Aaric Altair
EVE University Ivy League
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Posted - 2013.06.26 22:29:00 -
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My 0.02 ISK
In my opinion, there are three root components to your OP: Alts, AFK, and safe
The first root component is about player access to 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, ... 20th accounts. That noob AFK cloaker is not a real player. It's a ALT, and someone is PAYING for the advantage that alt brings. So if you are proposing that one player be denied the opportunity to pay for access to an advantage generating alt, why not deny EVERYONE access to an advantage generating alt?. This includes cyno alts, recon alts, booster alts, manufacturing alts, ice mining alts, hauler alts, combat alts, logi alts, spy alts, etc. etc. etc. Why should CCP nerf one paid advantage (AFK cloaky cyno alt) but not nerf another paid advantage (insert generic alt here)? Because at the end of the day, you can only play one character at a time even if you are paying for the advantage of multiple characters. So why should it matter if a player switches between characters once every minute, or once every downtime? You aren't increasing the amount of "real-player interaction". Killing that AFK player doesn't increase "real PvP"
The other underlying component of your complaint is the problem of players being logged on to EVE but AFK. What is the difference between that AFK cloaked ship and someone AFK in station? Or the AFK miner, or AFK industrialist, or AFK high-sec hauler, or the AFK booster, or the AFK Titan pilot, or the AFK wormhole picket. Why should CCP punish the one type of AFK gameplay, but not all the others? Most of EVE is AFK.
The final root component to your OP is the concept of being safe in EVE. You claim that someone in a cloak is perfectly safe and there is no counter and that this is bad. If this is true (and I disagree on this point) and it is bad (also disagree), then why is sitting safe in a station or a POS any better? Why can't I force you to undock when you are hiding in your station or your POS? Why is your wallet, or your hanger safe? Why can't I hack your wallet, or break into your hanger? Why can't I kill you even when you log off? All of these activities render you safe, and most have no counter. So once again, why nerf one method of being "safe" but not nerf all the others.
In the end, CCP decides what is a legitimate part of their game, and what is not. Right now, having an alt that is AFK and completely safe is perfectly legitimate. So I see no reason to nerf one type of safe AKF alt.
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