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Sarah Stallman
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Posted - 2014.01.11 22:24:00 -
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This is a non-issue. There's a massive diminishing return that comes into play as the value of your ship goes up. The more ISK you put in, the less improvement you get for dumping even more in. When you get a ship into the billions, the return is almost nothing.
Further, you start to run into the defender's dilemma. Namely, as the defender you need to be able to defend at least somewhat against all possible threats and attack types, whereas the attacker needs only to find one that works. This means that any ganker who does not feel they could win reliably will not even engage, and those that are confident will do so. This creates a selection bias that makes the gankers seem more effective than they are. The problem is you are only exposed to the ones that can win, not the entire population of them. |
Sarah Stallman
International Unification
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Posted - 2014.01.12 03:52:00 -
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Seriously, why are we still discussing this? Someone is butt hurt because they had their USS Compensator spectacularly taken away.
Solution: Stop flying expensive ships when the profits don't match the risks. |
Sarah Stallman
International Unification
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Posted - 2014.01.12 23:26:00 -
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The underlying premace of EVE is that the place is not nice. "High sec" is hardly secure, it's everything CONCORD can do to keep it from devolving into open warfare. I mean, what government sanctions companies waging legal war against the others?
One of the most important skills to learn in EVE is how to stay alive. This thread is all from someone who doesn't want to learn that. |
Sarah Stallman
International Unification
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Posted - 2014.01.12 23:39:00 -
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I mean, hell, if you look at my killboards you'll see that I'm a terrible combat pilot. I go out in a cheap frigate expecting to never see it again. It's fun, because I know my limits and am pleasantly surprised when I occasionally make it out alive. As I lose ships, I'll eventually stop sucking so much, but until then it's a jolly good time. |
Sarah Stallman
International Unification
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Posted - 2014.01.15 11:05:00 -
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Umm... No. There is a long history of price-fixing in EVE. I'm told it's not actually that hard to do if you've got enough capital.
It's the loot fairy and the tears that fuels this, not the cost of tags. |
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