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Some Rando
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2013.04.30 16:01:00 -
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The tinfoilery in here is incredible.
Here's what's going to happen: A bunch of dudes are going to cry rivers and go mine something else or rage quit and we're all going to point and laugh at how dumb they are. Anyone with two braincells will realize that the ice anoms aren't going to be mined out in ten minutes (well, unless you're right next to Jita) and that people like The Wiz aren't going to be able to multi-box like they used to, and that bots are going to be fuckered up by this change, meaning more ice for legit dudes. Ice miners will spread out and we'll eventually see a fairly uniform mining rate across systems with some serious competition near trade hubs, which is as it should be, and dudes will still be able to mine ice, just not AFK and not while doing laundry, which is as it should be.
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Some Rando
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
958
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Posted - 2013.04.30 16:26:00 -
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Haulie Berry wrote:Quote:...and that bots are going to be fuckered up by this change... Okay, seriously, why the **** do you people believe this?
Any time game mechanics change a bot programmer has to do some work. That's why I believe my statement. Hence "bots are going to be fuckered up by this change", and I daresay we'll be treated to some delicious tears by Nosy Gamer before the dust settles.
The way scan results are displayed will probably change as well, which means even more programming to be done. Sure, it's not a permanent hit to bots, no one believes that, but the short term will be hilarious.
TL;DR: calm the **** down, no one thinks this change is for bots and no one thinks bots are going away forever.
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Some Rando
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
958
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Posted - 2013.04.30 17:16:00 -
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Haulie Berry wrote:Quote:Hence "bots are going to be fuckered up by this change" A lazy sunday afternoon's coding - and I'm being pessimistic about their programming chops, here - is not "fuckered up". That's idiotic. Some Rando wrote:The way scan results are displayed will probably change as well, which means even more programming to be done. Unlikely. Bots give zero fucks about the way the UI displays anything. Unless they changed the format of the scan result raw data, they won't even notice.
Never stop being mad.
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Some Rando
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
958
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Posted - 2013.04.30 18:57:00 -
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Xython wrote:About a year ago CCP Soundwave openly was talking about making Ice Nullsec only. I'm kinda disappointed that this seems to have been compromised down to "Ice will be a bit scarce if people don't mine a little bit in Null." But then again, we haven't seen how this change will affect things.
The cycle time reduction will probably make ice mining slightly more appealing in "doughnut" null-sec; whether the ice is the correct type will determine whether it's worthwhile. If the "crunch" is enough do you think you'd end up with standards based around the local ice?
Xython wrote:Hey, who knows, maybe Concord won't show up to Ice Anoms in highsec, or will be a bit delayed.
Wouldn't that be nice.
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Some Rando
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
959
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Posted - 2013.04.30 20:41:00 -
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Captain Tardbar wrote:Someone is cornering the ice market and manipulating prices in Jita...
Things like this have never happened before.
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