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.

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.

Guess what, CCP prefers players who actively play, even though they have not been very good at designing their game for them. They are trying to change that, and that is commendable.

A pure ice-miner subscription is worthless to the community, it's just a ghost ship using server resources all day and contributing nothing, even if it's not a bot. If CCP loses some of those subs, they will gain others in exchange because EVE will appear more vibrant and active.

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.

Guess what, CCP prefers players who actively play, even though they have not been very good at designing their game for them. They are trying to change that, and that is commendable.

A pure ice-miner subscription is worthless to the community, it's just a ghost ship using server resources all day and contributing nothing, even if it's not a bot. If CCP loses some of those subs, they will gain others in exchange because EVE will appear more vibrant and active.

when blown up concord always sits in the belt for hours

3) Put a serious crimp in botting. Check.

I'd say hold off a while before declaring victory against botters, at least lets see how long until they update their programs

the reason concord was always in an ice belt was for protection against suicide gankers

here's the trick

have someone in a rookie ship sacrifice himself to bring concord to the belt. they hire on someone once to trigger concord

when blown up concord always sits in the belt for hours

now making in suicide ganker get insta popped if they tried.




great protection tactic that has been used for years, at least since 2007 when I started

Which is why I said "serious crimp" rather than something along the lines of "extinct".

Sitting for four hours ice mining is not very engaging game play, but sitting for four hours doing nothing but waiting for ice to spawn is even less.

Any exploits today, Goon?

In case you did not notice, bots infest ore belts just fine and ore belts have the same roid depletion mechanic.

It takes a large fleet of dedicated miners hours to strip-mine an ore belt to oblivion

Sounds like ice miners are getting a s.mall taste of what it's like to live in a wormhole, waiting for sites to randomly spawn.

Many of you ice miners are looking at the spawn mechanics the wrong way. CCP wants to limit high sec to only 80% of the total population's ice needs. This means, if you are a miner and not finding belts, then you will need to maybe look somewhere else besides high sec.

Many of you ice miners are looking at the spawn mechanics the wrong way. CCP wants to limit high sec to only 80% of the total population's ice needs. This means, if you are a miner and not finding belts, then you will need to maybe look somewhere else besides high sec.

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.

Many of you ice miners are looking at the spawn mechanics the wrong way. CCP wants to limit high sec to only 80% of the total population's ice needs. This means, if you are a miner and not finding belts, then you will need to maybe look somewhere else besides high sec.

For those of you old enough to remember, back in the 70s and 80s, it was common to see 3 or 4 gas stations at the same intersection in various spots across towns. Now, its rare to see more than 2 per an intersection. What happened to the other gas stations? They closed up and disappeared or moved to another location. If you can't see the analogy I am making, then you will most likely be one of the ice miners who disappears.

Err, no. Two max skills Hulks and a skilled Orca can do it in a couple of hours.