I'm being trolled so hard right now, and am not even realising it.

Only until they get a book deal.

Only until they get a book deal.

Hmm.

I wonder if this is a "two birds with one stone" affair and this is the first step.

First up being that getting Concordokened gave you full insurance never sat well as a concept. So, it now makes more logical sense.

But I wonder if it's tied into the Smuggling that CCP were planning on introducing.

For those not remembering the small details, CCP were going to overhaul the smuggling contraband system for illegal goods and put policing in the hands of the players. I think it was to help players RP the police role and make bounter hunters have a bigger role.

I wonder if CCP are indeed planning on removing Concord or at least, limiting its ability and response times.

They could change it so that what would normally trigger a Concord response gets the killer(s) flagged with a new semi-permanent criminal flag, which can only being lifed on ship destruction (or a pod kill), coupled with having what's left of Concord place bounties on the crims so that the players who partake in policing get a payout for their work.

Could be an interesting mechanic if it's not exploitable.

It would also be a rather excellent bit of game design and restore a lot of faith for me that CCP aren't afraid of rocking the boat and have still got balls.

So, I'm still assuming terrible ideas, then.
WellGǪ That means I need emotional support, I suppose.

You are an excellent, handsome troll and your posts are extremely effective at riling me up

Anyway, I'm in tears. They're streaming down onto my keyboard, and all of your insinuations are entirely correct. It would probably be a good idea if I stopped posting, don't you think?

Singularity has some wonderful new ships and textures and nebulae... yes yes, well and good, but did you notice the new policy that appears to be in effect? Namely:

If you get concorded, you get no insurance payout, period.

for better or for worse it looks like CCP is taking a stand on Suicide ganking, hulk-a-geddon, or market manipulation via proxy war on items, or all of the above.

What do you think: is this the end of suicide ganking as we know it, or the beginning of something more devious?

FWIW: i have no horse in this race, but if nothing else it may push those looking for PvP into more desparate measures and might incite some violence in 0.0, and thats always a good thing.

Eh... Really? All this rage and tears because you don't get the bloody insurance money for a suicide ship?

No, not really. Largely because there's no rage or tears. Rather, it's just some kind of sigh and eye-roll at CCP ruining the game further for miners and needlessly making highsec safer when it would be served well by a decent increase in danger.
Why would I be in tears? I honestly don't get it. If you want to troll me, you need to at least explain that part, or I won't be able to be angry with you GÇö just confused.

They should fix corp wars then, as in: You can't just jump corp.
But suicide ganking en masse is lame. Anyone can do it with an alt.

Why am I in tears? I can't control them. You're trolling me into an endless spiral of confusion
You're succeeding in riling me up by leaving me utterly flabbergasted. Is that it? If so, it's a very effective tacticGǪ

That's the problem: they just did the opposite. The rendered corp wars completely obsolete since you don't even need to jump corp any more to get rid of them.

This leaves ganking as the only available means of attacking people, for whatever reason, and if this change is intentional, they're breaking the balance of that tactic as well.

Oh wellGǪ with a bit of luck, it's just a bug (and with a bit more luck, they'll reverse that policy change once it gets abused enough).

I hope this is true. It's something I actually wanted for some time ago, mostly because of the shock when suiciding doesn't actually stop. Oh there will be tears.

You're finally starting to see it.

The suicide tactic is stupid, you have to admit that. And yes, there are human crews on the bigger ships, too. Who cares? And losing the few ISK for a BC ain't the world anyway.

But: Instead they should make better (programatic) rules for corp warfare. And make NPC corp players targets if they hang around for too long. (FW? )

I hope this is true. It's something I actually wanted for some time ago, mostly because of the shock when suiciding doesn't actually stop. Oh there will be tears.

Would this change also act as an isk sink?

I think most people realize that suicide ganking won't stop because of this, but the world WILL make a little more sense after this change.

Nope.

Ok. But wouldn't this change at least stop new Isk being created by the insurance company after a gank.

It had better not be, or they'll need to massively nerf CONCORD to make ganking much easier than it is right now.

Yes. There's a difference. Griefers get banned.

People who punish other players for not fitting their ships properly or for being drunk at the wheel should be rewarded.

It's only one-sided if the victim chooses to make it one-sided by not equipping his ship properly, by not flying it properly, and by not enforcing the consequences on the aggressor.