Andski
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.12.01 09:10:00 -
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The apparent need for this thread worries me: until last summer, CCP never went down the road of intentionally and knowingly enabling such hands-off, uninvolved gameplay. The effects of enabling this hands-off gameplay even further include 600M ISK PLEX and rock-bottom ice prices.
If it's simply based on the fact that people have been complaining openly about miner bumping, that concerns me greatly. Will the future of scamming in EVE be reviewed if enough attention is drawn to it on the forums? Will the future of corp heists and in-corp ganking be taken under review?
The situation with miner bumping is simple to avoid. There are thousands of hisec systems and if someone wishes to mine in a more convenient location, for say proximity to a market hub, it should not come with the expectation of complete safety, isolation from the actions of other players, much less the expectation that they should have the ability to perform that activity while only giving the game an few minutes of attention every hour. The New Order and their copycats have certainly been making quite a bit of noise around the forums, but their numbers are simply not at the point where the effect of their activities extends beyond a few isolated systems.
My opposition to the continuing simplification of the game, the compartmentalization of players and this seeming trend towards safety is simple. No game has undergone these kinds of changes and remained with even a shadow of its former glory. My fear, which cannot possibly be deemed unjustified, is that any decision from the GM team in this regard will essentially set a precedent that could conceivably lead to theft, scamming and betrayal - the possibilities in this game that make trust a valuable commodity - being prohibited.
It is also justifiable to state that I cannot help but feel that the "leave bumping alone" input in this thread will go ignored. This has been the case many times in the past. I find it deplorable that the very possibility that this thread merely exists for the sake of saying "there was a discussion" later on is not a distant one, and the conclusion of this issue was all but foregone at the point the thread was made. I do not wish to believe this, nor do I intend on stating this as a fact, but it is, in my mind, a possibility nonetheless.
I apologize if this post veers somewhat off-topic, but those are my feelings on this matter. I do not, however, apologize for my candor. That is all I will say regarding this matter. ~*a-áproud belligerent undesirable*~
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