Octoven
Phoenix Productions
Headshot Gaming
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Posted - 2013.07.08 20:26:00 -
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Commander Ted wrote:Luc Chastot wrote:Because that's not something that happens. Borders between most countries are closely guarded, especially between sworn enemies. Closely guarded by concord? You would figure that military presence and a 3rd party police enforcement would be completely unrelated as seen by the current militia situation. Also the gameplay improvement would greatly outweigh any damage to the lore.
I would submit to you that this point is not true. You compared empire boarders to that of the US Mexican border. However, FEDERAL Agents patrol that border, not Texas state police. Just as CONCORD patrols empire boarders not empire police. Its ironic that you chose the US because it is similar to eve. Just as individual states act as empire police, the feds act as concord. As for damage done to lore, I dont see that being outweighed by gameplay improvement. We have already went on lore damaging sprees as of late. For instance, a hulk can hold upwards of 10K m3 and a Mackinaw can hold upwards of 35K m3. One would assume that the Mackinaw model would be larger than the hulk. However, we know by size comparison that the hulk is a larger ship. Thus it makes absolutely no sense at all. Yet we accept it in the name of improved gameplay.
Personally, I think the empires are fine the way they are. By the way, good luck finding a wh that goes from amarr high sec to caldari high sec that will fit a freighter through. If you do, its likely not to fit very many. These frontiers you speak of exist in 0.0 not empire space. The only reason there are low sec systems is lack of resources to patrol them, not because they are on the edge of frontier space. You speak as is all 4 empires are completely cut off and separate from one another. However, combined with jovians, concord was formed to patrol the border areas that are 0.5-0.7 along the empires. If you look at the map you can see that the home systems for the empires are 1.0 systems as you move away from those home systems it works its way down to 0.5 where concord is. Thus your metaphor of the US Mexican boarder is completely true in this instance. What YOU are asking for is a US Mexican boarder with no patrol at all. |