Roime
Shiva Furnace
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Posted - 2013.03.01 18:52:00 -
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I hope you realize that in most solar systems in space you could just shoot the bumper and be done with it. In hisec your freedom is always restricted by the very same rules that you want/need/think you need to protect you.
Rulesets in a game, where rules are enforced by unerring mechanics (as opposed to RL where enforcing is uncertain and flexible, case by case), are practically impossible to design to be exploit-free. It's an inherent issue of any ruleset created by humans for humans, and becomes ever more complex along with increase system features.
Consider this: You have a small group of humans, with limited time and predictive measures creating rules. Then you have an exponentially larger group of humans with all the time in the world trying to find loopholes and workarounds in these rules. Should be doable, when the context is say, two players moving 6 different types of pieces on an 8-by-8 two-dimensional grid, and clear, concrete objective. Hell, even a computer can find loopholes and exploits in a system by simply crunching numbers :)
Then consider a virtual universe consisting of 7500 solar systems spread across 3 main intertwined areas of basic ROE, hundreds of thousands of players with as many completely arbitrary and even abstract objectives, hundreds of different pieces and a gigantic number of different configurations for them- then tell me that the smaller group of humans can design the rules so that all these different players can chase their objectives in reasonably balances way for a decade, when most factors in the game are in constant flux, and realize that CCP has done a stellar job, and realize that every new rule has the potential to send the whole system into an uncontrollable spin.
And at the very least creates ever more complexity.
tl,dr; hisec ROE are a game designer's nightmare and I'm surprised that it doesn't cause more grief to it's inhabitants than it currently does.
I chose to live outside the law for the sake of my sanity and well-being, it's just more simple and fun to play by the laws of the jungle:
If you attack me and I survive, I will kill you. If I die, you are forgiven.
The biggest gain from taking your well-being into your own hands is freedom. I guess I'l never understand people who play a science fiction game as immortal demigods, and choose to be bound by stupid laws like in RL, instead of flying free, as masters of their own destiny.
-á- All I really wanted was to build a castle among the stars - |