Adriel Malakai
Shoulda Checked Local
Break-A-Wish Foundation
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Posted - 2013.01.16 20:52:00 -
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My favorite part was how the majority of the CSM was hounding on how wars were unfair because it means that people who want to play nice can be hurt by people who don't. I have to say that my faith in Alek as a candidate was restored beyond measure. As much as I've disagreed with him in the past, he's the only person who was in that room who has a decent understanding of the actual happenings in many of the war decs/merc community. Hans and Seleene also made good points in this section of the notes, particularly regarding the idea that non-consensual PVP in high sec should not be limited to suicide ganking.
It also seems that there is this assumption that most decs are giant groups destroying little ones. For the vast majority of people I know, it is the exact opposite. Small, organized groups go to war with several hundred people simultaneously, as it's the only way to get sufficient targets to have a good time.
War decs should remain a tool that people can use to destroy others' high sec holdings, regardless if the defender wants the aggressor too. There are already a plethora of options for the defenders against aggressors. Everything from, don't undock to opening up the dec for allies. For absolutely trivial amounts of ISK a very large number of groups will join the war as a defender and go after the aggressors. Granted, not all of them will be good or useful, but many of them will be. The ally timer, however, should not be reduced. I realize this hurts people trying to defend POSes, but giving less than 24 hours notice to the aggressors that they're about to deal with a lot more risk is not exactly fair. I fundamentally believe that all war timers should be uniform. If it's twelve hours for an ally to join, then it should be twelve hours for the warm up timer, and the cool down timer. If the aggressor is going to have less warning regarding more risk, then so should the defender.
Honestly, the biggest problem regarding decs is the whole mutual situation. In order to fix dec shield, CCP introduced the option for aggressors to retract a war made mutual. This mechanic entirely removes the primary purpose of declaring a war mutual, which is to introduce real risk to the aggressor that they will be stuck fighting the defenders, even if they don't want to. The proper way to fix this is to change mutual wars such that the defender pays the dec fee each week to keep the war mutual. If they stop paying, the war finishes at the end of the current 7-day cycle. If both sides want a truly mutual war (such as RvB), the aggressor would be given an option to confirm mutual once the defender declares the war mutual. This confirmed mutual would be free for both parties.
In general, I was slightly disappointed, but was absolutely appalled by the majority of the CSM (and CCP Solomon) in the dec discussion. |