokite, and Bistot to mine for hours on end in a wormhole.
I've never mined in Null and don't really have the inclination, but I suspect it is similar to that, except that the Roids are always there, where in wormholes they go when they go, and you'll be lucky to see another pocket spawn inside a week or two.
Flawed argument, if you consider that.
Then there is the Missions. Personally, I don't see them as that profitable overall, and they take a great deal of time. Also, they require a semblance of safety to complete, else they are pointless to have in the game. Not many players would mission 3-5s if they were in Lowsec. Maybe some pirates when they were bored, but not so much really.
Also, it would allow Pirates to camp, enjoy many benefits previously available in Highsec, and make ISK in many different ways, instead of just pirating. Like pirating hasn't proven to be rewarding enough as an activity, when there is little or no risk they'll even lose their ships 90% of the time.
So that would actually be detrimental to EVE in some respects, rather than helpful.
Think of another solution; maybe something original this time.
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