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Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.06.05 01:06:00 -
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Vaerah Vahrokha wrote:Imo the "chance to access" the spawns would be better (keeping the overall mined amounts constant) if the lasers would be slowed again and maybe respawn timers lowered to 3 hours.
If they slowed the lasers the IsBoxers/Bots would return.
It's the long cycles that caused the multiboxers to exist -- Cause + Effect.
Probably some tuning of the fields to last a tad longer to reflect the new speed of the mining lasers would be ideal (as the laser speed was the problem to begin with).
"In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
~George Orwell
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Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.06.05 04:56:00 -
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Luigi Vercotti wrote:I realize that the null sec cartels want to destroy the casual solo playstyle, but I still don't understand why CCP shares that sentiment.
Catering.
It's what niche games do to keep a player base. You give them something to keep them in the game, in turn they praise the game and help promote it.
Why do you think the Goons exist, for so long, and got away with exploiting game mechanics?
Joe Schmoo would've been permanently banned years ago if he did the same. He's expendable. 1000+ accounts are not.
So CCP isn't so interested in your plight (otherwise they would've done some hefty cleanup, top down) until you represent 1000+ other players to counter the 1000+ blob. If you become a YouTube presence, even more so (as CCP can't control it, but can "bring in" YouTubers into the "fold").
Remember it's the squeaky wheel that gets heard now...and if it has the numbers.
"In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
~George Orwell
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Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.06.05 05:49:00 -
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Alavaria Fera wrote:Dirty blobbers.
Any exploits today, Goon?
"In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
~George Orwell
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Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.06.05 10:27:00 -
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Terrorfrodo wrote:Seems to me that if people, who used to run one or more ice-mining accounts afk while doing other stuff, will now cease to mine because it requires activity, this will lead to more ice remaining for those who actively play.
If wishes were fishes.
I'm just happy that one ice field no longer exists, and those who once camped there, now have to hustle like everyone else for their goods.
Poetic justice. 
"In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
~George Orwell
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Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.06.06 01:35:00 -
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Vaerah Vahrokha wrote:2) The sandbox owes everyone a decent gameplay. Ice's just 80% of the demand? No problem, as long as many people can get a slice of that 80% without a NPC timer playing deus ex machina.
But what do you expect CCP to do about the botters?
Botters exist because:
1. Cycle times for mining ice took forever even with the fancy links and bonuses.
2. Static ice fields.
If the ice fields remained static with the faster cycle times + bots. Ice mining and it's products would be worthless to harvest.
Anything in EvE has to be profitable to engage in, or people won't do it.
The main problem in all of the resource mess is: CCP wants a wholesale PvP game, when resource gathering is a PvE activity. Introduce PvP into the mix, resource gathering is lowered. Keep it unchecked, even less participate, and PvPers can't pewpewpew enough anymore.
EvE is broken due to all this, because the fun aspect of the game is PvP, but people are PvPing with the cheapest hulls to even justify it. Only major combat that exists is capturing territory, after that it's cheap hulls again.
Smart thing is to acknowledge the differences so gamers can enjoy the game. PvP now is about big fights. FPS games used to be 8v8, it's getting to be 64v64 (and coming soon 128v128)....every match. If EvE is about small gang in small ships doing small encounters it's at odds in the PvP/FPS trends. Even MMORPGs are going for large scale encounters in non-instances. It's fun. Remember how fun that New Caldari encounter was? Imagine that everyday, with all sizes of ships...and without breaking the bank to do so...nor just happening once in 6 months.
"In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
~George Orwell
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Ace Uoweme
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2013.06.06 10:03:00 -
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Mara Rinn wrote:The only real solution is to look for the ice belts in low, null, and perhaps the hisec islands.
Or truly randomizing the spawn time and location.
If the spawn and time is set, the same issues will repeat itself.
"In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
~George Orwell
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