NightCrawler 85
Phoibe Enterprises
Project Wildfire
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Posted - 2013.01.17 10:01:00 -
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I can understand that CCP is not satesfied with how the current war dec system works. It must be very frustrating to get people raging on forums (and most likely more then one petition) from newish players that feels harassed because they cant do anything, and wants CCP to stop the war.
But i would not agree that both sides had to agree to a war.
Please keep in mind im a massive carebear at this point 
The current war dec system means that anyone can attack you at anytime, and they dont even need a reason to do so. If this was suddenly taken away,well as someone mentioned they could make a "PVP free server" basically and see how boring EVE would be. And not just boring..suddenly anyone could say whatever they wanted and there would really be no consequenses (sp) at all!
Mercs would no longer really be needed, exept for 0.0/low sec/WH space "wars", beeing "diplomatic" and gaining friends that wander in the.. darker sides of EVE would be pointless because you would no longer need friends that could potentially help you if you got war decced.
I know some people think war decs force new players to PVP, but in my own opinion this is far from the truth. A war dec gives a new player the motivation to fight for something,and allows them to blow people up without having their conscience getting in the way because they "killed" someone and caused them to actually loose assets. And if they dident want to fight, and dont like the idea of spending a week docked in a station because they cant be bothered to add the war targets to their watch list, or keep an eye on local..well they can always leave the corp while said war dec is going on. Ofc this has the side effect of it showing in your employment history,but most will understand the reason for this, especially if the character in question is younger at the time.
So short version.. The current war dec system might seem cruel for some, but in my own opinion its needed for the game as a whole and helps everyone in one way or another, if for nothing else then a greater appriciation for the times there is no wars and you can do what you want without having to worry about getting blown up as soon as you turn your back [ |