I dont think Local should be removed either. but i dont think it should have the list of everyone on it, just those who have spoken recently. I would much rather we have a window that contains various info as we might gather from the star map about the system we are in instead, complete with its' various delays and ambiguity about identities.
This would actually be a plus in ways. If I am in a system, I might be interested to know about a recent spike in pod killing.

What do you think about a 30 second delay, rather than instantaneous like it is now?

I think the Devs need to base the next expansion on something other than forum whine, O you say nerf highsec income? i say remove local.

Nicolo, James... are you gents related?

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I think the Devs need to base the next expansion on something other than forum whine, O you say nerf highsec income? i say remove local.

People who advocate for the removal of local simply think that 0.0 will become a roaming paradise. It won't, and all of the potential targets will simply put PvE alts in hisec, which is now much safer than ever before. Mining would (probably) not take a serious hit since the only added effort would be dscanning for probes, since most 0.0 mining is done in grav sites.

Well said.

There are just way to many things that need to change abot the game before no local + gate access would do anything but wreck null sec and low sec. Some of our wormhole bros (who always say "hey, we live in wormholes and no local is fine") don't quite take into account sometimes.

Dear CCP,

I understand that you are taking feedback on removing local. There have been a lot of whine/scream/complain about local being too good etc from the low and nullsec residence.

I would like to highlight that local serves much more than just intel. For me, local has been a major source of meeting people in lowsec (where I primarily lives). Although my corp is a 'highsec' corp and most of my corpmates are highseccer, I live in lowsec 90% of the time. With no corpmates in lowsec and as an 'EvE born', I find local as a great way to say hi (o/) and 'meet' with people there. I am not too concern with pirates; i don't mind losing my hyper bling ship since I earn enough in lowsec to cover them (don't fly what you cannot afford to lose). I am sure that my experience is shared by many in EvE and not unique. I don't enjoy WH for reasons that it 'feels' empty and no interaction.

IMHO, EvE is a 'social' game. If we are solely interested in pixelated spaceship, there are others in the market that offer 'better' graphic and mechanics (X series anyone?) - however, the social aspect of EvE makes it unique (in good and bad way).

If CCP removes local completely, I fear that some part of the social aspect of EvE will be lost and the game will be worse off.

Please do not completely remove Local... this is a social game not just an internet spaceship pew pew game.

You worry too much. Period.

Just say that local comes through a 'transmitter' in the ship and give us an on and off switch... Transmitter on and you can be seen in local and can see others in local and chat... set it to off and your not listed in the local channel and you can't see who else is in local or chat.