As a solo high seccer...

1) I am not new enough to the game to think every high sec Planet will have a POCO with stupid taxes
2) Soloing in highsec is just as viable as it has been before, although, I keep hearing that industry, trading and missions and mining are not viable anymore, I guess I just log into the wrong game every day.

So... structure shooting

Well, extortion to get favorable rates would probably be sufficient. Just pose a credible threat, and most will see the light.

I have about a dozen or so POCO's in wormholes that I no longer inhabit. I set the taxes at a reasonable tax rate, and as far as I recall, almost all of them are being used. Why? because the taxes are so low that it is not worth the effort to destroy and replace them. This is what you will largely see when the HS ones become active.

There are way to many planets to make monopolies out of this, it just isn't going to happen. The biggest impact will be that HS factory planets will be a bit more profitable, and because of that, lower end PI mats might come up in price a little bit.

I think people who charge more than the NPC's will get blown up. I don't make much money on my PI, but I think I'd put forth enough effort to negotiate reasonable prices. Either with my friends who are bored and want something to shoot or hire mercs to do it for me. Sure I'll probaly won't make any money on it, but its a matter of principal.

Either charge reasonable taxes or get blown up.

Not that simple if you ask me. If "they", being the people who might choose unreasonable tax prices, can keep the poco up, or reliably kill people who try to shoot it, it might get to be the law of the land. I suspect we have a land grab pretty early on in the expansion, which will disrupt PI output in general for a little while in some places.

Denial of assets is still a fairly worthwhile goal nowadays, so simply having high PI taxes on your alliance's local pocos to discourage competition with you would be a worthwhile market strategy.

Naw, I'm aware of the differences. Its a question of time. Don't have the time for low/wh/null or pvp. I've seen the PI strangulation that goes on with capturable customs. No thanks. I just don't see the point of CCP doing stuff like this. How does it make the game better? It certainly makes it worse for a casual who only has a couple hours each week.

And that never works, because the kind of people who can't be bothered to risk useless pixels outside of hi-sec aren't the type of players who will fight IN hi-sec for anything. It's just not in their nature.

How anyone can be so feeble as to let people own them that much in a video game without even a token fight is beyond my ability to understand.

Well I think the goal of CCP these days is to try to increase as much conflict as possible which they are successfully doing this by implementing these changes.

Personally, I don't mind the extra conflict. My efforts may or may not actually acheive in getting the people who own the POCO's to lower their taxes, but if good fights are had in the process then I am all for it.

Hell, I might be the one putting the POCO up and getting people together to defend them.

So... threatening to shoot structures

Sorry dude. This is not a "lunch hour" game.

I hear level IV missions still pay out well.

Some day, lots of casual players might realise that they are only welcome
because they make great targets...

Dont worry they will fix that soon also. Hopefully soon there will be nothing left to do in highsec which will either push all players to low/null/wh or they will leave the game. Sounds like a Win Win imo.

it's really sad that you NEED "casual players... because they make great targets" .

because real pvpers don't need weak targets to be good

Same reason fast food is popular. It's not that people who eat at Burger King are incapable of cooking, it's just that Burger King is easier.

i don't use fast food. you know why? because i know the thing "taste of food". Knowing this thing you will never prefer some fast-food crap over normal food.

The same with Eve and pvp.

Level 1 and Level 2 missions should be in highsec

Level 3 missions should be in lowsec

Level 4 and Level 5 missions should be in NPC null.

CSM make it happen.

First they made the tier BC's for better ganking miners
I said nothing cause I didn't mine.

Then they changed exploration and pushed more of it to lowsec
I said nothing cause I could move on

They are taking away our poco's and I can't say anything cause I refuse to fight for my income.



I hear level IV missions still pay out well.

Competition between your future landlords should lead to acceptable taxes. If people 'overtax' their clients, they will move on to greener pastures or cease doing PI until prices for planetary goods rise enough to make it worthwhile again.

uh no they wont...some mega alliance will move in and set up there customs offices tax the crap out of everyone else but there own blues. And being so big they would have the man power to fight off anyone who tries to attack them. Ya it may make for some interesting fights but it will kill PI mark my words.

Does anyone know if the notifications are tied to reinforcement of to just attacking the new POCOs? And will sitting on top of one with a smart bomb get me Concorded if nothing else is around?

Old structures notified as soon as they come under fire. See no reason the new ones will be any different.

If so, Fantastic! I'll spend many an hour jumping from system to system. Potshotting POCOs and driving the many PI Corps into a frenzy.

There's something satisfying about poking a wasp's nest and watching the havoc ensue.