Allen Deckard
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Posted - 2005.07.26 22:38:00 -
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 Originally by: Myal Terego
Originally by: Imhotep Khem
Edited by: Imhotep Khem on 26/07/2005 21:46:01
no local and no pilots in system just favors those that camp a popular route. You think by blindfolding people they will feel safer?
That very argument was used when the map update changes were made public. Still it didnt make 0.0 less populated, its just as bad as it has been for quite some time. Simple fact is if local would be removed in 0.0, it would indeed require some more caution on the main routes, but in the long run im confident that it would finally move PvP away from the gates. Simply because it would be alot more fun, and maybe even efficent to take them down without instajumps and stacked warpcores. There would not be a need for gankage all the time.
It would bring back piracy, a piracy that would be more enjoyable for both victim and ourselfs. Surely you can agree that even if you will loose ships it be with the knowledge that the hunter had spent time on locating you, checking map changes, hiding, scanning, rather then sit at a gate with multiple buddies to ensure a fast enough lock and high enough scramble strenght. Tolling ships would most likely increase aswell.
Simply put, it would benefit those who put the effort, and punish the easy gankage, in the long run. Since it will always be easy to spot a gate camp if you bother checking the map.
Thats atleast my view on it.
cheers
Cant say I agree. All it would do is move pirates to the gate (same as they are now) move pirates to a station to gank a station.
At least currently with locals a mining op has at least a bit of a chance to escape before being slaughtered. With no local all it ends up being is completely removing any posibility of industry in .0 as mining ends up being impossible. and yes they will find you they will find your mining area and once someone knows what systems your mining (usually 2 or 3) they jump into said system unknown to miners jump from belt to belt till they get ya. Wouldnt even be able to undock in an industrial ship for fear of pirate camp outside a base. Yah yah bring 50 friends scatter them to the four corners of surrounding systems gates in cloak ships to get early warnings or whatever. All removing local does is favor the attacker 100% I know it you know it.
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