Kunming
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Posted - 2006.04.17 02:14:00 -
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Very interesting to read what the ppl in empire say about 0.0.
I have spent 90% of my EVE time in 0.0 space, the first alliance I was in had a free space policy which misserably failed sadly. As others have stated there are not that many resources in 0.0, its usually a handful of worthy systems with vast amounts of useless systems in between.
An alliance first needs to feed its own ppl and supply its own military to become the sovereign entity in the region, there are not many resources left to capitalize on after that; so the idea of a democratic alliance as governing body with neutral corps trading, mining, producing is hard to accomplish with the current environment.
Compare lvl 4 agents in empire to 0.0 resources.. yes they are less profitable but they serve an unlimited number of players. Empire traders will understand what I'm trying to say, just as there can be only so many traders (volume) on a trade route, there can be only be a limited number fighting over 0.0 resources before it becomes unprofitable.
Don't take this as bragging pls but the majority of ppl in 0.0 are really the best of the best, may it be industry, pvp or organisation; for the average player with his average game experience it is really not affordable to challange their resources which would only give a marginal increase in income anyway.
If you want an example check out Pure Blind region, its mostly unclaimed, close to empire so easy access to market (buy/sell), and why dont we see anyone moving in there and claiming the whole region? Because the systems in there plain and simply suck, there is no point in fighting off all the experienced pirates in there to gain control of useless systems.
We have word on 0.0 Cosmos constelations coming, with their unique resources, again they will be spread out sparsely over the 0.0 regions and who do you think is going to control them? Us, the 0.0 folks, dont think I'm saying this proudly, I love EVE and it saddens me that some fundamental things are not working properly, but I pay the same money as everyone else here so I'm gonna try to make the best out my time to have fun.. dont blame the player, blame the game
Solutions? I would suggest making each 0.0 system worth hunting and/or mining would be a simple and pragmatic solution for the begining... Well there is a balance between resource capacity and population, empire space has unlimited capacity so we see the majority of ppl there, where as 0.0 has a rather limited capacity and the appropiate population.
just my 2 cents on the matter...
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