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Zarnak Wulf
In Exile. Imperial Outlaws.
1108
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Posted - 2013.03.28 21:12:00 -
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There are a slew of threads whining about suicide ganking. There are these threads about farmers. Do you want to know what both have in common? Bored Nullbears.
I'm hoping that the resource revamp gives them something to do. Honestly - if I could make my living in my own space I sure as hell would not want to create an alt to circle buttons. |
Makavelia
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
29
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Posted - 2013.03.28 21:47:00 -
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Change the stealth bomber back to cruise missiles. |
Ginger Barbarella
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
1228
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Posted - 2013.03.28 22:56:00 -
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Muad 'dib wrote:still think the docking thing is stupid, adds needless logistical and chronological complications to a feature that already takes best part of a week to make a system vulnerable - thats if the enemy doesnt push it back ofc!
About the farmers? Thats purely the isk earning potentials fault and how completely broken the ratio of isk vs. time invested in the character.
Also the lack of need to actually fight anything other than the NPC in the plex to get your reward. Farmers farm available systems, they do not take systems to farm them or pvp/deplex to keep them -> huge issue.
Add difficulty to take systems time wise and logisticly - to farmers with little to no interest in keeping or flipping vulnerable systems and you have FW players who RP (not actual RP), people that want to take systems for glory and honor of their race etc and you have people on the same side working against each other more than together. If that isk runs too low, the farmer switches to another alt or changes militia. No wonder players like colt are raging :)
also: in before "told you so, before inferno."
Playing Devil's Advocate, even the farmers are contributing to the war effort, so why all the hate? Just because they run from a 1v5 (frigate vs FW toon + four neutrals) dropping into a plex? I will *almost* always fight a 1v1 that looks like it'll be a good fight, but I'll run every single time from a gang of neuts and a single FW player. The intent is obvious, and I choose not to take part in that bad, one sided fight. ("Learn to choose your fights" is the mantra, no?)
So I guess that makes me one of the bad guys. So be it. I'll adjust my tactics accordingly (already have, actually). "Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac |
Lin Suizei
126
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Posted - 2013.03.28 23:22:00 -
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Ginger Barbarella wrote:Playing Devil's Advocate, even the farmers are contributing to the war effort, so why all the hate?
Personally, I don't think there's much hate towards the farmers themselves - they've identified a clearly broken system and are exploiting it hard and fast before CCP looks at faction war again (maybe in 2016), as they rightfully should.
Now, if only plex mechanics didn't strongly incentivize sitting 29km from the button with a cloak and stabs. Xeros S*** > are you really suprised? im not here to pvp so why the fuc not Xeros S**** > oh go cry somewhere else, im not in fw for the ****** pvp
Welcome to faction war. |
Pax Thar
Sovereign Front
53
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Posted - 2013.03.28 23:26:00 -
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The current system does promote more activity in low sec over the old one. More people is more PvP. Care bears will care bear... learn to kill them, stop whining. |
Dash Bishop
Project Cerberus Caldari State Capturing
31
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Posted - 2013.03.29 00:32:00 -
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Zarnak Wulf wrote:There are a slew of threads whining about suicide ganking. There are these threads about farmers. Do you want to know what both have in common? Bored Nullbears.
I'm hoping that the resource revamp gives them something to do. Honestly - if I could make my living in my own space I sure as hell would not want to create an alt to circle buttons.
AMEN. The null bear influence on this game is overwheleming when you look at how much they really have their grubby fingers into. Caldari Militia-áGÿ£G£½GÿP |
Philpip
T.R.I.A.D
58
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Posted - 2013.03.29 09:21:00 -
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Just get rid of plex LP, if you want to farm, farm missions.
Once you get a system flipped, maybe it could spawn local missions to the benefit of the system holders (maybe even based on their base faction or size, ie a base Minnie system held by Minnies would spawn more profitable sites than an Amarr system held by Minnies). This would then give a reason to hold the system. |
Takseen
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
400
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Posted - 2013.03.29 10:58:00 -
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Philpip wrote:Just get rid of plex LP, if you want to farm, farm missions.
Except you can't run missions in proper pvp fits, so this is a non-runner. The genius of FW plexes is that you're farming and waiting for pvp action at the same time. |
Colt Blackhawk
Nasranite Watch The Bloody Ronin Syndicate
92
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Posted - 2013.03.29 11:05:00 -
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Takseen wrote:Philpip wrote:Just get rid of plex LP, if you want to farm, farm missions.
Except you can't run missions in proper pvp fits, so this is a non-runner. The genius of FW plexes is that you're farming and waiting for pvp action at the same time.
The genius is that 90% of people running these plexes are cloaky and stabbed and don-¦t want pvp but simply crazy easy amounts of isk. With doing that they make people who really fight for the warzone feel like idiotic clowns.
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Apelacja
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
17
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Posted - 2013.03.29 11:07:00 -
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yea smthing should be done in FW as long as the current mechanism support to much the wining site. however its hard to find a way where farmers and farming macroes wouldnt win. And u cant leave only pvp parts bcs one side can avoid it and then what?
How to force people to fight - it is a good question.
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Takseen
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
400
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Posted - 2013.03.29 11:15:00 -
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Colt Blackhawk wrote:
The genius is that 90% of people running these plexes are cloaky and stabbed and don-¦t want pvp but simply crazy easy amounts of isk. With doing that they make people who really fight for the warzone feel like idiotic clowns.
So this is just a hurt feelings issue? I can understand your frustration since you've got both the Minmatar and the Gallente farmers in your plexes at the moment. I wouldn't mind personally if they disabled cloaks and warp stabs in plexes, but it'd still be trivial for a farmer to watch dscan and warp out as soon as something lands on grid. But I don't want to be pigeonholed into having to run missions to earn ISK, that's why I left highsec in the first place.
Plenty of fights are still happening, everything else just seems like sour grapes over people earning ISK. |
Takseen
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
400
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Posted - 2013.03.29 11:21:00 -
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Apelacja wrote:yea smthing should be done in FW as long as the current mechanism support to much the wining site. however its hard to find a way where farmers and farming macroes wouldnt win. And u cant leave only pvp parts bcs one side can avoid it and then what?
How to force people to fight - it is a good question.
Plexing their staging system is a good start. People care about docking rights. I've got about 600m worth of ships in Nenn at the moment. If the IHub upgrades gave better economic benefits, this would matter even more.
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Philpip
T.R.I.A.D
58
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Posted - 2013.03.29 12:30:00 -
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Takseen wrote:Philpip wrote:Just get rid of plex LP, if you want to farm, farm missions.
Except you can't run missions in proper pvp fits, so this is a non-runner. The genius of FW plexes is that you're farming and waiting for pvp action at the same time.
This is my exact point, farmers don't fight, they cloak or warp off (stabbed). If they won't 'fight' then they are not in the 'war', so their pve (as this is technically what they are doing) should not influence the warzone.
At least for fw missions they will have to think beyond "how to I escape?". |
ALUCARD 1208
Spiritus Draconis Sicarius Draconis
159
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Posted - 2013.03.29 12:34:00 -
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Markius TheShed wrote:Let the hate FLOW your path to the Damar side is almost complete.
Farmers follow the Tiers so we are at Tier 4 and there are less Amarr systems so farmers go to Caldari, Which also shows that it's pointless to blame this faction or that faction, Farmers have no loyalty or affiliation with anyone.
tryd to come up with something better but this is best post iv read in a long time GÖÑ HIGH FIVES GÖÑ-á |
Templar Dane
Amarrian Vengeance 24eme Legion Etrangere
57
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Posted - 2013.03.29 13:37:00 -
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It'd be nice if the button structure locked you up and put an infinite point on you.
Just sayin'. |
Ginger Barbarella
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
1228
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Posted - 2013.03.29 15:59:00 -
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Lin Suizei wrote:Ginger Barbarella wrote:Playing Devil's Advocate, even the farmers are contributing to the war effort, so why all the hate? Personally, I don't think there's much hate towards the farmers themselves - they've identified a clearly broken system and are exploiting it hard and fast before CCP looks at faction war again (maybe in 2016), as they rightfully should. Now, if only plex mechanics didn't strongly incentivize sitting 29km from the button with a cloak and stabs.
Personally, I've got no problem with a new mechanic that prevents cloaks from working in plexes. No stabs just means someone is whining about not being able to kill someone that's actually there to participate in the game. To do that is just giving in to the whiners.
I come back to my main suggestion for FW: only allow FW members into plexes. If you have to ambush someone for your thrills and kills, you're doing it wrong. And no, I really don't care who disagrees with me on that idea.
Oh, and to the complete MORON that posted:
Quote:Farmers have no loyalty or affiliation with anyone.
... you just demonstrated your complete ignorance by making the blanket statement you just did. Good job. You just invalidated any other comments you've ever made. Everyone should OF COURSE play YOUR game, not their own. Obviously. "Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac |
Estella Osoka
Deep Void Merc Syndicate Villore Accords
74
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Posted - 2013.03.29 17:57:00 -
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Well, need to create ways to keep people from jumping from militia to militia; or make the farming even harder. Maybe Increase the standings gain from plexing, so that they gain ranks and lock themselves out of their opposing factions. Or make it so that players leaving FW cannot immediately jump into another FW until a certain time limit is reached. Say 2 weeks? Maybe more? |
Ginger Barbarella
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
1228
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Posted - 2013.03.29 18:14:00 -
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Estella Osoka wrote:Well, need to create ways to keep people from jumping from militia to militia; or make the farming even harder. Maybe Increase the standings gain from plexing, so that they gain ranks and lock themselves out of their opposing factions. Or make it so that players leaving FW cannot immediately jump into another FW until a certain time limit is reached. Say 2 weeks? Maybe more?
I'd be fine with that, too... Even go so far as to say you can't hop into another faction without a 6 month (180 day) cool-down period. There is absolutely no reasonable excuse for needing to hop other than farming.
My big problem at this point is that "farmer" is being applied to anyone that plexes or run missions in FW. I know I'm not a farmer (no patience for all that sit-on-my-arse time), but I like taking an FW toon and a neutral booster out there, watching traffic, chatting up others in system, and so on. Just like I don't like sitting on button for hours on end, I also despise roaming for hours on end, running from blobs, and blobbing on single ships with other folks. That's not my idea of fun. "Carebear" is anyone that doesn't peeveepee, and "farmer" is anyone that doesn't peeveepee. That really shows the idiocy that seems to be growing in this game for the last could years. "Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac |
Colt Blackhawk
Nasranite Watch The Bloody Ronin Syndicate
93
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Posted - 2013.03.29 18:17:00 -
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The only solution I know of is timer rollback (even when wt cloaks in plex----> timer rollback) and that stabbed ships can-¦t enter. The nullbears tbh mostly run missions. Saw enough neutrals in bombers doing missions with fw alts in amarr space when amarr had T3.
And yeah I know that amarr had many many farmers when they had T3. Lots of cloaky caldaris everywhere. Really wasn-¦t proud of it^^ Simply give the faction pvpers a sense to do pvp for their faction. Actually there is almost none. |
Grayson Cole
R.A.V.E.N.
10
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Posted - 2013.03.29 18:25:00 -
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Are there any actual dedicated FW players? Seriously.
It seems FW is mostly made up of farmers, null alts, and players just looking for a place to pad killboards. Caldari Militia Gÿ£G£½GÿP |
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Andre Vauban
Quantum Cats Syndicate Samurai Pizza Cats
89
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Posted - 2013.03.29 18:51:00 -
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Colt Blackhawk wrote:The only solution I know of, is timer rollback (even when wt cloaks in plex----> timer rollback) and that stabbed ships can-¦t enter. The nullbears tbh mostly run missions. Saw enough neutrals in bombers doing missions with fw alts in amarr space when amarr had T3.
And yeah I know that amarr had many many farmers when they had T3. Lots of cloaky plexers everywhere. Really wasn-¦t proud of it^^ Simply give the faction pvpers a sense to do pvp for their faction. Actually there is almost none.
Somebody else already said it, but the "fix" is to fix 0.0 so that we don't have 0.0 alts in FW to make isk. 0.0 should be more profitable than lowsec, which it isn't for the average grunt. This is the root of the problem. Once 0.0 is fixed, all the 0.0 alts should go away which will only leave the highsec alts which isn't a bad thing. . |
Ginger Barbarella
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
1228
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Posted - 2013.03.29 18:52:00 -
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Grayson Cole wrote:Are there any actual dedicated FW players? Seriously.
It seems FW is mostly made up of farmers, null alts, and players just looking for a place to pad killboards.
I'm not dedicated, no. If I had to break down my playtime across my accounts, I'd say I was 45% industrial (R&D, manufacturing, market), 30% missioning (Caldari, Minnie, & Gallente), and the rest FW. Doing any one thing too long begins to bore me. "Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac |
Takseen
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
405
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Posted - 2013.03.29 19:04:00 -
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Templar Dane wrote:It'd be nice if the button structure locked you up and put an infinite point on you.
Just sayin'.
Which in practice would mean fleets going around killing any people foolishly trying to soloplex. Which would hurt the actual pvpers who put some ISK into their ships more than the farmers in a T1 frig with nothing but warp stabs and t1 guns.
Picking your fights is what Eve is all about. |
Shadow Adanza
Quantum Cats Syndicate Samurai Pizza Cats
62
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Posted - 2013.03.29 19:34:00 -
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Grayson Cole wrote:Are there any actual dedicated FW players? Seriously.
It seems FW is mostly made up of farmers, null alts, and players just looking for a place to pad killboards. One would argue that killing enemies of the Federation was the most important job as a member of the Gallente militia.
Hey! You're no zombie! |
Estella Osoka
Deep Void Merc Syndicate Villore Accords
74
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Posted - 2013.03.29 23:47:00 -
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Maybe CCP needs to create an infinite point mod for interceptors. That way farmers would be limited to only operating in the novices.
Also, I don't think null alts come to FW for the isk, I think the pvp situation in null has gotten tired; and nullies are coming to FW for the fights. Let's face it, HBC/CFC/TEST/PL and all the nullsec alliances have gotten bored with grinding sov mechanics to the point they actually arrange fleet fights. Pretty sad in my opinion. |
Lin Suizei
127
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Posted - 2013.03.30 00:56:00 -
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Estella Osoka wrote:Maybe CCP needs to create an infinite point mod for interceptors. That way farmers would be limited to only operating in the novices.
Not really - when farmers are already sitting in unfit executioners not even bothering to react to losses, I doubt this will change much. Also, cloaking - can't infnipoint what's not lockable. Xeros S*** > are you really suprised? im not here to pvp so why the fuc not Xeros S**** > oh go cry somewhere else, im not in fw for the ****** pvp
Welcome to faction war. |
Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
1246
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Posted - 2013.03.30 01:33:00 -
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Machiavelli's Nemesis wrote:Hypocrite.
You are the reason the "hide posts" button was invented.
Live Events are neither. |
Pax Thar
Sovereign Front
54
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Posted - 2013.03.30 02:43:00 -
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In fw you can make tons of isk, hunt farmers, fight pvpers, rp... what else do y'all want? It could improve yes, but what we have now is a buffet of things to choose from. Fit to kill farmers and hunt them if it bothers you... want a fight, go out and find one they are everywhere.... want to farm, do it. Someone will be out looking for you. Farmers provide the predators with prey, don't hate the gazelle foe not putting up a fight... just eat it. |
Taoist Dragon
Bastion of Mad Behaviour
330
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Posted - 2013.03.30 03:23:00 -
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Andre Vauban wrote:
Somebody else already said it, but the "fix" is to fix 0.0 so that we don't have 0.0 alts in FW to make isk. 0.0 should be more profitable than lowsec, which it isn't for the average grunt. This is the root of the problem. Once 0.0 is fixed, all the 0.0 alts should go away which will only leave the highsec alts which isn't a bad thing.
Fixing 0.0 only works if you 're-work' low sec and high sec.
Currently FW is proabbly the place that is the easiest casual isk generation of all areas of space. Far greater than non FW low sec (you can make billions in exploration but that requires lots of effort) You can grind lvl'4 or incursions but once again effort... You can do the moon goo thing and stuff out in null but why spend the 'effort'
FW is easy.
Unless the null 'fix' mkaes it way more profitable or easier isk then it won't actually do anyhting about the farmer issue. All sections of space need balancing.
The FW mechanics would be fine if space was balanced (risk v reward v sec) That is the Way, the Tao.
Balance is everything. |
Taoist Dragon
Bastion of Mad Behaviour
330
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Posted - 2013.03.30 03:25:00 -
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Pax Thar wrote:In fw you can make tons of isk, hunt farmers, fight pvpers, rp... what else do y'all want? It could improve yes, but what we have now is a buffet of things to choose from. Fit to kill farmers and hunt them if it bothers you... want a fight, go out and find one they are everywhere.... want to farm, do it. Someone will be out looking for you. Farmers provide the predators with prey, don't hate the gazelle foe not putting up a fight... just eat it.
By far the best attitude to take to FW.
EAT EVERYTHING! That is the Way, the Tao.
Balance is everything. |
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