Veronica Felix wrote:War deccing is broken, almost to a surreal extent. In high sec, small industrial corps are war decced repeatedly for no other purpose than to cause grief. The ward deccers--if looking at their killboards are any indication--are cowards, never attacking a low sec corp, or even the more potent high sec corps.
War dec after war dec after war dec. It has all become rather tiresome, even disheartening. My corp alone has endured a war dec almost every other week since the early summer.
Some--most, perhaps-- war deccing corps will issue war decs against multiple corps at once: XXX XXXX just issued war decs against 23 corps and alliances simultaneously. Why? For the lulz, and to generate a superficially more attractive resume, I imagine. Of course, all the corps that they are 'fighting' (do they ever leave major hubs?) are small industrial corps.
Some suggestions:
--No corp/alliance should be permitted to issue more than three concurrent war declarations.
--The aggressor must deposit into a CONCORD trust account enough isk to cover a war for a month of renewals. As it is now, a corp issues a war dec, and after a week, the war is usually allowed to lapse. Wars should not just lapse because the aggressor loses interest; the aggressor must either surrender with consequences, or be forced to pay repeatedly for a month for the continuance of the war.
--The 'alts' of the war deccing corporations should all be identified to the defenders. As it stands now, any single war deccer is accompanied by two neutral logistics alts who suddenly appear 80 kms away, with repping so over-powered that an Atron can destroy a Dominix.
--War dec fees are too low by a factor of ten. Only 50 million isk to dec an entire alliance for a week is nonsensical.
Hiring mercenaries is not an answer. Joining larger alliances is not the answer. HTFU is not the answer. High sec war deccing is broken, and it is used primarily to abuse, grief, and harass others.
Summary: High sec war deccing is broken. It is an instrument for griefers to constantly harass industrialists, miners, and missioners. Unable to survive the travails of low and null, they repeatedly war dec those least inclined to fight. War decs should have strict limits and significant consequences for the aggressors.