....When you have ~60-70% of the game population crammed into a zone that's only ~15% of the game area, then there's a prima facia case for rebalancing right there. More specifically, when 95% of productive activity takes place in hi-sec, then it's even more obvious that there's a straight up imbalance. The situation we have now is that making hi-sec too good has ended up badly for 0.0, and that imbalance needs to be addressed....

In other words, I want CCP to make 0.0 industry as good as they possibly can...

Tell us more about what CCP could possibly do to nullsec industry to make it compete with f.ex a maelstrom costing 2k isk in fees in total safety, and within 2 jumps of jita. By making the stations pay us for using them? Make refinery yield more minerals than hisec? Make minerals pop up out of thin air?

Null alliances currently conduct their (non supercap) industry in hi-sec. I'd like to see them conduct those productive activities in their own space where it can be messed with. Does this constitute a buff?

It's also worth noting that if it is a buff, it's a buff for the ordinary alliance member, not a direct passive income buff for the alliance wallet...

How? Alliances which would move some (or all) their industry into nullsec would be more vulnerable to interference, as opposed to today's situation where it's ... not.

The end result will be that those alliances that actively and effectively protect their local production will see a "buff", with that being balanced by the overhead of providing that protection, which in turn will mean more small gang/solo targets for outsiders, and more small gang activity for the alliance in question. I am absolutely OK with making this trade-off.

...and trying to boil my position down to just "nerf hisec" is ludicrous.

Except you did, implicitly, by the way you phrased the following question:


As I said, no, it's not the only answer, but trying to pidgeonhole my opinion in that fashion is wrong, and I won't tolerate it.

Yes I would absolutely like to see a smoother gradient between the restrictions in a 1.0 and those in a 0.1 system. The precise mechanics would be up to CCP to set; the list you quoted is an example of the kind of incremental change, although not necessarily the specifc set that I'd choose.

Operating in a 0.5 vs a 0.9 should matter way more than it does now.

...If I get the opportunity, I will certainly advocate to CCP as strongly and passionately as I can that even if it takes a whole expansion to do POS "right", then that would be an expansion cycle well-spent. So many things that are broken or imbalanced about EVE come back to POS. Added to that, even the "little guys" would just like a little patch of vacuum to call their own - enabling players to build their own place in space would be an amazing feature for player engagement and retention.

...I strongly suggest you cut the ****, affix the Goons badge to your lapel and be honest with yourself and to others. You'll feel much better for doing so.

There is no need to change anything regarding CONCORD response times and protection in 0.5 to 1.0 systems inclusive. For those that are into suicide ganking all you do is have an alt,preferably with positive sec status, doing ratting and salvaging and scan the mining ships in the belts. A high proportion of hulks & macks are STILL being flown with little or no tank and can be taken down with a catalyst reasonably easily. Bring your main in and do the gank then get your alt to salvage the wrecks. Simples.

There is absolutely no need to make it easier to suicide gank as even post the mining barge changes which were seen to be making these vessels stronger in most cases they will still be easily ganked even in 0.5 systems. Alternatively go and bumping and demand 'mining license' fees.

Even a blind man can see where this is heading. We will end up with one or two alliances in nulsec.

...that we should abandon the outdated idea that players should "progress" to 0.0 is "null-centric"?

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Nul sec is for large fleet battles and sovreignty. Working for 'the man' in enlarge allaince territory etc. I'm not sure it's broken.

Well all the directly EVE related topics seem to have been covered, so now I can address issues relevant to EVE players...

...run drugs...

See back around page 9 IIRC.

Basically:

1) Return the bottleneck material status to the R64s
2) Make each racial T2 ship/weapon line associated with one of the R64s
3) Rework the distribution of the R64s so each is mostly concentrated in one quadrant of the nullsec map, with a sprinkling in the others and in lo-sec to keep things lively

The number of R64s and the map-wide distribution will make it impractical to completely monopolise bottleneck T2 material as it is now, so base prices will cap the value of the "money moons" at the 'nice to have' level, not the "if you don't have any then you're a poor and can get out" level.